August 11-12, 2018 (Saturday – Sunday)
California Institute of Integral Studies
1453 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA
This workshop explores aspects of embodiment from the
perspective of eastern and western traditions. David Emerson, the founder
and director of the yoga program at the Trauma Center in Brookline,
Massachusetts, is joined by Zen priest and teacher, Sarah Emerson to share
insights from their respective traditions as well as contemporary research
about the benefits of cultivating a conscious engagement with our embodied
experience that not only enhances our human experience, but increases our
capacity to meet our world with skillfulness and compassion.
This workshop offers a mixture of didactic presentations
and practical exercises including:
·
Neuroscience
·
Trauma Theory
·
Theories of Embodiment from a Buddhist
perspective
·
Seated and Standing yoga
·
Seated and Walking Meditation
·
A survey of relevant studies
and welcomes:
·
Clinicians who want new ways to treat patients
·
Yoga teachers, body-workers, meditators looking
for new insights
·
Anyone curious about what it is like to
cultivate a conscious relationship between mind and body
Facilitators:
David Emerson and Sarah Emerson
Cost: $300
