A Day with Kristin Leal: A two-part workshop series
Schedule
Sat Dec 17 2022 at 12:00 pm to 05:00 pm
Location
The Yoga Sanctuary | Punta Gorda, FL
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The Yoga Sanctuary is excited to welcome back guest teacher and author Kristin Leal for a two-workshop series!Our first session dives deep into the Vagus Nerves. In a perfect world we would peacefully and easily move back and forth from engagement (thanks to the sympathetic nervous system) to restfulness (thanks to the parasympathetic nervous system). Well...it ain’t a perfect world and often we can get stuck, hyper-aroused, or stalled out, wearing down both the body and spirit, and losing touch with our inherent state of Love.
Enter the majestic realm of the Vagus Nerves! Coming from the same root word as vagabond, these wandering Vagus Nerves are a pair of nerves that have a complex and fascinating participation in modulating your Nervous System. Just as yoga practice can help to make us more flexible in our soft tissues, our Vegas Nerves can help us to become more autonomically flexible in our Nervous System. Through lecture, breath work, sound, and movement, we will take a tour of the Vagus Nerves, helping us to unlock a powerful reserve of restfulness, ease, and relaxation, helping us reconnect to our inherent state of love.
The second session: Planting Seeds in Fertile Soil: Sankalpa Yoga Nidra.
We all have had the experience of setting those oh-so-optimistic New Year’s Resolutions only to then feel, just a few short months later, dejected when those same resolutions fail to take hold in our lives. This is often because these resolutions are made with a part of the mind that is easily influenced and confused by our ego patterns, and they all start from the mistaken assumption that who you are is not good enough.
As a refreshing alternative to the New Year’s resolution, the Yoga tradition offers us the practice of Sankalpa, a vow to our highest self. Sankalpa begins with the radical premise that you are already good enough and already have what you need to fulfill your life’s Dharma. All you need to do is W**d out that overgrown and unruly field of the mind, allowing you to focus and channel that Divine energy within.
Join us for a brief talk on the layers of the mind from a Yoga perspective. You will then participate in a journaling exercise to help unearth a powerful Sankalpa. You will finish by enjoying a long Yoga Nidra practice (guided meditation done in a resting position) to help plant these seeds in the most fertile soil for continued future growth.
All are welcome.
Note: This is a two workshop series. First session is 12-2pm, second session is 3-5pm.
Cost: Individual session $50 or $90 for the whole day!
This event will be held IN STUDIO and ONLINE. Please choose the appropriate pricing option when registering Online participants will receive class link the day of the event.
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Where is it happening?
The Yoga Sanctuary, 112 Sullivan St,Punta Gorda,FL,United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
