Ayurvedic Polarity Therapy
with Amadea Morningstar, MA, RPP, RPE

Coming into balance with Ayurveda is often associated with a long steady process of eating well and faithfully taking certain herbs. And this can definitely benefit us, these steady practices. Yet there are other ways that the doshas of Vata, Pitta, and Kapha can come into balance more quickly. Amadea will be teaching one of these approaches, Ayurvedic Polarity Therapy at Level I and II.

This gentle hands-on energetic bodywork integrates Ayurvedic concepts with the healing system of Polarity Therapy pioneered by the late Dr. Randolph Stone. Amadea has adapted this work so that it is simple and satisfying to learn how to balance the five elements, as well as the doshas of Vata, Pitta, and Kapha, with your hands. Together we will be singing to the doshas with bija mantras, and learning to use ancient yogic marma points in a creative sequence for healing. This work is simple enough to be learned and immediately used by people who have had no prior bodywork experience at all before. And yet it is also being integrated into health care practices and classes of nurses, physicians, yoga teachers, massage therapists, and nutrition educators with much success.

To experience our doshas in their balanced states gives us a reference point when we are in more challenging times, creating a beacon for our own health, as well as our clients and patients. We will also be discussing how this work can affect on the five koshas (the five subtle sheaths). This practice can be done with another person, or as a self-care technique. (Ayurvedic Polarity Therapy is done fully clothed with feet bare or in socks.)

Please note: This is Amadea’s most thorough training program on this method for 2008, if you choose to take both levels .

To contact Kripalu:
800-741-7353, 866-200-5203, www.kripalu.org