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**Patanjali's Yogasutram manuscript illustrated with portraits of Yogis from Mysore in 1981**

By N. Sjoman

This handwritten manuscript of the Yogasutram is illustrated with portraits of yoga people in Mysore in the late 70’s and early 80’s. The portraits are of specific people though they are not specifically identified. It is evident that the identifications were with subtle energies rather than their outward forms although their outward forms contained those energies.
Modern yoga has more or less abandoned the shakta tradition pioneered by Matsyendranath in favour of the more austere hatha tradition. That has been tempered as well by colonialism, revivalist politics and contemporary social politics. The portraits indicate how much farther one can see through visual traditions when spiritual disciplines are disturbed by the overwhelming authority of lineal thinking.

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Summary of Research

Summary of Research on Yoga

Dr. Sjoman was invited to the AAR (American Association of Relgions) conference in Washington DC, November 2006 to participate in a first panel on yoga. The participants, Elizabeth de Michelis, Joseph Alter and Sarah Strauss all presented papers on their research. Sjoman was asked to prepare a paper for his sponsors for publication and since there have been a number of requests for that paper, an informal proceeding from that conference, the paper is presented here.

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The Art Word

Norman Sjoman has been invited to give a lecture in the Friedhandler Series of Lectures on Non-western Art at the ACAD. He is going to speak on the etymology of the word "Art" and trace the word back 2000 years or more beyond Western languages to its Sanskrit roots. In the process, he will discuss the history of ideas around the word both from the point of view of language and that of art practice. Finally he will discuss some of the aesthetic theories of art from the Indian point of view that are relevant to the ideas of art in the lecture.

Wednesday, January 16, 2008 6PM
Alberta College of Art and Design

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Evaluation of CAT by the European School of Physiotherapy

Critical Alignment Yoga Therapy

Critical Alignment is a unique yoga therapy designed by Gert van Leeuwen at his Bharata Yoga Institute in Amsterdam. It emphasizes extending the upper back and freeing the area from the neck down through the entire spine.

This is a unique yoga therapy specifically designed for those with chronic pain caused by injury stress or repetitive strain and for facilitating movement in all aspects.

Critical alignment develops an awareness of the difference between the movement muscles on the surface of the body and the postural muscles that are situated closer to the spine and the joints. Through consistent practice of therapy poses using specialized yoga tools and breathing techniques, it is possible to stabilize posture through the postural muscles that alleviates the stress and tension in the movement muscles. It releases that tension, allows mobilization and co-ordinates that into body posture and movement.

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Details of Clinics and Classes

Critical Alignment Yoga Therapy

with Sherryn Rault Certified Yoga Instructor and Critical Alignment Yoga Therapist. She is a member of the IYAC, the Alberta Yoga Association and the Int'l Association of Yoga Therapists.

and Kate Charlebois, Registered Massage Therapist, Certified Yoga Instructor and Critical Alignment Therapist

SherYoga Therapy Studio
9516 - 5 St SE, Calgary AB, Canada
1-403-8161502
sheryoga@shaw.ca

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Classes with Danielle Pechie
Certified Rolfer, Astanga Instructor
Wednesday 9:15-11AM
Call (403) 8096383

Location: Yoga, Therapy and Body Works
213 - 19th Street NW (next to Soul Food Books)

Private classes with Shane Miller, Acupuncturist, Yoga Instructor, Doctor of Chinese Medicine
Call (403) 5893826

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Details of Workshops

Critical Alignment Workshops : 5th Annual Series

With Gert Van Leeuwen
International Yoga Teacher and Author
2008

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