Threads of Patanjali’s Wisdom – Online Course
A course of selected themes from the Yoga Sutras with Dr. Agi Wittich The Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali are the philosophical heart of yoga.
Huesken, U., Wittich, A., & Spina, N. (Eds.). (forthcoming) Remarkable Women in South Asian Religious Traditions. Routledge (accepted for publication on April 2023).
Wittich, A. (forthcoming). “Yoga’s Red Tent: Menstrual-Oriented Iyengar Yoga Practices”. in Huesken, U., Wittich, A., & Spina, N. (Eds.). Remarkable Women in South Asian Religious Traditions. Routledge (accepted for publication on April 2023).
Wittich, A. (forthcoming). “The Changing Attitudes towards Female Priesthood in Hinduism: Insights from Pune, Southern India”. in Huesken, U., Wittich, A., & Spina, N. (Eds.). Remarkable Women in South Asian Religious Traditions. Routledge. (accepted for publication on April 2023).
Wittich, A. (forthcoming). “Beyond Boundaries: A Modern Buddhist Nun’s Journey Towards Enlightenment”. in Huesken, U., Wittich, A., & Spina, N. (Eds.). Remarkable Women in South Asian Religious Traditions. Routledge. (accepted for publication on April 2023).
Wittich, A (accepted). “Yoga’s Red Tent: Menstrual-Oriented Iyengar Yoga Practices”. in Wittich, A., Huesken, U., & Spina, N. (Eds.). Remarkable Women in South Asian Religious Traditions. Routledge. (accepted for publication on April 2023).
Wittich, A. (forthcoming). “Conceptualizing Motherhood in Yoga: Pregnancy-Oriented Iyengar Yoga”. Religions of South Asia. (accepted for publication on May 2023).
Wittich, A., & McCartney, P. (forthcoming). “Not too young to practice Yoga?” Aging and Alchemy on the covers of Yoga Journal’s magazine (1975–2020)”. Journal of Aging Studies. (accepted for publication on March 2023)
Wittich, A. (2023). “Harnessing Authenticity in Iyengar Yoga: Legitimizing and Romanticizing Women-Oriented Yoga through Sanskrit Texts”. Zeitschrift für Indologie und Südasienstudien, 39: 33-62.
Wittich, A. 2022. Immortality and Longevity Through Yoga in the Tirumantiram. Asian Medicine, 17(1), 17-36. https://doi.org/10.1163/15734218-12341505
Wittich, A., & McCartney, P. 2020. “Changing Face of the Yoga Industry, Its Dharmic Roots and Its Message to Women: An Analysis of Yoga Journal Magazine Covers, 1975–2020”. Journal of Dharma Studies, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42240-020-00071-1
Wittich, A. 2017. “Iyengar Yoga for Women: A Practicing Tradition in the Making”, Religions of South Asia, 11.2-3, pp. 231-253. Equinox Publishing, UK. https://doi.org/10.1558/rosa.37025 ISSN (online) 1751-2697
A course of selected themes from the Yoga Sutras with Dr. Agi Wittich The Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali are the philosophical heart of yoga.
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Agi Wittich is a yoga practitioner since two decades, and is a certified Iyengar Yoga teacher. Wittich studied Sanskrit and Tamil at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, completing a PhD with a focus on Hinduism, Yoga, and Gender. She has published academic papers exploring topics such as Iyengar yoga and women, the effects of Western media on the image of yoga, and an analysis of the Thirumanthiram yoga text.