Shaiva ascetics performing penance. Gouache painting on paper. British Museum.
What it means practicing yoga? In that sense, the practice of yoga involves not only the body but also the study and meditation on the texts?
The path darśana – Visions It ends with the intervention of Silvia Patrick of Saturday 4 may by title “The practice of Yoga: between asana and texts”.
After the contributions of Laura Liberal, that there has guidat * within a historical reflection and philosophical “training the eye” in order to promote a critical reading of texts and schools of thought, we come to this final meeting to open ourselves to new horizons: What is meant by the word practice? What is the “to practise”?
While the term is normally connected to the physical / bodily component, whether it is of āsanas and sequences or pranayama, less intuitive is its application as a synonym of “studio”.
SATURDAY 4 by May 10 to 13
“The practice of Yoga: between asana and texts”
By Silvia Patrick
radicals are questions, investing every practitioner is consciously put on this path, especially in a context like ours, son of a clear separation between mind and body, theory and practice. On the contrary, if we consider the representations of the ascetics for example age Mughal, we often, next to the ascetics intent in extreme physical practices, the ascetic with the manuscript, reading the text. This speaks of a feeling that practice on the body and practice of the text are two complementary sides of the same journey.
We will try to reflect on this theme, and the meaning of the word 'practice', to find out how certain texts, such as Yogasūtra of Patañjali, They are not meant to be read, but to make us do something ...
Silvia Patrick
Silvia Patrick, degree in Philosophical Sciences at the University of Pavia, he attended the Master Yoga Studies: body and meditation in the traditions of Asia University Ca 'Foscari of Venice, graduating with a thesis on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali text (Speakers Federico Squarcini, Gianni Pellegrini) winning the prize YANI for the dedicated yoga master's thesis.
He graduating from the Faculty of Science of Religions, Inter between Padua and Venice, where he was able to approach the study of Sanskrit, graduating to Summer School in Spoken Sanskrit with Sadananda Das teacher at the Universität Leipzig. Following the four-year course of teacher training at the A.S.D. Rhamni Gallarate.
This meeting is particularly dedicated to how many and how many are in the path of Yoga, and are willing to share experiences and reflections within a historical reading, iconographic and textual Silvia has been working for years with great dedication and sensitivity as “practitioner”.
The path is thus open to all levels of knowledge, They are not required for admission requirements other than the curiosity and interest. It will be made available audio recordings in a dedicated section.
For information and registration
Mail: using the form on the page Contacts
Phone: 3496053395 Manuela Piccardo
To link the complete program in pdf: complete Darśana_programma
