Presenting mindfulness in a secular society

By Don SalmonPosted on December 12, 2017April 22, 2018Cat Teaching IP, Uncategorized2 Comments

Recently, on the online forum MIEN (Mindfulness in Education), there was a very interesting discussion about how to present mindfulness in an appropriate manner in secular classrooms. One of the suggestions was to simply offer it as attention training, and leave aside the frequent references to "compassion" and "loving-kindness meditation," and ultimately to leave aside… Read More »

Yoga Psychology in the Schools

By Don SalmonPosted on July 16, 2017April 22, 2018Cat Teaching IP, Uncategorized1 Comment

Yoga Psychology In The Schools: Some Insights from the Indian Tradition  By Don Salmon, PhD Introduction I am presently co-authoring, with Jan Maslow, a book entitled Through the Eyes of Infinity. In the book we will examine and integrate the theories and findings of psychology and other scientific disciplines within a larger yogic perspective. As an… Read More »

Indian Psychology as I see it

By AditiPosted on October 4, 2016March 21, 2017Cat IPI, Psychology, Teaching IP4 Comments

Psychology as a discipline is now more than 100 years old in India, still the term ‘Indian Psychology’ is new to us and is interpreted differently by different people; some believe it to be limited to the natives of the country while others take it as something psychologists in India do. In actuality, ‘Indian Psychology’… Read More »

How to teach Indian Psychology?

By Lucas BockPosted on June 22, 2016June 22, 2016Cat Teaching IP2 Comments

Having just finished a two-semester intensive course on Indian Psychology with the Indian Psychology Institute (IPI), Puducherry, India, I have a few insights that arose from the way it was taught. Indian Psychology[1], more than any other subject requires an experiential understanding of the matter beyond mere intellectual knowing. Thus any attempt at teaching IP must… Read More »

Teaching Indian psychology

By Navni and AditiPosted on June 9, 2016April 22, 2018Cat IPI, Psychology, Teaching IP2 Comments

Indian Psychology attempts to be a consciously treaded and systematic journey of self-development, which, on progressing, enriches one’s understanding of oneself and consequently one’s interactions with the world; it’s systems and processes are built on this basic premise. Taking consciousness as the fundamental basis behind all operations, it would lend itself most effectively when taught… Read More »

TIP-2011: Observations from the sidelines

By JyotiPosted on April 29, 2011April 29, 2011Cat IPI, Teaching IP5 Comments

TIP-2011 — IPI’s collaborative workshop on Teaching Indian Psychology — began with much hope, enthusiasm and eagerness, as something, the need for which had been felt since quite some time. In spite of the resistance against the teaching of Indian Psychology in universities and other age-old institutions, where western classical positivist psychology had been the… Read More »