Peruvian Healing Intensive - Meditation with Keshav Howe

29 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT

Friday, August 29, 2008, 7 – 9pm

This week with Keshav:

PERUVIAN HEALING INTENSIVE -
This intensive workshop is open to people who want to delve into some ancient methods of healing. All workshop participants will be introduced to very powerful inner resources that will facilitate in the release of physical, emotional and spiritual blocks. As part of the learning process, everyone will shift between the role of client and practitioner, in order to develop a deeper appreciation for the sacred and respectful relationship between the healer and the healed. The subject matter of this workshop is by nature highly interactive and dynamic. Come along for a deeply moving healing adventure!

Fee is $20, payable in cash or check directly to Keshav. Please contact him to register and/or with questions: 860.633.3487.

Keshav's Bio:

I have been a seeker of truth and freedom my entire life and I have studied with a variety of teachers, some who were very famous, some who were unknown and some who were not even aware that they were my teacher. Most notably, I lived at the Zen Center in Cambridge MA and with Michio Kushi; apprenticed with Don Carlos Castaneda and Don Miquel Ruiz; and studied with Gurumayi Chidvilasananda and Master Shaman Michael Harner. I have a Ph.D. in Natural Resource Economics and completed a three-year program in Chinese Five Element Medicine, and I have practiced a form of Chinese/Shamanic medicine called Plant Spirit Healing for the past twelve years.
The most powerful teaching experiences for me, however, have occurred during a series of Shakti experiences while gazing at a flower, the sky or embracing the energy of a sacred site. In a moment of clarity several years ago at an ancient temple in Teotihuacán Mexico, I was literally struck down and my mind stopped dead in its tracks. In the vast stillness that arose when the mind chatter dissolved I did not know who I was – there was no point of reference, no movement and a sense of coming home.
By standing my ground in that shaky state of being, the identification with the story of “me” broke down, and everything that my mind created was lost. In that place of stillness and peace, in the absence of old patterns or dreams, the Truth of who I really am was revealed. And, it is in that place of Truth that everything ends and all efforts to be someone or to find something cease. Then, and only then, was I able to be fully embraced by the fundamental and vibrant essence of life – spacious and full of unconditional love!
I have learned that surrender to what is in the eternal now is the process of yielding to, rather than opposing the flow of life. If we go to battle with whatever arises in “our” consciousness, we reinforce those old and stale definitions of that which we “believe” we are. However, if we yield and refuse to go to battle, the war is over and peace breaks out. All that we really let go of is a story of “me”, an illusion of our true nature.
Eventually we all lose everything that our mind has created and awaken to who we truly are. It is only when our love and desire for Truth outweighs our personality's compulsive need for security that we begin to stop struggling and allow our soul essence to be swept up into the arms of an ever unfolding revelation of the Truth and Freedom of our divinity.
I am thrilled that Sacred Rivers Yoga is hosting the Friday evening meditation satsangs that I facilitate. Each Friday evening we sit together in a sacred circle of unity. Initially, we do so in silent reflection. We then engage in an intimate investigation into the nature of spiritual awakening and living an awakened life.

More info: www.keshavhowe.com

Durga Das (David Newman) Workshop and Kirtan

20 Sep 2008 19:00:00 GMT

Saturday, September 20, 2008, 3 – 9pm

Workshop Details (3:00-5:00pm):

Inner Fire Yoga: The Yoga of Sound, Mind and Body
Yoga, Kirtan Chanting and Meditation for Healing

Join David for a joyful and inspiring experience of rejuvenating Yoga,
call and response Kirtan chanting and meditation. This workshop will
explore the beautiful dance of sound and silence and the graceful flow
between movement and stillness. David's Inner Fire Yoga is a sacred
journey that guides the body into bliss, opens the heart to love and
leads the mind into peace. David will be joined by devotional
singer/percussionist Mira for this very special opportunity for renewal
and self discovery.

Potluck: 5:00-6:00pm

Kirtan Details (6:30 start):

Don't miss this sacred and soulful evening of call and response chanting with David and Mira.

Schedule:

Inner Fire Yoga Workshop: 3:00-5:00pm. $30/advance or $35/door
Potluck Dinner: 5:00-6:00pm
Kirtan: 6:30pm. $20/advance or $25/door

COMBINE AND SAVE: Workshop and Kirtan $45

More info: davidnewmanmusic.com

Workshops

Peruvian Healing Intensive - Meditation with Keshav Howe

Durga Das (David Newman) Workshop and Kirtan