Photo by Kenneth Robinson
Vanderbilt Center for Integrative Health
And
Yoga for the Emotional Body
Offer a monthly support group focused on spiritual growth and healthy living
The Sangha
Led by Kenneth Robinson, Tobi Fishel, and Linda Manning
“Sangha is a Sanskrit word which translates as “community,” and we at the Center recognize that a community devoted to living with consciousness and compassion plays a vital role in the healing process. Join us at VCIH on Saturday mornings, once each month, as we come together to support each other in practicing heartfulness and mindfulness in our day-to-day lives. Gatherings will be led by Kenneth Robinson, M.S. and Linda Manning, Ph.D., and will include practices such as meditation, mindful movement, attunement to breath, and presentations and discussions of topics relevant to spiritual growth and healthy living.
Saturdays, 9am-10:15am
August 1, 2009
September 4, 2009
October 3, 2009
November 7, 2009
December 4, 2009
Location: Center for Integrative Health
3401 West End (Call 343-1554 for directions.)
Cost $20.00 per group.
A Clear Path
A Weekend Intensive in Yoga for the Emotional Body
Led by Kenneth Robinson and Linda Manning
Assisted by Anne Province and Cynthia Lovin
I don’t want to be healed;
I want to be touched.
I don’t want to be comforted;
I want to be loved.
I don’t want a crutch;
I want a clear path to the altar.
--Tom Kimmel, The Sweetest and the Meanest
December 11-13, 2009
Austin
When we practice hatha yoga regularly with awareness, inevitably there is a greater sense of flow and connection to our physical bodies. Our work is yoga for the emotional body. By supporting the flow of experience, Yoga for the Emotional Body helps us integrate our physical being both with our emotional lives and our spiritual principles. This effort, along with a generous helping of grace, allows us to live with mindfulness, passion, compassion, and style.
Friday 7pm—9:30pm
Saturday 9am—5pm
Sunday 9am—5pm
Please bring sitting cushion, light lunch, and wear clothes suitable for movement.
Cost for the weekend is $300 ($325 after December 1). To register, send $100
nonrefundable deposit payable to:
Kenneth Robinson
1319 Sweetbriar Avenue
Nashville, TN 37212
robinson@edge.net
615 297 6189
For more information, please visit our website at yogafortheemotionalbody.com
Transpersonal Approaches
In Practice and In Life
A training series in transpersonal psychology.
Presented by
Vanderbilt Center for Integrative Health
The objective of this series is to provide a safe learning environment for those in the healing professions who wish to further their understanding and skill in transpersonal psychology and body/mind approaches to transformation.
Kenneth Robinson, M.S., M.T.S. has been practicing Hatha and Bhakti Yoga for over twenty years, leads workshops and retreats in Yoga for the Emotional Body, and is a psychotherapist in private practice in the Nashville community.
Linda Manning, Ph.D. is a Psychologist and Assistant Professor at Vanderbilt Center for Integrative Health in Nashville, and also a leader of Yoga for the Emotional Body workshops.
Nashville, 2009-10
Saturdays, once each month for six months, 9am to 4pm
September 19
‘Reading’ the structures of the body
October 17
Energy and flow
November 21
Advanced Studies in Therapeutic Breath Practices
December 19
Choosing and applying body-centered practices for specific personality styles
January 16
The Heart of Ethics in Body-Centered Psychotherapy
Power, intuition, and self-knowledge
February 13
Silence
Two of our primary texts will be Stephen Cope’s The Wisdom of Yoga
and Stanley Keleman’s Emotional Anatomy.
Total cost for the series is $900 ($950 after deadline)
To register, send $250 nonrefundable deposit by September 1, 2009 to:
Kenneth Robinson
1319 Sweetbriar Avenue
Nashville, TN 37212
Vanderbilt School of Medicine is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Vanderbilt School of Medicine designates this educational activity for 20.0 CE credits toward the continuing education of psychologists. No partial credit may be awarded. Vanderbilt Center for Integrative Health is a co-sponsor of this series and maintains responsibility for the program.
For more information, contact Kenneth Robinson at 615 297 6189 or robinson@edge.net.
For more about the Vanderbilt Center for Integrative Health, please visit
www.vcih.org
Loved by the Whole Sky
I want to disappear into the transcendent.
I want to feel loved by the whole sky
and everything in it.
I want to be loved from all directions, any way I turn
I want all the neglected children inside my body
to tremble with love.
I want to be caught off guard
by one loving face after another, overjoyed.
I want love to follow me like angels
in a peace march, thousands of them.
I want love to touch my skin all over
and 10,000 flowers at once
to open in my mind.
I want to feel love like your mouth
barely moving against my mouth,
the slow wingbeats of a resting butterfly.
I want to feel love like the time
you told me that you loved me.
---Kenneth Robinson
Join us October 27 – November 9, 2009
as we open to the beauty and wonder of Peru,
and to the powerful teachings of Don Américo Yabar and Gayle Yabar,
mystics in the Andean tradition.
You will be assisted by Ana Maria Hernando and Kenneth Robinson.
We will travel to Cusco, Salka Wasi (the Yabar ancestral home),
Atalaya, and the high jungle of Madre De Dios.
