Movement and Mythology - A Weekend Immersion w/ James Boag and Peter Hunter

Name: Movement and Mythology - A Weekend Immersion w/ James Boag and Peter Hunter
Start: 2025-03-21T18:30:00+01:00
End: 2025-03-23T13:00:00+01:00
Location: Rört

Schedule

Fri, 21 Mar, 2025 at 06:30 pm to Sun, 23 Mar, 2025 at 01:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Rört | Frederiksberg, SF

At the spring equinox, let’s come together for a 12-HOUR DEEP DIVE to explore the practical teachings of yoga through movement, story and singing.
You will meet James Boag, who calls his work Whole Life Yoga. James shares from a deep well of knowledge of the timeless and memorable stories and myths of Yoga, along with its symbols, mantras and the language of Sanskrit.
And you’ll meet me, Peter Hunter. I’m super excited about hosting this event and bringing such a high-quality teacher to Denmark. I met and connected with James in Greece and later joined multiple of his online yoga courses. And I’m bringing my teaching skills within movement and play to this collaboration with James.
HERE IS WHAT YOU ARE GETTING INTO!
Do you want to savour the rich flavour of yogic mythology and expand your understanding of timeless yoga principles to help deepen harmony in the reality of Life?
We hope you do! And here is what more TO EXPECT over the weekend:
- Gain practical understanding of the moving and inspiring stories, gods and symbols of Yoga to support skilful, ongoing practice and greater clarity and confidence in our day to day lives.
- Feel the cleansing power of Sanskrit sound and song with nourishing kīrtan
- Experience how yoga principles can support all types of work, practice and movement through stimulating and refreshing movement practices
- Learn robust and adaptable ‘do anywhere’ techniques to promote circulation of nourishing, harmonising energy and information.
- Work playfully with coordinative patterns and stimuli, challenging body, mind and senses to build dynamic strength, balance and mobility while easefully promoting neuroplasticity and renewal
PROGRAM TIMES
- Friday: 18:30-20:30
- Saturday: 10:00-13:00, 15:00-17:00, 18:00-20:00
- Sunday: 10:00-13:00
PRICE
- Whole Weekend: 1800 DKK - SIGN UP: https://ezme.io/c/Xkg/3ZU6
- Kirtan only (Saturday night): 175 DKK SIGN UP: https://ezme.io/c/Xkg/3Aym
PROGRAM CONTENT
⭐FRIDAY EVENING OPENING
Introductory talk, movement and kīrtan: Yoga and the Dance of Existence: Śiva Nāṭarāja and The Five Act Dance Drama of Consciousness
In this introductory session, with engaging story, uplifting song and nourishing movement along the way, we’ll look at how the yoga tradition uses symbol and story to condense practical teachings to help guide a lifelong practice. This will include the rich symbolism of Śiva Nāṭarāja and the five acts of consciousness that we are always participating in, and which yoga practice seeks to harmonise, giving us a strong and adaptable frame for practice. These foundational teachings will also be linked to the Bhagavad Gītā and Yoga Sūtra.
⭐ SATURDAY MORNING PRACTICE
Movement based workshop: Five Acts, Zero, Wholeness, Rhythm and Harmony
Working with the symbolism from the previous evening’s introduction, we will explore how we can harness a movement or āsana practice to help us:
Mobilise the joints and spine
Practice attuning our moving to function as a whole unit, rather than fragmented parts
Create more space and build more steadiness
Let go of unnecessary tensions and inhibition
See more clearly where we may be unnecessarily limiting ourselves and invite more grace, beauty and connectivity.
All with the goal of moving through life as more of a dance and less of a struggle.
⭐ SATURDAY AFTERNOON STORY SESSION
Storytelling and practical philosophy - Hanuman: squeezing the mountain and leaping over the ocean
In this session, James will tell part of the story of Rāmāyaṇa with particular focus on the great character Hanuman. This will help us gain a vivid and memorable picture of the ongoing process of yoga practice and what it means to come to greater awareness and integration in the reality of worldly existence. With kīrtan and inquiry along the way.
⭐ SATURDAY EVENING KIRTAN
The Yoga of sound and song
In this session we’ll dive into the powerful practice of kīrtan, working with sound to easefully harmonise the whole system. Do not worry if you are not a virtuoso singer, the practical benefits of kīrtan are open to everyone!
⭐ SUNDAY MORNING PRACTICE & INTEGRATION
Sunday morning movement workshop:
Squeezing the mountain and leaping over the ocean
Working with the themes and symbolism from the previous days’ sessions, we’ll explore how to harness yogic movement practice to work with all our human capacities and rehabilitate our understanding of our real selves.
Principles and practices to help make practice renewing, invigorating, fortifying and refreshing through all the stages and cycles of life, and to help us draw forth our deeper capacities.