THE MAGI OF WINTER SOLSTICE: Group Meditation

The Magi of Winter Solstice 

Group Meditation/Workshop

As the days wind down to our longest and darkest hours, the magi of winter solstice begin to awake with gold, frankincense, & myrrh.   Into the sylvan gathering where the last light of our solar journey brings closure to the year, we will be reflecting and sharing the triumphs & tribulations of the past year, gathering and storing the wisdom from life's lessons.  Also, we will gather awareness and strength to mindfully release what has not served us well.  Leaving behind the old and welcoming in the new.

This can be a bumpy process but with a firm grounding in group meditation, an established foundation where we can sit and observe  without attachment to what comes through,  energetically, neurologically, biochemically... recalibration through simple intention can occur.  This is the magi of the solstice...the waving of the wand of intention upon what hasn't served us and replacing it with what shall propel us forward!  Toward our highest potential on the physical, mental, emotional, & spiritual dimensions...onward...ever onward...we go in health...  

With courage we will look at aspects of ourselves that we really want to change, why we want to change them, and how.  We will open it up to the group to input ideas on how to help us where we are stuck and how to navigate and transform it.  Often a real look at where a core change needs to occur can reverberate and act as catalyst to an overall energetic transformation where the 'old' simply cannot exist alongside the 'new'...for a vibratory resonance of a more mindful, conscious, present awareness has set in.  The strength from ones meditation creates the fortitude to embody the 

energy of the 'new self'...aspired...

  

As the darkest dark is cast upon the face of the earth, what shall you be leaving in its wake?  And at the second where the Magi of Winter Solstice slip through the veil toward ever brightening light, what shall you be taking with you as your staff, your strength?  Can you see the shimmering gold amongst the earthen smells of frankincense & myrrh?  

 Each year we return to this ritual, this ceremony.  Each year we have the opportunity to send our trajectories toward more fully living, loving, & serving.

To meditate together with this intention, is the grandest gift as it is the refining of the self, the polishing of the mirror, and the celebration of a new beginning within ourselves, for the earth, & in fellowship...

to making it magical

and spreading greater beauty upon the earth

Merry Solstice & Blissful Kisses Under the Mistletoe

~*~

trish pascual 'prema'

The Magi of Winter Solstice: Group Meditation

Hataraj Yoga Center

December 18th, 2015

Friday 5-7pm

  

special earth brew (tea) 

& 

pot full of magic (veggie soup)

$10

Register: 

808-269-2638

trishteaches@gmail.comj

Yoga Beach Retreat Maui: Mythological Journey of Inner Transformation Jan 18-24, 2016

YOGA BEACH RETREAT MAUI, HAWAII

Jan. 18th-24th, 2016

A Mythological Journey of Inner Transformation 

Get out of the cold and discover your mythology through your unique soul's journey...

We retreat to go deeper into our souls journey...to take a meaningful pause and look at how our life has evolved from birth to the present moment. Sharing pivotal moments...imprints in whatever form they came that have made us who we are in how we think, dream, behave, seek, envision, interact, & manifest. Getting to know ourselves and realigning our energy and efforts to the inner work & revelations within...projecting ourselves forward to truly meet and evolve in the greater work we are meant to do in our lifetime. Our personal mythos, our hero's journey will unfold beautifullly 'talkin story' around each evenings campfire...reawakening the power of the oral tradition and the muse that captures our heart through creative self-expression be it a visual, a song, a dance, an act, a poem....

Eating vegetarian meals and 2x daily yoga asanas & meditation at sunrise & sunset, will help clear and purify our body systems of all the hustle & bustle & all the toxic cellular debris of modern life that fogs our way and distracts our focus. We will be nourished & supported to come into greater ease within ourselves and therefore interface with our eternal truths. Daily labryinth walks and journal writing will be encouraged through suggested reflections, questions, & introspections.

