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Opening up the Portals of Consciousness

Based on the Teachings of the Vigyana Bhairava Tantra
with Swami Nishchalananda

A Series of Online Teachings in Four Parts 

September – November 2021
4 sessions : 10.00 – 1.00pm
£80 / £50 

 

It is with great pleasure that we continue this series of teachings based on the Vigyana Bhairava Tanta. This text is very pertinent to the current, busy world which we live in, since it presents us with techniques which help us to live with a spiritual perception and understanding in moment-to-moment daily situations. It is non-moralistic and non-religious, and the practices point to the essence of our own Being.

Every situation can point us back towards our own fundamental Identity. This is the purpose of the teachings and practices of the Vigyana Bhairava Tantra.

Dates

• 11th September 2021
• 2nd October
• 23rd October
• 6th November

The Programme

• 10.00 – 11.00am : Introduction & Meditation Practices (Swami Nishchalananda)
• 11.00 – 11.50am : Hatha Yoga
• 11.50 – 12.00pm : Short break
• 12.00 – 1.00pm : Satsang (Q&A) and Meditation (Swami Nishchalananda)

Cost

The fee for this workshop is £80.00.
If you cannot afford the full fee you can pay a reduced fee of £50.00.
If there is financial hardship and you cannot afford the reduced fee please contact us.

 

You do not need to have attended previous courses to join this one.
If you have been on previous courses this will be new material.

 

The Teacher : Swami Nishchalananda

 

Swami Nishchalananda is the Founder and Director of the Mandala Yoga Ashram in Wales. He has been a hugely influential figure in the development of Yoga in the UK for decades.

Over the years, many people have been touched by his inspiring yet down to earth teachings.

These online courses have made his work accessible to a whole new range of people in a format that maintains the essence of the teaching while makiing them practical and useful day to day.

 

 

 

 

How to Book

Click on the button below to book online.

When you make your booking you will be sent a link to join the workshop on Zoom.

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Disclaimer

 

More about the Course

Our life gives us the opportunity not only of experiencing the pleasure and pains of life, but also realising the fundamental basis of our embodied existence.

This course aims to help participants get an insight into the Reality which underlies what we are. Believed to have been written about one thousand years in the Himalayan region of Kashmir, the Vigyana Bhairava Tantra is most pertinent to our life in the present era. It encapsulates the timeless teachings of Yoga, Tantra and Advaita.

It presents one hundred and twelve practices (in Sanskrit, known as dharanas). Some are clearly yogic in nature, others are tantric, whilst they all point towards the advaitic (non-dualistic) realisation and experience. They all aim to awaken the meditative state in daily life situations so that there is a fundamental transformation in our perception and level of energy.

The fundamental message of the Vigyana Bhairava Tantra is that we can be more aware moment to moment in whatever circumstances we find ourselves. Each moment and each situation can be a portal to deeper realisation. There is no need to disappear into a cave or escape the world. Nothing is rejected, and every situation has the potential to open our eyes to the miracle of existence and the wonder of our own being.

The Vigyana Bhairava Tantra is not so much concerned with giving us wordy intellectual answers but with giving us the techniques to attain the answers from our own experience. Direct perception removes doubt so that there are no questions. Spiritual life is not about intellectual debate but communion.

All of the practices are designed to calm the turbulent mind and to focus it in the present moment, for it is only in the NOW that transformation of perception is possible. It is only the present moment that is pregnant with promise – the promise of identifying with and living in Awareness.

Note: these teachings and practices are fully explained in Swamiji’s book Insight into Reality – the Tantric Teachings of the Vigyana Bhairava Tantra available from Mandala Yoga Ashram.

Tips for Online Yoga!

• A few minutes before the workshop starts, click on the link you received when you booked.
• The link might go straight to the workshop OR it might ask you to download Zoom first. If you need to download Zoom, it is very quick & easy.
• If the sound on your phone, laptop or PC is not so good you can buy bluetooth headphones, or plug in speakers and that will improve your experience of the classes.
• For the posture work, apart from when we the teacher is demonstrating try to follow the verbal instructions rather then looking at the screen.
• As the teacher is not present to advise you it is essential that you take responsibility for your own practice and to ensure that you stay within your physical limits.
• You can decide yourself if you want the camera on or off during the class. Your microphone will be turned off.
• Prepare a space for doing yoga. Make sure you aren’t disturbed by people, pets or phones during the class.
• You will need a yoga mat, a blanket for the deep relaxation and maybe a cushion for the meditation.
• During the meditation and relaxation, it is best if you practise in a semi-dark room.
• For meditation, be comfortable! You may sit on the floor with cushions etc, or on a chair.