Welcome
The IYA teachings, techniques and forms are accessible to anyone, even beginners, regardless of age, physical condition, previous experience or religious beliefs.
People who are new to energy work will enjoy the simplicity and power of the teachings, and those more experienced within the mind-body arts and therapies such as yoga, tai chi, qi gong, meditation, reiki, energy healing, dance, massage etc will find that the complimentary and interrelated skills taught at the workshops will deepen and elevate their own practice.
Nine reasons why you will love this training
- All the IYA practices are safe, easy to learn and remember, and work naturally to create a true spiritual practice with lasting results you can feel instantly.
- You will learn an 800 year old Taoist flowing yoga form created by Chang Sang Feng, the 13th Century originator of tai-chi and Master of internal alchemy; Exquisite and easy to grasp, this 15 minute "Enlightenment" form and sacred dance cultivates a profound feeling of soul-connection, joy, serenity, expanded awareness and internal energy. The form is replete with astonishing health benefits and stimulates bodily regeneration. It is taught in a direct transmission line, spanning generations of Masters, to you.
- You will learn how to manifest the five great principles of the Internal Arts when practicing yoga (or any other mind-body discipline) to rapidly ground, centre and refine your practice.
- Concise, crystal clear teachings take you step by step through the subtle energy channels and centres of the inner body and the esoteric ideas of the Ancients.
- The keys to sensing your own and others subtle energy (prana, chi, ki, etc) will be yours, along with methods for circulating the energy throughout the body. This can result in vibrant health, youthfulness, healing, and the unfolding of creative potentials.
- Everything on the IYA course is featured in a free DVD and within 22 pages of notes.
- I guarantee that you will easily learn and apply the IYA teachings and skills. If, after full participation in the training you are not smiling and wowed with the results, I will refund your tuition fees.
- The IYA workshops and retreats offer small groups special training where everyone is given individual attention. I believe that people learn best when they are relaxed and having fun; lunch and tea breaks provide great opportunities for sharing, networking and meeting new like-minded friends.
- The course is the fruitful outcome of my own journey and practice, and is streamlined from over 12 years teaching of the yogic and esoteric arts. Three decades of research has taken me to four continents in search of the extraordinary genius of the ancient wisdom and to many teachers, known and unknown who have so generously shared of their gifts; It is this knowledge and the skills that will last a lifetime, that I wish to share with you.
Course Content
The course consists of the following practices drawn from the great Hathayogic, Taoist and Shamanic traditions. The central theme of the talks relates to the essential aim of the internal arts - the nurturing and evolution of our spiritual potential.
Structural Alignment
Excercises and postures for elongation and alignment of the spine.
Yogic Breathing
Deep relaxation practices.
Rag Doll
Group relaxation excercise to determine exactly where tension is held within the body and to develop intuitive skills.
Talk: The Five Principles of the Internal Arts
The five natural principles that, manifest in any activity but especially within the yogic arts, will allow us to gain access to the deeper levels of our being.
Grounding & Centering
Excercises and postures to root to the earth, create incredible stability and "cool" the mind.
Talk: Energetic Anatomy
The energy centres and channels of the subtle body.
Wuji Qi Gong
Ancient Taoist yoga flowing form also called "enlightenment tai chi" and "primordial qi gong." Outdoor practice if possible.
Talk: Inner Yogic Alchemy
The ancients believed that nature had hidden her secrets within the human body. The great work of the masters was to harness and refine the potency of the physical body (the lead) into a higher energy (the gold) through which to feed and enliven the soul.
Sensing Prana, Chi, Ki
Individual and group excercises to sensitize to subtle energy.
Microcosmic Orbit Meditation
Balancing the chakras and nadis (centres and channels) of the subtle body for optimal health.
Bliss Meditation & Serene Smile
Two practices in which we cultivate positive emotions and mind states.
Enquiries
Tel: 01142 670314
Email: steveavian@yahoo.co.uk
Steve is an internationally qualified yoga teacher with the Friends of Yoga Society, affiliated to the Institute of Complementary Medicine and a member of the Independent Yoga Network.