The 5 Elements Of Life: Meditation Series: Part 1

Working with the 5 Elements of Life in Yourself, Your World and your Inner Landscape through Meditation

What you'll learn

What are the 5 Elements of Life?

How do the 5 Elements of Life show up in ourselves, the world around us and in others?

Understand the Unique Qualities of the 5 Elements

How the Elements interact with each other to create balance or imbalance

How the practice of Contemplation (Deep Thinking) helps us to understand our relationship with the 5 Elements

Learn the specific types of breath, mantra and mudra that will strengthen your connection to each element

Learn the daily practices that can connect you to each Element in your daily life

Requirements

An interest in learning about the 5 Elements of Life

An interest in seeing how the 5 Elements are experienced through Meditation

The desire to understand how the 5 Elements of Life show up in the world around us

Description

Welcome to My Online Course to Understand the 5 Elements of Life through Meditation!This is about creating a deep personal relationship with the Elements to improve your quality of life. Earth - Water - Fire - Air - EtherI 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 NATURETopics 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 AwarenessIn 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 lifeClass Format: Each Module contains both informational content and Practice VideosYou will find PDF Resources to support your learning processPortions of the course were filmed during a live Zoom SessionYoga Teachers: Having an understanding of the 5 Elements is essential to conducting effective 1:1  private sessionsLearn what techniques to use to bring balance to your student through carefully selected meditation practicesPDF resources are provided throughout the course if you want to incorporate this information into your own classesContinuing Education Credits:  5 and a half hours of Content!I am a Yoga Alliance YACEP & a Continuing Education Provider with IAYTYoga Alliance Continuing Education Credits AvailableIAYT CEU credits can be earned through the CE submission processUpon completion of the course, you will get a Certificate that can be submitted for CEUsCourse Access: Once you join a course on Udemy you retain access to that information foreverThis makes online learning Ideal as you can return to the information & practices as much as you like!Questions? Please reach out to me! I'm just a click away. Let's Get Started Learning about the life-changing system of the 5 ElementsI will see you in the classroom :)-Laura

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction & WHY study the 5 Elements

Lecture 2 The 5 Elements in the World Around Us

Lecture 3 How the Elements work in Combination

Lecture 4 Calibration & Awareness to work with the Elements

Lecture 5 Individual Variation & the 5 Elements (Self Understanding)

Lecture 6 Balance & Imbalance in Nature & the Elements of Life

Lecture 7 Slowing Down to the Pace of Nature

Section 2: Earth Element

Lecture 8 Earth Element Information

Lecture 9 Grounding Phrases for the Earth Element & Present Focus

Lecture 10 What is Contemplation & How we will use Contemplation

Lecture 11 Your Relationship with Earth Element Contemplation

Lecture 12 Meditation to connect with the Earth Element

Lecture 13 Bringing the Earth Element into your life: Homework

Section 3: Water Element

Lecture 14 Visualization: Earth + Water

Lecture 15 Water Element Qualities

Lecture 16 Water Element Contemplation

Lecture 17 Water Element Meditation

Lecture 18 Bringing the Water Element into your Life: Homework

Section 4: Fire Element

Lecture 19 Visualization: Earth, Water and Fire

Lecture 20 Fire Element Qualities

Lecture 21 Fire Element Contemplation

Lecture 22 Introduction to Breath of Fire

Lecture 23 Breath of Fire Tutorial

Lecture 24 Fire Element Meditation

Lecture 25 Fire Element Homework

Section 5: Air Element

Lecture 26 Visualization: Earth, Water, Fire, Air

Lecture 27 Air Element Qualities

Lecture 28 Air Element Contemplation

Lecture 29 Air Element Meditation

Lecture 30 Air Element Homework

Section 6: Ether Element

Lecture 31 Visualization: Earth, Water, Fire, Air, Ether

Lecture 32 Ether Element Qualities

Lecture 33 Ether Element Contemplation

Lecture 34 Ether Element Meditation

Lecture 35 Ether Element Homework

Section 7: Conclusion

Lecture 36 Thank You!

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