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Gitte Bechsgaard
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BIOGRAPHY:
Gitte Bechsgaard, Ph. D., author with her colleague Gillian McCann, of her third book: Yoga and Alignment: From the Upanishads to B.K.S. Iyengar (2021), and founder of Vidya Institute International, Toronto (2002, https://vidyainstitute.ca/), has studied, taught and researched in the field of Yoga, Psychology and the Vedic Wisdom Traditions for almost 30 years, first making her mark with her 2011 Ph. D thesis on The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, published as The Gift of Consciousness: Patanjali's Yoga Sutras (Cambridge Scholars Press).
Gitte is also a certified Level 3 Iyengar Yoga teacher (CIYT) who teaches throughout North America and Europe. Aside from her work in the field of Yoga and spirituality, she is also a registered psychotherapist (RP). She is a graduate from the Centre for Training in psychotherapy (CTP), Toronto. She has studied privately with her mentor Sri Krishan Mantriji in the areas of Sanskrit, Yoga philosophy, Jyotish and Contemplative practice. She has also been actively engaged in Yoga research in various hospital settings in Toronto for the last 18 years, in conjunction with York University. Her main area of interest is the dialogue between Eastern and Western approaches to the mind, health and healing.
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Title:
Transformation through integrated practice: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
Type:
Sat Brahma Mild
Length:
1.5 hour(s)
Description:
Practice is a lifelong endeavour. It is an inner pilgrimage of the soul.
Through practice we come to realize our inner potential for without polishing and cultivation the Self remains hidden from view.
Practice is a catalyst which brings embodied transformation to life.
