ulinna Oxley, associate professor at Coastal Carolina University, will hold a "Mindful Conversations" forum, sponsored by CCU's department of Philosophy and Religious Studies. Her presentation, "Yoga Off the Mat" will discuss important lessons, principles and virtue in the practice of yoga. It is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 7, at 5 p.m. in Lackey Chapel. Admission is free and open to the public.

Oxley will suggest that while yoga is a practice that takes place "on the mat," practitioners can glean lessons that can be used off the mat. For example, sometimes people who practice yoga can seem to be vain, impatient and competitive, even in the yoga classroom. Oxley develops the idea of "yogic virtue" and suggests that there are principles and virtues such as balance, focus and non-judgment that yoga practitioners can learn to take from their practice on the mat into their lives. In addition, just as the physical practice of yoga can accommodate a wide variety of personalities, aptitudes and abilities, so can yogic ethics or morality.

Lackey Chapel is located at 105 University Drive, Conway. For more information, contact Oxley at 843-349-6548 or joxley@coastal.edu