The Power of Yoga and Qigong
for Creativity and Healing
Amelia Barili
July 9-11 and July 9-14, 2010
Retreat at Mount Madonna Center, Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Continuing Education Credits available
December 3-5, 2010
Retreat at Mount Madonna Center, Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Continuing Education Credits available
November 20-22 and 20-25, 2009
Retreat at Mount Madonna Center, Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Continuing Education Credits available
Stress is frozen enlightenment. During troubled times the stress we feel, can throw us out of balance, make us feel trapped and affect our health. That stress can also be an invitation to go deeper in ourselves to bring back what is most valuable to us and what can help us to live each day with greater peace and joy in our lives. In this workshop we will learn to work with the troubling conditions so that they become a source of inner strength and healing.
Drawing from the wisdom traditions of Yoga and Qigong, and the latest discoveries of Cognitive Science, Dr. Amelia Barili will teach you effective practices to access the mind through the body, and the body through the mind for creativity, resilience and self-healing. We will do deep energy work to learn to recognize the emotions that are at the core of our stress, and to find ways for that frozen energy to flow again.You will learn specific techniques for self-healing and overcoming negative emotions, giving you access to the full potential of your being. These transformative practices and approaches can be particularly applicable to counseling and healthcare professionals, and will be integrated with explanations and reflections, serving to help open our hearts, and explore stress as a path to inner strength.
These time-tested techniques are so simple that anyone can practice them. Practitioners experience less stress, improved concentration, enhanced performance and better relationships, increased energy, better sleep and greater creativity. Recommended to anyone who wants to lead a healthy and deeply satisfying life. No previous experience with yoga and qigong is required.
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Entering the Now
Experiencing Self-Healing and Creativity
Amelia Barili with David Darling
August 22-24, 2008
Retreat at Omega, Rhinebeck, New York
Continuing Education Credits available
The latest discoveries in neuroscience confirm what the wisdom traditions of India and China have known for years: the body is a vast energetic network with a deep capacity for creativity and self-healing. Led by acclaimed international cellist David Darling and healer and qigong master Amelia Barili, we awaken to the immense potential of our vital, conscious energy and explore the relationship between healing and creativity. Through the easy but powerful practices of yoga, qigong, music improvisation, chanting, and movement, we experience expanded states of consciousness that promote creativity and healing. We also learn techniques for self-healing and overcoming negative emotions, giving us access to all dimensions of our being.
This workshop is an excellent opportunity for anyone interested in exploring self-healing and creativity, and adds a new dimension to the therapeutic repertoire of health-care professionals. No previous experience with yoga, qigong, music, or any other art is required. Bring an instrument, if you have one; a journal; and drawing materials.
DAVID DARLING is a Grammy-nominated musician with many solo albums. He has appeared with a wide range of musical talents, including Bobby McFerrin, the Paul Winter Consort, Spyro Gyra, and Arlo Guthrie. Darling is founder and artistic director of Music for People, a nonprofit educational network dedicated to teaching and fostering music improvisation as a means of creative self-expression.
(This is the third in a series of dialogues with scientists, contemplatives and artists that Amelia Barili began with the workshop "Emerging Consciousness" with Fritjof Capra at Mount Madonna Center and continued with Ajahn Amaro at Spirit Rock. See next page)
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