Swasthavritta
A Year End Mini-Retreat into the One Unique Self
w/ James Bailey
Dec. 28, 29 and 30, 1-4p
$150/all 3 days / $135 if pay by 12/19
$55/single day
$175/all 3 days and New Year’s Day Meditation / $160 if pay by 12/19
At the moment of our conception the cosmos recreates itself in miniature and a one-of-a-kind stellar event
results in our own unique nature (prakriti) that differs from all others. No two of us the same. Ayurveda is
divided into two primary teaching streams: the Ayurvedic clinical practice of medicine and the self-guiding wisdom
practices known as Swasthavritta.
Swasthavritta is the Ayurvedic body of wisdom that informs and inspires right livelihood and actions in the
world given one’s unique nature, and empowers the individual to render an enlightened self care. Similar to a
Yogi, a Swastha is one who is established in one’s true unique self, and who acts and lives in accordance to one’s
own nature. Swasthavritta illuminates the true self as nature.
Join us for this Year End Retreat as we explore the swasthavritta wisdom of our individuated nature through
stories, pratyahara self witnessing practices such as Antar Mouna, and creating our own unique sankalpa (embodied
transcendent resolve) to our unwavering wellbeing and joy for the New Year on this mini-retreat into the One unique
self.
The retreat will be completed by a New Years Day meditation experience, Pancha Maya Kosha Dharana:
Roadmap to the Soul.
New Years Day Meditation
Pancha Maya Kosha Dharana: Roadmap to the Soul
w/ James Bailey
January 1, 2011, 12-2p
$35/$25 – students / seniors
The Pancha Maya Koshas (Five Layers of Illusion) are intellectually taught in 2 dimensional style as the
layers or sheaths of the body from the physical to the most subtle. Traditionally, the koshas were illusive
distractions, diverting our gaze from our true selves at the soul level. At the same time, they can be used as a secret
pathway to the divine within. Here the practitioner, through inner visualization (dharana), will explore and experience
each kosha layer in sequence as a roadmap from the external physical body deep into the most subtle realms of the
soul. It is the koshas that trap the mind into a perpetual self identification with the expressions and experiences of the
externalized body and mind. In this practice we learn to release ourselves from the limiting bonds of the Pancha
Maya Kosha, freeing ourselves to experience our true essence.
James Bailey, LAc, Dipl Om, Dipl Ayu, E-RYT is a third generation healer, CAM physician and health educator who
has been living yoga and ayurveda for 25 years. He practices Ayurveda, Marma Therapies, Acupuncture, and Wellness
Counseling and teaches workshops worldwide. His training includes 5 years (4000+ hours) of formal clinical studies in
Oriental Medicine (Master of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Yo San University) and training in Ayurveda under such
luminary teachers as Dr. Vaijayanti Apte (Dipl Ayu from the Kerala Ayurveda Academy), Dr. Subash Ranade, Dr.
Avinash Lele, Dr. Vasant Lad, and many Ayurvedic doctors and therapists in Kerala, south India. He is a contributing
editor and former columnist for Yoga Journal, Light on Ayurveda, LA Yoga magazine and other wellness magazines and is founder of Sevanti
Wellness in Santa Monica, CA.
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