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VINYASA YOGA + BIG MIND MEDITATION INTENSIVE with Teacher + Author Rolf Gates ~Please Note Change of Venue~ June
27th-July 4th, 2009-Pura Vida, Costa
Rica Featuring, Zen Teacher KC Geperide + Empowered Yoga/Plexus Fitness Founder, Johnny Gillespie “If we are to live
the joyous life we came forth to live
we must allow ourselves to be that which
we have become.” We are so pleased to invite you to this week at one of our favorite spots in gorgeous and lush Costa Rica. This will be a week of intensive yoga practice, a powerful exploration into Big Mind Mediation, breath work, delicious food, incredible bodywork, time with wonderful people; and even exploring waterfall gardens and a canopy tour through the rainforest if you choose.. A Word on Big Mind Meditation: This powerful, interactive process we call Big Mind was developed by Zen Master Genpo Merzel. Through guided role playing, dialogue, and shadow work, participants learn to unlock their hidden potentials by integrating parts of themselves they may have been previously unable or unwilling to recognize. The goal of the work is to gently guide participants to a place that is sometimes called one's true self, or the ground of being. The Big Mind process is fun, insightful, and personally transformative, and helps participants greatly in the development of either a new or existing meditation practice and will be a phenomenal compliment to the work we do on our yoga mats. It is with great pleasure that I find myself integrating the Big Mind process with traditional yoga teachings and techniques. Big Mind is emerging as an authentic vehicle for experiencing our true nature. What is needed is a mind-body that is open, curious, steady and honest. The practice of Asana and Pranayama cultivate these very qualities. Together we will experience what the poet Rilke described as living into the question; until we find that we are living into the answer. - Rolf Gates on Big Mind
{The
Experience} On the physical level, you will receive first-rate alignment training and profound Vinyasa classes enabling you to access the true potential of an asana practice. Through the yoga, pranayama and pure diet, all of the body’s systems for purification will be stimulated, and you will shed excess weight, toxins and physical tension. This week will support you to let go of habits that no longer serve you and to go beyond your dreams of what is possible for your own physicality. The meditation we do together is designed to enable even new practioners to connect to the practice at a deep level. For more on the experience click here...
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