
ECOnnect Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras!
An in-depth exploration of the relationship between self, other and the more-than-human world through studying key Sutras yoga further training yoga nidra
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An in-depth exploration of the relationship between self, other and the more-than-human world through studying key Sutras yoga further training yoga nidra
Yoga unites more than just the mind, body and spirit. Spirit is attitude in Dan Dennett's famous use of the phrase: let's reclaim spirit, as in, That's the Spirit! But Yoga also connects us to others, making us realising that our happiness and success is not attained alone but only ever in conjunction with the success and happiness of oth
Yoga unites more than just the mind, body and spirit. Spirit is attitude in Dan Dennett's famous use of the phrase: let's reclaim spirit, as in, That's the Spirit! But Yoga also connects us to others, making us realising that our happiness and success is not attained alone but only ever in conjunction with the success and happiness of others. And these others are not just human. They include the more-than-human world. The Yoga that I teach (and learn) is, then, the Yoga of compassionate attunement that allows us to realise our practice of connecting to self, other, and the more-than-human world. In this ecological emergency, emerging internally and externally into awareness, this is the Yoga we need to enlighten ourselves and respond to what is happening right now. further training yoga nidra
Yoga is a great way to improve your self esteem, to stretch and strengthen. But it's also an amazing tool for improving how you relate to others. These others are not just humans but the more-than-human world. Go on a journey to the most profound interconnectedness you will ever know and watch yourself transform into a spiritual warrior for the good of all. further training yoga nidra
Yoga is much more than just stretching, though the stretching definitely improves your body. It is also an exploration of your mind, and nowhere more than in the state of Yoga Nidra. I've practiced Yoga Nidra and lucid dreaming for many years now and the impact is profound and transformative, deeply healing, and also a lesson in humility.
Yoga is much more than just stretching, though the stretching definitely improves your body. It is also an exploration of your mind, and nowhere more than in the state of Yoga Nidra. I've practiced Yoga Nidra and lucid dreaming for many years now and the impact is profound and transformative, deeply healing, and also a lesson in humility. Watch as you unfold in love and connectedness and do what you, as love, needs to be done! further training
ECOnnect Patanjali’s Sutras!
An in-depth exploration of the relationship between self, other and the more-than-human world through the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and Yajnavalkya
Taught by: Dr Lucy Weir, philosopher, yogi, writer, teacher
Summary
ECOnnected Yoga is an in-depth exploration of the relationship between self, other and the more-than-human world through the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, with a look at Yajnavalkya’s Sutras too. It is the development of a practice of embodied philosophy, which includes asanas, pranayama, meditation and yoga nidra, as well as explorations into lucid dreaming, practice-realisation and attunement to compassion. It is about communication, community and connection, and will help us all respond to our interconnectedness more effectively.
The ecological emergency includes climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution, and systems fragmentation but which also includes our individual and collective challenge to integrate a response to this emergency. Eco in the word ecology comes from the Greek word ‘oikos’ which means ‘home’ and is therefore more intimate than ‘environment’ which means ‘neighbourhood’. But the root ‘eco’ also gives us the word economy. We have the way we talk about our home, and we also have the issue of body, and planet, budgeting.
We have to rethink how we experience ourselves in relation to the systems outside us and to the systems inside us. Being in an emergency requires an urgent and critically important response from us. Traditionally, throughout the development of the dominant cultural ethos,we thought we could use will power, or strength (through technical innovation) or force (through militarisation), to overcome the limits of systems. My thesis suggests this approach has failed. Instead, we need to use the practices of yoga to explore our relationship with others, including the more-than-human world, through the yamas, but also to explore our relationship with ourselves through the niyamas. Throughout this course we explore the relationships as intimately interconnected.
This, then, is the practice-realisation that is talked about in Dōgen’s Shōbōgenzō. And it is also at the heart of a generous and up-to-date interpretation of Patanjali’s, and Yajnavalkya’s, Sutras, as well as ecophilosophy. We can live an examined life, a life where we experience the spaciousness and compassionate nature of all existence. We can both honour, and ‘forget the self’, and let love work through us. Through us love does what needs to be done. We will work on communication, connection, and developing communities that are resilient, diverse (we don’t all have to think alike…) and tolerant. We will learn to ‘think like a planet’, or a river, and we will reintegrate ourselves, and our species, with all.
This is a revolutionary course. It is based largely on my book, Love is Green: compassion as responsibility in the ecological emergency (Vernon Press, 2019) and on my own understanding and practice of Yoga, Zen and Philosophy as Practice (about which I’m currently editing a collection of philosophical contributions called Urgent Matters for Palgrave Macmillan (forthcoming 2021).
Students will learn:
Requirements:
A strong interest in yoga and philosophy, preferably having undertaken teacher training in yoga.
A regular (preferably daily) yoga or meditation practice, preferably both. A desire to contribute to any aspect of global or local community movements in response to the ecological emergency.
A desire to understand and find tools to deal with obstacles to compassion, to understanding other points of view, and to overcoming conflict.
A willingness to approach the external emergency as an internal emergence of growing awareness through discussion, practice, work exercises and other techniques that allow self transformation to take place.
Target students:
Yoga teachers, serious yoga and meditation practitioners, and those with a yoga and meditation practice who are particularly interested in learning techniques and practices to respond with compassion in the ecological emergency
Schedule:
Time and Dates:
Starting 6th April 2021-22nd June 2021 (12 weeks) Tuesday evenings 6.30-8pm
One and a half hours per week, 18 hours contact with students, plus student assignments and presentation (expect to work on these for at least an hour a week, as well as establishing a daily practice of asana, pranayama and meditation for at least 20m per day, or at least two hours per week: 36 hours student study time per course. Total course time: 54 hours total course time.
My Credentials:
Your Certification:
Postgraduate Yoga training, certified and endorsed by Yoga Alliance Professionals. If you are not a teacher, it will still ensure that you understand and can communicate the interrelatedness of self, other, and more-than-human world. You will receive a signed certificate of successful completion, contributing to CPD.
To register: email knowyogaireland@gmail.com
Price: £300, €330, $390, payable in advance through Revolut, Paypal, or bank (details on request).
Please approach to discuss if financial assistance is required. further training
This was one of the first videos I made in Kilworth. I hope it's helpful!
This is a practice I made for helping with overwhelm.
The space we occupy need not be perfect. The world we create, internally and externally, is entirely governed by our attitude, our spirit, and by what we attune to. So attune to compassion and let love do what needs to be done!
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