๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฌ & ๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Meditation has infinite expressions. It can be active like when weโre playing a sport, washing dishes, performing onstage or doing anything where we are physically in motion. It can be passive as a classical seated meditator breathlessly fathoming the primordial nature of mind. Meditation makes us prone to epiphanies & experiences of being supported by the Universal forces. We call this โBeing in Flowโ where we are doing the right things at the right time.
Afflicted meditation (dukha samadhi) happens when we become triggered and focused on something we crave to stop (annoyances/threats to safety/avoidant attachment) or to continue (selfishness/addiction/anxious attachment). These common emotions mainly occur unconsciously and perpetuates feelings of aloneness, being out of alignment, fatigue and frustration. We call this โBeing out of Flowโ or, โhaving a bad dayโ.
๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ง:ย
– The 4 main aspects of meditation & cultivating them in the correct order.
– How to completely relax the body without losing awareness.ย
– Cultivate a positive relationship between the conscious & unconscious minds.ย ย ย
– Separate impulses from reactions. We will identify the roots of where ADD comes from.ย
– How to compassionately & skillfully recognize ADD, work with & correct it.ย
– How technology affects our attention span & the mind ecology of humanity.ย ย
– The 5 classical obstacles to meditation.ย
– How to warm up for meditation using preliminaries.ย
– What is Shamatha meditation, its stages & relationship to insight (Vipassana)?ย
– The 4 foundational stages of meditation Finding a comfortable position & how to skillfully work with discomfortย
– Identifying & balancing attention & awarenessย
– Constructively working with the emotional obstacles that arise in meditationย
– Uniting the Conscious & Unconscious minds Cultivating Flow Stateย ย
๐๐๐๐จ ๐ข๐ค๐๐ช๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฆ๐ช๐๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ช๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ (500๐ฝ๐พ) ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ช๐ฉ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐ข๐ค๐๐๐ง๐ฃ ๐ฃ๐๐ช๐ง๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ฎ๐จ๐๐ค๐ก๐ค๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐ง๐๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐.
About Michael Hewett,ย
Michael is the Founder & Program Director of Vessel Academy. A musician of 35 years and Yogi of over 25 years, Michael has over 2,000 hours of Yoga trainings in Tibetan Buddhist Sutra & Tantra (open & secret traditions), Vinyasa, Ashtanga, ISHTA & Shamatha (mind training). Michael has completed four 30-day solitary Tantric retreats, countless vipassana retreats & guides people on their individual paths of growth & evolution.
His classes, workshops & retreats weave together dharma, asana, meditation, & live music to guide participants along their paths with scholarship & artistry. He is the founder and director of Vessel Academy & a graduate of Berkley College of Music.