Resting in the heart of stillness — Seven Weeks Workshop
Welcome to the Resting in the heart of stillness Course. Below you will find the material needed.
Ressources
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Preparing Your Seat
The most important thing you can do to prepare is to make yourself a comfortable seat.
If you are going to sit on the floor, make sure that you have a cushion or blankets to lift your butt 3-5 inches above your knees.
If you sit on a chair, it is better that it be a straight chair rather than a recliner. Use a cushion under your buttocks for support, and also make sure that you have a pillow or pillows that you can place in the small of your back to keep your spine straight.
If its hard for your back muscles to support you upright without a backrest, that’s fine; for the purposes of this class, we will not require full-court press yogic asana.
What is crucial is that the back is erect, though not rigid. So if you do use a backrest, or if you decide to support yourself by leaning against a wall, make sure that you have the props you need to keep your spine straight.
Week One — MEMORY AND HAIR
Memories create expansion but also contractions. In this first week we will look at where memories are stored in the body and why they create fluctuations in the mind and often discomfort and blockages in the body.
Working with the layers of the breath and through the sheets of the physical body we will open a space of neutrality from where to observe and experience the memories that are stored and those that are absent, because what we remember and what we don’t has a deep impact in the way we perceive our life and ourselves.
Before starting today’s practice please make sure to be in a calm environment and read the preparing your seat section.
Week Two — EMBRACE AND EYES
In this section you will find meditation practices suitable for everyone. The practices can be followed alone or combined with other practices present inside Stillness. Pranayama or a gentle Nada Yoga is the perfect combination to make the most of any meditative inquiry.
WEEK THREE — WELL AND MOUTH
In this section you will find meditation practices suitable for everyone. The practices can be followed alone or combined with other practices present inside Stillness. Pranayama or a gentle Nada Yoga is the perfect combination to make the most of any meditative inquiry.
WEEK FOUR — PAUSE AND CHEST
This week we will take a moment to bring our attention to the quality of the spaces of emptiness inside the physical body.
WEEK FIVE — ALLOWE AND STOMACH
Digesting food, thoughts and emotion is a way to experience the world in an organic and healthy way. When however we are faced with difficulties our digestion looses its strenght. Our internal fire decreases and we more often than not we get untangled in wrong food habits, depressing thoughts and negative emotions. This week we will allow the stomach a very delicate and important part of the body to feel the feelings and moreover to create new and softer emotions.
WEEK SIX — VISION AND UTERUS
We think of vision as coming from the eyes. What we see it seems to us more real than what we don’t. After all we engage with the world mostly through visuals and through touch, even-thought the touch is becoming less and less relevant even if it is one of the most healing practices we have as human beings
