iRest and Mindfulness
Coach House, Headington starting 13th September 2010 for 12 weeks (half term 25th October 2010) MONDAYS 8PM to 9.30PM all levels
We come into this world from a safe place; a warm and watery womb where all our needs are met. Our first experience of life is struggle - a fight for our breath, the sting of cold air in our lungs, and a feeling that we will not survive. We feel unsafe.
As we develop, we create strategies to help us feel safer and this develops into our personalities. As time goes on we become conditioned and habitual in our thinking and behavior.
This is the story of my life. This is the story of your life. This is the story of every human life.
yet, we are so much more than our conditioning. Underneath all of the layers of tension, all of our patterns of defense, all of the stresses of the body, mind and emotions we are still that radiant, peaceful self.
Ask yourself a question; what is your hearts desire? I'm not talking about a new house or less hours at work; these are external, removable things. What do you want for yourself and within yourself?
if your answer comes in words like happiness, contentment, peace of mind, then this course is for you.
Course Outline
Based Upon the extraordinary teachings of Dr Richard Millar, you will learn techniques to help you uncover your radiant, inner self. There will be slow, gentle and mindful Hatha Yoga to create sensitivity in your body; a sensitivity to yourself if you like. You will learn a sequence of breathing researched and created specifically to bring ease and stability to the mind. Perhaps most significantly, you will learn the technique of iRest, or Integrative Restoration - helping you unfold the levels of your being to step beyond them into tranquility.
In Yoga Nidra we become aware of all the different aspects and parts of our disparate selves; through body sensing, breath awareness, and balancing emotions, thoughts and beliefs as they arise in our awareness. With practice and time and as those layers of your being harmonise you naturally unveil what is always there - presence, peace and a natural joy and heart felt contentment.
The teachings are the most profound and special I have come across in all of my years of study and all of my time as a spiritual seeker. Call off the search and find peace in this moment.
To make an application for this course, please follow this link to an Enrolment form which you will need to comeplete and email to james@blissdivineyoga.co.uk as an application for this course. If you are having problems downloading or your comupter cannot read pdf flies then please email me and I can send you a copy in MS Word.
Pricing
£100.00 for 12 weeks of iRest. The course charges are payable in advance and bookings will be taken on a first come first serve basis. Course fees are non-returnable or refundable and attendance is the responsibility of the student.
Booking
You can pay your course fees on line here with Nochex, a secure, on-line thrid party payment system (similar to paypal or worldpay). You must include your Name and email address in the "message" section so that I can track your payment.
Or, if you have a cheque book you can send a cheque payable to Bliss Divine Yoga to 13A Waterperry, Oxford, OX33 1LB. Alternatively email your interest to james@blissdivineyoga.co.uk
These are some of the benefits you can expect to gain from regular practice of iRest Yoga Nidra:
- Reduced muscular and mental tension
- Reduced stress and an increased sense of well being
- Improved function of circulatory, respiratory and immunity systems
- Awakened hidden reserves of energy within the nervous, endocrine and cardio-vascular systems
- Elimination of waste products & detoxification
- Relief of pain and stiffness
- Improved sleep patterns
- A clearer, more focused and balanced mind
