“I smile when I’m angry
I cheat and I lie
I do what I have to do
To get by.“
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R A G E
THE DARK MOON OF SATURN
AN INITIATION TO THE TANTRIC ROOTS OF YOGA
07 AUGUST | DARK MOON RITUAL
20:oo - 23:oo CET | 19:oo - 22:oo GMT
*A recording will be made available,
if you cannot make the exact date/time.
Please specify by email when registering."
We are visited once again by the depth of the Ancestral world. This Dark Moon is known as Shuni Amvasya. Shuni is the lord of Karma who corners us to face ourselves. He is a ruthless strict benefactor who teaches the deepest lessons of destiny.
ANCESTRAL MOON
Once or twice a year this Saturn dark Moon occurs. This is when the Dark Moon is on a Saturday. Recently we had a Saturn dark Moon, and this one following directly after the last one is surprisingly close. In the Tantric calendar the ritual day of Saturn’s dark Moon is a time of deep ancestral healing work.
Tantrics dedicate the dark Moon every month to the Pitris (ancestors). It is a time when the veil between our world and the ancestral world is at its most diaphanous. Tantricly, it has been reserved since time immemorial for ancestral healing work. This applies in both an orthodox and esoteric sense.
On this ritual night we will be working with the deep emotions of our hereditary. A Saturn Dark Moon is a time when one goes to the very fundations of ancestral energies, unto the deeper essence. Saturn is the planet who has an ever downward gaze, that penetratingly peers past periphery, into the roots below.
THE STAR OF RAGE
The Moon on this night is in the Nakshatra (lunar house) that belongs to Rudra, the god of rage. Ardra Nakshatra is the star of the screaming storming god Rudra. His name means ‘the one who screams and howls’. Rudra is the raw force of Shiva.
The symbol of Ardra Nakshatra is a teardrop. This is the tear of emotional expression and release. Emotion is an ocean in which we can drown. It is a doubled edged sword. On the one hand, its restraint can cause inner suffering, yet on the other hand, its unbridled expression can cause outer suffering. Outer and inner suffering mix together when the emotions of rage rain upon the sacred Heart.
Is there a way to make emotion work for us?
More precisely…
is there a way to work with rage?
RAGE & ADDICTION
Most probably, along the line of ancestry, our ancestors suffered the inner and outer fires of rage – Unless our ancestors were ‘saints’. Rage is a very real force, perhaps a hidden or disguised force. It may be hidden in the garb of spirituality and religion. It may be hidden behind the garb of excess activity, in work addiction for instance, or any addiction for that matter. Some of the addictions that rage hides behind are perhaps even considered the norm. Yet some expressions are far off the scales of the norm. Release of rage can get one locked up and injected with sedative drugs in a short amount of time.
Better in that out?
Or better out than in?
Even the word Anger is a milder way to say RAGE! Then we have other words such as stressed, moody, flustered, fired-up. All these are just milder ways to say RAGE! Rage can be kept hidden behind a snappy attitude, a grin, or even a well cut waist-coat.
THE BOWELS OF EXISTENCE
The rage of Rudra is the primal howl from the bowels of existence. It is a sacred rage that takes us to the seat of power. And so, on this night, we shall work with Rudra the red, and let him take us to the cool blue door of Shiva. This will be a ritual of working with the screaming form of Shiva. The one the Tantrics call Rudra. We will be applying the Rudra Mudra of healing buried and frozen rage.
It is to be remembered that rage is sacred power that can be knotted up in a corner of the soul. Rage is no demon to cast out and destroy. Rage is a sacred energy of life.
To kill rage, it to kill life.
Tantrics have offered innumerable sacred ritual formulas to work with this energy. On this ritual night will be contacting the roots of RAGE! that are perhaps woven into our ancestral twine. These may be energies that echo along the hallways of heritage unto the present time, creating the inner and outer soundscapes of our personal reality.
On this night, we will be applying the inner and outer Mudras of Tantra, along with the astrological invocation of Ardra Nakshatra, relevant to working with storm, anger and rage.
WHERE & HOW: It’s all Online.
MUST REGISTER IN ADVANCE
The rituals takes place ONLINE, from 8pm until ±11pm Central European Time (CET). *A recording will be made available, if you cannot make the exact date/time. Just specify by email when registering.
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RUDRA
Rudra is the teacher who teaches us
to contain, and to spiritually empower ourselves
with the Primal rage of existence.
Ardra Nakshatra is the lunar house
of the raging god Rudra.
Read More…
WHAT IS 'WORKING WITH THE SHADOW'?
A short interview with Boonath.
ANCIENT & SACRED
On these healing circles you will practice a form of Yoga that is rarely available and accessible even in India today. You will take part in a sacred Yogic tradition that roots itself in India’s native shamanic wisdom & Tantric lineage handed down orally between generations of Yogis, Babas, Sadhus and Fakirs.
You will be exposed to the old tantric ways of seeking profound healing and spiritual awakening, including practicing in darkly-lit spaces to quieten the mind and awaken the senses to the body’s subtle energy currents, holding simple postures for long periods of time, and engaging in powerful breath-work to open-up the body and take the mind into altered states of consciousness.
GENTLE
The practice draws on postures seldom used in modern styles of yoga, ancient sequences that honour the mother and the divine feminine, gently opening-up the body to its highest levels of flexibility through minimal effort.
