Flying as the Eagle: The Union of Contemplation and Action

(3 hour workshop)

Saturday, February 13th

2:30 - 5:30 pm

St. John's Annex  (walking distance from the Club Kilimanjahro)

Contemplation and Action may seem like opposites, but their mutually supportive interplay creates spontaneous flow.  The Yoga of Contemplation invites us to cultivate concentration and silence, and awakens Self-knowledge thereby releasing our painful grip on the small self. The Yoga of Action, Karma Yoga invites us to let go of being the doer, and of attachment to the results of our actions. The Yoga’s of Contemplation and Action are like two wings of a spiritual vehicle that lets us soar through the varying winds of life.

In this workshop, you will learn to deepen your meditation practice and to inquire experientially into your difficulties.  You are invited to bring obstacles in your spiritual practice as well as difficulties in your life to the workshop. We will examine how to apply the principles of Yoga (the psychology of the true Self) to these so called stuck places, using principles from the Yoga Sutras & other texts. Through direct experience and understanding, you will gain wisdom and open the heart further. In this way you will enter “Sahaja”: the spontaneous, effortless, natural, creative flow of life. This workshop does not include the practice of asanas, please bring a pillow or blanket for sitting.