What you practice is what you become.
My main meditation and pranayama practices began in 2008 with the Art of Living Foundation, my only steady ground whilst navigating a tsunami of personal crises. Since 2011 I have also completed over a dozen Vipassana courses in South Africa, India and SriLanka. I have tried various types of physical yoga practice around the world and had the extraordinary privilege of several one-on-one teacher training programs in Pondicherry, India, with Meditation Alliance International and Yoga Alliance International founder, Swami Vidyanand, culminating in both the 500-hour Master Certificate in Transformational Yoga and the 500-hour Transformational Integral Meditation Education (T.I.M.E) certification. I have subsequently completed both the 200-hour and 300-hour Hatha Yoga teacher trainings at Deer Park Institute in Bir Billing, Himachal Pradesh, India.
Yoga and meditation are often considered as two separate practices whereas they are very much related and even inseparable. Meditation serves the purpose of the yogic practice and yogic practices serve the purpose of meditation. The word yoga essentially means ‘that which brings you to reality’ so, when you are in yoga, you are in unity with every part of your being and you can leave nothing of yourself aside. Yoga means to yoke but also means to unyoke and, according to Patanjali, the yoking is essentially used as a pathway to the unyoking.
Julie Collett
Everything material you consume gets transformed into your physical body and the same goes for breath, thoughts and love. In our societies, the pursuit of happiness has become a drive towards the augmentation of external situations. But the only way to achieve pure peace and wellbeing is through the excavation and purification of your physical, emotional, mental and psychic bodies. The consequence of this purification is the release of dormant kundalini energy in the lower chakras to clean and clear the bridges to the upper 4 chakras. Through this practice, transformed pure energy consciousness from Source can travel downwards through the lower chakras into the energetic anatomy of the human system to experience a continuous state of physical health, emotional balance, higher mental guidance, unconditional love and spiritual bliss.
The higher chakras are always in an active state but remain blocked to those who have too much stuck energy in the different bodies. As spiritual beings on a human journey, a dedicated practice in this technique can help you tune into your higher self in order to progressively get rid of the stuck energy in the lower chakras that is preventing you from living fully and magically in this human form.
Do you want to explore yoga but feel intimidated by stepping into the unknown?
Would you like to get a basic understanding of principles, postures and pranayama before joining classes?
Combining all my practices and modalities, I offer one-on-one sessions that will cover the foundational aspects for you and guide you through some of the yogic practices so you are more confident and aligned.
Book with me in-person or online; ad hoc or as an ongoing practice or training.
Together we will design and develop a program that suits your body and mind in a gentle and mindful manner.
Meet your system where it is, not where you want, need or expect it to be.
I am qualified to recognise and understand each individual’s distinct requirements and tailor-make sessions according to how you want to engage with these practices in terms of your physical, emotional, mental or spiritual goals. Together we look for your life purpose, your innate intelligence, and the meaning you want to forge in the world. Through the combining of all my specialisations I provide safe containment of any discomfort so that the thaw can be slow and gentle as you ease into your transition.
Petra Mo
Every human being lives in a four-dimensional body yet traditional systems of meditation and yoga are exclusively centred on one particular aspect. It is only through the correct and consecutive ascension through the lower chakras that one can reach one’s own spiritual source and find one’s true soul purpose. Transformational Yoga isn’t about complicated asanas; is about truth and connection. Through the restorative practice of self purification this ancient teaching is focused on accessing your source, your presence and your peace in order to develop self compassion and share all you have gained with all you encounter. The only way to change what’s going on around you is to change what’s going on inside you. Awakening can only occur through self knowledge and self knowledge can only be attained through an understanding of what is within.
Meditation isn’t about getting somewhere; it’s about breaking free of the mindset that there is a goal in arriving somewhere. Meditation isn’t about getting rid of thoughts; it’s about allowing those thoughts to pass like clouds in the sky. Meditation isn’t about ridding yourself of discomfort and going to the cushion only if calm and blissful; it’s about sitting with all the dis-ease of body, breath and emotions … meeting it all there in the moment without judgement or trying to change anything. It is a practical system of guidance for experiencing the inner and outer layers and dimensions of Source and the gateway to self-realisation and awareness of one’s true aim in this world. By taking attention to your true Self, you begin to observe subtle shifts that draw energy towards ways to better align in harmony with your purpose, thus bringing reflection, acceptance and allowance of who you choose to be in any given moment. It’s simple; not easy.
The first step to meditation is the complete awareness of the ordinary four bodies and their corresponding connection to the eternal bodies. Starting with the critical purification of the physical, prana, mental and psychic bodies through the use of asanas, mantras, breathing and meditation techniques respectively, one becomes aware of these four layers and recognises the body as the essential tool to bring consciousness into matter on earth. This technique is the antithesis of spiritual bypass as it brings empowerment and accountability to our practice as active agents in our own evolution which, in turn, leads to a flexible body, stable emotions, a focused mind, and increased spiritual well-being.
