Radical Self-Nourishment
E-Program for Change Makers
Welcome to Radical Self Nourishment
Please download and fill in the questionnaire and waiver below and send to me at contact@deborahbrodey.com this week. Have a look at the house rules and familiarize yourself with the zoom technology below. I have created a private facebook group for just our group so that we can share as we go along and dive in. If you are not on facebook let me know. I will be sending an email very shortly before we begin.
Once again I am thrilled that you have joined the RSN Program and I look forward to a magical co-creative journey with you!!
To Your Self Nourishment,
Deborah
Nourished Hearts Change the World
Set Up
Technology
We will be using Zoom conferencing for all of our live calls. If you haven’t used Zoom, it is similar to Skype, but much better. You do not need an account to join the calls.
I will send out the link to join a meeting an hour before each call begins. Simply click on the link and it will take you to the online meeting room. You can open Zoom on your computer, smart phone or tablet.
Your video and audio will be turned off when you join call. You can turn on the video or not as you choose. There will also be a chat box open at the beginning of each call. You can type in a hello and check that the audio settings are working.
Click here for some short tutorials about how to join a Zoom meeting on computer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAGiPCJNd3A
Join by phone.
To join by phone call the number below and enter the meeting ID number sent to you in the class email.
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Forms
Private Group on the Inner Arts Hive
Week 1
Establishing the container
We will begin with introductions, setting a safe and sacred container for our work together and clarifying our intentions. We will then have an overview of the 5 Niyamas, a sharing circle and practices to get us started! Here is a humming breath practice to get you started!
Week 2
Sauca – Cleansing inside & Out
This session will cover a wide range of practices and timeless teachings on cleansing practice as a foundation for Radical Self Nourishment. Learn sonic cleansing techniques with vocal sound healing and sound activations to clean on the inside as well as a very practical cleaning/clearing your physical space/creating special areas in your home with specific intentions to support you and your self-nourishment needs.
Altar Explanation: 16.53
RSN Altar creation: 32.05
Sound Journey: 1:17.59
I have included the recording for the Spring Equinox Ceremony below that is one of your bonuses!
Cleansing Practice with the Winds/Vayus:
34.30
Sound Journey for Equinox: 50.48.
Week 3
Santosha-Cultivating contentment, joy and gratitude.
In this session we will access santosha through various practices that are appropriate to you, including discovering what’s in the way of you experiencing contentment and developing processes and practices to clear out these obstacles while nourishing and activating joy, contentment and self-love. This will also include a personal gratitude practice and a receiving practice.
Chanting the 4 Qualities: 1:11.10
Sound Journey: 1:19.38
Week 4
Tapas – The Alchemy of Practice.
Implementing a regular practice plan that you will want to do! I will create practices for you that nourish each level of your system: body, breath, mind, deeper personality, and emotions drawing from various tools of Yoga including: asana (physical postures), pranayama (breathing practices), vedic chant, ritual, meditation, visualization and philosophy.
Mantra to the Sun: 1:31.35
Sound Journey: 1:38.03
Week 5
Svadhyaya – Seeing Ourselves Clearly
Svadhyaya – Seeing ourselves clearly In this session we will use various practices as a mirror to see ourselves. You will be given a powerful practice for your homework where you will guided in a journeying process to receive messages from nature!
Week 6
Isvara Pranidhan – The Art of Surrender.
In this session we will explore and cultivate our relationship with surrender and letting go through a variety of surrender practices and processes as well as a surrender ritual. We will also look at how this internal process and attitude can impact our actions in our lives and the world, and how it is a vital component of “right action”.
SO HAM Meditation: 1:15.51
Sound Journey: 1:21.40
Week 7
Integration.
The role of ceremony and reciprocity as a self-nourishment tool. In this session we will integrate all that has been learned, digested, integrated and embodied by co-creating a commitment ceremony for right relationship with ourselves, others and the earth. This will be a unique ceremony that will strengthen your relationship with yourself, open your heart and assist you with the integration of all that you have been practicing throughout the program and align you with the earth and all of life.
Altar Reflection/Sounding: 20.19
Commitment Ceremony: 137.00
Hrdaye Namaha Chant: 1:46.07
Namo Hrdaye Chant: 1:51.50.
Week 8
Embodiment & Sustainability Q&A
In our final session we will have a Q & A on embodying Radical Self Nourishment and how we can sustain our practice.
Altar Meditation: 16.35
Hrdayam Mayi Chant: 1:02.57
Whole Chant: 1:14.44