Theory Courses

Salus Per Yoga

Health through Yoga

What is the scope of investigation of the philosophies of exercise that we call collectively with the word 'yoga'? To provide an answer, we must talk about health, in Latin Salus, and the ambitious goal of Yoga methods to be tools to overcome the condition of suffering that characterizes the life of the 'human animal'.

In this Season we follow the common thread that holds these various practices together and put them between 'care', 'prevention' and health 'promotion', in order to discover why science now recognizes them as therapies and methods of self-regulation and self-healing.

Gurus of Modern Yoga

A pivotal moment in the history of Yoga

Modern yoga: with these two words the historics mark a watershed in the history of Yoga practices before, and after the British domination. This Season presents some of its protagonists to appreciate the richness and depth of this massive and influencial phenomenon.

Yoga meets Science

A synergy that needs some disclaimers

Can yoga be considered a science in all respects? We enter into a thorny subject: the relationship of Yoga disciplines with the world of science, but also with that of pseudo-sciences, alternative medicine and the occult. Through a fascinating historical journey from antiquity to the colonial era, in this Season we discover the reason behind these strange interweavings that we see present also in the contemporary world nothwithstanding the more than 8000 scientific publications on the effects of yoga.

Homo Yogicus

Identikit of 2000s' practitioners

To deepen the contemporary phenomenon of yoga we can not do without talking about what we call the Homo Yogicus, perhaps one of the most representative icons of the 21st century, at the mercy of mental distress and the detrimental effects of the consumer society. Talking about 'mental health', 'lifestyles' and the 'health status' of practitioners, we understand who is behind this multifaceted figure and why so many continue to join this global community.