Nourishing Two Hour Workshops:
Release and Open with Psoas-Focused Asana, Metta Meditation, & Haptic Drawing
When: Sunday, October 21 (One of Embodied's Sacred Sunday offerings)
1:00 - 3:00 pm
Where: Embodied
Main Street, Montpelier, VT
Cost: $26, register
Do you long for ease of being? How can you loosen the constrictions and burdens placed on you by life, relations, society and even yourself that manifest as creative blocks, feeling “voiceless” or as a sense of alienation? Explore hidden tightness in the body with yoga movement (asana) to tone and nourish the psoas muscle. Discover how this important muscle relates to the respiratory and pelvic diaphragms and yogic breathing (pranayama). Lovingkindness or Metta meditation will build a compassionate practice of non-judgmental self-acceptance. Automatic or "haptic" drawing exercises will free your mind and creative spirit. Surrender the burdens that no longer serve you while learning to adapt to the free flowing nature of a changing world. No previous drawing experience required.
When: Sunday, October 21 (One of Embodied's Sacred Sunday offerings)
1:00 - 3:00 pm
Where: Embodied
Main Street, Montpelier, VT
Cost: $26, register
Do you long for ease of being? How can you loosen the constrictions and burdens placed on you by life, relations, society and even yourself that manifest as creative blocks, feeling “voiceless” or as a sense of alienation? Explore hidden tightness in the body with yoga movement (asana) to tone and nourish the psoas muscle. Discover how this important muscle relates to the respiratory and pelvic diaphragms and yogic breathing (pranayama). Lovingkindness or Metta meditation will build a compassionate practice of non-judgmental self-acceptance. Automatic or "haptic" drawing exercises will free your mind and creative spirit. Surrender the burdens that no longer serve you while learning to adapt to the free flowing nature of a changing world. No previous drawing experience required.
Let it Flow with Zen-inspired Practices
To Build Connection
When: Sunday, December 9 (One of Embodied's Sacred Sunday offerings)
1:00 - 3:00 pm
Where: Embodied
Main Street, Montpelier, VT
Cost: $26, register
Explore the differences between “brain” and “mind” as you dive into prajna, or inner wisdom, to discover the answers within. In the first half of class, the Japanese Zen disciplines of zazen or seated meditation (on the floor or in a chair) and kōan practice offer you an opportunity to contemplate a paradoxical parable as you gain a deeper understand of yourself and the world. What appears might surprise you. In the second half of class, experience the creative freedom and liberation of flow in the whole of your being through movement meditation. Choose between being fully blindfolded or simply having eyes closed, for movement meditation that will untangle discursive thoughts and ingrained physical behaviors manifest in your physical form as tension. Release into a state of seamless connection with the universe.
"I dove in because I wanted to see what I know." ~ Anais Nin
To Build Connection
When: Sunday, December 9 (One of Embodied's Sacred Sunday offerings)
1:00 - 3:00 pm
Where: Embodied
Main Street, Montpelier, VT
Cost: $26, register
Explore the differences between “brain” and “mind” as you dive into prajna, or inner wisdom, to discover the answers within. In the first half of class, the Japanese Zen disciplines of zazen or seated meditation (on the floor or in a chair) and kōan practice offer you an opportunity to contemplate a paradoxical parable as you gain a deeper understand of yourself and the world. What appears might surprise you. In the second half of class, experience the creative freedom and liberation of flow in the whole of your being through movement meditation. Choose between being fully blindfolded or simply having eyes closed, for movement meditation that will untangle discursive thoughts and ingrained physical behaviors manifest in your physical form as tension. Release into a state of seamless connection with the universe.
"I dove in because I wanted to see what I know." ~ Anais Nin