Awakening Sundays

FIRST SUNDAYS 2023 / WEST MARIN, CA

For this first wave of 6 months of offerings, our focus will be on the subtle body - specifically the chakra system. Each month will be dedicated to one (or two) centers with the final session culminating in a flow that encompasses all seven chakras. Together we will be exploring how the physical body manifests both the vitality and the holdings of the energy body and how it offers us avenues to transformation. Each energy center is related to a different aspect of human development which provides a map for our psychological / spiritual unfoldment.

The morning will begin with a vinyasa flow practice, followed by meditation including instruction and guidance. From there, we'll move into a teaching where we will introduce a topic and then develop it through the practice of inquiry - a partner-based exercise aimed at self-exploration and illumination. To close, we will allow space for questions and reflections followed by a gentle restorative yoga practice to assist with integration.

These workshops are designed to create a space for deepening practice along with the cultivation of sangha (community). This is an opportunity to come together with other practitioners, to establish a strong, steady, well-resourced field of support- which the Buddhists refer to as the "third jewel," sangha. It is a space to take our practice deeper, beyond the mat, into the realms of philosophy & psychology, energetics, self-study (svadhyaya) and ultimately... awakening.