Through the process of the T.I.M.E. practice of meditation we can remove the impurities of the body, mind and emotions and prepare the way to receive the pure energy coming from the higher dimensions of Self/Source/Soul. Without embodying the practice, it’s impossible to truly understand one’s soul purpose. It is only by grounding our awareness in the living sensation of our bodies that we can recognise that all we seek is already within and our real presence can awaken.
- Relaxation: When one focuses on the outer world and forgets about one’s true Self, desires for luxury, comfort (physical), excitement (pranic, breath), progress, success (mental, comparing), and for expressing and receiving love (psychic), and so on, appear and need to be relaxed.
- Purification: The practice of meditation reveals the desires specific to each body which are, in fact, impurities creating stuck energy around the bodies and impairing one’s progress. Asanas–dynamic meditation–is the main method.
- Generation of energy: STILL meditation is sitting in a comfortable position with a straight spine. DYNAMIC meditation is asanas in practice and also a practice of using any situation in daily life.
- Communication: Become aware of the four bodies at play and communicate with one’s higher self and ask, ‘How can I make today a progressive day towards my inner Self?‘
Both untransformed and transformed souls exist at the same time in all humans. Upon death the untransformed–apara– soul is also destroyed as it is finite and for this life only; the transformed–apara–soul is eternal and continues to exist in all dimensions. Enlightenment through yoga not only enables us to achieve this ‘final’ transformation mindfully, but to live our journey in this current life in a more meaningful way. Enlightenment means connection with our inner guide, the ability to follow our chosen path using intuition, learning and developing spiritually. Enlightenment is not something to be in pursuit of but rather something to recognise as being ever-present behind the veils of ignorance and blind belief; one simply has to connect with one’s source through the practice of meditation to let go of that which is blocking one’s clear sight to the truth of the universe.
We are constantly shedding and becoming and in that shedding and becoming we purge those parts of ourselves that no longer contribute to the version we want to be and we upgrade to new versions of who we want to be. In the upgrade we need the appropriate building blocks to resource our physical, emotional, mental, psychic and spiritual layers for it to be successful and sustainable.
Tune into your higher self in order to clear away the psychological, emotional and spiritual sludge that is preventing you from living fully and magically in this human form.
Apara–Untransformed consciousness. Often refers to the four lower chakras.
HA: Sun (surya), breath (prana), pure consciousness (purusha), highest self (atman).
THA: Moon (chandra), outbreath (apana), consciousness (chitta), nature (prakriti).
HATHA: Union of the entire reality of existence.
Whilst Yoga has become synonymous with vigorous, breath-focussed workouts, the classical foundational perspective is that yoga is a series of practices that lead to a healthy body, stable emotions, equanimous mind and pure heart. The Transformational Yoga model uses the physical body as a vehicle of transformation by recruiting and purifying the emotional, mental and psychic aspects of the self. We don’t use the body to get into a posture; we use the posture to get into the body. In fact the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali mentioned asana in only three of the 195 sutras.
Physiologically, the spinal column houses the nervous system; spiritually, it is the source of all our energy and determines the way we live and grow. The level of its health is the most crucial pathway to vitality and wellbeing as it carries energy from the base of the spine to the forehead via the main nadi channel, Shushumna. Just as the cranial nerves of the central nervous system are connected to the spinal cord, which is in turn connected to the brain, so too is the vast network of nadis connected to Shushumna, which is connected to Sahasrara/Source. For the subtle kundalini energies to flow upward unimpeded to Source, the system needs to be cleaned of impurities through certain spinal twists and purification processes. As Pilates said, you are only as old as your spine is flexible.
50-hour certification training:
contact me at wellworthbeing@gmail.com if you would like to receive the basic training in this transformational technique ONCE A WEEK OVER 8 WEEKS
CERTIFICATION IS PROVIDED BY MEDITATION ALLIANCE INTERNATIONAL
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Founded and created by Swami Vidyanand and based on the teachings of The Mother and Sri Aurobindo, Transformational Yoga is an integral approach to Hatha Yoga, using the physical body as a tool of ascension to empower you to discover your true purpose, integrate these teachings into your life, and share them with others.
The main subject matter includes:
insights into the Apara (limited) and Para (eternal) aspects of the Self and connecting them to your everyday life practice;
the relationship between the yogic bodies, koshas, and chakras;
activation and harmonising Kundalini energy to purify the yogic bodies and overcome blocks to spiritual growth;
meditation techniques tailored to the physical, prana, mental, and psychic dimensions;
the mechanisms of tantra and the vibrational power of mantras to deepen your meditative practice and awaken Consciousness, and
the multidimensional healing process to create harmony within yourself and in relation to the Universe.
Experience creates physiology
Physiology creates emotions
Emotions create feelings
Feelings create thoughts
Thoughts drive behaviour
Behaviour underlies performance
Performance dictates behaviour
Behaviour creates thoughts
Thoughts create feelings
Feelings underly emotion
Emotion changes physiology
See the Glossary for definitions of terms used.
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