University Open Air: Tibetan Seven-point Vajra Posture and Benefits: Opening five chakras and energizing five pranas/energies within
These are some simple yoga movements that help you to make it possible to sit in the vajra posture.
Ends with 10-15 minutes of guided meditation.
Dr. Chok Tenzin Monlam is a Tibetan yoga and mindfulness instructor. He has over a decade of experience spreading Tibetan teachings…
University Open Air: Drawing from Nature
In this class we will draw inspiration from our natural surroundings. We will learn how to look at nature, search for interesting textures, and create compositions incorporating different elements from the park around us. Open to all ages and levels of experience!
University Open Air: Cultural Awareness in a Multicultural World
New York City is considered one of the largest cultural melting pots in the United States, with nearly one in four residents belonging to the immigrant community. In this interactive discussion, we will explore various ways to navigate our cultural differences whilst using our similarities to…
University Open Air: Chinese Tea Ceremony Series: Teaware Selection & Tea
Let's experience the traditional Chinese tea culture, watch the beauty of the tea ceremony, and experience the peace and beauty that the tea ceremony brings to us.
University Open Air: Immigration. Who Gets to Stay?
An explorative discussion on the relationship between media narratives and US immigration policy. The talk will examine some prominent media headlines and whether they influence immigration policy decisions.
University Open Air: Nine-Rounds of Breathing for Purification
Breathing purifies the stale energy in the body, cleans all three channels, helps to flow the energy without blockages, reduces negative emotions, tranquilizes your mind, and boosts your immune system, thereby preventing many physical and mental disorders and helping to heal diseases swiftly.…
University Open Air: Female South Asian Journalists’ Struggles with Discrimination
South Asian Female journaists face discrimination from the news room and from society. This class will examine these sources of anxiety for this particular comunity of journalists, and discuss the effects on reporting.
University Open Air: Technical Drawing Exercises for Beginners
In this course, students will gain hands-on experience in technical drawing.
Learn the art of manual drawing and drafting techniques. Drawing instruments (including paper and clipboards) will be provided.
University Open Air: Contemporary Taiwanese Poetry
In this class, students will read original and translated poems by contemporary Taiwanese authors. Pairing individual poems with American poets, students will use thematic concepts as a guide to generate new work; elements include intimacy, magic, suppression, sarcasm, lost in translation, and…
University Open Air: How to Write a Winning Proposal I
This course aims to introduce students to different types of proposals and how to write them step-by-step. You will learn how to persuade donors, sponsors, and potential collaborators by crafting a feasible and profitable proposal.
University Open Air: Cybersecurity: Identifying and Preventing Potential Cyber Attacks
If you ever came across a spammed website or email, would you recognize it? What common features exist in cybercrimes? What techniques do attackers use? This lesson discusses the techniques used introduces some techniques to identify and prevent cybercrimes. This lesson is full of practical life…
University Open Air: Fiction Workshop, Renaming
I wonder if she ever wanted
them to speak back, looked into
their wide wonderful eyes and
whispered, Name me, name me.
-Ada Limón
How do you name an item? What do you need to name a feeling? In this generative session, we’ll reimagine the…
University Open Air: Staying on Top of Recent Cyber Activities
The global pandemic has paved avenues for cybercriminals to target many people in diverse fields. According to CPO Magazine, half a million Zoom user accounts were compromised and sold on a dark web forum in April 2020. (CPO Magazine). In addition, Americans lost more than $97.39 million to…
University Open Air: Tibetan Healing Methods for Lower Back Pain
**Today's (Sunday, September 11) class WILL TAKE PLACE despite the light rain in the forecast. Class will be held indoors at the Boathouse in Prospect Park. Please join us rain/shine!**
More than 30% of people in the USA have lower back pain. Why? Find your answers here, then Dr.…
University Open Air: How Companies Have Learned to Exploit “Work From Home”
**Today's (Sunday, September 11) class WILL TAKE PLACE despite the light rain in the forecast. Class will be held indoors at the Boathouse in Prospect Park. Please join us rain/shine!**
The result of pandemic needs to work at home created an opportunity for comapnies to shift a…
University Open Air: Securing Electronic Devices from Data Breach
**Today's (Sunday, September 11) class WILL TAKE PLACE despite the light rain in the forecast. Class will be held indoors at the Boathouse in Prospect Park. Please join us rain/shine!**
Data breach is a huge concern, and many individuals and companies such as Yahoo, Twitter, and…
University Open Air: Beauty and Ugliness: In French and Francophone Literature and the Arts
**Today's (Sunday, September 11) class WILL TAKE PLACE despite the light rain in the forecast. Class will be held indoors at the Boathouse in Prospect Park. Please join us rain/shine!**
In this course, we will examine some laudatory and critical devices used in some emblematic…
University Open Air: Tibetan Self-Healing Massage, Blessing Your Hands with Mantra
**Today's (Sunday, September 11) class WILL TAKE PLACE despite the light rain in the forecast. Class will be held indoors at the Boathouse in Prospect Park. Please join us rain/shine!**
This massage opens all the channels in our body, and blessing hands will energize your body and…
University Open Air: Protecting User Privacy Online
**Today's (Sunday, September 11) class WILL TAKE PLACE despite the light rain in the forecast. Class will be held indoors at the Boathouse in Prospect Park. Please join us rain/shine!**
Privacy includes personal and sensitive user information that directly identifies an individual (…
University Open Air: Tibetan Meditation/Mindfulness Practice
Learn some meditation methods for overcoming anxiety, anger, frustration, and other negative emotions. Meditation helps to sleep well, have clarity, and blissfulness, and lessen discursive thoughts, among many other benefits.