To give illumination to the inner self and be empowered to sing our own song of creation alongside the whales is the intention and vision of our retreat gathering....for it is whale season and they will be giving birth as we rebirth into a greater cycle of our own personal evolution. The spiritual richness of this retreat will be balanced by discourse on yoga as a science for physical, mental, and spiritual development, personal time in the afternoon to surf, snorkel, rest or engage in artistic endeavors & a closing celebration back into the world w/ special libations of delectable proportions. With a kayak guided tour to be with the mystical creatures in our Maui waters, tropical smoothies and other special suprises...it will be divine !

Please See More Details Below and Reserve the last cabin for 4-6 people...

time is flying fast:

http://premadeviiyoga.blogspot.com/2015_09_01_archive.html

Call to Reserve:

808-269-2638

Trish Pascual 'Prema' is the host & leader of this retreat. She is a Structural Yoga Therapist, Living Yoga Retreat Leader, & Food is Medicine Advocate/Coach with her Master's in Education. 

~*~

MEDITATION IS A RADICAL ACT: Group Meditation this Friday October 23, 2015

Group Meditation:

Gaia:

Restoring our sacred connection to our Living Body of Knowledge

The wisdom teachings of Gaia, our mother earth,  have always been accessible to humanity!  Under our feet the intelligence she embodies is a web of micro villa held in grid by the root systems of plants, microbes, fungi, redwood trees...  The healing alchemy she activates is felt through the gems, crystals, mineral and rock formations we hold dear...  The vibrational shifts of her evolution are witnessed as earthquakes...  She is alive and is a living body of knowledge that can no longer wait on the timing of humankind to acknowledge her again as the gateway to the highest illuminations. The energetic meridians of her body, are transmitting valuable data and information much like our nervous system.  In the synapses of neural communication, there are transmissions of exponentially, expanding wisdom radiating from the heart of the earth.  The positive charge of our atmosphere as it connects to the negative charge of the earth sends heightened, universal intelligence through the bioconductivity of our human bodies.  We are Gaia and Gaia is us therefore!  One living, breathing, consciousness.

This is and has always been the innate wisdom of humanity.  At present, we are in times where this wisdom and that of our humanity is being threatened to extinction as people tune less and less to the earth and our inner self and more to influences, powers, and dominating forces outside.  How people live, feel, & breathe even is less from an original spark of creativity and self-expression and more from the dictates of pop and mainstream culture for example.  So much of this disempowerment and widespread delusion today is due to a weakening of the life force within each human being and to the colonizing sway of those outside forces.  It is natural to conclude in light of how the general population has been going, that our  increasing separation from the earth has gravelly weakened our life force and our power to access higher states of living and knowing. The wealth and abundance that proliferates within a living, breathing, sacred relationship with the earth can only be accessed through raw, direct experience of her and through genuine love for her as an actual goddess.  Humans have always held initiation rites and passages that served as portals to her wealth and abundance by honoring the natural elements, respecting the land, and gestating in special places within her landscapes.  Through such thresholds and meditations ecstatic states open whereby we experienced states of knowing "gnosis".  

The direct, genuine, altered states have long been on override by the inundation of cyber realities, superficial learning of too many things, and spiritual window shopping amongst a plethora of human addictions, obsessions, and unfulfilling habits/tendencies that have taken us furthest away from the earth.  Her deepest secrets, wisdom, and brightest illuminations have yet to be fully engaged and activated by the 8 billion + people who walk upon her.  The particular signature of our societal times that single-handedly destroys our sacred relationship to the earth and its teachings being the constant wearing of rubber shoes that block our connection to her frequencies of information,  the utilization of unnatural materials & products in our homes, the chemical subjugation of natural farming methods & health practices, the genetic manipulation of our food supply, all these and more have in sum, denature, desensitize, & dull our inherent ability to tap into the formidable "life knowledge" of the planet  and has in turn cut many off from a genuine, interactive path of wisdom seeking within themselves.

