Workshops | Courses | Advanced Studies

available 2024

Workshops, Courses & Advanced Studies – 2024

Each Workshop is 2 hours in length for content delivery. Facilitators may allow up to an extra hour for Q & A; so a maximum of 3hrs is provided by Malcolm for Delivery plus Q & A. Facilitators need to ensure a minimum of 6 participants for each Workshop or Course.

A. Preparation Precepts and Rules of Yoga

B. Body Practicalities & Mechanics | Postures | Stretching techniques

C. Mind | Meditation | Philosophy

D. Breathing | Field Awareness | Psychology

E. Initiative Will | Consciousness | Infinity

F. COURSES and CPD (Continuing Professional Development)

A. Preparation Precepts and Rules of Yoga

Yamas and Niyamas – if we don’t apply these properly, our deeper practices are largely worthless – we clarify and show what is required.
Development of a Yogi – 8 Virtues required, 8 Pitfalls to transcend.

B. Body Practicalities & Mechanics | Postures | Stretching techniques

Introduction to Training the Physical Body for yoga and meditation practitioners
Yoga Posture – from seat to sitting still. Physical Body Exercise Preparations, Movements, Postures and Techniques which help you to sit still for Meditation.
Stretching and Strengthening - Muscles | Ligaments | Tendons - possibilities, methods, techniques, dangers.
Ayurveda-Yoga-Astrology – life, death and time – 3 aspects of development
Introjecting and Eating – understanding Appetite for Yoga and Meditation Practitioners

