Schedule

September 27-29, October 11-13

Friday 6-9pm | Saturday 11am-6pm | Sunday 10am-6pm

Cost:

$650 

Save $40 when you enroll by September 12, 2024.

Description:

Join Jeremy Wolf and Devon Sweeney for a one of a kind Lunar Arts Immersion. Devon will focus on  the art of practicing + teaching Lunar Vinyasa and Yin yoga, and Jeremy will teach Classical Yogic perspectives on the mind and sadhana, including an introduction to the practice of Yoga Nidra. The Hatha Yoga Pradipika speaks about seven clear stages to the complete practice of Yoga.  Following the foundational “purification and strengthening” stage are the lunar practices or “cultivation of the moon” – those practices that aim to bring steadiness and calm to the mind. This is considered the foundation for working with and activating the potential of prana.  If the mind is disturbed then it is said that the work with prana be disturbed, diffused and erratic.  “The moon (mind) must be made steady in order for the sun (potential of prana) to rise.” Of the many insightful yogic texts, are Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras.  He states that the practice of asana is to serve the mind’s ability to be stable in the face of change when encountering the polarity of experiences.  When yoga is practiced through this lens, not only is the mind properly made fit for meditation, but the ability to harness both the potential of mind and prana is strengthened.

The practices of meditation, yoga nidra, meditative movement, and yin yoga cultivate the lunar aspects of our being – bringing us into deep, restorative states of meditation through the relationship between stillness, breath and tension release. This collaborative, multidimensional approach to the energetic practice and teaching of the Lunar arts will honor the roots and evolution of cultivating the Lunar aspects of our being.

Points of Focus:

With Devon: Yin and Lunar Flow

• Learn an somatic, regenerative approach to developing resilience and balancing your whole being through restful practices of Lunar Prana Vinyasa and Yin Yoga 
• Learn principles of functional anatomy + understand the positive physiological effects of Yin Yoga
• Integrate deep, meditative breath work and pranayama into the inner art of Yin + slow flow practices to promote physical well-being, recovery, and mental-emotional balance.
• Explore and learn to teach Yin asanas and adaptive variations of postures to fit a variety of practitioner needs. Teachers will be equipped to cue postures and educate students safely.
• Learn subtle hands on enhancements and deep hands on assists with massage techniques to support your students in the practice of stillness
• Ground your teaching in the use of props, modifications, and other creative methods of physical reinforcement during the practice
• Incorporate visualization, imagery, and metaphor to enhance somatic accessibility and kinesthetic awareness in Yin Yoga
• Write deeply transformative yin sequences from an anatomical and energetic perspective
• Learn the art of facilitating meditation within asana, and use lighting, music, and vocal range to cultivate ‘bhavana’ or ‘feeling-states’ of regeneration, clarification, balance and healing within yin practices.

With Jeremy Wolf: Foundations of Classical Yoga, Meditation and Introduction to Yoga Nidra

• 7 Stages of Yoga according the the Hatha Yoga Pradipika
• How to harness the full potential of mind
• An overview of some of the key teachings of the Yoga Sutras
• Yoga Psychology & the four parts of mind
• The 5 Kleshas – the causes of mental disturbance
• The importance of “mental posture” and it’s relationship to physical posture
• Yoga as a “state” vs a “practice”
• Yoga Nidra as a comprehensive approach to Yoga practice
• Two main systematic approaches to yoga nidra
• Using the language of asana, breath and bandha to initiate and strengthen parasympathetic response
• Pratyahara and preparing the mind for meditation
• Witness awareness – the power of disidentification
• Karma – the law of cause and effect
• The power of sankalpa 
• Vichara – the power of self-reflection