SAT 9:00AM - 12:00PM REVISITING THE CHAKRAS, THE KOSHA, THE PRANA VYUS, AND THE GUNAS
Traditional Yogic philosophy employs many models through which we can understand the movement of energy with ourselves and the world around us. We can use them as meditative focus points, points of intellectual self inquiry, and lenses through which we approach our life and physical practice. Our first session of the day will review these systems in detail and point us towards understanding how they have and might be applied to your public or private practice.

SAT 12:30 - 3:30PM INTEGRATING THE MODELS AND CREATING PERSONAL MEANING

How can we use these models in tandem to create asana classes that are more impactful and rich? Can a working and integrated understanding of these models allow us to approach our personal practice in ways that are more unique and accessible to ourselves? In this session we will map out how these different systems feed one another and inform the choices that we can make when we practice asana and meditation. We will explore assumptions that we’ve made about our own body and practice based on our previous experiences with these models, and how to forge our new and generative practices for ourselves. Sharing these reflections in small groups, we will begin to explore tools for more conscious communication. This session will end with a brief guided meditation for integration. 

SUN 9:00AM - 12:30PM SUBTLE ENERGY PRACTICE AND CONSCIOUS COMMUNICATION

This session starts with a 90-minute asana class that allows us to explore movements associated with the different systems of subtle energy that we reviewed in our previous gathering. This class will start with a long warm up, substantial movement through the middle, and luxurious depth towards the end. We will journal and reflect on our practice, how our understanding of subtle energy may have shifted our approach to asana, and then break into smaller groups to explore more tools for conscious communication.

SUN 12:30PM-3:30PM DECOLONIZING NON-VIOLENT COMMUNICATION

If integrating the subtle energy systems is a pathway into a better knowledge of the self, how else can we expand this self knowledge. While our time on the mat is critically important to cultivate the tolerance to show up to life as it is, conflict and communication put our practice to the test. Using Meenadchi’s Decolonizing Non-Violent Communication as a framework, we can begin to  notice how our personal energetic footprint creates more supportive relationships, or more challenging relationships.