Hollyhock Talks

Master facilitator, visionary, and creator of The Thrive Workshop, speaks about outdated modes of thinking and the importance of cultivating spaces for connection where the individual and collective co-exist and support each other in transformation. Evolutionary Leadership is about purpose, intention, trust, and most importantly using the currency of love to realize our dreams and bring out positive change in our world.

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A pioneer in the field of climate pyschology, Leslie Davenport speaks about tools for developing inner resiliency, accessing our own wisdom and intuition, and the importance of self-care and mindfulness in living an eco-harmonious life. This is a fascinating interview about the intersection of pyschology and enviornmental consciousnss.

Non-violent Communication Trainer and coach, Rachelle Lamb reflects on the ways language reveals deeply embedded beliefs and how an emotionally-intelligent language can shift perspectives and create new ways of relating to ourselves, to others, and to the natural world. This is a thoughtful and poignant interview about the possibilities that arise when we shed conflictual ways of relating and communicating and shift into a new language paradigm.

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This recording by Leslie Davenport can support the journey to the wisdom of your own heart. It also invites you to listen to the heart of the earth, giving our living planet a voice. You will want to give yourself 15 minutes of undisturbed time, and a comfortable place to sit or recline. It’s helpful to have paper and a pen or drawing materials nearby to write about or draw your experiences following the experience. This meditation can be returned to on several occasions, and you may find new aspects coming into focus, or a more nuanced understanding.

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A powerful way to shift things in your life is by aligning your unconscious thoughts with your conscious desires. Yoga Nidra is a simple and elegant way to do that.

Donna Martin shares a Wake-Up Practice that you can do even before you get out of bed. This is a way to start your day in a Soma Yoga way, in embodied mindfulness.

Each of us is born with a unique gift, an authentic voice waiting to be heard. Regardless of the work you do–artist or housewife, bus driver or entrepreneur–this creative power is your genius. Once you learn to tap into this power, and tell the truth about who you are, your life can be transformed. Find your connection between desire, creativity, and spirituality, and how together they can be forces of productivity, self-awareness, and transformation.

This is a classical Sanskrit Sutra from the Patanjali Yoga Sutras of yogic philosophy. It is a verse recommending compassion as a purification practice for your mind. This sutra suggests that by practicing friendliness to happy people, compassion to unhappy people, joy to virtuous people and equinimity towards un-virtuous people, then our minds becomes purified and we get shining bright awareness!

PATANJALI SUTRA Verse 2.33

MAITREE = Practice friendliness

KARUNA= Practice compassion

MUDITA= Practice happiness

UPAYKSHANAM= Practice equanimity

SUKH, Happy

DUKKHA, Sad

PUNYA APUNYA, Virtuous and Un-virtuous

VISHAYANAM, People

BHAVANATSCHITTA, a shining mind

PRASADANAM, will be gifted to you.

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Recorded and Mixed at Chaytan Studio, Kullu, India

Music and Words- Traditional

Vocals by Padma

All Rights Reserved, 2012.

This 2 part recording contains highlights from two special evening events covering the oft-misunderstood foundations of yogic sexuality and pleasure. This is the first time Michaela Boehm has presented this information in a structured lecture series and this recording gives a cohesive overview of pleasure practice and the foundations of intimacy. This audio is primarily a lecture with a few select answers to practice questions from the audience.

Part 2:

Q&A:

– Choosing open and closing

– Learning the distinctions of embodiment — Opening into Love and relaxing into what is

Lecture:

The 4 important building blocks of Sexual Intimacy

– Presence

– Heart Connection

– Polarity

– The full spectrum of energies as a gift

michaelaboehm.com

This 2 part recording contains highlights from two special evening events covering the oft-misunderstood foundations of yogic sexuality and pleasure. This is the first time Michaela Boehm has presented this information in a structured lecture series and this recording gives a cohesive overview of pleasure practice and the foundations of intimacy. This audio is primarily a lecture with a few select answers to practice questions from the audience.

Part 1:

– Discover the always present pleasure in your body

– Examine the habitual closures towards deep feeling

– Learn about the foundations of pleasure

– Identify the triggers and trauma patterns

– Sensitizing the body and learning how to live with that sensitivity

michaelaboehm.com