Kirtan Evening and Yoga workshop on Tantra,Mantra and Mudra
With Rachel Zinman and Nyck Jeanes
Lindau, Germany May 4 & 5, 2010
The essence of Tantra is to use our own knowledge and experiences for expansion and liberation whether they are positive or negative and as we move towards this understanding we capture the essence of Tantra which is to see that everything in life is divine. In this workshop we will look at the background cosmology of Tantra and its elements and explore its major practices such as asana, pranayama, meditation, mantra,mudra, yantra and devotional singing in Kirtan. We will start the workshop with a Kirtan and the construction of a healing yantra.
Kirtan is a form of devotional yoga called Bhakti that celebrates the beauty of our connection to life and the bliss of unconditional love. In Sanskrit the word kirtan, means, "to repeat" and consists of mantras that are sung in call and response. Repeating the same sounds over and over can bring on a state of deep meditation where the participants experience the power of their own vibrations as well as feeling their inherent connection with others. Join Rachel and Nyck and discover the beauty and power of your own voice in an evening dedicated to the heart.
You can listen to samples of Rachel and Nyck's new CD Sita Ram at www.inspirational-music.net
Nyck Jeanes
Nyck is a radio broadcaster on Bay FM radio in Byron Bay and Magazine editor and publisher of Be Magazine in Byron. He has also been a musician and songwriter all his life. Nyck has been an actor, café proprietor, writer, journalist, and poet too. As a musician, Nyck wrote documentary soundtracks for ABC Australia and Channel 4 in Britain, and as a performer in duos, bands and theatre work through many years. From 2000 Nyck and his wife Rachel Zinman and family lived in New York for over 4 years. During that time Nyck wrote a weekly radio and print piece back to Australia, called Letter from New York and worked promoting and creating Yoga workshops for Be Yoga . Chanting came into Nyck’s life through partner Rachel while they lived in New York. With Rachel he conducts Kirtan's in Byron Bay, Sydney, Brisbane, Sunshine Coast, Japan, Switzerland, Germany and New York. Together as the Subway Bhaktis they have just produced their first CD Sita Ram. You can listen to samples at www.inspirational-music.net
Rachel Zinman
Rachel is a professional dancer, choreographer, award-winning musician and published poet. She was born into a musical family. Her father David Zinman is a Grammy award winning symphony conductor.
Rachel has practiced yoga for 20 years and taught for 14. In Australia she trained in both the Iyengar and Astanga methods, teaching yoga at the Northern Rivers Conservatorium in New South Wales, where she was Head of Dance. She also co-created and produced a popular Australian Yoga Video series and a Kid's Yoga Video.
Rachel met ISHTA yoga founder Alan Finger in New York City in 2000 and taught at his studio, Be Yoga for four years. While there she was the co-creator, coordinator and one of the facilitators and mentors in the Be Yoga Teacher Training Program and as part of that program began to learn and understand the power of mantra chanting.
Rachel returned to Australia in September 2004 and is currently facilitating workshops, retreats and trainings in The ISHTA System in Sydney, Byron Bay, Brisbane, Sunshine Coast, Japan, Switzerland, Italy, Germany and New York
Schedule
May 4th 19:30 Yantra construction and Kirtan
May 5th 18:30- 21:30 Yoga workshop
Venue
Heil-Insel-Lindau
Maiana Mareike Riethausen
Maximilianstr. 52
88131 Lindau
Tel. 08382- 9431193
www.heilinsel-lindau.de
info@heilinsel-lindau.de
Cost
WK 18 euro
AK 15 euro
Contact
www.yogali.de
info@yogali.de
Jutah Steinbach
Ph: 0049-8382-275125
