"Deep Well Being" On Demand?

[Tris]

To throw a request in to the plethora of VODs planned for 2016...

 

I would love some video based on the 'curriculum' that frames the Deep Well Being workshop. I'm not sure how effective the exercises/guidance would be if not interactive, but I could imagine some exercises would translate well.

 

Something to consider...

[Kit_L]

I will be remaking the "how to sit for meditation" program, based on my recent experiences in Malaysia, and I don't know how many lying meditation programs we have here now, but sufficient, I think.

I have not videoed the walking practise (we call this "cat walking" but MH tells me a similar practise from his tradition has another name—is it rooster walking?) but could do that, perhaps.

I believe that there is no substitute for direct experience in this kind of work, and knowing the exercises will only take you so far. Let me think on this.

[Frederik]

I find the suggested name very amusing: " I will take two deep well being and a mastery on the side. " Not, altogether in line with what we are trying to achieve  - and even that notion is perhaps suspect. Nonetheless I wholeheartedly support the notion that more material with this somewhat softer flavor in one form or other is channeled out of Kit's being and into the common realm.

 

Lovely piece of feedback, warmest

 

Frederik

[Tris]

Kit: It sounds like more of these exercises are on the web than I realised. If they are similar to the lying meditations, indeed there may not be much to add. Perhaps the request for more is just intellectualism. I'm sharing your experience that the true gold lies in daily practice, as with repetition it just gets more and more... I have no word... "this-is-it"er.

Frederik: I chuckled at that juxtaposition when I wrote it. I'll pitch it as learning the skill of being able to experience deep well-being, on-demand.

[MarkTN]

Looking at the schedule for 2017 I hope you'll do a follow along video of Deep well being. Thanks

[Kit_L]

I will consider this, but attending will be so much more effective: the sessions I am teaching here have led beginners to intermediate-level and higher capacities in the HF, advanced piriformis, and tailor poses (the foundations of being able to sit) in only a week of daily practise. But the class is one and a half hours and focuses on the sensation and flavour of resistance in the body, and learning how to relax in the face of this experience, something that few can do naturally.

Also, having a camera or two with the necessary crew really changes the attendees' experiences of the time we will have, so on reflection, probably not.

What I can do is re-make the How to sit for meditation video from this "Working with resistance in the body and the mind" perspective (the resistance is one and the same: in the body, a sensation; in the mind, aversion); and let's see if this is helpful. In the To-Do List, as of now.

[jaja]

@Kit_L, could you consider to teach Deep Well Being in Europe? I checked the schedule for next year and I saw the workshop will only take place in Australia.

[MarkTN]

"How to sit for meditation" was the first of several ST videos I've purchased over the past few years. It is definitely the one I've followed and practiced the most from start to finish. It's the single video I recommend to friends and clients. I like the sequence, the quiet atmosphere (lovely rugs, warm wood and Miles Davis) and the overall message, "this is not a full out yoga session...but an opportunity to see what your body needs today". 

HtSfM is a great lesson video.

I'd be very happy with a DWB audio download, something to accompany my rolling around on the floor. On the other hand I'm interested is what ever comes down the pike from ST.  Really  Looking forward to the roll stretch VOD. 

[Kit_L]

With the recent experiences teaching at BUBS and SBS (last day today) I want to remake the original HtSfM program soon; I had many insights in the last weeks. I will be teaching DWB in 2017, too, and this will incorporate much from these insights. And these programs will be available for peanuts; part of my 'give-back' to the Buddhist community.

[MarkTN]

KL: "Working with resistance in the body and the mind" perspective (the resistance is one and the same: in the body, a sensation; in the mind, aversion).

It is exactly this perspective that draws me to ST. As I get older (56) the challenges for me are physical as well as psychological suppleness. Or more honestly I could say, my younger self was more physically adept but the mental patterns of resistance/aversion have followed me throughout my life. My ongoing goals are in line with "ease and grace in the body" that reflects interior, energetic, emotional softness/availability.

Thank you. Looking forward to your continued good work. Happy new year.