the three wisdom realms
Head, Heart & Hara
A four-week live virtual practice course led by Kali Basman
May 6 - 27th, 2026 • Wednesdays at 12:00pm - 1:30pm MST • Live on Zoom
Includes a complimentary practice bundle
STEP INTO
There are ways of knowing that live beyond thought.
Across the great contemplative traditions, human wisdom is understood as triune: we know through the clarity of the mind, the relational intelligence of the heart, and the steady, instinctive knowing of the belly. When these centers are in right relationship, we experience coherence. When they fall out of balance, we feel scattered, overextended, or unmoored.
The Three Wisdom Centers is a four-week live practice immersion devoted to restoring that inner coherence—through embodied yoga, breathwork, Buddhist inquiry, Taoist methods of residing in the body, and parts-aware listening drawn from Internal Family Systems.
Each session weaves together breathwork, contemplative inquiry, IFS-informed practices, and both yin and yang yoga to support the lived embodiment of all three wisdom realms. This is not a modular course. It is an integrated field of practice.
You are invited to practice in a living field, guided by celebrated teacher Kali Basman, whose work weaves Internal Family Systems therapy, Buddhist psychology, and subtle body wisdom into a grounded, integrative path of presence.
Eligible for 6 hours of Continuing Education Credits
The Container
Each week, we enter one of the three wisdom centers to inhabit it as a reliable source of guidance. Through slow, attentive yin and yang practice, subtle breathwork, Buddhist meditation, and IFS-informed inquiry, we refine our capacity to live from clarity, connection, and grounded agency.
Over four weeks, practitioners will notice:
clearer seeing without mental strain
warmer connection without self-abandonment
steadier ground without rigidity
a felt sense of inner authority and trust
practical ways to return to center when life pulls you off axis
The Schedule
May 6 — Arrival Session: Entering the Practice Field
Agency as a personal practitioner
Orientation to head, heart, and hara as an integrated whole
Glimpse practices of all three wisdom centers
Establishing the inner map for the weeks ahead
May 13 — The First Realm: Head — Clarity Without Domination
Arrival glimpse practice
Breathwork linking head and body
Working with the planner and self-critic through IFS unblending and befriending
Shamatha teaching and meditation
Vagus Nerve-informed yin and yang practice
May 20 — The Second Realm: Heart — Connection Without Collapse
Arrival glimpse practice
Heart-web mandala mapping relational fields
Breath of joy
Teaching on shunyata and relational spaciousness
Metta meditation woven through yin and yang postures
Cradle-based rest and indigenous-inspired lying meditation in savasana
May 27 — The Third Realm: Hara — Ground Without Rigidity
Arrival glimpse practice
Hara breath cultivation
Fire-in-the-belly yoga practice
Self-energy in Internal Family Systems, the eight Cs, and welcoming inner experience
The Three Wisdom Centers
the head
The head is the seat of discernment, insight, and meaning-making. When balanced, it sees clearly and serves life. When over-identified, it fragments experience and exhausts the system.
Through Shamata/vipassana-informed inquiry, contemplative reflection, breath practices that link mind to body, IFS work with the planner and self-critic, and integrated yin–yang yoga, we cultivate clarity that is embodied—thinking in service of presence rather than domination.
the heart
The heart is the center of relationship, care, and interconnection. It knows the web of life. When ungrounded, it overextends or collapses. When embodied, it holds warmth with discernment.
Through heart-based inquiry, relational mapping, metta meditation, breath of joy, yin and yang postures, and deeply nourishing rest practices, we explore the heart as a field of connection that is both open and resilient.
the hara
The hara is the body’s true center of gravity—the seat of vitality, steadiness, and self-energy in Taoist and Zen traditions. When disconnected, we feel anxious or untethered. When cultivated, we move with quiet confidence and deep trust.
Through Taoist belly breathing, hara cultivation, grounding yin and yang practices, and gentle parts-aware inquiry, we learn to reside in the belly as a stable inner home.
This course is for you if…
you are drawn to embodied and contemplative yoga
you value practice over performance
you seek integration of yoga, meditation, and inner inquiry
you are less interested in self-improvement and more interested in coherence
you long for tools that can be lived, not merely understood
No prior experience with Buddhism, Taoism, or parts work is required. A sincere interest in inner listening is enough.
What you will carry forward…
a lived relationship with the three wisdom centers
embodied practices for returning to center in daily life
greater clarity, warmth, and steadiness
an inner reference point you can trust
a deeper capacity to meet life with presence rather than reactivity
Details
Sessions will be held live on Zoom
Wednesdays at 12:00pm - 1:30pm MST
Dates: May 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th
Recordings available for a limited time
Includes a complimentary Organ Vitality Practice Bundle. Your access code will be provided once you have registered.
Registration
Tuition — $269
Please note this is a virtual offering.
Pre-Registration Required. Limited Capacity.
Kali Basman
Meet your guide:
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”