Integral to this experience will be the exploration of sound-currents present in the body (Nada Yoga) – perhaps one of Yoga’s greatest secrets and one of the most powerful vehicles through which the karmic patterns stored in the chakras can be accessed and released in pursuit of profound healing.
UNIQUE
Unique to this tradition is its simultaneous employment of Asanas (postures), aerobic & anaerobic Pranayam (breathwork), Mudras (gestures), and Mantras (sacred sounds).
The synergy created by the employment of these various yogic tools will lead you into altered states of consciousness and dream-like experiences aimed at facilitating a greater openness to inward journeying and an easier access to your subconscious.
UNBOUND
Because we are going to play with shamanic yogic traditions, the practice will take place outside of clearly time constraints. Generally, the practice will last about 6 hours, but if the group is ready to practice longer we might carry well into the night.
INCLUSIVE
The Circle is open to those interested in the healing path.
Tantra and Yoga practitioners, and those seeking healing, practitioners of the mystic arts. Both advanced and beginners will find a place in this circle.
If you have had or are having psychosis please get in touch directly with us as this is important to know about in this work. The same goes for those with strong mobility issues. Drug and alcohol users also need to inform us of their condition. Thank you.
The practie usually takes place in the dark or darkly-lit spaces.
The pictures below were taken in daylight to capture the flow of a practice.
BOONATH
BOONATH was born into a life of yoga. He grew up between Europe and India and was introduced as a child to yoga through his grandparents who were on both sides yoga practitioners.
His grandparents took him on his first Himalayan pilgrimage when he was just seven years old and he has been exposed to the world of yogis ever since.
Boonath has taken initiation into the left hand path (that’s the path of the heart) and specialises in the branch of Chandra Parampara, that is a secret style of Moon practice that works with the night forces. It is a style of tantra that goes very deep into the subconscious roots It is first and foremostly a Healing System. Most of his family still lives in India and he has been travelling there regularly throughout his life in pursuit of yoga. He has worked closely in apprenticeship with elders in the line of Siddha systems of healing and holds much knowledge in the use of rituals, mantras and body/spirit healing methods among other things.
Boonath has been working in this line and helping people with the implementation of these techniques for over 25 years to successfully overcome mental and physical problems, from chronic pain to addiction.
Boonath’s healing and yoga work sees him travelling across the whole of Europe to give workshops and healing sessions. His travels and yoga workshops continue to benefit people in deprived circumstances.
In recent years Boonath has been living and teaching yoga in Germany where he has a network of students. It was in Berlin that Boonath met Kim, with whom Boonath co-founded Working with the Shadow in 2014.
Formal studies and encounters have all left their impression on Boonath, but his teachings are deeply rooted in the Shamanic traditions of the mystical Babas and Fakirs of India, with whom Boonath has been studying closely since childhood to the present day.
KIM
KIM is an Eco-Activist turned Yogi and the founder of Healing in the Willows, the retreat company hosting Working with the Shadow, which he developed in 2014 in collaboration with Boonath, who he assists with the teaching. Kim discovered Yoga in 2005, following a burn-out at work that brought him onto the path of ‘Yog’. Kim had spent over 10 years coordinating international environmental campaigns in Brussels, Amsterdam and Berlin for major environmental NGOs, including Greenpeace, WWF, Friends of the Earth, ActionAid, and many others.
Kim practiced Yoga with many teachers from several modern styles of Yoga (including Iyengar, Astanga, Vinasa, Bikram, Sivananda, Scaravelli, Kundalini) all over Europe, India and further afield. In 2011 Kim set up a first yoga collective in Berlin, which he then expanded to a new location in 2013, in one of the economically deprived areas of town that was undergoing gentrification. The collective brought together a variety of local teachers to promote yoga on a donation basis within the surrounding community unable to afford the increasing cost of living. It was there that Kim met Boonath and, through Boonath, that his understanding of what Yoga is and what Yoga can do shifted entirely. Boonath’s rare and ancient Tantric lineage revolutionised Kim’s understanding of Yoga and initiated him into a mystical healing journey that impacted strongly also on Kim’s activist work.
Since then Kim has been collaborating with Boonath on developing Working with the Shadow through the retreats, workshops and online classes.
“It shifted my understanding of what Yoga actually is,
on a fundamental level”
Joe
Farmer & Activist | UK
REGISTRATION.
A recording will be made available,
if you cannot make the exact date/time.
Just specify by email when registering.
TO BOOK A PLACE ON THE ONLINE SESSION…
STEP 1 | Make the payment
either via Paypal or bank transfer (see below).
STEP 2 | Send a proof of payment
(a screenshot will do) to info@healinginthewillows.com
We will then:
STEP 3 | Send you a confirmation email confirming your registration.
STEP 4 | The day of the event, we will send you an email containing:
– all the technical details to connect to the class online,
– suggestions on how best to prepare for the practice (foods and drinks to avoid),
– how to set-up your room for the practice,
– props you might need during the practice (blankets, cushions, etc).
PANDEMIC-FRIENDLY PRICE
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Please choose the amount matching your current economic situation,
whether you are unemployed, low income or high income.
Please remember that we depend entirely on peoples’ fees for the carrying out of this work:
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THE SESSION WILL HAPPEN ON ZOOM
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