Kundalini House Workshops

Experience based Education at Kundalini House

Active Birth :: Prenatal Yoga for Partners Saturdays from 12:30 to 2:30pm 13 February; 13 March; 10 April; 8 May; 5 June; 10 July 2010 These sessions are a wonderful opportunity to practice prenatal yoga with your birth companion. Experience the many ways yoga stretches and breathing practices can bring you comfort during pregnancy and prepare you both for childbirth. These unique prenatal yoga workshops are designed to compliment your childbirth education classes; are of great benefit for first-time parents and an excellent refresher for those who have birthed. Whether you’re a novice or seasoned yoga practitioner, you will experience a fresh perspective on active birth. From these sessions, you will come away with: Better understanding of active birth techniques Appreciation of how practicing prenatal yoga can encourage better positioning of your baby for birth and how this impacts on the progress of labour Simple and effective techniques for working with the release of your body’s birthing hormones to help encourage the progress of your labour Greater familiarity with the many simple and practical ways partners can contribute to making your experience of pregnancy and childbirth more positive Breath awareness and deep relaxation techniques for use throughout pregnancy and childbirth Strategies to create a calm and reassuring atmosphere during labour, to help you both cope with the unknowns that may come with the experience of childbirth Shift perceptions you may hold about childbirth from being an experience you feel you need to control to an experience that, with considered preparation and support can be one you can lovingly accept and embrace. Perhaps more than anything else, these workshops offer time and space for you and your partner to consciously connect with one another and your growing child. Investment: $70 per couple Space is limited to 5 couples. Call Nina on 0432 078 899 to make a booking.
BirthSkills :: calm, confident, welcoming birth 2nd & 4th Wednesday of each month 9.30am - 4pm 2010 dates : 12 & 26 May; 9 & 23 June; 14 & 28 July; 11 & 25 August; 8 & 22 September; 13 & 27 October; 10 & 24 November; 1 & 15 December Mamashanti is very pleased to announce the arrival of the BirthSkills Childbirth Preparation Program created by Dr Shari Read. Shari is an Australian mind/body therapist specialising in preconception, pregnancy & postnatal care. Nina, founder of mamashanti will lead you through the BirthSkills program. In an informal workshop setting we’ll demystify the process of birth; share strategies to create a calm atmosphere during labour and work through active birth techniques. The focus is on mind/body communication - how you can use your thoughts to work effectively with your body during birth. The BirthSkills program is structured around five key themes: Awareness Beliefs – How the Fear/Tension/Pain Syndrome affects your labour; How your body works in labour; Working with your birthing hormones encourage the progress of your labour. Trust - Developing trust through focus techniques; Techniques for managing pain during birth including hypnosis/deep relaxation; How to achieve self-hypnosis; Language for calm, confident, welcoming birth. Work – Breathing practices; Prenatal bonding techniques; Massage, affirmations, imagery & visualisation techniques for relaxation. Choices – Understanding your birth choices; Active birth practices for efficient labour & birthing. Welcome - Birth plans & preferences; The four stages of labour. These workshops will be held as two full-day sessions on the 2nd & 4th Wednesday of each month. We’ll start at 9:30 & wrap up at 4:00, with time for lunch at one of the wonderful cafes nearby. Investment - $550 per couple includes The BirthSkills Book (2009); Birthing Preparation CD (4 tracks including Birthing Affirmations); Concession rates to attend prenatal yoga classes at Kundalini House. Bookings/ Enquiries - please contact Nina - 0432078899 Places are limited, bookings are essential. For more information about the BirthSkills program visit www.BirthSkills.com.au
Path Of Ease & Grace Seminars Running throughout 2010 The Path of Ease and Grace has been designed for everyone. Our interactive courses are taught in easy to understand steps that allow you to learn at your own pace through a series of seminars and through optional one-on-one sessions, called Ignite Your Spirit healing. A range of books and CDs are available which support your progress as well. We know that there is an endless potential for increased self-fulfillment, love, joy, happiness and peace, as well as a wealth of opportunity sitting untapped right under your nose. Our job is to help you find it. The Path of Ease and Grace shows you how to connect to a deeper level of your own consciousness, so you can take the next step towards a happier, healthier, wealthier, and more fulfilled life. The seminars are as follows: Ignite Your Spirit 1 Ignite Your Spirit 2 Yoga Of The Mind (Formerly Child of God 2, revised and updated) Empowering Relationships 1 (formerly Child of God 1, revised and updated) Empowering Relationships 2 (formerly Empowering Relationships) Dimensions of Wealth 1 Dimensions of Wealth 2 (both of these seminars have been revised and updated and new material added about the 5 levels and 12 mansions of the soul and a new segment on having a wealth of time) Spiritual Mastery 1 (the spiritual laws and use of the will) Spiritual Mastery 2 (the Hallmarks of Mastery) Upon completion of these seminars graduates of the Path of Ease and Grace can seek 2nd level initiation in our spiritual school if they chose to. They are eligible to apply to study Therapist training and to attend the Higher Guidance series, provided they are Friends of the Harmony Centre. Our advanced instruction is only open to Friends because advanced spiritual training is only for the generous of spirit. All candidates for higher learning are energetically scanned for readiness to study and need to fill out an application form which they can find at a Harmony Centre or online. Next course ... Ignite Your Spirit 1 Saturday 20th & 21st of March, 12.00noon - 6 pm & 9:30 - 6pm (Sunday) Explore the meaning of intimacy and its natural cycles. Intimacy is affected by our skill or lack of it in communicating our feelings in an honest yet respectful manner. Handling difficult emotions is a large part of the skill set. We take an experiential journey through 4 separate parts of each person. Each part is like a sub-personality and each part has needs. When we are in relationship there are really 8 sub personalities trying to get along! NO wonder it is tricky. Every person has needs. We may not be aware of our partner's needs or indeed, our own. When needs go unmet over time this can lead to either separation, affairs, uncomfortable compromise, suffering, lack of fulfilment and dulling of the relationship and its potential as a source of happiness and peace. Learn to become more aware, and nurture the self. Learn to handle emotions more effectively, and to appreciate the educational role all emotions play in our life. We look at ways to raise the vibration of ourselves and our relationships, engendering deeper respect and pulling from each other more love, togetherness, happiness and peace. Facilitated by: Demeter and guest teachers Investment: Donation Bookings essential: Please call Demeter on 0415 961013
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Kundalini House Level 1, 391 St Georges Rd North Fitzroy 03 94824325