Private yoga & Meditation
Traditionally, yoga was almost always shared on a one-to-one basis as a means of direct transmission from teacher to student. The deeper my own study and practice grows, the more I realize the benefit - if not the need - for offering this highly customizable approach. We are each living in very unique bodies, and operating with very unique minds. So much personalized information must go into creating a practice that can efficiently and elegantly address these diverse, unique, needs. Private sessions give us the opportunity to do just that.
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Let's get to know one another so I can learn how best to support you, and prescribe a practice which will empower you to heal and begin living the life of your dreams.
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Care to learn more?
SUTRA SATSANGA
a group study of Patanjali's Yoga Sutra
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Join me for an ongoing study of the Yoga Sutras through Pandit Rajmani Tigunait's translation and commentary. Beginning with Chapter One, we are reading the sutras verse by verse and engaging in lively conversation around how they apply to 'real life.'​
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Tuesdays
live via Zoom - resuming autumn 2023 with Sutra 1:37
7:30am Pacific / 10:30am Eastern / 3:30pm UK / 4:30pm Europe
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Register now to catch up on previously recorded sessions. Then join us live when we resume this fall.
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Investment
$20/month *option to renew monthly
The Yoga Sutra is the living source wisdom of the Yoga tradition. Using it as a guide, we can unlock the hidden power and experience the promise of Yoga in our life. The Yoga Sutra is as fresh today as it was 2,200 years ago when it was discovered by the sage Patanjali. By applying its living wisdom in our practice, we can achieve the purpose of life - lasting fulfillment and ultimate freedom.
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Every time I read Patanjali's Yoga Sutras I am astounded by the wisdom they contain. They are an intricate, in depth manual for maximizing our experience of humanity. Many of us in the west begin our foray into yoga outside of the context of the Yoga sutras, and so miss out on the profound possibility yoga contains.
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In Patanjali's first chapter of the Yoga Sutra, he dives deeply into the nature of the human mind - its promises and its pitfalls. He explores the nature of suffering, as well as revealing what is known as the 'secret' of the yoga sutra, the true nature of the self, divine, radiant, self-luminous joy beyond the reach of all suffering.
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For this satsanga we will use Pandit Rajmani Tigunait's commentary on the Yoga Sutras as our guide. Panditji's commentary is practitioner oriented, fully grounded in a living tradition. It shares the essence of Pandit Tigunait's rigorous scholarly understanding of the Yoga Sutra through the filter of experiential knowledge gained through decades of advanced yogic practices and enriched by the gift of living wisdom he received from the masters of the Himalayan Tradition.
WE RISE
nurturing intimacy
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a daily guided meditation practice
November 27th - December 24th, 2023
6-7am Pacific / 9-10am Eastern / 2-3pm UK / 3-4pm Europe
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we meet virtually daily via Zoom
all practices recorded and posted daily
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Investment
$200 for first time meditators
$50 for dedicated practitioners
nur·ture verb
care for and encourage the growth or development of;
in·ti·ma·cy noun
close familiarity or friendship; something of a personal nature
WE RISE is a daily guided experienced offered to foster a meaningful engagement with meditation as a meanr to guide you home to your sacred, self.
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The techniques shared are drawn from Vishoka Meditation®. Building on 'stage one,' by incorporating a systematic practice of pranayama with contemplative self study, WE RISE cultivates an intimate relationship with prana, which then guides us lovingly and effortlessly home to who we are at the level of the 'heart.' Pranic intimacy is key to enjoying a direct relationship with the sacred aspects of life.
Vishoka Meditation® is a gift of the Himalayan Tradition, made accessible to this generation through the writing and teaching of Pandit Rajmani Tigunait.
VISHOKA MEDITATION® COURSE
Affiliated with the Himalayan Institute
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January 8th-19th, 2024
5:00-8:30am Pacific / 8:00-10:30am Eastern
1:00-3:30pm UK / 2:00-4:30pm Europe
offered live virtually via Zoom
all practices + lectures are recorded and shared daily
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Investment $350
Imagine a life free from pain and sorrow—infused with joy and tranquility.
The ancient yogis called this state vishoka, and insisted that we all can reach it. The key is a precise set of meditative techniques designed to unite mind and breath, and turn them inward.
Inherit the Wisdom of a Living Tradition
Vishoka Meditation® is grounded in the authentic wisdom of ancient, yet living, tradition embodied by luminaries including Buddha, Patanjali, and a long line of Siddha masters. Drawing upon both yoga and tantra, Vishoka Meditation® shares the essence of ancient source texts including the Yoga Sutra, Lotus Sutra and Shiva Sutra.
Experience Vishoka Meditation®
The heart of Vishoka Meditation is a technique that is spiritually-grounded, yet highly systematic and experiential. But Vishoka Meditation is more than technique—it is a living practice supported by a rich body of wisdom, refined over countless generations.
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This Course fulfills the pre-requisite for the Vishoka Meditation® Teacher Training.
Mystical mantra
Stage One
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a group experience created to foster intimate
relationship with the Divine through sacred sound
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Wednesdays
live via Zoom
Autumn 2023
7:30am Pacific / 10:30am Eastern / 3:30pm UK / 4:30pm Europe
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All course content is recorded, so the course can also be experienced individually at your own pace.
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Investment $208
Embodiment through Mantra
Embodiment is a buzz word in the yoga world these days. But what does it really mean? It means transitioning your engagement with yoga from a primarily intellectual endeavor to one of direct experience. The intellect is subject to doubt. Direct experience is undeniable.
Embodiment means that you are a living, breathing expression of your practice in day to day life. It means that all of life is an experience of the sacred, even the most mundane moments like folding laundry, checking email or driving your car.
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How do we transition from the intellect to direct experience? For me, Mantra has been the key. Mantra invites the thinking mind to rest, held in a nurturing cocoon by the sacred Sanskrit sounds received by the Rshis thousands of years ago. These Mantras are living and breathing vibratory expressions of various aspects of the Divine. They live and breathe in creation, they live and breathe within us.
Mantra awakens us to the presence of these energies. They do so in a way which protects and expands the mind, and accelerates the process of enlightenment.