Meditation - Medicine for the Mind with Vasant Lad, BAM&S, MASc

312 Haywood Road,Asheville NC 28806

21 January, 2023

Description

In this webinar, Vasant Lad, BAM&S, MASc, will dive into the Ayurvedic approach to meditation as not only a form of relaxation and stress-management, but as an aid in ‘digesting’ and processing our lived experiences and as a means of accessing the more subtle realms of our being where profound healing can occur. Vasant Lad is an esteemed Ayurvedic Physician with over 40 years of experience and is a life-long yoga and meditation practitioner, through this lens he will explore the benefits a regular meditation practice can offer your body, mind, and spirit. You will also be guided and instructed in 2 very beneficial meditation practices by Vasant Lad himself: So’Hum (I am That) and Empty Bowl. After this webinar you will have a deep appreciation for meditation as a healing practice, equipped with 2 meditation methods you can bring into your daily practice, and be able to confidently instruct others on how to incorporate these beneficial techniques in their routine. Topics will we cover in this webinar Join Vasant Lad, BAM&S, MASc, founder and director of The Ayurvedic Institute, as he explores meditation as a core healing practice enshrined in the 5,000-year-old health and wellness system of Ayurveda. With Vasant Lad you will explore : The benefits of meditation from the gross (physical, mental/emotional) to the subtle (spiritual) supporting your journey into self-realization The Vedic layers of consciousness from the external senses, to Manas (mind), the Buddhi (intellect), through the "I" into the Antah Karana (totality/soul) The doshas and gunas of the mind (Prana, Sadhaka, Tarpaka and Sattva, Rajas, Tamas) Practical tools and the theory surrounding concepts like double-arrowed attention and witnessing consciousness Specific uses for meditation such as stress management and digesting unprocessed emotions or past experiences Vasant Lad regularly pauses during the webinar, offering the opportunity to ask questions. All our webinars include ample time at the end for a Q&A.