YIDAM - Yoga / Dance / Meditation
In this 90-minute Sunday morning class, learn to merge with your guides and move through an exhilarating flow of stretching, dancing and meditating to an ever evolving playlist of sacred tones and uplifting dance music.
Here are a few of the benefits:
Relax and stretch in an easy gentle way
Feel a deeper connection with higher guidance
See and feel things that are ready to be released
Feel the energetic support to move them through and let them go
Find your body moving more freely in new ways
Connect with others in a playful and carefree way
Breathe, laugh, sweat, cry and open to joy
Melt into to the stillness at the end of a good workout
Leave uplifted with newfound energy and vision for your future
For some of the session, we will be wearing “eye curtains” which allow us to see what we are doing without needing to engage in eye-contact. This allows for a more contemplative and inward focus.
If you are not familiar with your own personal guides or helping spirits, don't worry. The class will start with a simple guided practice for connecting with one or more guides, energies or archetypes to work with in the session. Read below for more details.
When: Sunday, June 9, 2024 from 10AM - 11:30 AM
Where: Home Within, 4676 Broadway, Second Floor (above Proto’s Pizza, enter on Broadway)
Cost: $25 donation (every $25 preserves one acre of rainforest land!)
Registration: Space is limited, registration is required. To register, please click the button below.
What to Bring:
Comfy clothes for easy movement
A water bottle - you will need to hydrate
A yoga mat if you wish (we have some, but you may prefer your own)
Eye curtains (if you have them, if not, we’ll have some available to use)
An open heart and open mind, ready to move your body, shed layers of stuck energy, and let your light shine!
Here’s a bit more info, from facilitator, Matthew Tenzin:
During covid, in order to clear the stuck energy I was feeling in my body, I started spending occasional mornings doing an intuitive flow of yoga, dance and meditation, which I have come to call Yidam practice.
In Buddhism, your Yidam is your personal meditational deity, a manifestation of enlightened mind that serves as a guide, guardian and point of focus and embodiment on your path. In a wider spiritual sense, I believe we all have guides, angels, helping spirits, power animals, ancestors, and past or future selves that we can call upon and merge with for instantaneous guidance, healing and inspiration.
Here's how the practice goes:
Yoga: Starting on a yoga mat, sitting in meditation, connect with higher guidance to clarify your intention and chosen focus for the session (I'll guide you through this!). Then, merging with your guide, allow your body to move through whatever gentle stretches and yoga postures feel nurturing to you, at your own pace.
Dance: As the music gradually picks up, transition into free-form dance, allowing your body to be moved by the energy of your guides. It is a powerful experience to discover how the body fluidly and energetically moves in liberating and surprising new ways when merged with a guide, intention or energetic archetype.
Meditation: As the music slows again, gradually coming into standing and sitting postures, letting the healing and empowering energy fill you. Then, to the sound of resonant tones, laying down in Shavasana for a relaxing meditation for integrating what you have experienced and receiving guidance and inspiration for the next steps in your day, and on your path.
About the facilitator:
Matthew Tenzin is a co-founder of Home Within and a Principle at Joe McGuire Design. As a former Buddhist monk, who is now a wellness interior designer, Matthew has had a life-long love for the interconnection of spirituality and creativity. A daily meditator for more than 25 years, Matthew has received years of training in intuitive arts, energy work and holistic healing. As an authorized teacher in Buddhist and nature-based traditions, Matthew loves to share simple and effective techniques for calming the mind, clearing energy, connecting with higher guidance, and opening to the vast field of healing and awakening that lives within us all.