The Application of Meditation
The Application of Meditation is a companion course to Yoga for Meditation. In this class Chase Bossart takes the tools and practices from our Yoga for Meditation course and walks the class through the process of designing the experience while participants share how the experience impacted them. It is an in-depth review and reflection on the structures that generated the experiences had within each experience. And in hearing how others experienced the tools utilized, students can better learn the nuances of each applied tool. Through this process, you will learn about the what, how and why of meditation, especially the application of meditation!
Class Details
When: 2nd & last Wednesday of the month
at 7:45am PT
Duration: 60-minute classes
What’s Included:
Weekly Class and Discussion
Class Recordings
Handouts
Because of its connection to Yoga for Meditation, you must be: Enrolled in both Yoga for Meditation and The Application of Meditation simultaneously
Location: Student Portal.
Detailed Breakdown of Tools and Intention
Each discussion is about how and why specific Yoga techniques were applied to specific meditation focuses. It is the theory and wisdom behind the design and an open inquiry into how it all worked, or not!
Peer Discussion and Community
Many of the discussions started in The Application of Meditation carry on past the Zoom room as students share both in class and in our private discussion forums. These shares help all to better understand the variety of ways tools and meditations can land and how they move through yourself and others.
Downloadable Practices and Notes
At the end of each month Chase posts the hand drawn practice he has created with any notes he has made as the practice develops.
What You Will Experience
Twice a month, directly after Yoga for Meditation, in The Application of Meditation, we review what happened by sharing our experiences and with thorough explanation on how the structure and instructions of the meditation generated the experiences that were had. During this time, we review things like:
The purpose and application of the preparation, for example the selected āsanas & prāṇāyamas
How the preparations could have been adjusted and what effect that might have had on the experience
The various meanings and significances of the month’s meditation object
How personal experience influences the outcome of each meditation
The meaning and application of general meditation concepts and their application in Yoga Therapy
"Your high artistry of meditation design – that is what interests and inspires me.
What I love about Yoga for Meditation is the endlessly unique experiences that show me new things about what meditation can do & about life & myself…I am an experienced designer… For me, meditation is the most fascinating experience of all to design. The worlds you open up on Wednesdays, the potential you hint at, your high artistry of meditation design – that is what interests and inspires me about meditation."
Faculty: Chase Bossart
Executive Director of the Yoga Well Institute, Chase has been studying Yoga, Sanskrit, eastern philosophy, and religion for nearly 30 years.
In 1991, as part of a study abroad program in Chennai, India, Chase took a semester-long course on Yoga Theory with Mr. TKV Desikachar that essentially set the direction for the rest of his life. He became a private student of Mr. Desikachar, who was his mentor and teacher for 20+ years. During that time, he spent a total of four and a half years in Chennai studying with him, his family, and his senior teachers. He also had the opportunity to serve as a teacher at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram. From 2006-2012, he was the Director of Therapy and Education at the non-profit Healing Yoga Foundation in San Francisco.
His depth of knowledge on yoga and meditation is shared through practical, humorous anecdotes that translate to everyday life.
