Ongoing Saturday Yantra Painting Oct 11, Nov 8, Dec 13..... 10-2, 2nd Saturday of the Month Mudita
Yoga Center Kingston, New York Nov14-16
Yantra Painting, Sivananda Yoga Ranch,
Woodburne, New York
Jan 6-15 2009
Sacred Art Workshop
Sivananda Yoga Retreat- Paradise Island Spring
09 Portland, Oregon To arrange a workshop please email me: sacredma@yahoo.com
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Sacred Art Workshops
Yantras- Tools for Transformation & Healing Yantras, sacred geometric patterns, have been
used for ages by Vedic astrologers to help balance, give strength and calm the energies of the karmic cycles represented in
our Jyotish (Vedic Astrological Chart). Workshop participants will receive a personalized yantra prescription
based on their own birth chart. We will construct and paint our yantra, chant its mantra and learn meditation and sadhana
techniques to use these powerful images as tools for transformation, protection and healing in our life.
Yantra Painting of the Divine Mother
Yantras, geometric centering instruments, are used
to
awaken the energy of various deities and planets and
to make contact with our inner being. This dynamic,
creative
form of meditation has been used for
centuries as a tool for actualizing latent potentials.
Mavis will guide the
selecting, constructing and
painting of the appropriate Yantra for each student,
including, Kali, Saraswati, Durga,
Tara and the 10 Mahavidyas. She will explain how to work with Mantra(a purifying
sound). how to constuct a yantra
and how to integrate
them into your personal life.
 Planetary Yantras and Numerology
For thousands of years tantric seers have observed the
powerful influence of the planets on the human
spirit. Indian astrology, has long undersood that
while the
energy released by the orbiting planets
affects our lives, it is also an energy that can be
directed and harnessed
to improve our spiritual,
mental and physical well being.
The 9 planet yantras, beautiful geormetric images
that
utilize specific colors and forms, when meditated
upon, instill quietness in the mind, allowing it to
positively
channel the power of planets represented by
each yantra. In this workshop, participants will construct and
paint
a yantra and will learn a mantra, containing
bidj sounds, which will encourage optimim receptivity
to the energies
of each planet.
A basic overview of indian numerology will be covered
to help students have a better understanding
of the
qualities of the planets and how to know the influence
of the numbers and planets on one’s
life.
Shri Yantra Workshop
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Chakra Painting Workshop
Sacred Art cultivates inner silence and attunes one with energy
and essence of the divine aspect that is being evoked. This experiential workshop will introduce participants to the imagery
of the Chakras, psychic energy centers, are the stage upon which the interaction between higher consciousness and desire gets
played out. Coming from the Tantric tradition, these subtle centers of transformation will be experienced through painting
and visualization. Participants will learn the imagery, colors, elements, deities and bidj (sacred sounds) mantras, associated
with the chakra. Painting the chakra in a prescribed order, a form of meditation harmonizes the entire system as well as activates
these centers of transformative energy.
Childbirth Yantra Workshop The childbirth yantra is an ancient symbol used to facilitate an
easy labor and birth. Used for centuries as a meditation device by Hindu midwives to assist childbirth, this image has served
as a means of relaxation for the birth canal. This yantra is an ancient labyrinth. It symbolizes the path of the baby out
from the mother’s womb and is often hung on the wall in the labor room, so during and between contractions, the mother
can follow the path from beginning to center and out again. This visual focusing tool helps slow the mind of the laboring
woman and puts her in a meditative and intuitive state. In this one day workshop you will make this powerful yantra
to take home with you and learn its practical applications. This workshop is suitable for pregnant women, doulas, midwives
and other birth professionals. You do not need to be an artist to paint this anient design.
Deity Painting Workshop Participants will learn to paint deities using the Harish Johari Wash
Painting Technique. Painting can be done on paper or silk, using alternate layers of watercolor and gouache paints.
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