The Deeper meaning of Tantra
A workshop for experienced students and teachers
A teacher training Intensive with rachel zinman
Stuttgart, Germany April 29- May 2, 2010
This Intensive will introduce Tantra and teach you how to incorporate its main tools and philosophy into your every day yoga classes
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 intensive 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 ritual as well as how to introduce these tools to students in a practical and supportive way. Our last day will conclude with the construction of a healing yantra and a tantric ritual.
Day 1: Introduction to Tantra
9:00-11.00- Butha Shuddi pranayama ( tantric purification), vinyasa practice and Tantric kriya meditation
11:15-12:30 - Initial explanation of the background of Tantra and the role of Hatha Yoga in Tantric practice
2:00-4:15- Talk on Tantra- Shiva/Shakti/the Tantric view of Karma and Kundalini
4:30-5:30- How to incorporate these concepts into a Yoga class
Day 2: Tools of Tantra
9:00-11:00 Butha Shuddi pranayama, Vinyasa practice and Tantric kriya meditation
11:15-12:30- Where do science and yoga meet- a look at the mind from both a yogic and scientific perspective
2:00-4:15 Talk on the tools of tantra- mantra, mudra, yantra, experience, ritual and living spontaneously
4:30-5:30- how to introduce these themes and sequence them into your yoga class
Day 3: Mantra
9:00-11:00 Butha Shuddi pranayama, Vinyasa practice and Tantric kriya meditation
11:15-12:30 Talk on Mantra and Yantra
2-4:00- How to work with mantra and yantra therapeutically in your classes- internally and externally
7:00-10:00- Master class and Kirtan -Shakti and Shiva are united in the heart
Day 4: The role of Bhakti and ritual in Tantra
9-11:00-Strong vinyasa practice , pranayama and Sankalpa meditation for intention
11:00-12:30 Group discussion on meditation experiences
2-5:30- experience of Tantric ritual. We will build a yantra with rice and flowers and perform a puja with mantra and mudra.
Schedule
April 29- May 2 , 2010
9:00 - 12:00
14:00 - 17:00
Venue
moveorespiro | training im wohlfuehlbereich
adlerstrasse 31
70199 stuttgart
Cost
299 euro
for bookings and details
fon +49 711 65869764
http://www.wohlfuehlbereich.de or go directly to
http://www.wohlfuehlbereich.de/kurse/specials.html
