Workshops

Yoga is "The Lotus"


"The whole adventure of Yoga is but a play of the Prånic force."
- G. Krishna, The Dawn of a Science, p.223

Caroline Garrett is a Yoga Alliance certified instructor in Vinyasa (flow yoga) 230 hours, through Stephanie Keach at the Asheville Yoga Center, Asheville, NC. Ms. Garrett combines instruction in the yogic practices of pranayama and asanas with the meditative art of creating mandalas. Caroline's workshops and retreats facilitate healing, pain relief, and self-discovery. She uses the mandala techniques of Judith Cornell, Ph.D. combined with hatha yoga to bring out a manifestation of beauty and wholeness in the participant. Caroline Garrett teaches yoga at the Anahata Yoga Center in Williamsburg, VA.

Contact: Caroline Garrett, prof.csgarrett@gmail.com, (757) 345-2376 or (757) 812-3598

Mandala-Lotus Workshops

Mandala-Lotus workshops and retreats are adventures into beauty, bliss, and transformation.

Ms. Garrett gives Mandala-Lotus workshops to health professionals, cancer patients, those seeking relief from pain and stress, artists who want to expand their creativity, and yogis. Mandala-Lotus workshops use mandalas, mantras, and yogic breath to focus the mind, develop compassion, and bring creative solutions to light. A meaningful experience of prosperity, peace, gratitude, and grace are benefits of Mandala-Lotus workshops.

  • Requirements: The Beginner's Mind: No previous experience as an artist or yoga student are necessary. Those with experience in yoga and/or art, expect a combination of techniques which may bring a new dimension of insight and creative expression to your art and skills.
  • The Practice: Breath work, movement, meditation, chanting, and mandalas, as described in Dr. Cornell's books, Mandala: Luminous Symbols for Healing and Mandala Healing kit.

Objectives

  • Identify personal goals
  • Re-align energy with movement and breath
  • Journalling, and interpreting symbolic messages from your mandala practice
  • Experience creativity and wholeness as you awaken to your true being
  • Gain tools for continuing your self-reliance

Benefit of a workshop:

  1. Empowers creativity
  2. Develops self-reliance
  3. Promotes problem solving intuitively
  4. Enhances connectiveness
  5. Replaces grief and pain with gratitude and hope
  6. Combines art, science and spirituality
  7. Gives focus and an awareness of purpose
  8. Increases a sense of wholeness and balance

Structure:

One and a half hours is recommended for either an introduction to the process or for an individual session.
Workshops will vary in length depending on the needs of the individual or community involved. Please discuss your needs with Caroline.
Groups, a quiet room with tables and chairs, carpeted floor is desirable but not essential. Participants should wear loose fitting clothing and bring a blanket and a yoga mat if they own one.

Fees:

  • Individual sessions (allow one-and-a-half hours) - $100
    • Add $25 for each additional 30 minutes
  • Fees for groups of two to four participants:
    • Base cost: first one and a half hours - $180
    • Two hour session - $210
  • Workshop fee with 5 to 12 participants:
    • Half-day (9:30AM - 12:30PM) - $500
    • Whole day (9:30AM - 12:30PM and 1:30PM - 5:00 PM) - $900
    • For groups numbering more than 12 participants, please discuss cost basis with Caroline

Materials:

Provided for an additional flat fee of $7 per person. Mandala Healing Kits are available from Sounds True.
The book by Judith Cornell, Ph.D., Mandala: Luminous Symbols for Healing is available from www.mandala-universe.com or from Amazon.com.