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90-minute LIVE Journaling Workshop Saturday, February 20th, 3pm-4:30pm EST
Whether you’re new to yoga asana, returning to and recommitting to the mat, looking to experiment with meditative postures, seeking new techniques to deepen your meditation practice, and/or developing your ability to use journaling as a tool for self-knowledge and guidance, this series is the perfect companion for your wellness journey. With more than an hour of bonus content spread throughout the series and complimentary preregistration to February’s LIVE 90-minute Journaling Workshop included, the Standard Price of $75 will grant you access to more than $120 of material that is yours to replay and enjoy through February 28th. “Beyond Basic” will inspire you to make the most of the briefest month of the year!
You’ll learn:
How to refine the foundational postures of lunar and solar salutations
How to string together yoga asana into a meditative flow
How to find ease in the four fundamental meditation postures
How to use the invitations of metta, or loving-kindness, to inform your journaling explorations
How to use the art of bullet journaling to become your own accountability coach
Videos:
1, 2, 3 & 4: The Four Meditative Postures Mini-Series | > 60 min.
Seated Practices | > 15 min.
Standing Practice | > 15 min.
Supine Practice | 20 min.
Walking Practice | > 15 min.
5. Meditation & Journaling: *Metta*/Lovingkindness | 60 min.
6. Intro to Surya Namaskar (Sun Salutation) A | > 60 min.
7. Intro to Surya Namaskar (Sun Salutation) B | > 60 min.
8. Intro to Chandra Namaskar (Moon Salutation) | 60 min.
PLUS Access to February 20th’s Live Journaling Workshop: “Using Bullet Journaling to Become Your Own Accountability Coach” | 90 min.
February’s offerings begin with The Four Meditative Postures mini-series. In the Seated Practices video, you’ll learn how to identify when to choose open or closed-hip seated postures, explore variations of each, and discover how props can help you ease into your meditative seat. Those who struggle to stay awake during seated practice may find 15-minutes of Standing Practice reinvigorating, offering a new set of benefits to a traditional body scan. The Supine Practice video offers a tip to help keep you awake even while lying down as well as 20-minutes of a guided, open-space meditation that you can try while lying on a mat, blanket, rug—or even a bed. Finally, this mini-series includes 15-minutes of Walking Practice that uses weight distribution during movement as its focal point, punctuated by phrases of metta, or lovingkindness.
SPECIAL OFFER: If you’re interested in purchasing the meditation bench featured in the Seated Practices video, please enjoy 10% off, courtesy of Emerging Green using discount code: Pramana10 through 04/30/2021 (11:59 PM PST).
The three-part Intro to the Namaskar mini-series begins by exploring the key components of each fundamental flow. Intro to Surya Namaskar A, or Sun Salutation A, begins with cultivating stability and creating balance, and builds toward asana practice as moving meditation to blend mindfulness of the body and breath to refine our ability to breathe through the transitions between postures, a defining characteristic of vinyasa yoga. Intro to Surya Namaskar B explores how to come into alignment in Utkatasana/Chair Pose in a way that feels authentic to your body’s unique anatomy, demonstrates how to lay the foundation for a wider stance in Virabhadrasana I/Warrior I, and offers a close look at chaturanga. Intro to Chandra Namaskar, the final hour-long video of the mini-series, makes an ideal evening practice, emphasizing gentle protection of the knees and lower back in kneeling postures, offering supportive approaches to Eka Pada Raja Kapotasana/Pigeon Pose, and ending with extended restorative asana.
This month’s hour-long meditation & journaling session is an invitation to refine our ability to give and receive love through the creation of our own metta phrases. “Using Bullet Journaling to Become Your Own Accountability Coach,” February’s 90-minute LIVE Journaling Workshop will bring our community together as we learn how to use our journals to keep track of our priorities and make progress toward achieving our goals. The live session will be recorded, but all participant information and input will be edited out for privacy before the link is shared and made available to subscribers for replay through the end of the month.
Optional props for this series include a writing journal, yoga mat, strap, 1-3 yoga blocks, blanket, and either a bolster, zafu/meditative cushion, or meditation bench.
Note: Your enrollment in this month-long series is a one-time payment (not a monthly subscription).
Photo credit: Miko Hafez
We believe in honoring the value of teaching and offering a practice that is accessible. The Connective now offers a tiered pricing structure for monthly all-access. If you are relatively stable financially, please consider paying this standard price, and enjoy complimentary access to February 20th’s Live 90-minute Journaling Workshop in recognition of and gratitude for your generosity. However, if you need to pay less for any reason, we encourage you to pay this community price by clicking here.