Assignment: Philosophy of Yoga Paper

It is an assignment of 900 words of Philosophy of Yoga. For the assignment, the tutor is only required to use course material I will provide them.

Do not use sources not included on the course outline in your essay. For example, if I discover that you have copied part of your essay from online sources, I will report you for academic misconduct. Again, draw upon only lectures and assigned materials found on the course outline. So far, we have taken up the following readings in lectures and class discussions: *Philipp Maas, “A Concise Historiography of Classical Yoga Philosophy,” PDF Available on Nexus *Kengo Harimoto, “How Yoga Became Yoga,” Chapter 6 of Routledge *Mikel Burley, “Yoga and Philosophy: Ontology, Epistemology, Ethics,” Chapter 28 of Routledge *Gerald James Larson, “Pātañjala Yoga in Practice,” Chapter 4 of Princeton *Charles Li, “Philology and Digital Humanities,” Chapter 26 of Routledge *Angelika Malinar, “Yoga Practices in the Bhagavadgītā,” Chapter 3 of Princeton *Mark Singleton and Borayin Larios, “The Scholar-Practitioner of Yoga in the Western Academy,” Chapter 4 of Routledge *Dominik Wujastyk, “The Path to Liberation through Yogic Mindfulness in Early Āyurveda,” Chapter 1 of Princeton *Suzanne Newcombe, “Yoga and Meditation as a Health Intervention,” Chapter 12 of Routledge *Jeffrey Ruff, “Yoga in the Yoga Upaniṣads: Discipline of the Mystical Oṃ Sound,” Chapter 5 of Princeton *Finnian Gerety, “Sound and Yoga,” Chapter 34 of Routledge

Cite these sources properly in your essay according to the Custom Style Guide for Citations found below. You will be graded on: 1) how well you answer the questions posed in the topic; 2) your synthesis of assigned course materials; 3) your comprehension and use of course concepts and themes discussed in the first half of the course; 4) how well you have demonstrated a successful completion of some of the “Course Outcomes” listed on the syllabus; and 5) the general clarity of your writing. REL — 2942 — Midterm Assessment Instructions Topic One: What is “the Philosophy of Yoga”? Where can it be located? What are its characteristics? Topic Two: Posture (āsana) and breathing (prāṇāyāma) appear in a number of passages we looked at in the first half of this term. What role, if any, do postures and breathing play within the so-called “Philosophy of Yoga”? REL — 2942 — Midterm Assessment Instructions A Custom Style Guide for Citations in Rel-2942-050 The Philosophy of Yoga In this course, students should only refer to assigned material including: 1) Assigned chapters from the textbook, Yoga in Practice; 2) Assigned chapters from the other textbook, Routledge Handbook of Yoga and Meditation Studies; and 3) Lectures. In your written work, do not draw upon external sources, like websites, books, or articles not found on the course outline. Use only assigned material found on the course outline in all of your work this term. As course material has been assigned by your instructor, do not include a bibliography, reference page, or works cited page in your written work for Rel-2942-050. You must, however, include in-text citations in your written work. Do not use footnotes or endnotes for citations. Your in-text citations must be provided in parenthesis: (). Citing the Textbooks When citing a chapter from one of the textbooks, an in-text citation must include the chapter author’s family name, the year of publication, and a comma followed by the page number(s) on which the information you are citing was found. A sentence including an in-text citation referring to James Larson’s chapter “Pātañjala Yoga in Practice,” from Yoga in Practice, might look as follows: Larson reminds us of the importance of understanding the notions of samādhi and samāpatti in Pātañjala Yoga, “In order to understand what happens at the higher levels of practice” (Larson 2012, 81). The author’s family name is provided before the year of publication, followed by a comma, and then the page number that is being cited. All of this information is provided in parenthesis.

A hint: when supplying a citation for a chapter from Yoga in Practice, the date should always be 2012 and the date for chapters from the Routledge Handbook should be 2020. REL — 2942 — Midterm Assessment Instructions When it is necessary to provide a range of pages in your citation, always be as specific as possible. Do not supply the full page range of the chapter! Citing Lectures When citing lectures, include your instructor’s last name (always Altenburg for this course), followed by a comma, followed by the date of the lecture, and also include the page number from the PDF of the lecture slides provided on Nexus after a colon (:). Note, the lecture slides are unnumbered. Unlike primary or secondary readings, you will have to refer to the page numbers in the PDF file rather than the numbers actually printed on a document. You may have to count the pages on the PDF yourself. If you refer to something stated in a lecture, but not explicitly written on a slide, do your best to refer to a slide close to where you think the point was made in lecture. This is where taking excellent notes throughout the term will help you in this course. A sentence including an in-text citation referring to the first lecture (January 12th, 2022), might look as follows: In the first lecture, the instructor provided students with his email address (Altenburg, Jan 12: 4). In this example, your instructor’s family name (Altenburg) appears before the date of the lecture (Jan 12), followed by a colon (:), and then the number of the slide from the PDF (provided on Nexus) on which the instructor’s email address is found. The month of January has been abbreviated to three letters (Jan) and the date 12th does not contain the superscript “th” as in twelfth but is rather written 12 as in twelve. This simplified format keeps the in-text citation tidy. Do this for other dates and months as well. Do not get caught up on whether this citation style guide reliably follows APA, MLA, Chicago, Kate Turabian, or any other standard, formal style guide. It does not. Instead, follow these instructions carefully and aim to be as specific as possible in your in-text citations. Make sure all requested information is provided in full in your in-text citations. Keep it simple and do your best to follow these instructions carefully.

