Eastern Body Western Mind: Psychology and the Chakra System as a Path to the Self
Eastern Body Western Mind: Psychology and the Chakra System as a Path to the Self
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This four hour intensive is based on the profound teachings of Anodea Judith in her book Eastern Body, Western Mind where western psychology and eastern spirituality are beautifully blended within the container of the chakra system. We connect deeply to each chakra through yoga and pranayama, as well as learn to direct our energetic flow by working with the bandhas to support the healing of each unique energy center beginning with the root chakra and extending to the crown.
This workshop is designed to bring awareness to the common deficiencies and excesses that can develop in the energy centers of the body beginning in the
womb and extending throughout one’s lifetime. We will learn how to reclaim the temple of the body, mind and spirit by unfolding the petals of each chakra while bringing harmony and balance to our entire energy field. It is vital to take the journey through the many dimensions of the Self and integrate these teachings into our daily lives. We can truly begin to help heal
humanity and our planet by first bringing our own inner landscape into a place of harmony and balance.
In this workshop we will:
This workshop is designed to bring awareness to the common deficiencies and excesses that can develop in the energy centers of the body beginning in the
womb and extending throughout one’s lifetime. We will learn how to reclaim the temple of the body, mind and spirit by unfolding the petals of each chakra while bringing harmony and balance to our entire energy field. It is vital to take the journey through the many dimensions of the Self and integrate these teachings into our daily lives. We can truly begin to help heal
humanity and our planet by first bringing our own inner landscape into a place of harmony and balance.
In this workshop we will:
- Spend much of our time in a circle, a beautiful representation of wholeness and oneness that will give each student the space to share and be heard.
- Explore deeply each of the seven chakras as well as the seven rights associated with each chakra including the right to be here, the right to feel, the right to act, to love, to speak, to see and to know
- Support the healing of each chakra through carefully chosen yoga practices which blend asanas, mudras, bandhas and pranayama in support of each unique energy center
- Create community and connection through time spent in small groups exploring and sharing some of the common demons of each chakra and how to heal them so we can begin the return to a state of wholeness
- Delve into some of the greatest minds in the field of psychology to better understand how our physical, emotional, archetypal and creative character structure was born and how we might begin to heal long held patterns in both the body and the mind
- Honor the need for stillness and quiet reflection through recommended at home meditation and yin yoga practices designed to calm the mind following time spent in the classroom as well as reinforce the powerful teachings contained within the book