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Sally Durgananda Kempton is a master of meditation, subtle body awareness, and practical Tantric psychology. Her retreats and workshops are known for creating breakthroughs, born of her ability to help people turn sublime truths into lived, and life-shifting, experience. Sally spent 20 years as a swami in a Vedic order, and has been studying and teaching spiritual wisdom for over 30 years. She is the author of The Heart of Meditation, a seminal book on inner practice, and writes the popular Wisdom column for Yoga Journal.

Exploring the Spanda Karikas: The Yoga of Divine Pulsation
Instructor: Sally Kempton
Tuesday, September 23
3:00pm-5:00pm: Anusara Gathering Breakout Session
Code: AG2KEM
All Levels


The transformative Tantric text, Spanda Karikas, is a blueprint for living in the awareness of sacred energy. Its pithy verses offer us both a vision of reality and a means to experience the sacred though our body, our emotions, and the situations we face in life. We'll work with key verses that help us bring the vision of practical Tantra directly into our practice, on and off the mat. Teachers and practitioners will find that this master class can powerfully shift your relationship to your own subtle energy and to the energy of the world. Lecture.



Exploring the Spanda Karikas: The Yoga of Divine Pulsation
Instructor: Sally Kempton
Wednesday, September 24
3:00pm-5:00pm: Anusara Gathering Breakout Session
Code: AG3KEM
All Levels


The transformative Tantric text, Spanda Karikas, is a blueprint for living in the awareness of sacred energy. Its pithy verses offer us both a vision of reality and a means to experience the sacred though our body, our emotions, and the situations we face in life. We'll work with key verses that help us bring the vision of practical Tantra directly into our practice, on and off the mat. Teachers and practitioners will find that this master class can powerfully shift your relationship to your own subtle energy and to the energy of the world. Lecture.



Befriending the Mind Dragons: A Yoga-Tantra Aproach to Emotional Transformation
Instructor: Sally Kempton
Friday, September 26
3:30pm-5:30pm: Main Conference - Session 3
Code: M3KEMP
All Levels/Contemplative


Yoga and Tantra created a radical approach to emotional turmoil: Find the creative energy within the turmoil, and the suffering will free itself. Learn the core Tantric principles for freeing ourselves from painful emotional habits. Explore the reasons we remain immobilized in counterproductive emotional patterns, and work with a series of meditations for redirecting the energy. Lecture and meditation.



The Art of Tantric Meditation
Instructor: Sally Kempton
Saturday, September 27
10:30am-12:30pm: Main Conference - Session 5a
Code: M5KEMP
All Levels/Contemplative


At some point, most of us realize that the secret of yogic transformation lies in the junction point of the physical and subtle bodies. Tantric meditation teaches us to transform ourselves by unfolding the landscape of the subtle body. We'll combine tantric theory with a series of guided meditations to unfold the geography of the subtle body. Lecture and meditation.



Karma, Relationship, and Transformation
Instructor: Sally Kempton
Saturday, September 27
3:30pm-5:30pm: Main Conference - Session 6
Code: M6KEMP
All Levels/Contemplative


What is a karmic relationship? What draws us toward partners who are karmically linked to us? How can such relationships delude us—and how can they be transformed? Following the teachings of the Yoga Sutra and the Indian and Buddhist Tantra, we'll go beyond the usual view of karma and learn how to work with it creatively. Lecture and meditation.



Meditation Essentials for Beginners
Instructor: Sally Kempton
Sunday, September 28
7:00am-8:30am: Beginners Conference A
Code: Beg Conf A
Beginners


A master teacher guides you through the basic techniques for unfolding a powerful, ongoing meditation practice and for holding balance in the midst of busy days. Lecture and meditation.




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