Important information for writing discussion questions and participation

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Hello class and welcome to the class and I will be your instructor for this course. This is a -week course and requires a lot of time commitment, organization, and a high level of dedication. Please use the class syllabus to guide you through all the assignments required for the course. I have also attached the classroom policies to this announcement to know your expectations for this course. Please review this document carefully and ask me any questions if you do. You could email me at any time or send me a message via the “message” icon in halo if you need to contact me. I check my email regularly, so you should get a response within 24 hours. If you have not heard from me within 24 hours and need to contact me urgently, please send a follow up text to

I strongly encourage that you do not wait until the very last minute to complete your assignments. Your assignments in weeks 4 and 5 require early planning as you would need to present a teaching plan and interview a community health provider. I advise you look at the requirements for these assignments at the beginning of the course and plan accordingly. I have posted the YouTube link that explains all the class assignments in detail. It is required that you watch this 32-minute video as the assignments from week 3 through 5 require that you follow the instructions to the letter to succeed. Failure to complete these assignments according to instructions might lead to a zero. After watching the video, please schedule a one-on-one with me to discuss your topic for your project by the second week of class. Use this link to schedule a 15-minute session. Please, call me at the time of your appointment on my number. Please note that I will NOT call you.

Please, be advised I do NOT accept any assignments by email. If you are having technical issues with uploading an assignment, contact the technical department and inform me of the issue. If you have any issues that would prevent you from getting your assignments to me by the deadline, please inform me to request a possible extension. Note that working fulltime or overtime is no excuse for late assignments. There is a 5%-point deduction for every day your assignment is late. This only applies to approved extensions. Late assignments will not be accepted.

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Plagiarism is highly prohibited. Please ensure you are citing your sources correctly using APA 7th edition. All assignments including discussion posts should be formatted in APA with the appropriate spacing, font, margin, and indents. Any papers not well formatted would be returned back to you, hence, I advise you review APA formatting style. I have attached a sample paper in APA format and will also post sample discussion responses in subsequent announcements.

Your initial discussion post should be a minimum of 200 words and response posts should be a minimum of 150 words. Be advised that I grade based on quality and not necessarily the number of words you post. A minimum of TWO references should be used for your initial post. For your response post, you do not need references as personal experiences would count as response posts. If you however cite anything from the literature for your response post, it is required that you cite your reference. You should include a minimum of THREE references for papers in this course. Please note that references should be no more than 5 years old except recommended as a resource for the class. Furthermore, for each discussion board question, you need ONE initial substantive response and TWO substantive responses to either your classmates or your instructor for a total of THREE responses. There are TWO discussion questions each week, hence, you need a total minimum of SIX discussion posts for each week. I usually post a discussion question each week. You could also respond to these as it would count towards your required SIX discussion posts for the week.

I understand this is a lot of information to cover in 5 weeks, however, the Bible says in Philippians 4:13 that we can do all things through Christ that strengthens us. Even in times like this, we are encouraged by God’s word that we have that ability in us to succeed with His strength. I pray that each and every one of you receives strength for this course and life generally as we navigate through this pandemic that is shaking our world today. Relax and enjoy the course!

Hi Class,

Please read through the following information on writing a Discussion question response and participation posts.

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Important information on Writing a Discussion Question

• Your response needs to be a minimum of 150 words (not including your list of references)
• There needs to be at least TWO references with ONE being a peer reviewed professional journal article.
• Include in-text citations in your response
• Do not include quotes—instead summarize and paraphrase the information
• Follow APA-7th edition
• Points will be deducted if the above is not followed

Participation –replies to your classmates or instructor

• A minimum of 6 responses per week, on at least 3 days of the week.
• Each response needs at least ONE reference with citations—best if it is a peer reviewed journal article
• Each response needs to be at least 75 words in length (does not include your list of references)
• Responses need to be substantive by bringing information to the discussion or further enhance the discussion. Responses of “I agree” or “great post” does not count for the word count.
• Follow APA 7th edition
• Points will be deducted if the above is not followed

• Remember to use and follow APA-7th edition for all weekly assignments, discussion questions, and participation points.
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