Chakras & Embodiment

This course is for people who:

• are interested in having an embodied experience of the Chakra System,
  such as structured assignments, to give them creative, artistic, somatic, and ritual experiences
• are interested in having a community experience
• are interested in learning from others’ experiences and in sharing their own
• have some (or no) Chakra knowledge
• know about the Chakras but have not had an embodied experience of them
• have some, or little, experience with meditation and are looking to grow their practice
• are interested in their own well-being and healing, and how it can improve not only their lives but those around them

This course is NOT for people who:

• are experienced Yoga or Chakra practitioners (10+ years)
• have studied the Vedas or the Tantric Yogic practices for many years
• believe their self-healing is solely an individual experience
• are seeking a replacement for a licensed mental health counselor (this course does not replace psychotherapy)

Calls are recorded. Community Calls recordings will be available for three weeks. All other recordings will be available until the next cohort, at which point the recordings will be updated.

Week 1: Introduction
Week 2: First Chakra
Week 3: Second Chakra
Week 4: Rest, Review, Restore
Week 5: Third Chakra
Week 6: Fourth Chakra
Week 7: Fifth Chakra
Week 8: Rest, Review, Restore
Week 9: Sixth Chakra
Week 10: Seventh Chakra
Week 11: Integration
Week 12: Rest, Review, Restore, and Closure

Intro + Chakra Weeks include:

1. Weekly Community Call (180 minutes, live and no recording;)
2. Weekly Somatics Class (60-75 minutes, attend live or watch recording;)
3. “Know your Chakra” sheet
4. Text-based office hours in our online community group
5. 3 shorter videos (5-15 minutes each) of meditations and somatic practices
6. Rituals and activities for strengthening your connection to the Chakras
7. Journal and writing prompts
   Prayers, Intentions, and Litanies
8. Mutual support from other participants in our online community group

Plus: Opening ritual during Week

Rest Weeks include:

1. One hour of zoom-based office hours
2. One hour text-based office hours in our community group
3. Time to integrate what you’ve already learned or go back and revisit activities
4. Mutual support from other participants in our online community group
5. Bonus journal prompts or rituals

Plus: Parting Ritual during Week 12

Here are some elements that make this course stand out:

• This course has a unique focus on physical embodiment practices
• Course is designed to help you sense and experience your energy body
• We directly work with the relationship between the physical body and the energy body
• We work from a variety of global modalities, including Vedic and Tantric Yoga, Franklin Method, Bartineff Fundamentals, somatic experiencing, Body Mind Centering, Pilates, trauma-informed practices
• We’ll use ancient meditation techniques and more modern, creative ones. We’ll also weave in art making, writing, ritual, and an awareness of nature and its cycles
• This program works with how the Chakras affect each other and their interconnectedness; as we work to create awareness and balance in one area of the Chakra System, we will bring attention to how different areas shift, change, heal, and grow
• We intentionally work in the community with an awareness that our healing is not an individual act; that as we work on our energy centers, we get better at being in relationships
• We consider how we show up and contribute to our local and global communities
• This course is intentionally taught with a lens on anti-oppression practices, looking at the ways we could be together in different ways than we have been patterned in the past. We acknowledge that our liberation is tied to each others’ and that we must practice deep listening, stability, and care
• In that, we acknowledge that knowledge of the Chakra Cystem could not have come to the United States without our history of oppression and colonialism. As a result, we may not fully know what new models we want to embody and inhabit

This program is a deep dive into embodying and practicing our experience with the chakra system. Ultimately, you can choose how much you’d like to engage. To get the most out of the class, plan to allocate:

• 2 hours for the Community Calls
• 60+ minutes for the Embodiment Class (which can be done either after the live calls or on your own time via the video recording)
• 2-3 hours per week for rituals, meditations, movement practices, writing, art-making projects, Q&A, and  community engagement
• This is a total of 5-6 hours per week
• There will be Rest & Integration weeks where you’ll have the opportunity to rest, review previous content, or weave together concepts and practices that we’ve touched on

Refunds will be given only if the participant has engaged in all of the activities in the first three modules (Introduction, First Chakra, and Second Chakra), including the live community meetings, and is still disappointed in the program. Refund requests must be made in writing along with submitting all of the art projects, journal prompt entries, and reflections on ritual experiences.