Ends with 10-15 minutes of guided meditation.
University Open Air: Drawing from Nature
In this class we will draw inspiration from our natural surroundings. We will learn how to look at nature, search for interesting textures, and create compositions incorporating different elements from the park around us. Open to all ages and levels of experience!
University Open Air: Fengshui 101
What is Fengshui? Do you know anything about it? What is Good Fengshui? Let's discover it together.
University Open Air: Ancient Yoga for Energizing the Five Senses and Ten Organs
This practice heals and maintains the health of the five senses, five solid and five hollow organs. *Participants should bring yoga mats, if they wish to.
Ends with 10-15 minutes of guided meditation.
University Open Air: Recession or Depression: Who Feels the Effects?
There are two school of thought about current economic circumstances: people who have good jobs may not be worried about inflation becuase they have incomes to meet needs. On the other hand, people facing termination are struggling with mental trauma or depression; for them, there is a recession…
University Open Air: Sound Map of Salsa Music in New York
In this lecture, we will travel back in time through Salsa music in New York City. For this, we will visit the places and the musicians in the past that gave rise to this music. We will go through a timeline while jumping from neighborhood to neighborhood, visiting the places where musicians and…
University Open Air: Cinematography: Introduction to High-Speed Video with Camera Demonstration
A high-speed camera is a device capable of capturing moving images with exposures of less than 1/1,000 second or frame rates in excess of 250 fps. High-speed video has applications ranging from commercial cinematography to measuring motor vehicle safety (crash tests), and aiding in sports…
University Open Air: Generative Workshop, on Travel Writing & Languages
Note: this program has been cancelled.
How do we write about unforgettable memories about our travels? How do we reshape these past/present journeys according to who we are now? Everyone has a journey that we keep deep in our heart––a gap year we take to travel across the world, our…
University Open Air: How to Write a Winning Proposal II
This course aims to introduce students to different types of proposals and how to write them step-by-step. You will learn how to persuade donors, sponsors, and potential collaborators by crafting a feasible and profitable proposal.
University Open Air: Renewable Materials//Bamboo and Rattan Products in Green Buildings
Bamboo and rattan are important non-timber forest products. These renewable and climate-smart resources are increasingly used as building materials, interior decoration, and furniture making worldwide. This course explores the current and potential uses of bamboo and rattan to contribute to…
University Open Air: Neither Here Nor There: Desi Community Anxiety About Place
Many Desi families didn't buy homes in the US but do have homes in their countries of origin; now they are discovering that the next generations doesn't want to leave the US. Do they remain in the US or return to their homes elsewhere without the younger generations?
University Open Air: Enjoyment through Wandering and Wonders in the Work of People of Color
What’s the difference between joy, pleasure, and delight? Is there a connection between wonder and wandering? Let’s meander in the mind of writers of color who make room for enjoyment as well as pain in their work. Our journey starts with a flâneuse, Zadie Smith, as she wanders around Italian…
University Open Air: Translation, Translated Literature, and More
Note: this program has been cancelled.
Have you ever read a book that you really like, and noticed that it’s a book in translation? Translated literature is a primary way for us to read about other parts of the world—where the stories stand on their own, instead of pushing for cultural…
University Open Air: Ancient Healing: Physical, Mental, and Emotional Healing with Tibetan Chod Ritual
Dr. Chok will end the UOA with a special healing method. Participants will just lie down, and he will do the healing with the Chod ritual: chanting prayers, mantras, drums, bells, etc. *Participants should bring a yoga mat or blanket—something to lie on.
Ends with 10-15 minutes of guided…