The 5 Elements of Life: Meditation Workshop Series (Online, Pre-Recorded, Self Paced)

Welcome to My Online Courses to Understand the 5 Elements of Life through Meditation!

The 5 Elements of Life: Part 1

This is about creating a deep personal relationship with the Elements to improve your quality of life.

Earth- Water - Fire - Air - Ether

I created this course to help you learn how the 5 Elements show up in yourself, in the world around you, and in everyone you meet. Having an awareness of how the elements show up and interact becomes a vital set of tools to work within your life. The practices and information contained in this course pull from my 2 decades of experience in yoga & meditation.

WHY Study the 5 Elements of Life?

- A framework for understanding the world around you

- A way to gain a better understanding of YOURSELF

- Understand the WHY behind your behavior, likes, and dislikes

- Have a system to guide better decision-making in your life

- Use the 5 Elements to shift yourself from imbalance to BALANCE

- Deepen your meditation practice with practical skills for focus and attention

- The foundation knowledge needed to go on to a study of Ayurveda (The Science of Life)

- Strengthen your connection to the healing forces of NATURE

Topics Covered in this Course Include:

- WHY we need to Study the 5 Elements

- How the 5 Elements show up in the world around us & in Nature

- How the Elements work in Combination

- How to Calibrate your Awareness to notice the Elements

- Individual Variation & Self Understanding (Our Unique Element Make-Up)

- How the Elements move Into & Out of Balance

- Slowing down to the pace of Nature to cultivate Awareness

In Each Element Module, You Will Learn:

- The Qualities of the Element

- Where it shows up in the world

- Where it shows up in our body, personality, likes, and dislikes

- A visualization practice to connect to the Element

- A Contemplation practice to explore your personal relationship with the Element

- A Meditation Practice to strengthen your connection to the Element through Mudra, Mantra, Breath & Affirmation

- Off-the-mat "homework" assignments to connect with the Element in your daily life

The 5 Elements of Life: Part 2

Topics Covered in Part 2 of this Course Include:

- How the 5 Elements help us to understand the WHY behind behavior

- The 5 Elements in Nature Therapy

- Building the power of Discernment & CHOICES based on the Elements

- Seeing the Elements in OTHERS

- The Elements in our RELATIONSHIPS

- Finding YOUR personal Way

- The 5 Elements in Your Meditation Space

- The Connection between the 5 Elements, the 5 Senses & Mindfulness

In Each Module You Will Learn:

- Deeper Information about the Element in Yourself & in Your World

- How each Element relates to the Koshas and the Chakras

- How the Elements interact with each other

- How the Elements Contribute to Your Personal Strengths

- How the Elements get out of Balance within you

- A mindfulness practice on one of the 5 Senses to connect with that Element

The Final Module: Integrating the 5 Elements:

- The benefits of working with all 5 Elements in combination (instead of Isolation)

- Visualization Practice bringing in the 5 Elements in Your World

- Meditation Practice using Mudra, Words, and Breath to Balance your relationship to the Element

- Introduction to Ayurveda: How the Elements Pair up to Form the 3 Doshas (Mind/Body Types)

- Your Prakriti (Original Element & Dosha composition) Vs. Your Vikriti (current or imbalanced presentation)

- Health is experienced when your Vikriti matches your Prakriti

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Class Format:

Each Module contains both informational content and Practice Videos

You will find PDF Resources to support your learning process

Portions of the course were filmed during a live Zoom Session

Continuing Education Credits: 11 and a half hours of total Content! (Part 1 & 2)

I am a Yoga Alliance YACEP & a Continuing Education Provider with IAYT

Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Credits Available

IAYT CEU credits can be earned through the CE submission process

Upon completion of the course, you will get a Certificate that can be submitted for CEUs

Course Access:

Once you join a course on Udemy you retain access to that information forever

This makes online learning Ideal as you can return to the information & practices as much as you like!

Pricing:

This course is hosted on Udemy and they regularly run specials for $15.99/ segment

Questions?

Please reach out to me! I'm just a click away. LauraGyoga@aol.com

Let's Get Started Learning about the life-changing system of the 5 Elements

I will see you in the classroom :)

Use these links to get started learning about the 5 Elements of Life now:

The 5 Elements of Life: Part 1

The 5 Elements of Life: Part 2