Gong Yoga: Healing Through Sound and Relaxation
A Weekend Intensive with Mehtab and Guru Karam
June 13-15, 2008 at Yoga Yoga Westgate
Please note: this weekend is listed in our events catalog as June 6-8, the dates were changed to June 13-15

Enjoy a therapeutic and transformational weekend of Kundalini Yoga and Yoga Nidra as we use the magical sound of the Gong to enhance the movement of prana (vital life energy) through the body for physical and emotional healing.

Spend an enjoyable Friday evening or take one or both weekend afternoons of these Gong Yoga sessions to completely experience a most relaxing form of yoga therapy that will leave you elevated, light and radiantly bright!

Gong Yoga Weekend Schedule:
Friday, June 13, Introduction to Gong Yoga
Saturday, June 14, Gong Yoga Therapy: Clearing the Past
Sunday, June 15, Gong Yoga Therapy: Awakening Intuition

Introduction to Gong Yoga
Friday, June 13, 6:30-8PM

Come experience a relaxing and transformational yoga class with the sound of the gong!

In this workshop open to everyone, you will experience the therapeutic sound of several gongs as we explore the hidden realms of Nada Yoga (the yoga of sound), Yoga Nidra (the yoga of deep relaxation) and Kundalini Yoga (the yoga of awareness).

You will discover how the sound of the gong can heal, elevate and transport you beyond the normal practice of yoga postures and meditation into a world of self-integration and blissful being.

Cost: $20
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Gong Yoga Therapy: Clearing the Past
Saturday, June 14, 12:30-6:00pm

The yogis say that each person brings with them into each lifetime the scars from childhood or past lives called samscaras, which often manifest as blocks or challenges in our lives. Until the past is cleared, we run on old scripts, unhealthy habits and reactive emotions that can sabotage our happiness.

Using the sound of the gong, yoga postures and breathing, meditation and guided deep relaxation, we can access these past patterns and release them forever, freeing ourselves to fulfill our purpose in life.

Cost: $75 or register for both Saturday and Sunday for $125
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Gong Yoga Therapy: Awakening Intuition
Sunday, June 15, 12:30-6:00pm

Our greatest teacher is our inner teacher - our guiding intuition. When we fully awaken our intuition, we can see the underlying patterns of our lives and know the next steps to take to create optimal situations for our souls' purpose.

For hundreds of years, the meditative practice of yoga and the sound of the gong have been used to awaken the sixth chakra, the third eye and the center of our intuitive faculty.

Using the guided deep relaxation and visualizations of Yoga Nidra and the gong, we will learn to access our inner teacher and align ourselves with our true purpose and intention.

Cost: $75 or register for both Saturday and Sunday for $125
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The use of the gong in yoga and meditation can be linked back in time to Northern India where it was played by Kundalini Yoga masters to awaken the intuitive faculties and create a transcendent state of being.

The practice of Gong Yoga begins with ancient Kundalini Yoga kriyas (sequences of asanas, mudras, bhandas, paranayams, and mantras) to open the flow of energy in order to create a receptive body-mind state for guided deep relaxation and meditation. While in the state of Yoga Nidra (yogic sleep), the gong is played to clear the different spheres of consciousness and to awaken the participant practitioner to a transcendent state of awareness.

About the Teachers

Mehtab Benton Mehtab completed his first Kundalini Yoga teacher-training program in 1974 at the Hargobind Ashram in San Rafael, California where he taught Kundalini Yoga in the public schools and in drug rehabilitation programs. He is a Level 1 and Level 2 Kundalini Yoga Teacher Trainer and an Experienced 500-Hour Registered Yoga (ERYT-500). He has an educational background in psychology with advanced training in Integrative Yoga Therapy. Mehtab is a three-time presenter at the Southwest Yoga Conference and a recipient of the International Kundalini Yoga Teacher's Association "Building Communities in Yoga" award in 2000. He has taught Kundalini Yoga workshops and classes to students and teachers from around the world at the annual Kundalini Yoga Summer Solstice gathering in New Mexico. Mehtab is the author of ten books, including a monograph on Yoga and the Gong, and over 100 articles on heath, diet and nutrition. He has trained yoga teachers in the art of playing the gong for meditation and relaxation. Mehtab, along with his wife Guru Karam, is the founding partner of the Yoga Yoga studios in Austin, Texas that employs over 100 yoga teachers and serves several thousand yoga students weekly.

Guru Karam Benton Guru Karam began her life-long yoga practice at age 16 at a Kundalini Yoga Ashram in Houston, Texas. She is certified in Kundalini Yoga, Hatha Yoga and Ashtanga Yoga and is a Level 1 and 2 Kundalini Yoga Teacher Trainer. She has presented classes internationally on Yoga Nidra, the art of deep relaxation, and brings a feminine perspective to the art of playing the gong for meditation and relaxation. Guru Karam has served as a facilitator for the Master's Touch training course with Yogi Bhajan in New Mexico. She is an accomplished cook, serving as the director of the kitchen staff for the first Master's Touch Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training course and specializes in vegetarian, yogic, and raw food preparation. She is a guest lecturer in Kundalini postures in other yoga teacher training courses and a presenter at the Southwest Yoga conferences. With her husband, Mehtab, Guru Karam is the co-recipient of the International Kundalini Yoga Teacher's Association "Building Communities in Yoga" award. Guru Karam brings a lively sense of humor to the profoundly transformative practice of yoga with a focus on the breath and the precision of postures. She and her husband Mehtab began the Yoga Yoga chain of studios in an extra room at her home and has helped nurtured its growth into one of the largest yoga communities in the United States.