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| 22 Aug 2026 | |
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Today we will meet for an experiential workshop drawing on Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras (or rules) in dialogue with Jungian depth psychology, structured around three themes:
Relationships: Patanjali’s yamas (social ethics) and niyamas (personal observances) viewed as a relational ethics of clarity, compassion, and non-reactivity, illuminating projection, transference, and the four fundamental types of human relationship; with reflective exercises.
Pranayama: Conscious breathwork as a pathway to stilling the Chitta Vrittis (mind chatter) and regulating the nervous system, based on my published research linking pranayama with neuroscience and healing; with guided practice.
Meditation: Patanjali’s arc of Dharana (concentration), Dhyana (absorption), and Samadhi (centering) as the Eastern counterpart to active imagination or as methods for encountering the deeper Self; offered in guided sitting practice.
Suggested Readings:
Crossing the Healing Zone: From IIlness to Wellness, by Ashok Bedi
Satchidanada, by Ashok Bedi
The Yoga Sutra of Patanjali, by S.S. Satchidanada,
Read Ashok Bedi's blog here:
Ashok Bedi: The Sanctification of Desire: The Bhagavad Gita Through a Jungian Lens
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Ashok Bedi, M.D., is a Jungian psychoanalyst and a board-certified psychiatrist. He is a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists of Great Britain, a diplomat in Psychological Medicine at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of England, and a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He is a Clinical Professor in Psychiatry at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and a training analyst at the C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago. He is the liaison for the IAAP for developing Jungian training programs in India and travels annually to India to teach, train, and consult with the Jungian developing groups at several centers in India, including Ahmedabad and Mumbai. He leads the annual “A Jungian Encounter with the Soul of India” study group to several centers in India under the auspices of the New York Jung Foundation and the C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago. His books include In the Eye of the Storm: Staying Centered in Personal and Collective Crisis; The Spiritual Paradox of Addiction: The Call for the Transcendent; Crossing the Healing Zone: From Illness to Wellness; Awaken the Slumbering Goddess: The Latent Code of the Hindu Goddess Archetypes; Path of the Soul: The Union of Eastern and Western Wisdom to Heal your Body, Mind, and Soul; and Path to the Soul. His publications and upcoming programs may be previewed at www.pathtothesoul.com
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