April 14-16th // Weekend Wisdom Intensive // Live Online
Embark on a journey of deep relaxation and meditative awareness.
During this Weekend Wisdom Intensive, participants will be introduced to the powerful practices of yoga nidrā, the yoga of guided somatic awareness, and nāda yoga, the yoga of sacred sound. Guided by expert instructors Sreedevi Bringi, Sheela Bringi, and Brent Kuecker, you’ll immerse yourself in the experiential, theoretical, and scientific aspects of these traditions, with the aim of establishing mindful awareness in blissful and deeply relaxing states.
The Friday evening portion of this Weekend Wisdom Intensive will include a sampling of both yoga nidrā and nāda yoga with all three teachers, while the full weekend will provide an opportunity to deeply engage with both practices.
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Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to explore the healing power of sound and collective resonance, and experience the profound nature of deeply relaxed, meditative states of consciousness.
This program is offered live online via Zoom.
Friday | April 14th 2023 | 5:45pm – 9:00pm Mountain Time
Saturday | April 15th 2023 | 9:00am – 5:00pm Mountain Time
Sunday | April 16th 2023 | 9:00am – 4:00pm Mountain Time
Register by March 24th to receive Early Bird Pricing!
Standard Price: $20
Early Bird Price: $18
Use code RELAXEARLYFRI23
Register by March 24th to receive Early Bird Pricing!
Standard Price: $189
Early Bird Price: $169
Use code RELAXEARLYWKD23
This iteration of Yoga Nidrā & Nāda Yoga: An Immersion in Somatic Meditation and Sacred Sound is designed for members of the public, and is not credit bearing.
If you wish to audit, receive academic credit, or utilize Employee Tuition Benefits for this program, please contact the Registrar’s Office and inquire about registering for REL-158W/504W. If you have further questions, or would still like to register for this Extended Campus program, email extendedcampus@naropa.edu.
Sreedevi Bringi is a retired core faculty member in Yoga Studies/Religious Studies at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado (1998-2017). A native of South India, she received formal training in yoga, meditation, Sanskrit, and Hindu/yoga traditions from family elders and swamis of ashrams and Vedanta Foundations. Sreedevi took advanced yoga nidra training at the Bihar School of Yoga and has offered yoga nidra classes, intensives and teacher/practitioner trainings for over 25 years. She has also been an invited presenter at several yoga festivals and yoga teacher trainings on topics such as yoga nidra meditation, Vedas, Vedanta, Bhagavad Gita, Yoga Sutras, Sacred Sanskrit for Spiritual Practice, Yoga Philosophy, Goddess Traditions of India, Shiva-Shakti Tantra and sacred Indian texts. Sreedevi is also a contributing author for an anthology textbook entitled, “Beacons of Dharma” (2019), for an invited chapter about Amma, the charismatic ‘hugging saint’ of India.
With graduate degrees in Chemistry, Atmospheric sciences, and Environmental Education, Sreedevi likes to infuse scientific perspectives into Vedanta-Yoga-Tantra teachings and contemplative practices. Her prior teaching careers in Chemistry and Science Education have been at the public school, community college and university levels in Fort Collins, Colorado.
For more information about Sreedevi’s teaching work – including sample guided Yoga Nidra practices – please visit: shakti-institute.com.
Sreedevi Bringi is a retired core faculty member in Yoga Studies/Religious Studies at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado (1998-2017). A native of South India, she received formal training in yoga, meditation, Sanskrit, and Hindu/yoga traditions from family elders and swamis of ashrams and Vedanta Foundations. Sreedevi took advanced yoga nidra training at the Bihar School of Yoga and has offered yoga nidra classes, intensives and teacher/practitioner trainings for over 25 years. She has also been an invited presenter at several yoga festivals and yoga teacher trainings on topics such as yoga nidra meditation, Vedas, Vedanta, Bhagavad Gita, Yoga Sutras, Sacred Sanskrit for Spiritual Practice, Yoga Philosophy, Goddess Traditions of India, Shiva-Shakti Tantra and sacred Indian texts. Sreedevi is also a contributing author for an anthology textbook entitled, “Beacons of Dharma” (2019), for an invited chapter about Amma, the charismatic ‘hugging saint’ of India.
With graduate degrees in Chemistry, Atmospheric sciences, and Environmental Education, Sreedevi likes to infuse scientific perspectives into Vedanta-Yoga-Tantra teachings and contemplative practices. Her prior teaching careers in Chemistry and Science Education have been at the public school, community college and university levels in Fort Collins, Colorado.
For more information about Sreedevi’s teaching work – including sample guided Yoga Nidra practices – please visit: shakti-institute.com.
