Thursday, April 22, 2010

Andrew Deitrick: Yoga

I've been spending most of the semester writing about Yoga for my feature writing class. Through this, I've come in good relationship with Dr. Graham Schweig, a religious studies professor at CNU.

Schweig is a yoga nut. He travels all over the world giving lectures about yoga philosophies, has translated two books, and is currently working on a third publication. When I first took a class with Schweig my freshman year, all I saw was the goofy outside person that he is. Through the semesters past and the 5+ classes I've taken with him, but more so in the semester, I've gotten to really see past his outer image, and have seen a glimpse of a truly brilliant man. His surplus of knowledge and understanding on the philosophies of yoga have opened me up to exploring a wide variety of texts, and the concept of yoga has truly grown within me. I am thankful and lucky for the opportunity to learn from such a profound and gifted scholar.

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