Meditation - Medicine for the Mind

Unlock your body, mind, and spirit's full potential.

Learn how Ayurveda uses meditation for stress relief, processing experiences, and deeper healing. Vasant Lad,BAM&S, MASc, a renowned Ayurvedic physician, will guide you through 2 powerful techniques: SoHum and Empty Bowl.

In this course, we will explore :

• The benefits of meditation from the gross (physical, mental/emotional) to the subtle (spiritual) supporting your journey into self-realization
  
• The Vedic layers of consciousness from the external senses, to Manas (mind), the Buddhi (intellect), through the "I" into the Antah Karana (totality/soul)
  
• The doshas and gunas of the mind (Prana, Sadhaka, Tarpaka and Sattva, Rajas, Tamas)
  
• Practical tools and the theory surrounding concepts like double-arrowed attention and witnessing consciousness
  
• Specific uses for meditation such as stress management and digesting unprocessed emotions or past experiences

Course Details:
Length: Session is approximately 3 hours
3 credit hours