Yoga, Mindfulness, and Social Change

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Course Information

60-hour Course: September 2025-June 2026

Second Weekend of each Month

Time: Sat & Sun 9am- 12 PST

Total certificate cost / discount: $900 (save $500) Or Individual Modules $280 (five two-weekend meetings: $1400)

Registration Portal

2025

Module 1: (coming soon!)

  • Dharma and Karma (Sept 12/14)
  • Climate Change and Species Loss / Animal Issues  (October 11-12)
     

 Module 2:

  • Diet and Body Image (Nov 8/9)
  • Substance Use and Abuse (December 13/14)
     

 2026

Module 3:

  • Women and Gender (Jan 10/11)
  • Colonization / Decolonization / Recolonization (Feb 14/15)
     

Module 4:

  • Technology (Mar 14/15)
  • Wellness (Apr 11/12)
     

Module 5:

  • Indian Diaspora (May 9/10)
  • Karma and Dharma (June 13/14)
Instructor Dr. Judith Carlisle

 

Instructor Bio

 

 

Judith’s Yoga practice began in Alexandria, Virginia with her grand-mother as her first teacher. Her teaching incorporates academic study of Yoga, Buddhist, and Jain philosophies with yoga meditation, posture, and breath practices.

 

Her academic education includes the Doctor of Philosophy (Computer Information Systems: University of Arizona) and MA in Yoga Studies from Loyola Marymount University. She teaches in the MA Yoga Studies programs at Loyola Marymount University and Naropa University. Her work uses rigorous exploration of classical Yoga texts, philosophy, and history to understand how Yoga study and practice support social change in the world.

 

Judith is registered as a E-200-hour, 500-hour trained Yoga teacher, and YACEP with Yoga Alliance.