C. Mind | Meditation | Philosophy

Introduction to Yogic Meditation - What is Yogic Meditation? - Two main approaches to Meditation in Yoga - Hatha Yoga and Raja Yoga - Introductions to Chakra petal emotional states and how to balance. - 4 hours
Means and Methods for Attaining Mental Clarity – transcending vrittis(turmoil in the mind)
What is Clarity of Mind? – What is Enlightened Mind? – Stages of Meditation and mental development for ‘perceptive’ individuals – sound, words, vocabulary, language, integration.
What is the origin and purpose of mind? Serial thinking compared to non-serial thinking (geometrical mind) One leads to isolation and bondage, the other to wholeness and freedom.
Patanjali's 'Means to Valid Knowledge' (Pramana) – perception, inference, authority. We also include 'conjecture' and 'intuitional thought' (which are not mentioned by Patanjali in his Sutras)
Thinking, Feeling, Emotional Conditions, Willing, and Mechanical Reactivity
Living in the Moment and Just for Today – applied teachings in Presence.
Understanding the Ego Structure - When the Ego is Empty – what remains, what follows
Pratyahara (withdrawal of Consciousness from Sense organs) in Theory and Practice
Meditations on the 26 Great Rules of Yoga
Spiritual yoga compared to secular exercise – how to convert mundane techniques into spiritual development, for yoga and meditation practitioners.
The Mind and the Cessation of the Turnings(vrittis) of the Mind – definition of Yoga by Patanjali, and understanding the process. What are Vrittis ? (turning in the mind) | What are Vayus ? – subtle winds
Overview of Hatha Yoga – sapta-sadhana – its purpose, aim & practice – Shodhana, Asana, Mudra & Bandha, Pratyahara, Pranayama, Dhyana, Samadhi (body ctr approach of Yoga)
Overview of Patanjali’s Raja Yoga – ashtanga-sadhana - How Hatha Yoga’s preparation leads into the Eight Limbs and what follows. – Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayama, Pratyahara, Dharana, Dhyana, Samadhi (head ctr approach of Yoga)
Essential Buddhist meditation techniques for yoga and meditation practitioners – 3 states, 6 realms, 12 dependencies
Physical Birth and Spiritual Birth, plus The Fall of Consciousness Down the Spine
Six Plane Yoga – six levels of Yoga applied within an individual being.
Three-part Human Being – Thinking Feeling Willing and their relations for individual integration
Pancha Kosha – Five Things to Do – purpose, aim, form and technique - the five koshas in modern applied context – including practical exercises and hand mudras
Microcosmic-Self, Microcosmic-self and Egoic-self
Metaphysics and Origins of Chakra Centres.
The Hippy Love Philosophy – a study
Samkhya – the original philosophy of Yoga from which Patanjali selected the theory behind his practise sutras – 6th Century BC – outline & differences between Samkhya and Yoga - showing how Yoga is the ‘practice’ of Samkhya
Meditation in Theory & Practice – The real original purpose of Yoga is gaining the ability to do Samyama, comprising 3 components:- Concentration, Meditation, Samadhic Contemplation.
Microcosmic and Macrocosmic Fields in Field Yoga & Meditation
Pratyahara methods, techniques and practices
Dhyana (Sanskrit for Meditation) – logic and geometrical thinking as Meditation technique – the word 'Meditation' in different languages and cultures and how the technique differs - Meditation, Dhyana, Dianoia, Jhana, Chan, Zen
Five Meditation Techniques Eastern and Western – finding one which works for you.
Meditation as a valuable component of a HAPPY and Creative LIFE. No true artist is without it.
Yantra Yoga – the purpose of Meditation Yantra. Tantra comprises 3 main aspects; Yantra is one of them. How to compose and apply Yantra in a spiritually developing and creative life.
Meditations on Discovering our True Self-Image – egotism, self-image, sanity and insanity
Meditations on the Right Brian and the Left Brain – Two halves of the brain, connected by nerve cable. Left half is good at verbal serial analysis etc. Right half is good at holistic comprehension. By practice one may use either side at will. Learn the difference between left brain meditation and right brain meditation, and how to approach each method in practical exercises.
High Yoga – watching 10 levels of being simultaneously
14 Paired Psychological States – meditation for balancing the Psyche (Gk. for Soul)
Introduction to The Buddhist Wheel of Dependent Origination – the wheel of life meditation – 12 stages, 6 worlds, 3 functions, 2 phases – and how to apply in Practical Life. How to get off the wheel of “birth – death – suffering” according to the Buddha’s original and first teachings.
Basic Yoga Psychology and Meditation Techniques to understand & integrate the 3 part being.
What is Yogic Meditation? Hatha Yoga Meditation & Raja Yoga Meditation – what is the difference, who benefits from each, what is the approach to the goal of each?
Soul breathing and concentration as key to all meditation procedures in every tradition.
Meditation – techniques from the Yogas of the Bhagavad Gita – Part I
Muladhara vrittis – base chakra of foundation – expression and turning point of the will – integration within the individual of the four aspects of will in order to start a return to Shiva (pure consciousness)
Svadhisthana vrittis – 2nd chakra and the place of the self – integration within the individual of its 6 emotional states, in order to attain Manipura
Manipura vrittis – 3rd chakra of the city of jewels – integration within the individual of its 9 emotional states in order to attain Anahata
Heart Chakra - Anahata Chakra vrittis – fields and meditations on the 12 emotional states in order to attain Jivatman

D. Breathing |Field Awareness | Psychology

Different Pranayama and Breathing Techniques for different types of Meditation.
The Bio-field life force (prana-maya-kosha) and Technique development.
Yoga Psychology and Breathing Techniques for Meditation – What happens in the mind and psyche(soul) when you apply certain breathing techniques
Basic Yoga Psychology and Meditation Techniques to understand and integrate within it.
Do you really believe that pleasure derived from sense organs is the true means to happiness…? Learning to Actively Create “Good Feeling” in contrast to ...
History of Psychology and Yoga Psychology explained - Three part being – ancient and modern psychology
What is Pain? How to understand and transcend pain. Love, Truth and Pain.
Hatha Yoga Particular Pranayama for Meditation - leading into Samadhic Contemplation, the True purpose of breathing exercise and techniques. Which ones do we really need and which are unessential? What is the true aim of Pranayama?
Hatha Yoga Realisation - approaching Reflexive Self-consciousness via pranayama and concentration
The 'Raja Yoga Pranayama' - aim and technique - (Raja Yoga(8 stages) is quite different to Hatha Yoga(7 stages)
Introduction to The Bhagavad Gita - Yogas of the Bhagavad Gita – 4 main ones and 18 in total
What comes after Yoga? – the other half of human development
Yoga and Ancestral Body Influence – What influence does Inheritance have upon the Yogi, or any individual? What is the difference between reincarnation and ancestral influence? How does Ancestral Influence affect the process of Yoga and the true Yogis development? How does Reflexive Self-consciousness short-circuit Ancestral Influence? (2 Workshops 3 hrs each)
One Love Disguised as Five kinds of Love - Love as key in the development of the individual – love as the means and the end of all values and processes
Gunas (Skrt. 'moods' ) - stages of feeling development - field awareness, devotion, emotion, return

