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Curriculum What is Hatha Yoga and Why is it in the Program? Year 1 Last Updated: May 7 2021 Introduction ψ Hatha Yoga is a Hindu practice and ritual of coming back to yourself and meeting your higher self. It is a journey of discovering your limits and then pushing beyond them. It works initially on the physical level and then extends out through all of your bodies. At Hatha Yoga's higher points it meets the other limbs of Yoga. They are Bhakti Yoga , Karma Yoga, and Raja Yoga. While this course program is restricted to Hatha Yoga, other limbs will be introduced. And in Year five Raja Yoga will be fully reviewed and incorporated into your program. Let's get back to Hatha Yoga. Hatha Yoga is the science and practice of cleansing and purifying the body in preparation for higher practices of the Personality, Soul, and Spirit. It seeks to create systems of control, flexibility, and agility and the physical form traverse through time and space. The function of the body is to be the primary vehicle of the Personality and the Soul. It is the only reason that Human beings exists in physical form. Without an efficient and effective body, the individual is on a trajectory course through a course of disease, and death. Therefore, it is the duty of every human being to take care of their bodies. If you don't need your physical body, you are living in the wrong dimension. The Hindus, Asians and Jewish people were the first to realize the wisdom. They created comprehensive systems to maintain physical, emotional, and mental health and well-being. They saw disease and sickness as "sins", or evidence that the individual did something wrong and it was the gods who were punishing them. Hatha Yoga is a Hindu system for honoring the human body and ensuring that it is looked after as a living temple of the Gods. In this beginning course you will start to control your physical body. This includes cleansing and purifying so that you will be able to detect and start to use higher… -
Air What is the Wesak System & Festivals and Why is it in the Program? Year 1 Last Update: Introduction ψ Every religion has its key days. Buddhism is no different. Wesak also pronounced Vesak is Buddha’s Day. It is the most important day for those of the Buddhist faith. It is a sacred ritual for its practitioners that is celebrated annually on the full moon of the ancient lunar month of Vesakha, which usually falls in May, or in early June. On Vesak Buddhist celebrate the Enlightened birth of Lord Buddha Prince Siddhattha Gotama, at his 35th year when he became the Buddha and his final ‘passing’ into Nirvana at the age of 80. Buddha’s enlightenment meant that he would not be reborn ever again and he was off the wheel of Samsara. The Buddhist scriptures tell the three major events that occurred on a full moon of the Indian lunar month of Vesakha. They are his birth, his enlightenment, and his passing into Nirvana. According to tradition he was born in 623 BC and was calculated according to the Buddhist calendar which counted down from his final passing that was 80 years later. And the decision to agree to celebrate Vesak as the Buddha's birthday was formalized at the first conference of the World Fellowship of Buddhists held in Sri Lanka in 1950, although festivals at this time in the Buddhist world are a centuries-old tradition. Siddhartha’s Early Life According to modern academic consensus Gautama Buddha was born 563–483 BCE as Prince Siddhatha Gotama in Lumbini (what is now Nepal) and raised in the Shakya capital of Kapilavastu. He was born into an aristocratic family in the Shakya clan. Growing up, the Buddha was exceptionally intelligent and compassionate. Siddhartha as a young man grew to be tall, strong, and handsome. He belonged to a warrior caste and was destined to be great. As such it was predicted that one day, he would become either a king or spiritual leader. Siddhartha’s parents were powerful and wanted him to become a mighty ruler for their kingdom. They believed that the best…Year 1: Wesak System & Festivals
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