Workshops with Charles
MacInerney
IN AUSTIN, TEXAS AND OTHER
CITIES
Pratyahara and Sense Withdrawal
Pratyahara workshops are offered by Charles MacInerney in Austin, Texas, Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio, and other US cities, as well as on retreat in Mexico and Costa Rica.
Pratyahara is the ancient Yoga practice of controlling the senses. Most people are helpless to reign in their senses, which jump to the loudest, fastest, brightest, sounds, colors, shapes, tastes, and sensations. Thus they are unable to concentrate when their environment is not conducive.
The key to deep concentration and meditation lays in the control of our senses, so that we are able to choose where our attention is placed.
This workshop is a combination of lecture on basic history, philosophy and strategies for learning sense withdrawal, followed by an experiential component where participants learn ancient practices based upon these underlying principles, that produce a relaxation so deep that many are reluctant to come back to their normal conscious states of agitation, and having experienced the deep and profound sense of well-being, many go on to make the necessary lifestyle changes necessary to support a more spiritually, balanced life.