E. Initiative Will | Consciousness | Infinity

Spirit and Soul – Is there a difference, is it a relation, or are they the same?
Serial Time and Simultaneous Eternity – significance for enlightenment.
Advaita Yoga – Self-Realisation (Aparokshanubhuti). Reflexivity and the ‘Non-dual Absolute Sentient Power’, source of the Universe and all beings. The foundation of True Individuality Development, directional & reflexive aim.
Ishvara Yoga – The Universe and The Individual – What is the Relationship between the true Yogi and The Universal Being?What is the ongoing Aim of this Relationship, and what are the procedures for Implementation and Development of the Universe/Individual relationship.
Introduction to Spiritual Creativity – the value of opposition and resistance
Power, Urge, Will, Energy, Desire and Appetite
Will, Choice and Choosing - what is choice? The Metaphysics of Choice from a non-dual (Advaita) viewpoint
Faith versus Reason. Will versus Intellect. Exercises for Development of Will
The purpose of a Symbol. Yoga Symbology and Symbols. Chakras and their symbols
Raja Yoga – what is Self-Rulership? Will & Concentration as initial key to Raja Yoga. Love as Will (power + consciousness) to work to develop the held-in power of the individual, the spiritual potential, requires Love as Will and Choice reinitiated in each moment. Will, Love, Choice and Concentration as key to Raja Yoga.
Aspects of Malcolm's Field Yoga – aim, technique, application - 12 Fields/Styles of Yoga – 3 Physical Fields of Discipline - 3 Psychological Fields of Discipline - 3 Mental Fields of Discipline - 3 Spiritual Fields of Discipline. 12 stages of individual development – to be, to experience, to body forth, to feel a zone of influence, to feel encumbrance, to feel release, to know, to organise, to articulate, to desire, to will, to focus create.
Is Enlightenment gained progressively or immediately – the 2 schools of traditional development – which one is for you?
Reflexive Self Consciousness in Yoga - Samadhic Contemplation - Theory, Method and Practice. Samprajnata Samadhi – yoga’s highest attainment for 'individuals'.
Stages to Reflexive Self-consciousness in Yoga practice.

