Free meditation course, Amsterdam & online

meditation, mindfulness, nature

Dive into the joy of meditation with this free 12-week course! Weโ€™ll start with the experience called โ€˜Self-Realisationโ€™, the awakening of our inner energy, known as Kundalini in Sanskrit, which can bring us into a beautiful meditative state.

Through-out the course weโ€™ll learn how to meditate at home, how to balance and cleanse our โ€˜subtle systemโ€™, and a lot about the inner workings of this subtle system inside of us, and how it relates to our day-to-day lives. Weโ€™ll also enjoy the merits of collective meditation, so thereโ€™s space for experience as well as knowledge in every session! After the session thereโ€™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! Youโ€™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, thereโ€™ll also be the possibility to dive deeper and follow up with an โ€˜intermediateโ€™ and โ€˜advancedโ€™ 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
๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ง ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ & ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ซ๐˜ข ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ข ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ
Get introduced to Sahaja Yoga meditation with a simple technique that helps you get in a state of thoughtless awareness.
Week 2 Balancing 
๐˜Œ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด (๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ด) ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜บ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ
Life is all about balance. This week we introduce you to the two balancing forces within us.
Week 3 Love 
๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ, ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ (๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต)
๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ.
How do we open our hearts and practice this quality of love?
Week 4 Inner Peace 
๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ (๐˜•๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช)
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 
๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ
You canโ€™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
๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ s๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ
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 
๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ (๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช)
Learn how to express yourself and connect to the ones around you.
Week 8 Void 
๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜•๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช, ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ,๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏโ€™ (๐˜‰๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข)
How do we go beyond our limited view and materialism, to become truly free, and live in reality? By crossing this โ€˜ocean of illusionโ€™!
Week 9 The energy within 
๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ; ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช
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 
๐˜‘๐˜ฐ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ
When weโ€™re truly in the present moment weโ€™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
๐˜Š๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ, ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ (๐˜š๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ข)
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
๐˜›๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ (๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข)
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 weโ€™re born with?You can register for the course at course.sahajayoga.nl/register