Meditation is a radical act therefore and essential to improving the quality of our lives as humans.   It is one practice of many that the seekers of ancient times have used to refine the process of our souls quest for inner knowing about the nature of the universe, the origins of this planet, our role as a species, and the passage beyond the veil. Given the heavy warfare of distraction, compulsion, consumerism, colonizing belief systems and more on our collective psyche as a people, let alone our physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health as individuals, we through group meditation place ourselves in the highest sovereign position right on the front line.  To meditate can no longer be approached generically and superficially as a way to relax & reduce stress.  We no longer have the time for such luxury.  The earth has been communicating that currently we are at a pivotal make or break point, when it is an outright necessity to meditate and connect with the earth and ourselves as living bodies of knowledge.  Through restoring the rites and rituals of the earth as a mystery school, where we go to her and be within her beauty, we will raise and strengthen our own life force again such that we are able to singlehandedly and collectively, preserve and protect the qualities that distinguish us as humans and not become cyborgs.
  
 Connecting, honoring, and illiciting real knowledge and power in our lives originates within the mother, the divine feminine within us all.  All the ancient mystery schools have always taught humanity to turn inward, that the keys are within our living body and the living body of the earth. To cultivate oneself w/ determination and discipline on this organic path of insight and illumination is what will insure the greatest quality of humanness of the earths 8billion + people.  To sit with ourselves and cultivate discernment of mind, sovereignty of heart, and true liberation of the human spirit from the grips of fear based paradigms and ideologies is the work of our meditation.   The elucidations of the earth and the one light within ourselves, await our arrival.

Join me for a powerful, partly guided group meditation that awakens our sentient connection to the earth and ourselves as a living body of knowledge.  In this way we in full, conscious power return to the earth and live her mythology... and fly from her light back to the great source...

~~~Join us this October 23, 2015~~~
Friday
 5pm-7pm
$10
tea & soup served
Register: 808-269-2638

~*~
trish pascual
prema devii
E-500RYT, M.A

YOGA CAMP MAUI Jan.18- Jan. 24, 2016

 Y O G A  C A M P ....

Maui, Hawaii

Mythological Journey of Inner Transformation

Jan. 18th- Jan. 24th 2016

Welcome!...

Join us this winter for six nights 7 days in tropical, sunny side Maui!  We will be staying right on the beach of Camp Olowalu during the height of whale season.  These mystical creatures will be in these beautiful bath waters singing their songs of creation! During our groups kayak tour we will be able to see, hear, and snorkel in their presence.  It will be magical! 

Our Mythic Journey... 

Our living yoga practice will focus on detoxification of the mind and body, nourishment of  internal organs, and aligning our minds & hearts  to our highest calling and potential.  To delve into our own inner transformation, we will "talk story" around the camp fire to delve into powerful turning points in our lifes journey that have made us who we are and most of all, continue to shape us into who we are meant to be.  In this way our yoga camp retreat is a mythological transformation and empowerment of self... 

The Land and Camp Olowalu...

West Maui Mountains behind our camp

Camp Schedule...

Sunrise: 

Strong Yoga Asana Class (1.5hrs)

Group Meditation (30 min)

Breakfast: 

