Bhavani Lorraine Nelson

Join me for the 3rd Annual Virtual World Yoga and Meditation Conference.  This year’s virtual conference is dedicated to your inner practice – bringing you top-notch teachers from around the world who will share their wisdom, tools and techniques to transmute difficulties into doorways, bliss, and serenity.

Once again, I am participating in Yoga Hub's Annual Yoga and Meditation Conference. This 3rd Annual Virtual World Yoga Conference, entitled “Yoga, Meditation and the Philosopher's Stone" is a 5-Day Online Conference where you can learn at your own pace in the comfort of your home for less than what it costs to travel to most live events - in fact, for even less than it cost last year! In response to the economic situation of 2011, Yoga Hub has lowered the cost this year to $129! To get the whole story and to register now before you forget, click this link: http://bit.ly/b1ok2My workshop will be on Thursday, February 9th at 12:15 Eastern Standard Time (EST) but starting on February 7th, with the purchase of one ticket, you will have access to over 50 hours of workshop content on a variety of topics focusing on yoga, health, and happiness. For more info on my workshop, please click here: http://events.yogahub.org/session/vc-2012/bhavani-lorraine-nelson/My workshop is entitled, "A Simple "How-To" and "Who's Who" Introduction to Sanskrit Mantra" - Please read on for a class description...WORKSHOP INFOSo you’ve discovered chanting and are enjoying it. Perhaps you’ve even practiced a mantra or two. But do you really know whom you’re chanting to? Do you know your Gayatri from your Ganesha, or do Krishna and Vishnu still sound like Greek to you? If you’ve ever wondered what energies are invoked with mantra repetition or if you’re the least bit unsure about the proper way to do mantra practice, this workshop is for you! In this workshop we will unravel the mystery of Sanskrit mantra. You’ll learn some of the benefits of the simple, ancient practice of chanting to the divine, you’ll get clear on various methods of practicing these mystical phrases, and you’ll explore the archetypal energies represented by some of the major Hindu deities.First we’ll take a look at the “Hindu Who’s Who” of Sanskrit mantra and see how the Hindu trinity relates to the Christian trinity. Then we’ll expand our view to take in a few of the most important members of the pantheon. You might say that we’ll be meeting the Hindu “Divine royal family.”Each family member possesses specific traits or characteristics. Deepak Chopra calls them archetypes. Thomas Ashley-Farrand (Namadeva Archarya) talks about the deities as anthropomorphized qualities that we can incorporate into ourselves through mantra chanting. As you become familiar with the major players in the Hindu tradition, you can customize your practice by choosing specific mantras that will invoke the qualities possessed by these individual deities.We’ll explore more closely three major players that can be very helpful to us in our daily lives. The first is Ganesha, the powerful warrior son of Shiva, whom we’ll ask to clear away all the obstacles for us for 2012. After that we’ll invoke Lakshmi to bestow prosperity upon us in every area of our lives. Finally we’ll address Krishna, practicing one of his most powerful mantras, Om namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya. This particular mantra brings abundance just as Lakshmi does, but it is primarily about gaining an experience of the Divine being you are.Through the repetition of each of these three mantras, you’ll have an opportunity to taste what the different archetypes or energies feel like in your body. By the end of the session you’ll know how to practice mantra and you’ll have a clearer idea about how to choose a mantra that can enhance your life by bringing in specific qualities you desire.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~CONFERENCE INFO

The Virtual World Yoga and Meditation Conference is a virtual or online event where you get access to approximately 10 speakers each day from Tuesday, February 7th to Saturday, February 11th – all from the convenience of your home. All you need is a phone or web access to participate and your computer to download your handouts. It’s that simple.You get complete access to all the live calls, the ability to interact with other participants and teachers in our online forum, “follow-along” handouts and action steps for each session, plus full recorded replays that will be available following the conference. Which means you can take the conference workshops at your own pace—no need to choose one over the other, or lament the fact that you can’t “do them all”. Because each session is recorded, you have up to two weeks after the live conference has ended to listen to the speaker, and to ask questions on the forum.For more info on the conference, please go to: http://www.yogahub.com/ref/Bhavani/6ed5e0c6.html PS - If you'd like to take a sneak peek of what the conference is like, feel free to visit www.bit.ly/w7ok8 for access to 3 free sessions from last year's conference.