THE MEDITATION AUSTRALIA MASTERCLASS SERIES SYDNEY
SUNDAY OCTOBER 13
JOIN US AT THIS ONE DAY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EVENT, FEATURING FIVE
EMINENT MEDITATION TEACHERS. OUR UNIQUE MASTERCLASS PROGRAM OFFERS YOU
AN EXCITING FULL DAY OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT – A MORNING OF
INSPIRING AND EDUCATIVE ADDRESSES FROM ALL FIVE OF OUR PRESENTERS,
FOLLOWED BY AN AFTERNOON IMMERSION SESSION OF YOUR CHOICE WITH EITHER
JASON SIFF OR JANET ETTY-LEAL.
MORNING PRESENTATIONS:
JASON SIFF
LEARNING AND TEACHING A RECEPTIVE/OPEN FORM OF MEDITATION
Receptive forms of MEDITATION INCLUDE PRACTICES SUCH AS CHOICELESS
AWARENESS, open awareness, ‘just sitting’, and ‘doing
nothing’, as well as Jason Siff’s creation, ‘Recollective
Awareness MEDITATION’. What Jason discovered is that the learning
from one’s meditative experience mostly takes place when the
MEDITATION SITTING IS RECOLLECTED. The progressive teaching within an
open awareness MEDITATION PRACTICE IS THEREFORE BASED ON THE
STUDENT’s experience of MEDITATION AND TAILORED FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL.
Jason will instruct and guide on this way of learning and teaching
MEDITATION DURING HIS TALK.
JANET ETTY-LEAL
HOLISTIC, HEARTFUL AND CREATIVE MINDFUL DISCOVERIES FOR CHILDREN
Boundless opportunities exist to engage children as active
interpreters of knowledge and meaning with mindful practices. There
is potential for mindfulness to be so much more than attention
training. A comprehensive approach to mindful education ignites
personal inquiry, conscious choices and creativity, as self-agency is
actively developed with children. Holistic, compassionate awareness
for the self and ultimately others is fostered as children cultivate
awareness: deepen reflection, understanding and befriend a range of
practices.
There is so much scope to develop an authentic, creative toolkit of
concepts, simple props and strategies to make mindful learning
relevant and fun.
Nikki and Kevin Janks
WHERE MEDITATION MEETS MODERN LIFESTYLES – THE ROLE OF THE
MEDITATION STUDIO
Nikki and Kevin Janks opened Sydney CBD meditation studio Centred
Meditation four years ago, with the vision to make the benefits of
meditation more accessible and to provide a refuge from the hustle and
bustle of the city. Many media reports state that meditation and
mindfulness is now a multi-billion dollar industry – what are the
commercial realities? Learn from Nikki and Kevins' journey.
Rod Galbraith
Embracing the diversity of meditative EXPERIENCES.
Motivated by a genuine desire to define the meditative experience,
both MEDITATION AND YOGA TEACHERS OFTEN DEFAULT TO A BIASED FOCUS OF
ATTENTION ON EITHER EMBODIED, mental, or ethereal approaches. Rod
will discuss the benefits of honouring the complementary and holistic
nature of various practices as pathways to connection. He will outline
a teaching perspective anchored in the yogic concept of koshas to
effectively guide students in a practice that is encompassing and
embracing of the diversity of meditative experience. Koshas – most
commonly translated as “layers” – define five aspects of our
being: from our gross experience (annamaya kosha) of our physical
being through to the subtle layer of connection or
“bliss” (anandmaya kosha). The physical layer is infused with the
energetic layer (pranamaya kosha) and progressively more subtle layers
of mind or thoughts (manomaya kosha), and intuitive emotion or
wisdom (vijnanamaya kosha). The practice of MEDITATION IS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO HARMONISE THESE INTERRELATED ASPECTS OF BEING, so we
can connect more freely with our sense of self (Atma) or soul. Rod
will discuss in practical terms how teachers can use the understanding
of koshas to determine the relevance of various practices for
different types of people and situations.
AFTERNOON INTENSIVES (YOU CHOOSE WHICH ONE TO ATTEND):
Jason Siff
The Basics of Recollective Awareness Meditation
· MEDITATION SITTING USING RA INSTRUCTIONS
· Silent recollection after the sitting
· Writing about the sitting
· Talking about your MEDITATION PRACTICE WITH A TEACHER
During the second half of this workshop, Jason Siff will discuss
practical ways of facilitating an open MEDITATION PRACTICE FOR
ONESELF, one’s students or clients, and MEDITATION GROUPS. He will
also answer any questions or concerns that participants may have about
Recollective Awareness MEDITATION.