self, partial (incl. raw veggie juice, superfood smoothie, & salad), or full meals 

(depends on accomodation)

Yogic Discourse/Workshop: 

Eight Limbs of Inner Transformation and the therapeutic

 affects of yogic tools & practices (1.5 hr) 

Lunch & Personal Island Time: 

lunch is on your own w/ 3-4 hrs to explore the island

 or rest and relax on campgrounds

Sunset: Strong Yoga Asana Class (1.5hrs)

Group Meditation (30 min)

Dinner:

self, partial (incl. raw veggie juice, superfood smoothie, & salad), or full meals 

(depends on accomodation)

Our Mythic  Soul Journey: 

an informal workshop talkin story around campfire or in circle

***Special Group Kayak Tour w/ snorkel gear to explore the waters 

& Hula Dance Performance***

Registration & Accomodation...

'Aina...one with the land:

Camp in own tent w/ own meals  $540

Ohana/family style...:

Camp in 6 person AFrame Cabin partial meals 

(bring own towels & sheets for cabin cots) $864

Aloha/shared breath style...

Camp in 4 person AFrame Cabin partial meals 

(bring own towels & sheets for cabin cots)$1080

Hale/house style...

Camp in 2 or 4 person AFrame Cabin full meals 

(bring own towels & sheets for cabin cots) $1296

Ono/best style...

Camp in 2 or 4 person AFrame Cabin full meals & lomi lomi massage

(towels & sheets provided) $1512

***Full bathrooms, Washer & Dryer, Full Kitchen & Dining Hall***

***Transportation to and from airport included***

AIRFARE NOT INCLUDED

Cancellation Policy:

Full refund minus 20% non-refundable deposit 
by Oct. 18th
Half refund minus 20% non-refundable deposit 
by Nov. 30th...

No refunds as of Dec. 1...

CALL TO REGISTER:

Space is limited
50%  due to register 
Full payment due Dec. 1, 2015

808-269-2638

Trish Pascual "Prema"

E-500RYT, M.A 

Trish is a yoga therapist who specializes in 
structural yoga therapy, 
is a living yoga retreat and workshop leader, 
educator of yoga as an ancient science
 of inner transformation, 
and food is medicine advocate/coach...
With her Master's in Education,
 she enjoys sharing her knowledge 
and experience of the deeper, 
philosophical insights from her training in tattvica 
and her many years as a history/social studies teacher!  
Join her as she goes back home for another retreat!
 Share in her love of the island & the yogic path!!!!  

YOGA CAMP LAKE SONOMA (OCT 3RD - 4TH, 2015)

Yoga Camp 2015

Lake Sonoma

Oct 3-4th

...a beautiful opportunity to gather in nature as a yoga community w/ fellow Sonoma County yoga teachers & their students, friends, & family to create camaraderie and experience the unique gifts of all involved...to restoring our sacred relationship with food, nature, each other, and our highest self ....

Featured yoga teachers thus far:
Gaya Shelton-Ostadi
Prema Devii
Dawn Justice
Ali Osmers
Lauren Karcz
Mary Lundstrom

Saturday: Oct. 3rd

 arrive 10am

camp for the night

*opening ceremony, yoga asanas & meditation, brunch, a variety of yoga activities & special interests workshops to branch out to, hiking & exploring, dinner

*groups divided so as to take part in Food is Medicine...Eating is Ritual preparations & closings (seva/service)

*evening socials & magic (rituals, ceremonies, sharing, chanting, singing, dancing)

Sunday: Oct. 4th 

depart 5pm

*opening ceremony, yoga asanas & meditation, breakfast, a variety of yoga activities & special interests workshops to branch out to, lunch, hiking & exploring, closing ceremony

*groups divided so as to take part in Food is Medicine...Eating is Ritual preparations & closings (sega/service)

Cost:

Early Bird $108   (by Aug. 1st)

Late Bird $154

campsite, food, activities all inclusive

You Bring:
*tent, camping gear, 
 *toiletries 
**Drinking Water & Snacks**

Register:

Prema Devii: 808-269-2638

Gaya Shelton-Ostadi: 707-239-3650

Clarity, Vision, Strength through Meditation June 4th, 2015

