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Yoga, Body
Yoga, Body
& Spirit
at Shambhala Mountain
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Carlos Castaneda’s Tensegrity—Moving Toward Inner Silence: Conversations with Extraordinary Trees with Miles Reid & Aerin Alexander
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October 26 - 28, 2007
“Most of us,” don Juan Matus told Carlos Castaneda*, “face time as it recedes from us, repeating stories of an unexamined past, and projecting a future based on defense of the self. Shamans face the oncoming time—an active state of inner silence in which there are no antecedents.”
In this weekend workshop, we will practice Tensegrity—the modern expression of the shamanic movements called magical passes and the path of the warrior-traveler taught by Yaqui shaman don Juan. Employing self-examination exercises in conjunction with Tensegrity movements, we will become aware of and shift conditioned patterns, and reawaken our link with our brothers and sisters, the trees—those helpful witnesses who remind us to slow down, become aware of our roots, and enter the rhythms and cycles of the eternal present.
For more details on Tensegrity, please read the article and FAQ below, or visit www.cleargreen.com.
*Carlos Castaneda, PhD, was an anthropologist and author of 12 bestselling books based on his apprenticeship with don Juan Matus, a Yaqui Indian shaman who introduced him to the world of shamans who lived in Mexico in ancient times.
Miles Reid is a medical doctor from Argentina, National Diplomat in Acupuncture and Chinese Herbology, and director of Tilo Medical and Acupuncture Clinic in Los Angeles.
Aerin Alexander holds a Master of Science in Exercise Physiology and is a Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner. She has been teaching physical movements in Argentina and the U.S. since 1985.
Miles and Aerin have been training in the shamanistic traditions of ancient Mexico under the tutelage of the four students of don Juan, Carlos Castaneda, Florinda Donner-Grau, Carol Tiggs and Taisha Abelar, since 1995.
Note program dates have been changed from those published in our catalogue.
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Program Schedule:
Friday, October 26
8pm – 9pm Orientation and Introduction to Tensegrity
Saturday, October 27
6:45am - 7:30am Morning Meditation (guided by Shambhala instructor)
9:30am – 12:30pm Tensegrity Class 1
3:30pm – 6:30pm Tensegrity Class 2
8pm – 9pm Evening session guided by Sakyong Miphan Rinpoche
Sunday, October 28
6:45am – 7:30am Morning Meditation (guided by Shambhala instructor)
9:30am – 12:30pm Tensegrity Class 3
The registration date for this program has already passed.
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More on TensegrityTensegrity is the name now given to the magical passes: positions and movements of body and breath that were dreamt and stalked by men and women seers who lived in Mexico in ancient times, and passed on to Carlos Castaneda, Florinda Donner-Grau, Taisha Abelar and Carol Tiggs by their teacher, don Juan Matus. Don Juan was a Yaqui Indian from Yuma, Arizona, and Sonora, Mexico, and the heir to a lineage of seers that originates in ancient Mexico.
The word "Tensegrity" is borrowed from an architect, engineer, scientist and dreamer whom Carlos Castaneda knew and admired: R. Buckminster (“Bucky”) Fuller. Fuller defined tensegrity as a combination of tensional integrity, the forces at work in architectural structures whose integrity and resilience are maintained by their flexible elements.
The students of don Juan found Tensegrity to be a perfect description of the warrior-traveler’s way expressed in contemporary life: for them Tensegrity refers to the interplay of tensing and relaxing the tendons and muscles, and the energy that surrounds them, when practicing the magical passes; Tensegrity also refers to the art of adapting to one's own energy, and to each other's energy in a way that contributes to the integrity of the community that we are, as individuals and as sentient beings.
Tensegrity is the subject of a book and four DVDs, as well as classes and workshops given in Latin America, the United States, Europe, and Russia by the students of Carlos Castaneda, Florinda Donner-Grau, Taisha Abelar and Carol Tiggs, and their teaching companions. There are more than 170 Tensegrity Practice Groups worldwide.
FAQ:
About the exercises involving Tensegrity—are they only physical exercises? Can you explain briefly how they act on people’s bodies and minds?
The magical passes of Tensegrity act on the body and mind as a physical and energetic unit. According to the seers who discovered them, their physical effects of strength, well-being, flexibility and endurance are a by-product of their energetic effect: the shift of perception brought about by a redeployment of energy.
When shamans see energy directly, they see human beings as spheres of luminosity. They see that the stress of daily living disperses energy away from the core of this luminous sphere to its edges, where it becomes unavailable. The magical passes redeploy or return energy to the core of the luminous sphere, where it can be used for any purpose we choose—including expanding the limits of our perception.
What are the benefits of Tensegrity to the practitioner?
The movements of Tensegrity create a wonderful mood of mental and physical alertness. Practiced consistently, they have the cumulative effect of shutting off the internal dialogue, leaving one refreshed, revitalized and new.
This quieting of the mind’s noise allows for another deeply-hidden aspect of ourselves to emerge, an aspect don Juan called the true mind, the mind intimately linked what he called the energy body—our energetic twin. Once we access the true mind, and the energy body, he said, new worlds of perception begin to unfold.
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