The Center for Religion & Spirituality invites you to this Yoga, Mindfulness and Social Change workshop of with scholar and author Veena Howard, Ph.D.

This workshop will be an exploration of Gandhi’s yogic disciplines and their use to transform his personal life. Participants will also learn how Gandhi’s personal practices of heath, vegetarianism, mindfulness, and self-restraint enabled him in his public life to bring about ground-shaking social, economic, and political change in India.

To Attend
Registration is open online (click Buy Tickets button). In the event the workshop is canceled, participants will be notified by Wednesday, the week of the workshop. Registration fees are refunded only if the workshop is canceled; no refund for partial attendance or no-show. For further information, please call the Center for Religion and Spirituality at 310-338-2799 or e-mail yoga@lmu.edu.

Getting Here
Foley Annex is located on the main campus, off of Ignatian Circle (view map below). Underground parking is available in the adjacent Life Science Building. Parking is free on weekends (please do not feed the meter).

About the Speaker
Veena Howard, Ph.D. is associate professor of Religious Studies in the Department of Philosophy at California State University, Fresno. Her research interests include Hinduism, Gandhi’s philosophy of asceticism, religions of India, animal ethics, and Comparative Religions. She is the author of Gandhi’s Ascetic Activism: Renunciation and Social Action (SUNY Press, 2013). Other works include “Rethinking Gandhi’s Celibacy: Ascetic Power and Women’s Empowerment” in the Journal of American Academy of Religion (2013), “Gandhi, The Mahatma: Evolving Narratives and Native Discourse in Gandhi Studies” in Religion Compass (2007), and “Non-violence and Justice as Inseparable Principles: A Gandhian Perspective” in Justice and "Mercy Will Kiss: The Vocation of Peacemaking in a World of Many Faiths", eds. Michael K. Duffey and Deborah S. Nash (2008).