The Real Story of the Chakras with Doug Keller (Online)

The Real Story on the Chakras: Online with Doug Keller

De-bunking the Myths on the Chakras

June 21 and July 12 2:30pm-5:00pm PDT –

Recordings available for 12 months

In much New Age thinking, imbalances or blockages of the chakras are regarded as the root of disease, which is then treated by correcting the function of the affected chakra. This misconception has spawned a whole group of practitioners who claim to heal our chakras for us. Others claim to be able to energize our chakras and thereby not only cure what ails us but also give us inner knowledge and experience. Some of these procedures can be very expensive and many are highly speculative.

The yogic approach is aimed at opening the chakras, not for healing purposes or to gain occult powers, but as a part of the process of Self-knowledge. For this yoga employs internal practices of mantra, pranayama, and meditation, which we must do for ourselves; external means, such as diet or herbs, are only secondary aids.

According to the yoga system, in the ordinary human state, which is rarely transcended except by sustained spiritual practice, the chakras are closed; that is, they do not truly function. The result of this is not disease, but ignorance. This ignorance consists of regarding the external world as the true reality and living without awareness of one’s true Self, which is neither body nor mind but thought-free awareness. One’s chakras can be closed and yet one can be healthy, emotionally balanced, mentally creative, and successful in many areas of life. The purpose of opening the chakras is not to improve one’s capacity in the ordinary domains of human life but to go beyond our mortal and transient seeking to the immortal essence.

What You Will Take Away

· We will explore the misconceptions about the chakras and explore the real story of the chakras

Learn to ground and center your energy by working with your aura and other grounding tools so you don't leak your energy.

Learn to master your energy. Increase your intuition.

· Expand your awareness.

· Cultivate a deeper connection between your body, mind and spirit.

· Learn to overcome the habits, programs and conditioning that govern your life.

· Learn to identify exactly where you are leaking energy out of your chakras and how you can stop by staying whole in your energy system

· Learn about belief systems (associated with the chakras) that are holding you back.

· Learn about how the chakras relate to the physical body and internal organs ~ as well as which gods and goddesses are associated with each chakra.

· Learn to balance, harmonize and heal the chakra through an integrated practices ie: meditation, breathwork and asana.

· Learn about how the chakras affect the aura (the energy field outside of the physical body).

· Learn about the 3 granthis ~ three psychic knots in the physical body which are obstacles on the path of the awakened kundalini. They represent stages we must go through on our journey of evolution.

· Develop a greater understanding of the energy system within you (chakras, aura and grounding field). Transform your life by moving toward the path of evolution on on this deep journey inwards.

· Wake up and align with your true, authentic self.

· Start to understand yourself at the most subtle and deep level.

· Learn the art of being your own self healer and learn how to start diagnosing your energy blocks. Increase your connection to your intuition.

· Cultivate a deep relationship with yourself.

Technology: Zoom will be used. You will receive the zoom link in the confirmation email.

Reminder emails: will be sent 2 days, 30 min and 10min before the event.

About Doug: Doug Keller’s background reflects a lifelong commitment to studying, imbibing and sharing the vast field of knowledge and practice known as yoga.After receiving honors and graduate degrees in philosophy from the top Jesuit universities in the United States, Georgetown and Fordham Universities, and teaching philosophy at a college level for several years, he then pursued his ‘post-graduate’ education in the practical experience of yoga at the Siddha Meditation Ashram, Gurudev Siddha Peeth in India, for seven years. He spent a total of 14 years doing service, practicing, training in and teaching yoga in Siddha Meditation Ashrams worldwide. He received intensive training in the Iyengar system in New York City, mainly with senior certified Iyengar teacher Kevin Gardiner. He also practiced Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga in India, and became one of the first certified Anusara Yoga teachers, producing three highly respected books on asana, pranayama and yoga philosophy.

His further expansion in learning is reflected in his latest and most in-depth work, ‘Yoga as Therapy,’ which is truly one of the most comprehensive, innovative and useful treatments of the structural aspect of yoga therapy available. And for three years he was a regular columnist for Yoga+ Magazine (formerly Yoga International, published by the Himalayan Institute), writing the ‘Asana Solutions’ column that addresses specific therapeutic problems. He is at the highest level of certification with Yoga Alliance, E-RYT 500, and a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists.Doug is also a ‘distinguished professor’ on the teaching faculty at the Master’s Degree program in Yoga Therapy at the Maryland University of Integrative Health, a state-approved institution of higher learning.

Doug’s teaching is rooted in a vast and inclusive perspective of study and practice that honors the insights of the many streams of wisdom that flow into the river of yoga.Website: www.doyoga.com