Awareness Center 10th Anniversary!
"Become aware of the Awareness Center!"
Saturday, January 14, 2011
9 am - 4:30 pm
All proceeds benefit Meeting Ground!
$35 for event
Make Checks Payable to: Meeting Ground
Mail Checks and Registration: 280 E. Main St. #109 Newark, DE 19711
Cosponsored by: Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Newark (Event Location)
Event Descriptions
The Spectrum of Vitality
Keynote Luncheon with Alan Fox, Ph.D. Philosophy Department, UD
Many traditions, both religious and scientific, have models that describe the living organism as composed of a range or spectrum of coarser and finer bodies. In Hinduism, these bodies are described as “kosa” or “sheaths,” which reflects a broader view of substance that ranges from the infinitely dense to the infinitely fine. With regard to embodiment, this means that we are operating on a number of different frequencies simultaneously, but are paying attention to only the slowest and densest of bodies. This is the problem of misidentification – identifying with our physical bodies, when we are actually so much more than that. Yoga and other forms of so-called “energy work” involve learning to attend to, attune to and ultimately manipulate higher frequencies in the embodiment.
Iyengar Yoga (Michael and Amala Fahey)
Yoga for beginning and continuing students that introduces the fundamental principles of alignment and breath work by teaching primary poses and yoga basics. It emphasizes opening the hips and stretching/strengthening legs, back and shoulders. Stationary poses with specific anatomical instructions are taught.
Lady Niguma Event (Erin Sweeney)
Traveling 1000 years and 7500 miles, Lady Niguma will teach how to use yoga poses and breathing to sequentially open our chakras (energy centers located along the spine) for full enlightenment. She is a Tibetan dakini who has “the rainbow body.” Suitable for people with average or better range of motion and no yoga experience needed.
Ethical Eating (Donna Shand)
Find out why our current food system is unsustainable and what you can to do to eat in ways that are more ethical, as a consumer and as a citizen.
Yoga Sutras & Buddhist 4 Noble Truths Discussion (Neil Meisel)
Patanjali's Yoga Sutras will be compared with the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism. Learn the basic concepts and how to practice Classical Yoga (with its eight limbs) and Buddhist meditation (with its eightfold path).
The Magic Four (Leslie Beckett)
A gentle yoga practice that is suitable for anyone who can get up and down from the floor. Chairs will be used in several of the poses. You will learn deeply effective poses that release tension from the muscles that attach to the spine. Participants will receive take-away instruction sheets for continuing home practice of "The Magic Four."
Chi Gung (Max Quatro)
Opening the energy gates is based on the element of water. Areas of instruction will cover internal components of standing, scanning (becoming aware of your physical and energetic bodies), cloud hands, and a unique spine stretch that awakens the energies of the vertebrae, relieves spinal tension, and activated the cerebral pump.
Eating Local (Mary Cannon)
The Eating Local Workshop discusses the impact of the locavore movement and offers shopping tips for farmers markets, community supported agriculture, and grocery stores.
Meditative Yoga (Neil Meisel)
Yoga has an added emphasis on enhancing your moment-by-moment awareness. Classes will explore using specific meditation techniques during and between the postures. Suitable for beginners and continuing students.
Nada Yoga (Michael Fahey assisted by Bob Davis and Ken Jones)
Nada Yoga is a practice that uses the senses to awaken our ability to quiet the mind and be transported into our own inner space. Bob Davis will be sharing the sounds of Tibetan singing bowls and his poetry. Ken Jones will project stunning images supplied by Rick Darke , a local author and photographer.
Just the Breath (Leslie Beckett)
The breath is the essence of yoga! No previous experience, flexibility or fitness is required to reap the benefits of this simple, but profound practice. Clear instructions will guide you in an easy breathing practice that will positively affect your body, mind and spirit.
Meditation (Neil Meisel)
Guided meditation with questions and answers; how to develop a personal meditation practice; silent meditation.
Yoga Movement Principles (Erin Sweeney)
This workshop teaches, through demonstration and practice, some basic principles of movement that are secrets of success to look and feel healthier. ALL levels welcome.