 Meditation, Sound Healing and Intro to Thai Massage
We have more wonderful events coming to Thai Bodywork in the next month. Space is limited, so please register in advance.
If you are looking to pursue TBP Certification, Level 1: Thai Massage Fundamentals is coming up on March 5-7. I hope to see you at the school very soon, and wish you a wonderful and prosperous 2010.
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 Introduction to Meditation and the Practice of Mindfulness
with Tom Quinn
February 24, 6-8pm
$25 (or pay what you can)
This workshop will provide an introduction to meditation and mindfulness
techniques. An overview of the theory will be combined with meditation
practice. Open to all.
Tom Quinn co-founded YogaView
in Chicago with Quinn Kearney in 1992. Tom has studied with Pattabhi
Jois, Tim Miller, Richard Freeman and other master teachers, and views
yoga as a vehicle for inquiry and self-knowledge. We are very pleased
to have Tom as one of our first teachers in this series.
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 Introduction to Thai Massage
with Chuck Duff
Wed, March 10, 6-9 PM $40 Ideal for anyone
interested in learning more about Thai yoga massage, this 3-hour
hands-on workshop will present a brief historical background, and then
we will focus on learning a short sequence of actual Thai Massage
poses. Students will practice on each other and will rotate partners.
This workshop is open to anyone, and there are no prerequisites. Come
with or without a partner. More... |
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 The Body as Sound Resonator
with Elesa Commerse
Wed, March 31, 6-8pm
$40 General/$30 for Thai Bodywork Students
You are invited to explore the miracle of sound through mantra meditation.
Mantra is a Sanskrit word that means, "mind protection." A mantra is a tool for
protecting your mind from the non-productive cycles of thought and action we get
so lost in - that rob us of so much of our lives. Cycles that seem endless. The
mantra serves as a focusing device that helps make the mind one-pointed, strong
and calm.
Mantra is often used interchangeably with the word chanting. When we practice
mantra meditation - when we chant - we focus our full attention on the
articulation of the sound. Really giving ourselves to the experience of being a
musical instrument.
Each mantra establishes a distinct feeling state in the mind and body. The
focus is not on whether we make a pretty sound or not, but on how fully and
completely we become absorbed in the sound. Saturated in the sound. One with the
sound.
At any given time, the human body is over seventy percent water. Since sound
travels five times more efficiently through water than through air, the sounds
you make while chanting travel directly throughout every cell of your being,
every petal of your mind. For many, the experience that results from this
immersion in sound is hard to describe in words. Come experience it for
yourself.
Elesa Commerse is a well known meditation teacher
in the Chicago area and nationally. Elesa works with master teachers
Tias and Surya Little
as the Director of Wisdom Training for Prajna Yoga, their highly
regarded yoga teacher training program in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She is
also part of the core faculty for the Moksha Yoga Teacher Training
Program in Chicago, and has created several DVDs and CDs on the topic
of meditation.
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With metta,
Chuck Duff
Thai Bodywork, Inc.
847-440-7525
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