Shânkara (Jnana Yoga and Meditation)
Shânkara training is very extensive, has a degree in Business Administration from the University Gabriela Mistral (Chile) and validated by the Ministry of Education and Culture of Spain in 2000-01. Post Graduate Tax Analyst and Auditor-INDEP. 1st to 4th Psychology Chile Bolivariana University and UNED-Spain. Trainer of Trainers Course by Thomas Pascual ALMASSERA (Valencia) Foundation. 400 hours. Profesor of Yoga and Vedanta Philosophy (Yogi Acharya) – by the Federation of Classical Yoga, and Yoga European Federation. Reiki master. Transpersonal Psychotherapy Master by the Spanish School of Transpersonal Therapy. Master in Business Coaching and NLP. From 1980 to date has participated in numerous courses of Recycling and Continuing Education in the following areas: Administration, Finance, IT, Human Resources, Occupational Hazards, Coaching, Business Negotiation, Project Evaluation, Graphic Design, Marketing Strategies, Public Speaking …
Teaching experience
1980-1984: Professor at the School of Management of Osorno, Chile. Subjects: Administration Levels I to IV, Economics Level I-II.
1981-1984: Professor Center for Advanced Studies (CES) of Osorno, Chile. Subjects: Economics Level I and General Accounting.
1985-1999: Professor of Philosophy East and West in various yoga and meditation centers in Santiago, Chile.
1997-1999: Professor at the Faculty of Journalism at the Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago de Chile. Chair of Management and Business.
2000-To date, works as coaching and transpersonal therapist and teaches courses for personal growth based on transpersonal psychology of Antonio Blay. He also teaches workshops and seminars on: Oriental philosophy, philosophy Vedanta, Meditation, Psychology of East and West, Bhagavad Gita, Vedas, Upanishads, holotropic breathing and speaking.
Activities
- Friday 7th, from 11h to 12h, in the Sala Barraca.
Holotropic Breathing talk: Holotropic breathing is a psychotherapeutic technique developed by psychiatrists Stanislav Grof and Cristina Grof that aims to allow access to non-ordinary states of consciousness. Holotropic breathing is used by practitioners as an approach to self-exploration and healing that integrates introspection from modern research about consciousness, anthropology, transpersonal psychology, Eastern spiritual practices and the mystical traditions of the world. The name “holotropic” means movement towards the totality (from the Greek holos = totality, and tropos = movement in the direction of something). The purpose is to use holotropic breathing as a way of development, healing or self-knowledge and to enter into work with the expanded states of consciousness in a safe, respectful and therapeutic context, with the support of facilitators specifically prepared for the accompaniment in this type of experiences. - Saturday 8th, from 11h to 14h, in the Sala Barraca.
Yoga and spirituality talk (Jnana Yoga): It is very common these days to offer Yoga classes that seem to be closer to some kind of gymnastics or balancing exercise than to a Yoga class. It is true that the postures (the so called asanas) have always stood out at first glance. But …, is Yoga all about that?
Shânkara will talk us through the roots of Yoga and the postulates on which it is based.