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• Homeschooling 12-17 y.o. - Balingup area
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If Viktor Frankl had been aware of the Japanese concept of Ikigai, I wonder if he may have called his Logotherapy Ikigai-therapy!?

Ikigai not only encourages a sense of self discovery and development, but this in the context of social engagement and connection. Making life is so many ways more enjoyable in its simple joys of daily life and community connections…

These days, it has also expanded into a format that seeks to integrate answers to questions about what we enjoy doing; how our skills manifest; how we can bring value to others around us; and what profession or calling we engage.

10th February - 31st March, Tuesdays 6-7:30 pm, Margaret River
11 Station Rd (behind Anglican Church)
$200

Aside from Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras - which reminds us that ‘yoga is the cessation of the fluctuations of the mind’ - there are a small number of other ‘classical’ texts that are frequently mentioned yet, unfortunately, remain as frequently un-studied - even within yoga teaching programmes. One of these is Swatmarasama Hatha Yoga Pradīpikā.

The book has four sections: on Asanas; on Pranayama; on the Bandhas; and on states of Samadhi. Though there is much overlap with the Yoga Sutras, there is also much that remains distinct, with excursions into important considerations for Consciousness - or what we may at times refer to as ‘spiritual awakening’. One such brief statement, or a prelude to the experience, is in Chapter 4, verse 16:

‘Remaining in the most suitable place, having found how to penetrate Shushumna and make Prana flow through the middle channel, it should be constrained within brahmarandhra, the centre of higher consciousness’

Three dates, three iconic locations. Each offering a programme rich in inner depth. The programmes run from Friday evening until Sunday 10 am.

Transform inner fears and anger, accept the flow of love's curiosity, avoid greed and envy - explore these known benefits of meditation... deepen your experience and discover ways to establish and maintain a personal practice that works for you...

Meditation retreats include
optional yoga or movement session
optional sound healing session
other optional extras based on location

Experience insights from the fields of wellness, neuroscientific research and other investigative fields; develop efficient techniques and methods of meditative practices; and form a framework to establish and maintain regular practice.

Using a simplified neuro-anatomical model through which to deepen meditation, the retreat space supports participants in personal journeys.

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Preview some discussion on meditation on In Body In Mind - Jean-Michel with Dave from Kundalini Yoga Southwest...

Wednesdays 6 pm - focus: deepening personal practice - resumes next week

Personal Development has traditionally focussed on spiritual formation. In the manner that I work, I include practices inclusive of imagery and meditation. If you are interested in finding out more, please be in contact.

Following an initial consultation, deepening work requires commitment for a once-a-month meeting for either 6 or 12 months (renewable if desired).

More details in the pdf below:

12-17 y.o. Homeschooling - Resumes next week

Western Culture is steeped within a Christian framework that is, increasingly, being caricatured through some of its historical failings. Yet to understand much of the artwork, our holidays, even how it is that we have weekends as non-working days (at least for some of us), to partake and understand the foundational texts is important. We will read through the Gospel of St Matthew (and where relevant, cross-reference to Greek philosophy, mesapotamian astronomy/astrology, and their respective developments over the course of the ensuing centuries). I recommend the Jerusalem Bible as a good translation for the new Testament.

Similarly, Eastern culture has heavily been infused with streams emanating from the Upanishads, and one of the most influential line is through the Advaitist tradition through Sankaracharya's AtmaBhoda - a versed book that, like many others in the tradition, holds in condensed form a vast worldview and way of being.

9:30 - 11:30 BOOKS - Gospel of St Matthew - Jerusalem Bible translation (available as a pdf here - Matthew only), and the Atma Bodha (available as a pdf here).

12:30 - 2:30 ART - focussed on Geometry and astronomy

Suitable for yoga teachers and those with an interest in yoga. Tuesdays 10th February - 31st March

events.humanitix.com/hatha-yoga-pradipika

February-March, Tuesdays 6-7:30, Margaret River
11 Station Rd (behind Anglican Church)
$200

Thursdays 8 am - with Alice
Fridays 8 am - with Susana
Saturdays 8 am - with Jean-Michel
Sundays 8 am - with David & Devi

Monday 6 pm - with Alice
Tuesday 6 pm - with Jean-Michel [8-wk Hatha Pradipika]

Thursday 10 am - with Jean-Michel
Thursday 6 pm - with Jean-Michel

Thursday 6:00 am - DM Devi on @kundalini_southwest
Friday 6:00 am - DM Devi on @kundalini_southwest
Saturday 8:00 am - DM Devi on @kundalini_southwest

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with…
Mary Greer, David Mitchell, Julia Chapple, Shirley Barroy,
Russell Sturgess, Kat Black, Carolyn Johnson, Sue Yarwood,
Jean-Michel David, Marina Lovasz

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