Description
If you are someone seeking a more peaceful existence, resilient to the external influences surrounding you, and find that center, this class set will be for you! This will cover many aspects of meditation and the different paths of such. Expect to learn how to guide others in these practices and to fortify your own personal practice. This will be broken up into a bi-weekly 4 hour set with two 5 hour sets at the end. Find out more about Sher here https://throughbreath.com/teachers/sher . We all have a deep potential to be the change we wish to be, we have to carve out time to work on ourselves, look inward, and strengthen the mind.
This class will be streamed VIA zoom, and in studio. Class total is $650
Topics Covered:
50 Hour Meditation Course
Overview.
What is meditation?
Different meditation traditions
Benefits of meditating
Importance of daily practice
Types of meditation:
Breath Meditation
Mantra meditations
Visualization (internal / external)
Trataka
Awareness practices
Sound meditations
Yoga Nidra
Guided meditations
Moving meditations
Key Terms overview
Basic tools: Breath (Pranayama) – Simple seated poses – Drishti (eye focus / gaze) – mudras
Frequency and duration
Meditations affect on the brain (the science behind why it works
Sitting positions
Goals of meditation
Deeper states
Peeling back the surface of the mind
Managing stress
Releasing expectations of meditation to simply experience and learn to be
The chakras
Bij mantras / pronunciation guide
Reasons we meditate
How to make it accessible
Schools of meditation
Theory: Pranayama – major bodies – elements – prana / nadis – chakras – koshas – gunas – karma / dharma –
Finding discipline
Leading group meditations
Conduct / Safety / Things to consider
Potential results: Health benefits – reaching goals / observing progress – overcoming blocks – intentions, attention, and the power of manifestation
Yoga Sutras and other texts
Leading – Student interaction
Relationship with students
Effective communication / using your voice
Preparing yourself
Setting the space
Class planning / using scripts, books, other tools. Writing out a class
Simple tools for a successful class
Cueing in class
Managing Time
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