F. YOGA COURSES and CPD (Continuing Professional Development)

300 hours: Yoga and Meditation Course - as Workshops and Practice sessions - Clarifying and Deepening Your Yoga Understanding & Practice – Theoretical principles, Practices, Question time and Assessment.
30 hours: Cleansing and Purifications in Yoga – Body, Mind, Psyche – food, diet, Ayurveda (Wisdom of Life), shat karmas (6 purifications of Hatha Yoga), Yamas (recommended abstinences), Niyamas (recommended observances).
60 hours: Hatha Yoga Anatomy and Physiology - Stretching, Bending, Opening, and Moving the Physical Body in Yoga practice.
12 hours: Essentials in Yoga Posture (Asana) practice & development – how to understand postures, to DO, not be DONE by, the posture.
12 hours: Building Energy, Emotional Strength, Courage and Will Power in Yoga – principles and practices.
12 hours: Mudras, Bandhas, Pranavayus in Yoga practice – practices, knowledge and understanding which are fundamental to correct practice of Hatha Yoga.
12 hours: Pratyahara - five sense withdrawal, introspection and stabilisation as preparation for Pranayama.
24 hours: Pranayama Essentials and Techniques – knowledge & techniques on the stages of development of breathing in Yoga practices and why. What are the aims of, & to experience, the various pranayama techniques in Yoga, both therapeutic and psycho-spiritually advancing techniques.
12 hours: Concentration – the Hatha Yoga and Raja Yoga approaches and technique of Meditation
6 hours: Concentration and Meditation approach in Raja Yoga.
12 hours: Cultivating access to Wisdom(the Higher Mind) & Developing and Deepening Meditational States in Yoga – what is the Higher Mind compared to the Lower Mind, how to build & cultivate an integrated ‘personality’ as pre-requisite to entering the Higher Mind – principles, techniques and practices.
12 hours: Samadhic Contemplation and Reflexive Self-consciousness as Yoga’s highest aim – theory and practice technique
6 hours: Principles and Practices of Tantra – what is Tantra, what is Tantric Yoga’s aim - using Yantra, Mandala, Mantra & Mudra in Yoga and Meditation disciplines?
6 hours: Yogic Integration – bringing it all together, how to fulfil the aim of Yoga and gain the realisation.
60 hours: Level One Hatha Yoga Course – 10 weeks – 6 hours/week
60 hours: Level Two Hatha Yoga Course – 10 weeks – 6 hours/week
60 hours: Level Three Hatha Yoga Course – 10 weeks – 6 hours/week
26 hours: AIM of Yoga – Workshop Series – theory and practice - What is Yoga?, Value of Yoga’s Rescue via Reflexive Self-consciousness, First Great Rule In Yoga, Second Great Rule in Yoga, FALLING into Identification, NON-Identification, FREEDOM from Inclination, Bondage & The Fall of Consciousness, CAUSE of Inclination, BREAKING IDENTIFICATION 1, BREAKING IDENTIFICATION 2, The SELF, Consciousness & Will, WHOLENESS, FREEDOM & Reflexive Self-Consciousness, Gaining Reflexive Self-Consciousness – Exercise
12 hours: Field Yoga COURSE – Field Yoga Ghatastha Beginners Level One Sequence – Postures and Techniques,12 Preparations for Yoga, 33 Postures & Techniques, 3 Breathing Techniques, 1 Relaxation Technique, 1 Meditation Technique, Samadhic Contemplation Technique.
40 hours: WAKING – an introduction to Field Yoga – a complete Yoga process taking the participant through a special series of purifications and body postures(in many forms), mudras, bandhas, sense withdrawal, concentration, meditation and contemplation via Reflexive Self-consciousness.
60 hours: YOGA PHILOSOPHY – its approach in development of the individual – 10 week Course – 6 hours/week
30 hours: YOGA METAPHYSICS - development of the individual – 10 week Course – 3hrs/week
60 hours: Yoga Chakras in Theory and Practice – 3 hours over 20 weeks – rationale & meditations
6 hours: Applied Types of Thinking – perception, inference, serial, logic, geometric, logo-logic – ref to Archetypes originating in 14th Century Tarot, and The Tarot as ‘Thought Machine’ (2 Workshops 3 hrs each)
160 hours: Meditations Through the Bible – a view of the progress of Spirit in the world – includes illustrations and meditations
70 hours: Meditations on Christian Philosophy – that philosophy which can be shown to derive logically from the words spoken by Jesus Christ. Jesus says, “The words that I speak unto you are spirit and they are life”. (John 6:63) – includes illustrations and meditations
30 hours: The Conquest of Anxiety – a way of approach to the problem of fear and anxiety from the viewpoint of ideas implicit in the teachings of Jesus Christ – includes illustrations and meditations
12 hours: The Buddhist Wheel of Dependent Origination – the wheel of life meditation – 12 stages, 6 worlds, 3 functions, 2 phases – and how to apply in Practical Life.

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