Yoga Therapy Rx program director Larry Payne recalls his time with Sri T. Krishnamacharya in The Huffington Post

Extension instructor Larry Payne, who currently directs the Yoga Therapy and Prime of Life Yoga programs in the Center for Religion and Spirituality, recently contributed an article to The Huffington Post on his adventures in India and meeting the late Sri T. Krishnamacharya, who many consider the father of modern Yoga in the United States.

Larry Payne coauthored Yoga Therapy Rx, Yoga for Dummies and The Business of Teaching Yoga. Larry is founding president of the International Association of Yoga Therapists, founder of the Corporate Yoga program at the J. Paul Getty Museum, the first Yoga teacher to offer Yoga classes at the World Economic Forum, cofounder of the yoga curriculum at the UCLA School of Medicine, and the founding director of the Yoga Therapy programs at LMU Extension.

Titled "The Father of Modern Yoga," Larry writes: "Many people discover yoga because they are looking to alleviate pain or discomfort. My introduction to yoga was not atypical -- a search for relief from terrible back pain. Let's face it: The human body was not designed to sit in a chair or car seat for 10 hours per day. After 12 years as the West Coast representative of McCall's magazine, I was stressed out, and most of tension in my life somehow made its way to my lower back."  More...

Producers of 24, Falling Skies, Fantastic Four, Star Trek, and X-Men among Panelists at the 2013 Showcase: “The Seventh Year Stretch”

The Los Angeles Religious Education Congress will host its seventh film showcase this Friday evening in Anaheim, California. Titled “The Seventh Year Stretch,” this year’s Showcase will feature the cinematic work and commentary of a panel of leading filmmakers and scholars. Moderated by Rose Pacatte, F.S.P., the panel includes film producer Ralph Winter, festival director Monika Moreno, television writer Rémi Aubuchon, screenwriting professor Marilyn Beker, and theology professor Amir Hussain.

Loyola Marymount University to host Second National Symposium on Hispanic Ministry in 2014

As the Hispanic population in Los Angeles and the greater United States continues to grow, LMU Extension has undertaken several initiatives to serve this important Catholic community including increased training of bilingual and bicultural pastoral ministers, strengthening ties to pastoral leaders and ministry practitioners, and sponsoring the Regional Summer Seminar on Formation for Hispanic Ministry.  Read more...

Extension to Participate in the Annual Los Angeles Religious Education Congress in February

This February, alongside colleagues and alumni from Loyola Marymount, LMU Extension will again be participating in the annual Los Angeles Religious Education Congress, the largest Catholic pastoral and education event in the United States, this February. LMU is sponsoring an exhibit booth in Hall A of the Anaheim Convention Center featuring programs in the Center for Religion and Spirituality, Bioethics Institute, Center for Catholic Education, and the Department of Theological Studies.