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SUMMARY:Cultivating Compassion and Forgiveness\, 7-day Meditation and Raja Yoga course
DESCRIPTION:7 mornings\, Monday-Sunday\, October 20-26\, 7:15 – 8:00 am.\n$45 Early bird\, use promo code MEDITATE\, exp. 10/13\n$55 Regular \nAll sessions will be recorded and shared with participants for later viewing. \nBook now/OnlinePlease register in advance; a Zoom link will be emailed 1 hour before the session\, or join Zoom directly via your Momence dashboard. \nJoin three meditation teachers—Diana Meltsner\, Swami Ramananda\, and Eric Gustafson—for seven online morning meditations and brief talks focused on Karuna\, or compassion and forgiveness.\nCompassion\, mercy\, and forgiveness—when cultivated through meditation—help us develop a positive attitude toward ourselves\, others\, and our everyday experiences. Paired with practical mindfulness skills\, meditation supports a calm and clear mind in the face of sorrow and suffering\, enabling us to be of service even in difficult situations.\nThis is a path of connection to the heart\, where Yoga and Buddhism meet\, aligning our personal will with a deep concern for the well-being of others. Karuna is recognized in Buddhism as one of the Brahma Viharas (The Four Immeasurables)\, and in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali as one of the keys to maintaining mental tranquility.\nEach session includes meditation\, a talk\, discussion\, and sharing. Keeping a daily journal is encouraged but not required.\nAll sessions will be recorded and shared with participants for later viewing.\nYoga Alliance CEUs (4 hours) are available to teachers upon request.\n\nDiana Meltsner\, C-IAYT\, ERYT-500\, YACEP\, has been teaching a variety of classes and workshops since 2001 and since 2017 offers yoga therapy sessions privately and at Integral Yoga Therapy Clinic in San Francisco. She has over 15 years of experience in leading and co-teaching Yoga and Meditation teacher trainings. She has been working in the clinical setting for Kaiser Permanente since 2005 as a yoga teacher\, yoga therapist\, and health educator. Diana’s focus is on the healing aspects of Yoga on the mind as well as the body by applying the physical postures\, practices of breath-control\, mindfulness and meditation. Diana helps her clients to find the ability to move through life with increased ease\, stress resilience\, and intuition. Diana Meltsner works as a programs manager at Integral Yoga Institute\, an urban ashram in San Francisco. www.dianameltsner.com \nSwami Ramananda\, C-IAYT\, E-RYT 500\, is the Executive Director of the Integral Yoga Institute in San Francisco\, C-IAYT\, and a greatly respected senior teacher in the Integral Yoga tradition who has been practicing Yoga for over 45 years. Ramananda offers practical methods of integrating the timeless teachings and practices of Yoga into daily life and transforming the painful aspects of human experience into steps toward realizing one’s full potential.\nHe leads beginner\, intermediate and advanced-level Yoga teacher training programs in San Francisco and offers a variety of programs in many locations in the U.S.\, Europe and South America. Ramananda co-developed the Stress Management Teacher Training program with Swami Vidyananda\, has trained many teachers to bring Yoga into corporate\, hospital and medical settings\, and has taught mind/body wellness programs in many locations. He is a certified Yoga therapist and founding board member of the Yoga Alliance\, a national registry that supports and promotes yoga teachers as professionals. He co-founded The Spiritual Action Initiative (SAI)\, which brings together individuals committed to working for social justice for all beings and for the care and healing of our natural world. His warmth\, wisdom and sense of humor have endeared him to many. \nEric Gustafson embarked on a yoga journey more than 25 years ago. It became a foundation from which his life thrives and he serves. Many years of solid practice on and off the mat allows him to draw from experience and share yoga teachings with others as a teacher and a mentor to new teachers. Spiritual study\, meditation and loving kindness are at the core of his daily practice. It is the source of inspiration for him and others and a bit of silliness is never far behind
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SUMMARY:Fueling the Flame: Cultivating True Sincerity on the Spiritual Path
DESCRIPTION:Online and In-person | $10-25 sliding scale\nFree for active teachers \nBook now/OnlinePlease register in advance; a Zoom link will be emailed 1 hour before the session\, or join Zoom directly via your Momence dashboard. \nBook now/In-PersonWe appreciate advance registration. \nWhat is sincerity? How can we deepen it? And how do we recognize when it is truly present in us?\nWe engage in practices that nurture the well-being of body and mind—this is our sadhana. Yet at times\, we unconsciously undermine those efforts. One foot presses the accelerator\, while the other rests on the brake.\nIn this workshop\, Swami Asokananda will offer heartfelt insights and practical tools to help us become more earnest and focused on the spiritual path. Learn how to release the brake\, press the gas with confidence\, and move forward with greater clarity\, sincerity\, and inner momentum.\n“If you are earnest\, whatever way you choose will take you to your goal. It is the earnestness that is the decisive factor. Earnestness is the homing instinct which makes the bird return to its nest and the fish to the mountain stream where it was born. The seed returns to the earth when the fruit is ripe.” Nisargadatta Maharaj\nEveryone is welcome to stay for tea and visit with Swami Asokananda afterwards.\nThis workshop will be recorded for later viewing and shared for 2 weeks with all enrolled students.\n\nSwami Asokananda\, a monk since 1973\, is one of Integral Yoga’s foremost teachers\, known for his warmth\, intelligence\, and good humor. His teaching comes out of his own practice and experience\, since he has absorbed the wisdom of his guru\, Sri Swami Satchidananda\, since the age of 19. While he enjoys sharing the practical wisdom of the Yogic philosophy (especially that of the great Indian scripture the Bhagavad Gita)\, he also loves his practice of Hatha Yoga and is one of our primary instructors for Intermediate and Advanced Hatha Yoga Teacher Training. In the past\, he has served as the president of Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville® and Integral Yoga® International; he is currently the President of the New York Integral Yoga Institute.
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