Yoga and Meditation Workshops

With Dr. Adina Riposan-Taylor
Adina has completed over 800-hr Yoga Teacher Trainings in several countries and yoga styles. She is a 500-hr Hridaya Hatha Yoga Certified Teacher, recognised under both Yoga Alliance and Yoga Federation certification programs. See Adina’s Bio

Adina

 


  • Yoga and the Heart

    With Dr. Adina Riposan-Taylor ( Hridaya Yoga Workshop )
    (2 modules x 2h each)

    • Yoga in relation to the Cardiovascular System (2h)

      Presentation and discussion on the human Anatomy & Physiology of the Heart, analysing the relationships between health-related exercising – such as yoga – and the Cardiovascular System, and explaining how yoga may improve its functions and overall health and longevity. We’ll discuss the relations between the Brain and the Heart, the Energetics of the Heart, the Heart’s Intuitive Intelligence, expending the Heart’s connections, and the amazing benefits of Creating Coherence – the state that brings the mind, heart and emotions in perfect harmony, energetic alignment and cooperation.

      (***We express our gratitude to Craig White, our Hridaya Anatomy & Physiology teacher, who generously provided the documentation)

    • Study and practice of the Meditation of the Heart (2h)

      A collection of Budhist, Hindu, Sufi, Shaivit, and Christian methods of meditation and self-inquiry that build up a strong practice for awakening the Spiritual Heart, developing the body of light and pure sacred Spandic vibration. Unique integration of Advaita Vedanta, Sufism, Tantra, and Dzogchen, for accessing our real essential nature, the Supreme Self, Atman.

  •  


  • Yoga and the Breath

    With Dr. Adina Riposan-Taylor ( Hridaya Yoga Workshop )
    (2 modules x 2h each)

    • Yoga in relation to the Respiratory System (2h)

      Presentation and discussion on the Anatomy of Breathing, the Mechanics of Breathing, and the influence yoga practice and breathing exercises can have on improving the breathing patterns, our overall health and vitality, well-being, equanimity and longevity. We’ll discuss the Science of Pranayama – focusing on the breathing importance in Kryia Yoga, Kundalini Yoga, Swara Yoga, and Tantra Yoga, as well as Breath and Love Making – outlining benefits from health improvement to the increase in sexual compatibility between partners.

      (***We express our gratitude to Craig White, our Hridaya Anatomy & Physiology teacher, who generously provided the documentation)

    • Pranayama training (2h)

      We’ll start with simple beginners methods and we’ll progress toward more advanced pranayama exercises – integrating breathing, mentalization and visualization. We’ll discuss associated mudras, bandhas, and body postures that increase the efficiency of pranayama methods and can optimise our practice. We’ll spend the last hour taking pranayama to the level of triggering superior states of consciousness – spiritual controlled altered states of consciousness that will be experienced with full awareness and witness attitude.

  •  


  • Understanding Meditation: An Overview of the Main Meditation Traditions throughout History

    With Dr. Adina Riposan-Taylor ( Hridaya Yoga Workshop )

    During this workshop, we will give an overview of the main meditation traditions from Theravada Buddhism (Vipassana / Insight), Tibetan Buddhism (Mahamudra), Zen (Soto and Rinzai traditions), Christianity (Contemplative Prayer, Christian Meditation, Isihast / Hesychasm tradition), Sufism, Judaism, Hasidism, etc. We will give an overview of the contemplative path – including history, principles, methods and some specific techniques, that we will further practice in our meditation classes.

    The Workshop will be followed by a series of meditation classes, starting with beginners meditation to more advanced methods and techniques, that will further progress toward our Master Mind training courses.

  •  


  • Meditation of the Spiritual Heart and Spanda

    With Dr. Adina Riposan-Taylor ( Hridaya Yoga Workshop )

    Developing the body of light and pure vibration:

    This Workshop brings a collection of Budhist, Hindu, Sufi, Shaivit, and Christian methods of breath, meditation and self-inquiry that build up a strong practice for awakening the Spiritual Heart and the sacred Spandic vibration.

    The method is a unique integration of Advaita Vedanta, Sufism, Tantra, and Dzogchen, for accessing our real essential nature, the supreme Self, Atman.

    The Workshop will be followed by regular meditation practice at the studio.

    We also encourage attending the 10-Day Hridaya Silent Meditation Retreat in Mazunte, Mexico.

  •  


  • 2-Days and 10-Days Intensive Hridaya Hatha Yoga Workshops

    With Dr. Adina Riposan-Taylor

    In this workshops, we will study the fundamental principles of Hridaya Yoga and we’ll introduce the practice of this profound esoteric Yoga system. Hridaya Hatha Yoga creates the condition for deep relaxation and for opening to realize the “transfiguration” of the body itself. During the practice of Hatha Yoga, the physical asanas combine with advaita, the vision based on non-duality. The asanas are performed while holding the inner spiritual attitudes recommended in traditional texts of Tantra and Shaivism including Vijnana Bhairava Tantra, Spanda Karika, Shiva Sutra, etc.

