Interaction Between Body & Mind with Tihana Buterin, (Germany/Croatia)

Cosmic Yoga - Aug 1-8, 2010
Exploring Asanas - Aug 8-14, 2010

Join Tihana Buterin at Suncokret this summer. In addition to hatha yoga classes, Tihana will lead unique yoga workshops that will focus on the interaction between body and mind through cosmic yoga and the symbolic power of asanas. The program will be lead in English (with possible German & Croatian translation).

Program Details

Week 1 - Yoga, the Cosmos & Healing with Evening & Tihana

This week Evening & Tihana team up to present yoga as as it relates to understanding and healing the microcosmos (ourselves) and the macrocosmos (our environment) through daily morning Sadhana, supported by a variety of afternoon workshops, as follows:

Yoga & Healing the Cosmic Body/Mind Workshops with Evening

• Monday - Introduction to Yoga and the Cosmos
• Tuesday - Healing the Cosmic Being with Meditation, Sound & Mudra
• Wednesday - Healing the Cosmic Being with Prana

3-Part Cosmic Yoga Flow with Tihana - "All is one, all is perfect as it is."

• Thursday - Through Cosmic Yoga Asana Flow we'll get into better contact with ourselves - the microcosmos. Through individual asanas and cleansing at the energetic level, we are able to find harmony, love and happiness in ourselves, so that we may transmit such feelings into our lives.
• Friday - By facing each other during the second flow, our connection and friendship ties grow as we work directly on the energetic heart, and develop empathy for each other. Love and friendship ties can grow, creating a newfound connection toward the whole community and the environment we live in.
• Saturday - In the third flow of asanas we'll build structures with our postures (for example, creating a circle, which represents the main philosophy of yoga; becoming unity in diversity or the unity of micro and macrocosmos)

Week 2 - Exploring Asanas; the Symbolism & Effects of Asanas on the Body & Mind with Tihana

“Asanas are mudras or seals which the student can unlock through practice and reflection. This ´unsealing´ is an inner release that leads to a deeper psychological understanding - being in touch with oneself.” Swami Radha

The workshop will focus on asana meanings in general, and the effect they have on the body and mind, while exploring participant’s subconscious associations of various asanas. We will learn more about our personal attitudes toward individual asanas, and eventually transform them into positive and challenging goals that reflect positively into our daily lives.

• Mon - Seated, Standing& Rest Postures)
• Tu - Surya Namaskara (Sun Salutation Variations)
• Wed (Safari) - Animal, Plant & Structure Postures
• Th - Inverted Asanas (Headstand, Shoulderstand)
• Fri - Finding Balance (Eagle, Shiva Nataraja, Krishna)

 

 

Both Weeks - Life Force, Yoga and Homeopathy Consultations

Yoga and homeopathy meet in life force. Life force energy, or "prana", can sometimes be blocked or too excessive in certain areas. Yoga can bring the flow of prana into balance, through breathing exercises and asanas.

Homeopathy, as a natural treatment, works at establishing life force through remedies. Observing the symptoms, the homeopath prescribes the best matching remedy to bring prana into the right flow. Homeopathy brings new light to the treatment of sickness and health, and brings to the source of "problem patterns" rising the awareness and stabilizing the life force.

Tihana will present more about Homeopathy during her time at Suncokret, and optional homeopathic consultations will be given on a donation-basis (half of the proceeds will go to a homeopathic clinic in Kenya or needed humanitarian projects, such as in Haiti.)

Tihana Dipalii Buterin

Born in Rijeka, Croatia, Tihana has studied Yoga in India, Croatia and Germany where she was also certified in "Yoga Vidya" from the Bad Meinberg Yoga School, in the tradition of Shivananda and Swami Vishnu Devadanda.

Her inspiration to teach yoga comes from various teachers and yoga paths, Indian and western, as well from the people who participate in her yoga classes & retreats.

Tihana's teaching style is eclectic, but is based on a classical flow of asanas. Her practice starts with relaxation and warm-up, followed by Surya Namaskara and a combination of asanas, ending in deep relaxation similar to Yoga Nidra.

The asanas are performed mostly in a calm way, but also sometimes dynamically; always followed by brief relaxation in between, to allow time to feel and experience the effect of each particular asana.

Momentarily she is living and teaching yoga in Berlin. Currently studying natural medicine and homeopathy, she now also combines yoga therapy and homeopathy into her work. For more information about Tihana, visit her website.

Event Cost (per week):

Residential Program

• 775 € person, Essential Retreat
  
• Early Bird: 10% discount, reservations made 2 months prior to event start or for both weeks

Non-Residential Program: (includes yoga program & breakfast)

• 545 € /person "Yoga Holiday" in accommodation for 2 persons
• 475 € /person "Yoga Holiday Group Rate " in accommodation for 3-4 persons

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