~~~Group Meditation Tomorrow~~

Clarity, Vision, & Strength through MeditationAt times it may seem you don't know which way to direct yourself or how to use your attention and energy. These are natural agitations that simmer till you become tired enough of them that clarity, vision, & strength are so desired....so desired to the point that your will to change course becomes resolute. Becoming clear in yourself as to what you truly want in life, becoming clear in your mental ability to imagine your life having made that change, and becoming fortified to endure long enough to see the journey through in its new found direction, can be the intentions of meditation. What a powerful purpose for meditation! Join with us as we utilize the inner technology of yogic breath, sense withdrawal, concentration, awakened self-inquiry through each consciousness center of the spine, and alpha & theta brain wave states to tap into these levels of self-knowing...GNOSIS! Your highest self awaits you there, waiting for you to acknowledge that you are it and it is you...it waits for you to return again and again to the real you, the highest peak! Embody the "ATMAN" that knows how to fly your true course....AND FLY WE MUST!!!!

~*~

                                          Prema Devii

Friday June 4th, 2015
5pm-6:30pm

Hataraj Yoga Center

                             Call to join us and register!

Every other Friday

                                        808-269-2638
                                  $10 tea & soup served

JUNE 12-14TH WORKSHOP: FOOD IS YOUR MEDICINE...EATING IS A RITUAL OF SELF-LOVE

Food is Medicine...Eating is Ritual 

Weekend Workshop Intensive 

meals, yoga classes, meditation included

$216

June 12, 2015

Friday

5:30pm-8:00pm

 Discourse on establishing an empowering relationship with food especially in light of our modern day food supply, emotional stuckness in regards to eating, mental patterns that do not serve the body and its ability to obtain optimal health, healing, and fitness, and a  mindful lifestyle of vitality & self-love

*tea, raw juice & dinner included

 June 13, 2015

Saturday

10:30am-6:30pm

Full Day Workshop of the first 3 steps of Food is Medicine...Eating is Ritual. You will understand and experience exactly what to do & eat for detoxification, healing of the digestive system, & improving nutrient absorption  

*raw juices, smoothies, brunch & dinner included

-morning & evening yoga classes   

(body posturing for detoxification & weight loss)

-evening guided meditation 

 June 14, 2015

Sunday

9am-3pm

Half Day Workshop of the last 3 steps of Food is Medicine. You will understand and experience exactly what to do & eat for hormone balancing, strengthening the immune system, and optimizing nutrition 

*raw juices, smoothies, brunch included

-afternoon yoga class   

(body posturing for hormone balance, stress reduction, & restoration)

-afternoon meditation

Prema Devii

E-500 RYT, M.A

Ayurvedic Yoga Therapist & Food is Medicine Educator/Coach

Register:

Space is Limited

808-269-2638

Reflection on my Food is Medicine...Eating is Ritual Workshops/Retreats!

Food is Medicine...Eating is Ritual

My love affair with food stems from reverence for my body as a vehicle for conscious development.   The yogic path has strengthened my understanding of this and has enabled me to embody this truth to a finer and finer degree.  If I take care of my body, it will take care of me.  When I nourish optimally, feeding my body the best quality ingredients from the best sources and in a well balanced way, I feel my best in all aspects of my life mentally, emotionally, physically, spiritually.

Think about it, every system in your body, the cardiovascular, neurological, respiratory, lymphatic, immune, endocrine, muscular, skeletal, digestive...are fighting to keep you healthy!!!!  These systems are fighting and working together to keep homeostasis, the level of balance for everything to run well and repair damage.  Every cell is fighting to absorb proper nutrients to maintain body functions and every cell is fighting to eliminate toxins/poisons that it cannot and should not use to rebuild your body. 

 Are you providing the appropriate fuel and raw material for every body system to function optimally?  This is the driving question.  For every disease, illness, & condition  can be linked to one of two things: 1) nutrient deficiency and/or  2) body toxicity.  

When you consider these two things, you come to the core wisdom of Ayurveda, the sister science of yoga.  This ancient wisdom tradition is simple "life knowledge!"  It is based on the fact that,  THE ROOT OF HEALTH and/or ILLNESS CAN BE FOUND IN THE GUT...    

  I am passionate about my workshop: FOOD IS MEDICINE...EATING IS RITUAL because it is driven by this wisdom.  It all boils down to what and how we eat and digest food!!!  I am even more passionate about helping others to change their relationship to food by emphasizing that what we eat and how we eat food, plays an essential role in how we consciously evolve as a species & as a planet.

  My work through yoga &  food, is a spiritual odyssey!  It is geared toward helping others achieve their highest potential in this form and in this lifetime.  This is what I offer you!   With earth or Gaia as our teacher,  this odyssey is rooted in the basic elements of life: earth, water, fire, air, and ether.  By the same token, it is rooted to the ancient wisdom within our cellular and neural memory, to the teachings that unfold through the intelligence of the heart.  The energetic intelligence that awakens from this powerful connection between our earth and our heart launches the odyssey to beautiful trajectories into the metaphysical... for such is our nature.  

Honoring our return to our human nature of supernormal ability to bring the highest caliber of living to this planet, I introduce some of my writing from a book I am writing called... 

  

 Book of Gaia:  

Our body of living knowledge 

By Prema Devii
 (so stay tuned to my blog for upcoming discourse/writings/reflections)