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 Integrative Spirituality: Jungian Psychology and Contemplative Yoga with Patrick Mahaffey, PhD

Integrative Spirituality: Jungian Psychology and Contemplative Yoga

May 10, 17, 24, 2022 (Tuesdays)

Spirituality | Hosted Online

Program Description

Integrative Spirituality: Jungian Psychology and Contemplative Yoga

Self-realization is the deepest purpose of human existence though this term has different meanings in depth psychology and the Eastern contemplative traditions. The psychological journey of individuation leads to greater wholeness whereas the contemplative journey aims at spiritual awakening. While these two modes of inner work differ in their focus and methods, this program shows how they can be viewed as two complementary forms of human development. Particular attention is given to how Jungian forms of inner work and the methods of contemplative yoga may be integrated in a way that conjoins soul and spirit and that confers both wholeness and freedom.

Session 1: Jung and Yoga: Different but Complementary

This session explores the different aims and methods of Jung’s depth psychology and Hindu contemplative yoga traditions. Participants also learn a simple, efficacious form of meditation that serves as a foundation for additional practices presented in subsequent sessions.

Session 2: Contemplative Yoga Traditions and Practices

The second session situates meditation more specifically in the recombinant history of contemplative Hindu yoga traditions that include the Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita, and the teachings of the great sages of Vedanta and Kashmir Shaivism. Additional contemplative practices are taught that complement and amplify the form of meditation taught in session 1.

Session 3: Self-Inquiry and Integrative Practice

The final session focuses on how various forms of contemplative self-inquiry may serve as practices that most effectively connect Jungian psychology to contemplative yoga. Attention is also given to how each of us can design an array of practices that integrate the somatic, psychological, relational, and spiritual aspects of life.

Program Details

Dates:
May 10, 17, 24, 2022 (Tuesdays)

12:00-1:30 pm PT (Live via Zoom)

Program link will be sent out prior to the event. For those unable to attend live, the presentation will be recorded and the link shared after the event.

Registrations:

  • $225 General Rate
  • $175 Pacifica Alumni, Full Time Students, & Senior Rate
  • $125 Pacifica Student Rate

 

 

Featured Presenters

Patrick MahaffeyPatrick Mahaffey, PhD, is a Professor and Associate Chair of the Mythological Studies Program at Pacifica Graduate Institute where he teaches courses in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Evolving God-Images and Postmodernity. He is a long-term practitioner of contemplative yoga and the author of Integrative Spirituality: Religious Pluralism, Individuation, and Awakening (Routledge).

General Information

Location

Hosted Online via Zoom

Cancellations

Full refunds for registrations and lodging will be provided up to 14 days prior to an event. Cancellations made 13-6 days prior will receive a 50% refund. There is no refund for registrations or lodging cancellations made within 5 days of your arrival or if you do not show up or leave a program or event early. The Retreat at Pacifica reserves the right to cancel any program at any time. In this instance, you will be refunded in full.

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Registration Details

May 10, 17, 24, 2022 (Tuesdays)

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