Janet Etty-Leal
Ways to bring Mindfulness to Life for Children
A palette of creative possibilities can be developed by teachers. A
comprehensive, sequential mindful curriculum addresses every learning
style and personally connects to each child in the class. Practices
become much more effective and compelling when presented with creative
context and meaning. In this workshop we will explore mindful
preparations for practices: a range of engaging, simple mindful
movements, simple ways to make sense of basic neuroscience, as well as
age- appropriate context, metaphors and teaching aids. Mind, heart and
hands-on education is a foundation of kindness for children. It paves
the way for discernment, resilience, a growing sense of purpose and a
life-long journey of creative mindful discoveries.
READ MORE ABOUT OUR PRESENTERS:
JASON SIFF was ordained as a Buddhist monk in Sri Lanka in the late
1980s, where he engaged in intensive meditation practice, and studied
the teachings of the Buddha in the original Pali language. He left the
Buddhist Order in 1990 and returned to California to study Counselling
Psychology, earning a Master’s Degree. In 1996 he co-founded the
Skillful Meditation Project and began teaching meditation full-time.
Since then, he has taught Recollective Awareness Meditation to
thousands of people. He has taught workshops and retreats in Australia
since 2005. He has published two books on meditation: “Unlearning
Meditation” and “Thoughts Are Not the Enemy”.
JANET ETTY-LEAL is an author, speaker and mindfulness educator.
Her consultancy, Meditation Capsules, provides mindful life-skill
programs for organisations in Victoria, interstate and overseas. She
has worked across a diverse range of sectors; including education,
health, corporate, sport and community wellbeing. Janet’s key focus
is bringing mindfulness to life in education, with heart, mind and
hands-on practices! Her creative mindful meditation programs have
enhanced curriculum for thousands of students from ELC to Year 12.
Janet is Geelong Grammar's Mindfulness Consultant, a position she has
held for more than 10 years. She facilitates staff training, parent
information sessions and classes for students in government, private
and special schools, and other educational organisations. Janet
published ‘Meditation Capsules: A Mindfulness Program for
Children’ in 2010. Studies based on this program have been
undertaken by Masters/PhD candidates in universities in WA, SA,
Victoria, New Zealand, Hong Kong, the US and Puerto Rico. In 2015,
Janet developed Primary and Secondary Nature-Based Mindfulness
curricula for ‘Cool Australia’/ ‘Planet Ark’. Janet’s latest
book: ‘A Head-Heart Start for Life: Creative Mindful Discoveries
for Young Children’ was published in 2018. Janet is Secretary of the
Board of the Meditation Association of Australia and is also a member
of the ‘Confluence’ Committee within the University of Divinity,
which aims to promote dialogue between meditation traditions.
NIKKI AND KEVIN JANKS are the co-founders of inner-city studio Centred
Meditation. Their own journey to meditation arose out of a desperation
to rid themselves of the detrimental effects of stress. Nikki
experienced first hand the visceral effects of stress on her mind and
body when she was studying psychology. Kevin’s stress was fuelled by
the intensity of his work. Having discovered and experienced the
cumulative benefits of meditation, they have chosen to dedicate their
lives to making this vital resource more accessible than ever before.
ROD GALBRAITH is a passionate teacher of MEDITATION – his greatest
love lies in sharing the wonder and delight of the subtle practices of
yoga. He combines an intuitive blend of vinyasa yoga, pranayama and
MEDITATION TECHNIQUES TO OFFER AN EMBODIED PRACTICE OF CONSCIOUS
CONNECTION. Rod skilfully teaches people how to let go of physical and
mental tension, and effortlessly dive into deeply meditative states
where life is brought into balance to create clarity, vibrancy and
abundance. He has devoted himself to studying the subtle arts of yoga,
and sharing this empowering knowledge with others. Drawing on his
traditional studies with Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (Art of Living) and the
synergistic approach of his current teachers Lorin Roche, Shiva Rea
and Bryan Kest, Rod weaves knowledge of the deeper practices of yoga
with experience from his own dedicated personal practice, artfully
sharing this knowledge with yoga students and teachers alike, through
classes, workshops and yoga teacher trainings. In 2014, Rod and his
partner Nicole Walsh founded InYoga, an urban yoga sanctuary in Surry
Hills. With a desire to expand awareness of yoga, share knowledge, and
celebrate through yoga, music, and community, Rod is excited to be
co-creating opportunities for yogis to connect and be inspired by one
another. Rod and Nicole believe deeply in the benefits of Seva, or
selfless service, establishing that all InYoga endeavours give
generously to a chosen charity. Rod loves seeing his students
transform their lives through yoga and MEDITATION, just as he did.
REGISTRATION OPENS AT 9.00AM
Your ticket includes access to recordings of all four morning talks.
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