MENTOR SANGHA 2023:
WISDOM GODDESSES -
Linking Outer and Inner Worlds

FRIDAYS: 5/5, 6/2, 7/7, 8/4, 9/1, 10/6, 11/10, 12/8, plus 1/12, 2/9, 2024
9:00-12:00 am Mountain Time
Livestream / Recorded
Yoga Alliance CE: 30 hours

Mentor Sangha is an opportunity for continued growth and self-inquiry in the context of a safe, like-minded and supportive community - Sangha!

• Once a month for ten months - a 3 hour workshop, including lecture, asana/meditation practice, journaling, and discussion

• Emphasis on continued self-inquiry as we pursue our dharma

• Optional homework includes reading, journaling, and practice assignments

• Small group meetings with your peers between workshops to share and debrief

• Sessions are recorded to accommodate scheduling conflicts

• Meditations are recorded separately and made available
  

2023 FOCUS:
WISDOM GODDESSES - Linking Outer and Inner worlds
This year we continue to strengthen our personal relationship with our own inner guide by exploring the 10 Wisdom Goddesses that propel us forward on our spiritual journey. The Wisdom Goddesses (Maha Vidyas) are the various faces of those Inner Guides. Each Goddess cannot be understood simply by Her external image, but in fact Her true form is knowledge (Vidya). Specifically, She embodies a knowledge that has been kept hidden or secret - one that we must work to uncover. Through our dedicated practice, understanding gradually dawns, and like discovering buried treasure, we gain knowledge of what has so far been hidden from us. We gain the precise knowledge, in fact, that we are needing to move forward on our journey. This ever-expanding knowledge leads us on a path of growing power and delight. The Wisdom Goddesses are the Living Teachings in action!

The Maha Vidyas can be clearly seen at play in the outer world, as well as within our own psyche. We will examine their relevance to our outer world, while engaging in practices to uncover the secrets that yet remain hidden - the illuminating knowledge we need to shine a light on the path so we don’t stumble in the dark.

WHY JOURNALING?
The full transformative power of yoga can only be achieved by a mind that is steeped in the practice of self-reflection. As we face dramatic and constant change all around us, the practice of self-inquiry becomes a crucial support. This series celebrates self-reflection, weaving it into an all-levels practice that combines asana, pranayama, meditation, journaling, and discussion for a more profound and lasting effect. Finally we remember our dharma, reflecting on how these teachings can help us to fully claim our own potential, all within the loving embrace of sangha - community!

This is a stand-alone course, and yet it is also serves as an ongoing follow-up to the Song of the Soul and the Four Desires courses.

TOPICS INCLUDE: 

• Maha Vidyas - Wisdom Goddesses

• The role of mantra in connecting to inner guidance

• Understanding chaos and conflict

• Calling in protection and healing

• Saundarya Lahari - waves of beauty and bliss

• The Void - dissolution of the self

• Deep acceptance - the ground of transformation

• Play and creativity as expressions of the Goddess

• Cave of the heart - where no sorrow can enter

• Rudrani - cultivating wisdom and claiming your power

• Clear seeing - opening the ajna chakra

• Non-dual perception - union with the Infinite

• Self-effort and surrender / abhyasa and vairaghya

• Working with moon / sun / fire

• yoga nidra
  

CE for Yoga Alliance: 30 hours

FEE
Full Course: $450
Early Bird: $410 extended to 5/4/2023 (Enter SANGHA! at checkout)
Single Session: $45


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