“Enlightening, to say the least”
— Practitioner, Colorado
We must acknowledge that everybody comes to this day, this life, this practice with either recent or ancient wounds.
We invite you to a yin& mind intermingling to facilitate a nervous system reconciliation with self. This training intensive will focus on the facilitation of 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 and 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 processes for trauma awareness, which potentiates our healing both personally and interpersonally. Drawing from foundational cornerstones of 𝐁𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐦, Yin Yoga, & 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞, we will investigate methods to rest in the immediacy of the moment and heal distinct parts of the self.
Radiating with ritual, this integrated wisdom practice is a tool to rise to your intrinsic baseline of tranquility, recall your innate ability for spaciousness, and remind your system of its unique anatomical, structural, and emotional wholeness.
Integrating the psychological understanding of the nervous system, musculo-skeletal response to stress, and longevity practices for the resilience of connective tissue, Kali provides a format for responding to the fluctuations of a life lived in awareness.
“I absolutely love the depth psychology interwoven through this. It is such an important piece of trauma healing and understanding how we exile parts of our selves to actually navigate safety. To stay alive from a Childs perspective. And how this impacts the body, the organs, the fascia, the mind. And then to interweave Dharma Principles... wow. This shameless expression of our hearts desires, as we bring back those parts of self that are have been foreclosed on.”
AGENDA
Thursday
7-9PM
Entering Retreat: The Wisdom Realms & Self Energy
Friday
11AM - 1PM | 2:30PM - 5PM
Anatomy of Survival: Insula, Amygdala, Vagus Nerve
Cultivation of Hara: Island of Safety
Internal Family Systems: Awareness of Multiplicity
Diads & Practice: Parts Navigation & Dukkha Meditation
Saturday
12:30 - 2PM | 3:30PM - 5PM
Anatomy of Trauma: Somatic Memory of Trauma, Shock & Trauma
Psoas: The Spirit Muscle
Dukkha & the First Noble Truth
Central Channel Practice
Diads & Dukkha Meditation
Sunday
12:30-3PM
Neuroplasticity
Karuna: Compassion Sphere
Internal Family Systems: Heart Protectors
Visualization & Vipassana
TOPICS COVERED
Methods of Mindfulness & Meditation
Yin & Restorative Yoga: Principles, Anatomy, Asana
Neurophysiology / Neuroplasticity
Buddhist Principles, Philosophy, & Psychology
Mapping the Subtle Body
Navigating the Nervous System
Traditional Chinese Medicine & Organ Health
Depth Psychology | Internal Family Systems Format
TUITION
$600
Please note this is a non-residential training. Accommodations not included.
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Suggested Reading though not required, we encourage you to choose one of the following to read in preparation for our time together
The Wild Edge of Sorrow, Francis Weller
The Trauma of Everyday Life, Mark Epstein
“The work of the mature person is to carry grief in one hand and gratitude in the other and to be stretched large by them. How much sorrow can I hold? That’s how much gratitude I can give. If I carry only grief, I’ll bend toward cynicism and despair. If I have only gratitude, I’ll become saccharine and won’t develop much compassion for other people’s suffering. Grief keeps the heart fluid and soft, which helps make compassion possible." Francis Weller
“I feel like my practice is easier to slip into any time of the day now, I feel like I can rest more in my truth. Realizing that moments of nirvana are accessible when reactivity ceases rocked my world. I feel very grateful for the practice of beautiful mind states and the moments of surrender of identifying with codified behavior and thoughts.”
— Practitioner, Spain
“Material covered was in-depth and complex. Yet the inner methods were facilitated in such an effective way that it fostered both personal growth and expanded knowledge/insight.”
— Practitioner, Spain
ABOUT THE FACILITATOR
Kali Basman
International and intentful Yin & Restorative Yoga teacher of teachers, Kali Basman, offers an intermingling of wisdom disciplines: Foundations of Buddhist mindfulness, the pranic pathways of Traditional Chinese Medicine meridians, physiology of the nervous system, and individual-informed anatomy. Leading yin and mindfulness focused trainings and retreats across the globe, Kali pays reverence to her lineage of teachers, Sarah Powers, Jack Kornfield, Judith Hanson Lasater and more.
“Kali is the definition of wisdom. I feel held in such an intuitive deep space. Her teachings are enlightening and expanding. I feel this knowledge will stay with me forever”
“Eloquent and concise, Kali speaks of ancient wisdom”
To speak of sorrow
works upon it
moves it from its
crouched place barring
the way to and from the soul's hall.
Denise Levertov
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