Description

Meditation for Daily Living Mini Retreat Series, is offered in 3 parts as video recordings from live events. It is for participants who have already learned to meditate and are meditating regularly and want to deepen their meditation and re-energize their practice. In this series, Dr. Judith offers theoretical and experientially based understandings of topics of each, leads the group in simple yoga and Shakti Swarupa stretches to prepare the body and mind for chanting and meditation and offers meditation instructions. She encourages participants to apply what they have learned in the weeks between each mini retreat and to share their experiences and observations with the group.

Meditation for Daily Living Mini Retreat Part 1: The Relationship Between the Individual Self and the Inner Self

In this mini retreat we deepen our understanding of:

• The relationship between the individual self and the Inner Self
• The psychic instrument (ego/mind/intellect/unconscious)
• The Inner Self as it exists in all states of consciousness
• Shifting awareness from the witnessing of the psychic instrument to merging with the Inner Self

Meditation for Daily Living Mini Retreat Part 2: Deepening Meditation

In this mini retreat we learn how to deepen the experience of meditation on the Inner Self through:

• Steady posture (both mental and physical)
• Breathing (pranayama)
• Intention
• Commitment
• Dharanas (concentration techniques)
• Chanting
• Mantra repetition

Meditation for Daily Living Mini Retreat Part 3: Understanding the Kundalini/Chakra/Nadi System, Spiritual Awakening and the Role of the Masters

In this mini retreat we gain knowledge of the kundalini, the chakras, the nadis and the process of the awakening of the kundalini through discussion of:

• The kundalini/chakra/nadi system
• The signs and symptoms of kundalini awakening and the mystical experiences of meditation
• The difference between spontaneous kundalini awakening and awakening given by a fully Realized Master
• Spiritual practices that nurture and expand the experience of the kundalini