Free meditation course, Amsterdam & online

meditation, mindfulness, nature

Dive into the joy of meditation with this free 12-week course! We’ll start with the experience called ‘Self-Realisation’, the awakening of our inner energy, known as Kundalini in Sanskrit, which can bring us into a beautiful meditative state.

Through-out the course we’ll learn how to meditate at home, how to balance and cleanse our ‘subtle system’, and a lot about the inner workings of this subtle system inside of us, and how it relates to our day-to-day lives. We’ll also enjoy the merits of collective meditation, so there’s space for experience as well as knowledge in every session! After the session there’s always time for a chat with some tea & biscuits as well.
Although this course is free, it is really encouraged to commit to coming as regularly as you can, to really make the most of it! You’ll really start feeling the benefits of Sahaja Yoga meditation when it becomes a regular practice, and every session will have a whole new set of information.
After this beginners course, there’ll also be the possibility to dive deeper and follow up with an ‘intermediate’ and ‘advanced’ course (yes, still free of course!).
You can register for the course at course.sahajayoga.nl/register
We will send a recap and sometimes extra material of every session topic in weekly emails, to keep you fully up-to-date.

Timings: Thursdays, 8-10pm, starting Februari 1st
Location: Manenburgstraat 22h, 1097 HC Amsterdam

Here is a brief overview of the course content:
Week 1 Introduction
𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 & 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘚𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘫𝘢 𝘠𝘰𝘨𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯
Get introduced to Sahaja Yoga meditation with a simple technique that helps you get in a state of thoughtless awareness.
Week 2 Balancing 
𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 (𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘬𝘳𝘢𝘴) 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮
Life is all about balance. This week we introduce you to the two balancing forces within us.
Week 3 Love 
𝘍𝘦𝘢𝘳, 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦 (𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵)
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦.
How do we open our hearts and practice this quality of love?
Week 4 Inner Peace 
𝘚𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 (𝘕𝘢𝘣𝘩𝘪)
Peace is often spoken of as an abstract form between two countries, cities and people. But did you know that peace is a quality that we have within?
Week 5 The ego 
𝘋𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘨𝘰
You can’t begin to love yourself unless you know who you are separate from your ego. Take a deep dive in the many forms of the ego and learn how to recognize it in your own life.
Week 6 The superego
𝘋𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 s𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘰
The superego is less familiar in our society. Learn more about the superego. Where does it come from and how does it take us away from the present moment?

Week 7 Expression 
𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 (𝘝𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘩𝘪)
Learn how to express yourself and connect to the ones around you.
Week 8 Void 
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘢𝘣𝘩𝘪, 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 ,𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯’ (𝘉𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘢)
How do we go beyond our limited view and materialism, to become truly free, and live in reality? By crossing this ‘ocean of illusion’!
Week 9 The energy within 
𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩; 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘪
Within us lies an energy that is like our Mother, it knows us, takes care of us and nurtures us. Discover more about the ancient scriptures describing this universal energy and how to awaken it.
Week 10 Joy 
𝘑𝘰𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨
When we’re truly in the present moment we’re in a state of thoughtless awareness. In the perfect joy of the now. In this final evening we conclude with an evening on the quality of our Spirit: JOY.
Week 11 Creativity
𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 (𝘚𝘸𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘢)
Many artists, musicians, dancers and creative souls know that bringing something new into the world spontaneously lets you enjoy the present moment.
Week 12 Innocence & Wisdom
𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 (𝘔𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢)
Innocence and wisdom are qualities that never disappear, we always have them inside us. They simply get covered up with things along the way. How do we get back to our inner wisdom and the innocence we’re born with?You can register for the course at course.sahajayoga.nl/register