To register, send a nonrefundable deposit of $1000 to
Kenneth Robinson
1319 Sweetbriar Ave.
Nashville, TN 37212
The balance will be due upon arrival in Cusco.
If we receive your deposit by
August 24, 2009, the cost of the trip
(not including international and Lima-to-Cusco airfare and a few meals) is $2850. (Add $220 for single room)
For more information about Ana Maria Hernando: www.anamariahernando.com.
Yoga for the Emotional Body
and
VANDERBILT CENTER FOR INTEGRATIVE HEALTH
are offering a one-day therapeutic program:
Am I Too Angry?
Am I Angry Enough?
A day-long program for those who wish to learn more about how to work with troublesome emotions at the personal level and in relationships.
The program will include mindfulness meditation, group discussion and practices for building emotional strength.
Led by Kenneth Robinson, M.S., M.T.S.,
and Linda Manning, Ph.D.
Saturday, 2009 November 14, 9am-4pm
Location: Vanderbilt Center for Integrative Health
3401 West End (call 343-1554 for directions)
I once found myself becoming very angry while at Maharajji’s temple. Most of the anger was directed against my fellow Western devotees. Although there were perhaps some justifiable reasons for the anger, the fever pitch to which it had risen at the end of the two weeks was surprising, even to me….Maharajji leaned up close and said, “I told you to love everybody.”
“Yes, Maharajji, but you also told me to tell the truth. And the truth is that I just don’t love everybody.” Then Maharajji came even closer, so that we were practically nose-to-nose, and he said, “Love everyone and tell the truth.”
From Miracle of Love, Ram Dass
Please bring a light lunch, and wear clothes suitable for movement.
Cost for the day is $100.00 ($120 for registration after November 8).
To register, send $50.00
nonrefundable deposit payable to:
Kenneth Robinson
1319 Sweetbriar Ave.
Nashville, TN 37212
615-297-6189
To The Ocean
January 18-25, 2010
Join us as we explore mind, body and soul through our connection to the earth, surf, and sky in the wilds of Costa Rica. Your guides will be Tobi Fishel (Vanderbilt Center for Integrative Health) and Kenneth Robinson (Yoga for the Emotional Body).
PRAYER: May I never not be frisky, may I never not be risqué. May my ashes, when you have them friend, and give them to the ocean, leap in the froth of the waves, still loving movement, still ready, beyond all else, to dance for the world. ----Mary Oliver
As we enter the new year, may we reconnect to our divine roots and the gifts of this beautiful planet. We will gather for yoga, meditation, sacred circles, creative arts, movement, kayaking, bird watching, snorkeling, whale watching, and dining on delicious local cuisine.
 
Our home base will be Hacienda Del Sol (The House of the Sun), nestled in the Costa Rican jungle. See www.haciendadelsolcr.com for more information about the eco-retreat center. The cost is $950.00 and includes hiking, snorkeling, yoga classes, guide fees, accommodations and three meals a day. Cost does not include airfare to Costa Rica. Send a deposit of $450.00 by Dec. 15th to reserve your place. Contact Tobi Fishel at tobi.fishel@vanderbilt.edu.
For more information about Tobi Fishel, see www.vcih.org.
For Kenneth Robinson, visit www.kennethrobinson.net
The Star in Its Corona
A Journey to Tulum, Mexico with Don Américo Yábar
February 13 to February 25, 2010
Join us, friends, as we enjoy the tremendous beauty of the Carribean
and receive the teachings of Don Américo Yábar—poet, dreamer, and mystic in the Andean tradition.
To whoever is not listening to the sea
This Friday morning, to whoever is cooped up
In house or office, factory or woman
Or street or mine or dry prison cell,
To him I come, and without speaking or looking
I arrive and open the door of his prison,
And a vibration starts up, vague and insistent,
A long rumble of thunder adds itself
To the weight of the planet and the foam,
The groaning rivers of the ocean rise,
The star vibrates quickly in its corona
And the sea beats, dies, and goes on beating.
-Pablo Neruda, from The Poet’s Obligation
Twelve nights on the coast near Tulum.
Total cost of the program is $2975 (based on double occupancy).
Discounts are available for couples.
Included in the total cost are tuition, lodging, translation, breakfasts, and transportation and park entry-fees for our day trips.
If you would like a single room, add $475 to the total (for a deluxe single, add $745)
Lodging preferences are based on availability so we recommend you register early.
(Airfare, the cost of round-trip transportation from Cancun to Tulum—between $20-$50 per person—and noontime and evening meals are not included in this package.)
We suggest you book your flights as soon as possible to get the best rates.
A $950 nonrefundable deposit, due by January 7, will reserve your space.
Please make your payment by mail to
Kenneth Robinson
1319 Sweetbriar Ave.
Nashville, TN 37212.
We will be staying at Cesiak (www.cesiak.org)
within the Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve.
If you wish to arrive early or extend your stay, feel free to contact the lodge to reserve additional nights.
During your extra nights, you might also enjoy staying at La Zebra, the lodge of our friends, John and Cynthia Kendall (www.lazebratulum.com).
We hope you can join us in the sun this February.
Ana Maria Hernando
Kenneth Robinson
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