In late May 2011, new and continuing students of the Sat Yoga Institute enjoyed the opportunity to be immersed in a field of intense and beautiful study over a two-day period.  Seminar One, “Initiation Into Sat Yoga,” is designed to introduce new students to basic concepts and practices particular to Sat Yoga.

Each seminar is also an opportunity for Shunyamurti, the Director of the Institute, to introduce new information to all students. The seminar is always a dynamic experience offering a comprehensive review of basic information essential to understanding Sat Yoga and building new knowledge.  Each student adds to the distinct uniqueness of every seminar with their active participation and interaction with the teachers, providing a richness to the personal and group learning experience.

The May 2011 teachings covered a wide array of topics to transform your sense of who you are and of how you live and included the following:

•    7 Contemplates (or temples) of Sat Yoga which show how one can choose to develop within the structure of Sat Yoga from a student in the school to a member of the community and more.
•    7 Heightenings of Psychic Function that will happen to one traveling a spiritual path.
•    7 Phenomenal Psychic Strata, which are encountered along the spiritual path.
•    Basic understanding of the school’s structure based on the ancient concepts of the Trivium and Quadrivium
•    7 Realms of Knowledge – those aspects of Reality we do not normally learn in school!
•    How to Get Out of the Monkey Mind (small mind) and Into the Sat Mind (Big Mind) or moving from the ego mind into the Sublime.
•    10 Universal Traumas, which we have all suffered and from which we can free ourselves.
•    The Fate of the Ego showed how we move from pure Awareness into form and ego.
•    The Sat Yoga Map of Consciousness, which reviews how Consciousness manifests in the ego and beyond.
•    Understanding the gunas – from tamas to sattva (See Shunyamurti’s essay on the gunas, June 4, 2011 on the website.)

A vital part of each seminar finds students engaged in deep meditation (raja yoga) under the gentle and wise guidance of Shunyamurti.

Students hearts and minds are filled along with their physical bodies.  Each seminar includes exquisite, love filled meals prepared by the generous karma yogis of Radha’s Kitchen.

To participate in Seminar One, and all Sat Yoga Seminars, is to take a journey into your Self and to gain greater understanding of the importance of mastering the egoic mind.  If you are considering how to change your life to make it a deeper, more peaceful and meaningful experience on many levels, then participating in the classes at Sat Yoga will introduce you to the tools you need to open your wings and take an amazing flight into Self discovery.

Watch the website for more information about upcoming events, classes and activities.

Check out the video below to see Shunyamurti’s introduction to the seminar (closed captioning available):