Laura Colvin
Archetypes of the Body
...this is a workshop that I have been developing over the past few years to integrate my 15 years of experience reading, studying and teaching others about Tarot cards and my 15 years of yoga. I was introduced to both yoga and tarot in the same year, when I was 18, so have always considered the two to be very complementary.
To truly gain an understanding of the archetypes of the tarot (a very comprehensive western framework for understanding the human condition and how it relates to the cosmos and creator), I think you need to do more than just memorize meanings, or capture the knowledge in your head. I feel it is possible and preferable to understand the archetypes viscerally... with your whle being... including your body.
In the west, we have lost our spiritual roots, and so often we therefore turn to eastern spirituality to fill in the gaping hole that we feel in our own heritage and spiritual repretoire. I am here to show you that it is still possible to rediscover our western spiritual heritage... and by blending yoga and tarot we begin to do that... sort of like excavating our western spiritual roots.
suitable for all levels.... lots of asana, and lots of talking too :)
Laura grew up in the UK and moved to the United States in 1990, but returne to the UK frequently to visit family. She has also traveled extensively throughout Europe, the Middle East and the Americas which led her to develop a universal approach to her yoga. Laura has practiced yoga for 13 years, starting with a kundalini yoga class in San Antonio, Texas when she was 18. She completed the 200hr RYT training through the Living Yoga Program, working in the philosophies of Yoga Nidra, Restorative Flow, Qi Qong, Iyengar, Ashtanga and Raja yoga, Zen meditation, Hindu temple services and studies in Hinduism, Pranayama and chakra studies. Most recently, Laura has taken workshops in Pralaya Yoga with Robert Boustani, Kriya yoga, Iyengar and Anusara yoga, Yin Yoga, Thai Massage, partner yoga, Scaravelli yoga, anatomy and the yoga of myofacial release, Restorative Flow yoga, and classes in Erich Schiffman's signature style, all of which influence her eclectic approach to yoga.
In her teaching, Laura brings a blend of many different yoga styles, philosophies and practices. She honors everybody's individual abilities and how those abilities and preferences can change day to day, even hour to hour, allowing students to do a very individualized practice. Laura strives to show students that their bodies can do amazing things for them when they listen to their bodies, emotions and breath/spirit, and by doing this they are making room for incredible transformations to occur, not only in themselves but in the people and beings they interact with.