    We further recommend attending the Hridaya Intensive Yoga Retreat: Module 1, and Hridaya Intensive Yoga Retreat: Module 2, at Hridaya Yoga Centre.

    • Hridaya Intensive Yoga Retreat: Module 1: It is a highly beneficial and transformative program that can bring amazing purifications at the physical, psychological, and mental levels. Learning how to awaken and become aware of subtle energies, the chakra system, and kundalini allows a profound psycho-mental regeneration.
    • Hridaya Intensive Yoga Retreat: Module 2: Building on the experience of Module 1, Module 2 allows students the opportunity to delve even more profoundly into the teachings and the beauty of the Consciousness of Oneness.
  •  


  • Methods & Tips for Improving the Meditation Practice

    • Warm-ups, Stretching & Relaxation:
      We will learn and practice several effective ways of stretching the body and settling into a state of relaxation, de-contraction and release of tension, important pre-requisites for effective meditation.
    • Proper Postures for Meditation: (“turning the body into a proper instrument for Self-realization”)
      We’ll discuss a series of meditation postures that, by their complex physical, mental, spiritual and esoteric effects, have the higher capacity to trigger the meditative states, as well as to provide a still, steady, relaxed, and comfortable base for maintaining longer and grounded meditation sessions.
    • Mudras: (gestures and attitudes for re-directing prana)
      We’ll study a series of gestures and attitudes that act as “anchors” for superior states of consciousness. We’ll discuss the effects and purposes of these mudras for channeling the prana and re-directing it in ways that deepen concentration and awareness.
    • Bandhas: (specific body locks)
      We’ll combine mudras and bandhas for preparing, enhancing and optimising the meditative experience.
    • Dosha Awareness: Advice for meditators according to their dominant dosha.
    • Overcoming Laxity & Excitement:
      We’ll discuss methods for developing mindfulness, awareness, witness consciousness – the vigilance required for achieving success in meditation, by overcoming the restless (rajasic) distractions and the lethargic (tamasic) distractions. We’ll progress toward establishing the optimal mind states and emotional background that will allow meditation to become an enjoyable and permanent part of our lives.
    • Favourable Moments for Meditation:
      We’ll provide some recommendations for choosing the favourable moments that facilitate the meditative states, while progressing toward being able to meditate anytime, anywhere.
  •  


  • Workshop on Karma and the Freedom of Choice

    With Dr. Adina Riposan-Taylor

    Sahasrara Yantra

    In this Workshop we will present and explain the concept of Karma and will discuss the Karmic determinations and pre-conditioning in our current lives, vs. the “Degree of Liberty”, or “Freedom of Choice” we receive at birth.

    We will also analyse the potential factors involved in establishing our Karmic degree of liberty, as well as the possibility of increasing and manifesting our freedom of choice.

  •  



  • Shambala Meditation Workshop

    With Dr. Adina Riposan-Taylor

    Spiritual teachings and Meditation focused on establishing the spiritual connection with the sacred land of Shambala.

    In Tibetan Buddhist and Indian Hindu/Buddhist traditions, Shambhala (or Shambala) is a mythical pure kingdom hidden from the ordinary sight of people. As with many concepts in the Kalachakra Tantra, the idea of Shambhala is said to have “outer”, “inner”, and “alternative” meanings. The outer meaning understands Shambhala to exist as a physical place, although only individuals with the appropriate karma can reach it and experience it as such.

    As the 14th Dalai Lama noted during the 1985 Kalachakra initiation in Bodhgaya, Shambhala is not an ordinary country: “Although those with special affiliation may actually be able to go there through their karmic connection, nevertheless it is not a physical place that we can actually find. We can only say that it is a pure land, a pure land in the human realm. And unless one has the merit and the actual karmic association, one cannot actually arrive there.”

    Shambhala is mentioned in various ancient texts, including the Kalachakra Tantra, and the ancient texts of the Zhang Zhung culture which predated Tibetan Buddhism in western Tibet. Hindu texts such as Mahabharata and Vishnu Purana mention Shambhala as the birth place of “the final incarnation of Vishnu”, who will usher in a new Golden Age (Satya Yuga).

    Shambhala Myth states that Shambhala is ruled over by “Lord Maitreya”, and the Kalachakra prophesies promise that when the world declines into war and greed, and all is lost, the 25th Kalki king will emerge from Shambhala to vanquish “Dark Forces” and usher in a worldwide Golden Age.

    Whatever its historical basis, Shambhala gradually came to be seen as a Buddhist Pure Land, a fabulous kingdom whose reality is visionary or spiritual as much as physical or geographic. Reaching the West, Shambhala myth influenced and attracted both non-Buddhist and Buddhist spiritual seekers.

  •  


  • Kryia Yoga Workshop

    With Dr. Adina Riposan-Taylor

  •  


  • Tantra Workshop

    With Dr. Adina Riposan-Taylor

  •  

Beginners welcome, no experience required !

Check our Events page for Workshops scheduling !

Pre-registration required: Contact Us
Prices and Packages