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Yakima Valley College Catalog 2020-2021 
    
Yakima Valley College Catalog 2020-2021 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ART 285: Art of Yoga

5 Cr
Quarters: O
This course explores the eight-fold path of yoga and its representation in art and photography.  It is a survey of the visual representation of yoga with its beginning in the Indus Valley in 2500 BCE and its movement through India, South Asia, and eventually to the West.  Students will study the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and their application to art and experience the eight limbs of yoga through meditation, pranayama (breathing), and chair yoga.
Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENGL& 101 .
Distribution for DTA: Humanities