Intellect and Personality

Developing Mental Focus

In the everyday life our attention is frequently scattered.
We are easily distracted, sometimes disoriented and frequently unfocused. Compulsive mind activity might lead to stress, anxiety, depression and overall feeling of being lost and disconnected. By training the mind to focus we can access our own wisdom and vitality. It's a way to take charge of the direction and quality of our lives, our attitudes to work, family, the world around us and, ultimately, our relationship with ourselves.

WE WILL EXPLORE HOW TO:

Improve concentration;
Manage stress and anxiety;
Become reflectively self-conscious of the patterns of mind;
Access the state of inner calm and peace.

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YOGA THERAPY FOR

LOWER BACK PAIN

6 Week Series

March 10 - April 14

Wednesdays

5.30pm -7pm

Relieve your back pain and discover life-long tools to keep it healthy. This series is based on the clinical study sponsored by the National Institutes of Health.

About the series >

teacher: Olga Bryant Kabel
dates: 2010
time: Saturdays, 11am-1.15pm
cost: $155

PROGRAM CONTENT

Week 1: Meditation techniques, role of attention.
Week 2: Getting started: establishing a meditation practice.
Week 3: Ways to focus the mind: visual objects. Meditating on the light.
Week 4: Ways to focus the mind: sound. Energetics of sound.
Week 5: Symbolism of sound. Mantra.
Week 6: Ways to focus the mind: touch. Mudra-s.
Week 7: Withdrawal of the senses.
Week 8: Pratipaksa bhavanam - Cultivating opposite mental attitude.
Week 9: Introduction to chakra model.
Week 10: Putting it all together: enhancing personal practice.

PRACTICE EMPHASIS:
Asana (physical postures) and Pranayama (breath work) and Meditation.

In the third part of the program we will focus on mastering the field of attention, gaining control over the activity of the mind and try to become aware of our perceptions and responses to the reality.