Master the Charge in Your Body, Your Emotions, and Your Psyche!
In this workshop, based on her latest book, "Charge and the Energy Body", Anodea Judith combines yoga with bioenergetic movements designed to move charge through the body and activate the various chakras and dissolve defenses and body armor. Ahkí Retreat is proud to partner with Anodea, author, speaker, chakra specialist and one of the leading visionaries of our time, for a very exciting workshop experience. Don't miss out on this rare and very special opportunity to work with Anodea Judith in an intimate, up-front and personal setting!
About Anodea
Anodea Judith, PH.D, is the author or co-author of eight books on various aspects of healing, psychology, spirituality, social change, and yoga, most notably as seen through the system of the energy centers known as the chakras. Her first book released in 1987, Wheels of Life, has become a classic along with her psychology book, Eastern body, Western mind. She holds masters and doctoral degrees in psychology and human health, is a 500-hour registered yoga teacher (E-RYT with lifelong studies of psychology, mythology, sociology, history, systems theory, and mystic spirituality. She is considered the foremost expert on the combination of chakras and therapeutic issues and on the interpretation of the chakra system for the western lifestyle. She teaches across the world and has been a speaker at numerous conferences, and an ongoing faculty member of The Shift Network, Kripalu Yoga Center, New York Open Center, Omega, and many other retreat centers and yoga studios.
Charge is a word for the basic life force, also called prana, chi, libido, or simply “The Force.” This force is crucial if we are to meet challenges, heal past wounds and manage the stress of modern life. When we live fully in the center of our charge, we ignite the chakras, and open to greater aliveness and awakening. The exercises in this workshop move energy at a deep level, and can be done on yourself or used therapeutically with others. Some are simple techniques that can be done in a matter of minutes, anytime, anywhere, while others have a cumulative effect when practiced over time. Whether you are a therapist or practitioner of the healing arts, or simply want to embrace your life in a more meaningful way, understanding Charge is essential for mastering your own "Force" and becoming all you can be!
After learning about CHARGE in the opening night's presentation, this workshop will take you through the live experience of your subtle body through bio-energetic exercises designed to move energy through blocks and bring about balance between charging and discharging. This is not hand waving over your chakras, but a deep igniting of your sacred core, the central channel between heaven and earth through which the chakras are aligned.
Learn breathing exercises to generate energy and techniques for calming energy as well as how to:
• Ground your energy through your first chakra
• Open to pleasure in your second chakra
• Ignite your power in your third chakra
• Soften your heart in your fourth chakra
• Release blocked communication in your fifth chakra
• Open to vision in your sixth chakra
• And connect with divine charge in your seventh chakra.
Don’t miss this special opportunity to study with an extraordinary teacher and healer!
• Breakfast: 8:00a
• Workshop: 9a-12:00p
• Lunch 12:30
• Free Time: 1-3:00
• Workshop: 3-6:00p
• Dinner *6:30p
**Wednesday Free Day**
Breakfast is served at the normal time. A take-away lunch is prepared to enjoy at AHKí or on your outing. Sunset *Dinner at La Luna. (Not included in package.)
“This workshop was beyond my expectations! The information was thorough and the experiential exercises were eye opening, body opening, and life changing. No words to express my appreciation for leading me back to life!” —C.P.
“This program was marvelous. Anodea’s wealth of knowledge, combined with her warmth and insight, made this workshop exceed my expectations. I totally recommend it.” —J.H.
“This workshop was life changing. I am more in touch with my emotional and cellular body and feel skilled at managing and developing my energy. Anodea has a magical way of presenting complex information.” —L.M.
“This workshop was life changing. I am more in touch with my emotional and cellular body and feel skilled at managing and developing my energy. Anodea has a magical way of presenting complex information.” —L.M.
“Thank You so very much for that life altering and amazing experience. I’ve already booked my next workshop!” —T. A.
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BREAKFAST: 8:00
LUNCH: 12:30
DINNER: *6:30
FEBRUARY 29, ARRIVAL DAY, Saturday: Orientation, Check-In and Welcome Circle
SUNDAY: Day 1: Activating the Energy Body
Our first day will explore the energy body as a vehicle for “Charge,” a basic expression of our life force.
What is the nature of this charge?
How is it influenced by our psychology, past and present?
What does it mean to be overcharged, undercharged, or balanced and why do we get that way?
What is a block?
And how can we address our wounds and imbalances?
Here you will practice exercises for charging and discharging, tracking your charge, expanding your comfort zone, and dissolving patterns of blocked charge.
MONDAY: Day 2: Grounding, Feeling, and Empowering Your Charge in the Lower Chakras
The chakras are centers of organization for receiving, assimilating, storing, and transmitting energy.
We begin at the root chakra, becoming more grounded through opening the energy channels in the legs. Single and partner exercises combine yoga and bioenergetics for a dynamic awakening to the life force stored in the earth.
In the second chakra, we get that charge moving through the hips and pelvis, releasing the charge of trapped emotions.
In the third chakra, we turn that freedom into power, strengthening our will, and building up the energy body.
Exercises for charging and discharging each chakra gradually cleanse the energy, bust through blockages, and leave the chakras balanced, yet activated, ready to support the higher realms.
TUESDAY: Day 3: Opening the Heart and Throat: Charge and the Middle Chakras
When we get to the heart chakra, charge becomes softer, like its element air. Here we charge and discharge through the breath, softening the chest, and opening the arms to give and receive love.
Blocks in the heart chakra are universal, blocks of hurt, fear, and lack of self worth. We’ll examine these blocks and open the chest through partner yoga and bioenergetic exercises, then take that into communication, and sounding for each chakra.
***WEDNESDAY FREE DAY***
Breakfast is served at the normal time. A take-away lunch is prepared to enjoy at AHKí or on your outing. Sunset *dinner at La Luna. Not included in package.
THURSDAY: Day 4: Expanding into Higher Consciousness: Charge and the Upper Chakras
When charge is balanced, we are better able to sit still and meditate, imagine, and tap into the flow of grace. This day will explore archetypal realms, expand your intuition and ability to visualize, and “see” your own and others chakras.
The afternoon will take you into a flow state where you can channel your own higher power and connect with the Divine.
FRIDAY: Day 5: Healing with Charge and Working with Trauma
Now we have enough skills to integrate and practice what we’ve learned. However, some of the rules change when working with trauma, so we’ll explore ways to keep yourself and/or your client safe when charge is locked up in traumatic memories.
Then, finally, we’ll look at charge and illnesses, examining the language of symptoms, and working with the patterns of blocked charge to release those symptoms and bring the body to greater wholeness.