If you’re ready to apply yoga philosophy to your own life—or teach it with clarity and feeling—my classes and workshops create space to sharpen your thinking, steady your inner life, and connect your practice to what matters now.
The Yoga of Becoming Fearless
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Hi Reader, I'm writing to let you know about my next live online workshop: The Yoga of Becoming Fearless Sunday, February 1 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EST Investment: $27 The workshop will be recorded: a replay link will be emailed to all registrants. Participants can receive 1.5 hours of CE credit with Yoga Alliance.
The wisdom texts of the yoga tradition speak to the experience of fear in very direct and meaningful ways. And they prescribe spiritual practices that can help us to achieve liberation from fear on multiple levels: Yoga helps reveal how the ego creates stories and strategies for self-preservation that generate fear of loss. Through practice, we can observe our fears without being controlled by them and, by understanding the origins and nature of fear, learn how to rise above it. Fear has its place; it can be a a signal of danger and a powerful motivator. Fear can also make it hard to navigate uncertainty, think clearly in dangerous situations, or even recognize the difference between a real threat and the illusion of danger. Yoga doesn't suggest that our fears are unfounded nor does it promise to eliminate fear entirely; it offers us ways to understand it, respond to it wisely, and transcend its control over us. This workshop is for yoga teachers and practitioners who want to learn how traditional yoga wisdom guides us toward an empowered state of fearlessness. You'll learn:
Fearlessness is a key characteristic of a liberated yogi. I hope you'll join me for this look at how yoga wisdom guides us along the path to conquering our fears and keeping our balance in a topsy-turvy world. The Yoga of Becoming Fearless A live online workshop Sunday, February 1 @ 12:00 pm EST Investment: $27 The workshop will be recorded: a replay link will be emailed to all registrants. Participants can receive 1.5 hours of CE credit with Yoga Alliance.
If you have any questions about this workshop, just reply to this email. Wishing you all good fortune, - Hari-k |
Hari-kirtana das
If you’re ready to apply yoga philosophy to your own life—or teach it with clarity and feeling—my classes and workshops create space to sharpen your thinking, steady your inner life, and connect your practice to what matters now.
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