Sheela Bringi is a sacred music performer, educator, multi-instrumentalist, and adjunct faculty in Indian Devotional & Rāga Singing at Naropa University. She is a vocalist and plays the harp, harmonium, and bansuri (Indian classical bamboo flute).
Sheela has extensive training in North Indian classical, devotional and Western musical traditions. Past teachers include Indian maestros Pandit G.S. Sachdev and Ustaad Aashish Khan, as well as Western contemporary greats such as Cecil Taylor and Meredith Monk. She currently studies Hindustani voice with Sri Subhashish Mukhopadyay (a topmost exponent of the Kotali Gharana). She has released two albums as a solo artist (Shakti Sutra and Incantations).
Her work to bridge the musical worlds of India and America has been profiled by NBC News, NPR, Public Radio International, and others. Sheela tours and teaches internationally and has collaborated with artists including Idan Raichel, Karsh Kale, Jai Uttal, and many others. In 2020, Sheela and her partner Brent Kuecker founded the Sacred Sound Lab – an online devotional music school where they offer education and training to students from around the globe. Find out more about Sheela’s music at shebrings.com and teaching at sacredsoundlab.com.
Sheela Bringi is a sacred music performer, educator, multi-instrumentalist, and adjunct faculty in Indian Devotional & Rāga Singing at Naropa University. She is a vocalist and plays the harp, harmonium, and bansuri (Indian classical bamboo flute).
Sheela has extensive training in North Indian classical, devotional and Western musical traditions. Past teachers include Indian maestros Pandit G.S. Sachdev and Ustaad Aashish Khan, as well as Western contemporary greats such as Cecil Taylor and Meredith Monk. She currently studies Hindustani voice with Sri Subhashish Mukhopadyay (a topmost exponent of the Kotali Gharana). She has released two albums as a solo artist (Shakti Sutra and Incantations).
Her work to bridge the musical worlds of India and America has been profiled by NBC News, NPR, Public Radio International, and others. Sheela tours and teaches internationally and has collaborated with artists including Idan Raichel, Karsh Kale, Jai Uttal, and many others. In 2020, Sheela and her partner Brent Kuecker founded the Sacred Sound Lab – an online devotional music school where they offer education and training to students from around the globe. Find out more about Sheela’s music at shebrings.com and teaching at sacredsoundlab.com.
Brent Kuecker is a devotional singer, bass player, and yoga/meditation teacher with over 20 years of experience teaching students of all abilities and backgrounds. As a bass player he has played & toured with international kīrtan artists including Shantala, Dave Stringer, and Sheela Bringi.
His studies are very wide in the field of Yoga – with expertise in anatomy, physiology, bio-mechanics, meditation, metaphysics, sūtras, cosmology, tantra, and nāda yoga. Brent studies North Indian classical singing with Hindustani maestro Subhashish Mukhopadyay.
In 2020, Brent co-founded an online music school called the Sacred Sound Lab with his partner Sheela Bringi. He has also assisted and co-taught in all of Sheela’s Indian Devotional & Rāga Singing classes at Naropa University in Boulder, CO. Together, they offer education and training in harmonium, kīrtan, rāga and mantra to students from around the globe. Find out more at sacredsoundlab.com.
Brent Kuecker is a devotional singer, bass player, and yoga/meditation teacher with over 20 years of experience teaching students of all abilities and backgrounds. As a bass player he has played & toured with international kīrtan artists including Shantala, Dave Stringer, and Sheela Bringi.
His studies are very wide in the field of Yoga – with expertise in anatomy, physiology, bio-mechanics, meditation, metaphysics, sūtras, cosmology, tantra, and nāda yoga. Brent studies North Indian classical singing with Hindustani maestro Subhashish Mukhopadyay.
In 2020, Brent co-founded an online music school called the Sacred Sound Lab with his partner Sheela Bringi. He has also assisted and co-taught in all of Sheela’s Indian Devotional & Rāga Singing classes at Naropa University in Boulder, CO. Together, they offer education and training in harmonium, kīrtan, rāga and mantra to students from around the globe. Find out more at sacredsoundlab.com.
Due to adverse weather conditions, all Naropa campuses will be closed Friday, March 15, 2024. All classes that require a physical presence on campus will be canceled. All online and low-residency programs are to meet as scheduled.
Based on the current weather forecast, the Healing with the Ancestors Talk & Breeze of Simplicity program scheduled for Friday evening, Saturday, and Sunday will be held as planned.
Staff that do not work remotely or are scheduled to work on campus, can work remotely. Staff that routinely work remotely are expected to continue to do so.
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