Water's Subtle Strength: A Yoga, Qigong and Mindfulness Meditation Winter Immersion
Seasonal Practices for Energy, Balance and Wellbeing
Sunday, January 22, 2017
triyoga, Camden
10:00 – 17:00
Seasonal Practices for Energy, Balance and Wellbeing
Sunday, January 22, 2017
triyoga, Camden
10:00 – 17:00
As the Dao de Jing describes, “Nothing in the world is as soft and yielding as water, yet for dissolving the hard and inflexible, nothing can surpass it.” Water is the element associated with the winter season in the Chinese Five Element theories. It’s a time of rest, storing, and pausing before the creativity and busyness of spring. We will consider the complex dimensions of water and fluids, and look at how we can invite our bodies – which are comprised of up to 70% fluids – to harmonize with this element and seasonal energy. A fluid vinyasa practice will be interspersed with qigong practices for water. We will end the immersion with a quieting, restorative yoga practice for deep rest and relaxation.
In this immersion you’ll learn:
About this series:
Whether you’re brand new to yoga or a seasoned teacher, this series of highly experiential daylong immersions will broaden your understanding of how seasonal energies based on the Chinese Five Elements can be explored and embodied through yoga, qigong and mindfulness meditation practices. Working with these distinct yet complementary systems of practice will enable practitioners to accrue benefits from each independent methodology as well as understand how the intellectual and physical threads of these traditions can weave together in compelling ways.
Each immersion will include:
Each immersion can be taken individually. Please bring a notebook and pen.
About Yoga, Qigong and Mindfulness Meditation:
Qigong is an ancient Chinese energy practice with roots in Daoist traditions. It works with the principle of “xing ming shuang xiu” – meaning “the spirit and body are equally refined and cultivated.” It is designed to encourage healthy qi, or life force, to move within the body through fluid or static movements, breathing practices, and visualization techniques. Yoga is a Sanskrit word whose root meaning is “to yoke”. Through disciplines including asana (postures), pranayama (breathing techniques) and meditation, yoga works to purify the body and expand the consciousness. Mindfulness meditation offers skills in meeting the challenges of everyday thoughts, actions and feelings. Based on Buddhist methodologies and doctrines, it invites us to meet life’s experiences with less reactivity and judgment and greater insight, compassion and awareness. Working with these three systems can offer practical and inspiring resources to help us navigate the messy, complex job of being human.
Cost: £75
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
In this immersion you’ll learn:
- Fundamental physiology of the fluid body and how it can be a potent resource for efficient movement within asanas (postures) and transitions.
- Qigong practices for the kidneys and urinary bladder – organs that associate in Chinese medicine with our ancestral qi, water and winter.
- Mindfulness meditation practices that explore our capacity for compassion, listening, and contemplation.
About this series:
Whether you’re brand new to yoga or a seasoned teacher, this series of highly experiential daylong immersions will broaden your understanding of how seasonal energies based on the Chinese Five Elements can be explored and embodied through yoga, qigong and mindfulness meditation practices. Working with these distinct yet complementary systems of practice will enable practitioners to accrue benefits from each independent methodology as well as understand how the intellectual and physical threads of these traditions can weave together in compelling ways.
Each immersion will include:
- Experiential anatomy relevant to the themes and focus for each season
- Creative, mindful vinyasa practices that integrate yoga and qigong
- Active, static and meditative qigong practices
- Restorative yoga
- Mindfulness-based meditation practices
- Talks and contemplations
Each immersion can be taken individually. Please bring a notebook and pen.
About Yoga, Qigong and Mindfulness Meditation:
Qigong is an ancient Chinese energy practice with roots in Daoist traditions. It works with the principle of “xing ming shuang xiu” – meaning “the spirit and body are equally refined and cultivated.” It is designed to encourage healthy qi, or life force, to move within the body through fluid or static movements, breathing practices, and visualization techniques. Yoga is a Sanskrit word whose root meaning is “to yoke”. Through disciplines including asana (postures), pranayama (breathing techniques) and meditation, yoga works to purify the body and expand the consciousness. Mindfulness meditation offers skills in meeting the challenges of everyday thoughts, actions and feelings. Based on Buddhist methodologies and doctrines, it invites us to meet life’s experiences with less reactivity and judgment and greater insight, compassion and awareness. Working with these three systems can offer practical and inspiring resources to help us navigate the messy, complex job of being human.
Cost: £75
Time: 10:00 - 17:00