:: Body & Spirit Workshops ::
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When any of the workshops in the following list (below) is scheduled, the details are published in our Schedule of Events.
To visit the Schedule of Events later, please use the navigation menu on top of this page. To go to the Schedule now, click here.
To visit the Schedule of Events later, please use the navigation menu on top of this page. To go to the Schedule now, click here.
AS OF 2020 - Due to our work load, we are no longer offering these workshops. However, many of the Taoist and Yogic principles and exercises taught in our workshops are embedded within our other courses (such as Lyssa's Channeling and Quantum Integration course and Ron's Meditation for Life). Please view our Schedule to see what courses are offered that may include these teachings. The workshops described below will give you an idea of our past trainings.
:: Taoist Yoga Workshops ::
Fire in the Belly - An Introduction to Taoist Yoga (Chi Yoga Level 1)
In this workshop, we introduce the basics of Taoist yoga, with an emphasis on practices to build the energy in the hara – the abdominal energy center that is so vital to our health and well being. The workshop will include lecture, breathwork, simple posture practices, energy circulation and meditation. Participants will need to wear exercise-appropriate clothing and bring a yoga mat. Offered by Lyssa Royal Holt or Ronald Holt.
Awakening the Heart Lotus - An Intermediate Taoist Yoga Workshop (Chi Yoga Level 2)
In this level, we build upon the foundations of level 1 and introduce more advanced exercises that not only build the energy in the hara, but begin the process of developing the heart center by removing blockages and circulating energy. Participants will need to wear exercise-appropriate clothing and bring a yoga mat. Offered by Lyssa Royal Holt or Ronald Holt.
Merging of Heaven and Earth – Advanced Taoist Yoga Workshop (Chi Yoga Level 3)
Advancing from level 2, this workshop uses all the foundational material to help guide the energy up the spine to the higher centers. We will still work with building the hara’s energy, but additionally work with more challenging breathwork, meditations, postures, and energy circulation exercises. Teachings will also include learning to differentiate the voice of the ego with the voice of the inner wisdom – resulting in a vehicle for spiritual evolution that integrates the energy of mind, body, and spirit. Participants will need to wear exercise-appropriate clothing and bring a yoga mat. Offered by Lyssa Royal Holt or Ronald Holt.
Form and Formlessness: Navigating Duality through Sacred Geometry and Taoist Yoga
An original workshop from Ronald Holt, this powerful workshop explores the main paradoxes of awakening -- emptiness and fullness, form and formlessness. To explore these profound truths, we use the tools of sacred geometry (whose teachings include those of form and formlessness) and marry them with the main tenets of Taoist yoga (yin and yang), to offer students a breathtaking glimpse into Creation itself, and their role within it. Not just a sacred geometry or yoga workshop, this experience integrates body, mind, and spirit into the One through a series of lectures, meditation experiences, breath work, and simple yoga postures (available to everyone at any fitness level). Offered only by Ronald Holt.
Sundao Workshops
Sundao is based on ancient healing and wellness practices (also known as “internal martial arts”) that derive from an ancient lineage of Forest and Mountain Taoist from China and Korea. It is an ultimate therapeutic healing art designed to free the body and mind of pain, anxiety, and burdensome memories that block the flow of Qi (life force energy), and prevent overall well-being. Sundao Healing is rooted in ancient Buddhist and Taoist healing techniques and combines oriental medicine, yogic practices, breathwork, and energy circulation exercises. Sundao workshops are offered by either Ronald Holt, or Lyssa Royal Holt.
:: Hatha Yoga Workshops ::
Eight Limbs of Life – An Introduction to Patanjali’s Eight-Limbed Yoga in Theory and Practice (Level 1)
The ancients presented a road map to enlightenment that was chronicled in Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras. We will examine this timeless wisdom and learn how to apply it in our lives today. We will also work with gentle Hatha yoga postures as a practical way to apply this ancient wisdom in our human lives. Students at any level of fitness may attend with no worries. Postures are just a journey, not the destination. Participants will need to wear exercise-appropriate clothing and bring a yoga mat. Offered by Lyssa Royal Holt.
Surrendering to Prana – Listening to the Wisdom of the Universal Energy (Level 2)
This workshop will continue the teachings in level 1, but we will begin to use specific exercises that utilize prana directly, to enhance the teachings. Techniques of Prana Kriya, breathwork, and Yoga Nidra will be practiced, as well as more challenging yoga postures and meditation exercises. Students at any level of fitness may attend with no worries. Postures are just a journey, not the destination. Participants will need to wear exercise-appropriate clothing and bring a yoga mat. Offered by Lyssa Royal Holt.
