January 8. 1st session of TIER yoga series with Lynhan Balatbat

Tuesday, 8 January 2019 from 19:00-21:00
The Institute for Endotic Research yoga series with Lynhan Balatbat
Bimonthly program

The free play consists in 5 acts:
1: Hoş geldiniz
2: ات َك ْلنا منه على ُخ ص ا تحاد قوة
3: Hez dekeyt legel ma bireqsî?
4: месечина
5: शि – shakti flow

– Hoş geldiniz
Wednesday, January 8th, 19:00. RSVP requested.
In this first session we would like to introduce the series with a welcoming class and start the year with a new moon initiation followed by a mindful yoga practice.
(hoş geldiniz: “your arrival is lovely”)

– ات َك ْلنا منه على ُخ ص ا تحاد قوة (date tbc)
“unity is power” – for the second mini workshop in this series we transcend from tiny entities like breath, slow movements, to broader units. Here we will set the focus on connectivity, in and around us.

– Hez dekeyt legel ma bireqsî? (date tbc)
“would you like to dance with me?” – Spring will be celebrated in playful standing asanas, dynamic postures and space for free play.

– месечина (full moon ritual & yoga session)
Saturday, May 18th, 18:00. RSVP requested
We initiate this session with a ritual dedicated to the grounding and nourishing qualities of the end of the moon cycle. The full moon is a time of brightness, where the moon reflects fully the light of the sun— it is a time where consciousness and unconsciousness are in accord and in perfect reflection of one another.

– shakti flow: (date tbc)
Shakti is the creative energy of the universe, anything that has Shakti is alive, luminous and desirable. It ́s the essence of vibrant health, feeling good in your own skin and feeling that your life has meaning and value. In this last session we will talk about the feminine cosmic energy in us, the primordial forces it represents and are thought to move in us and through the entire universe.

Suggested donation between 5-10€

Please RSVP to reserve a spot as the space is limited to 12 mats maximum: theinstituteforendoticresearch@gmail.com

Lynhan Balatbat-Helbock is a curator and researcher at S A V V Y Contemporary Berlin and is part of the participatory archive project Colonial Neighbours. She received her MA in Postcolonial Cultures and Global Policy at Goldsmiths University of London and moved to Berlin in 2013. In her work within the permanent collection of SAVVY Contemporary she looks for colonial traces that are manifested in our present. The collaborative archive dedicates itself to discussing silenced histories and to the decanonization of the Western gaze through objects and the stories behind them. In close collaboration with artists, initiatives and activists, the archive is activated through hybrid forms of practice. In 2017 she assisted the management for the documenta14 radio program – Every Time a Ear di Soun, SAVVY Funk in Berlin. Lynhan supported the artist Bouchra Khalili with several projects and exhibitions designed most recently the production of Agnieszka Polska ś new commission for the Germany’s National Gallery Prize show in the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin (September 2018 – March 2019). Lynhan received her 200-hour Yoga Alliance teaching certification through Spirit Yoga Berlin (Patricia Thielemann) and has participated in numerous workshops with Matthew Cohen, Lin Min, Max Strom and Krishnataki (Sunshine House Greece). In her own practice and teaching she seeks a more grounding momentum, the healing power of touch and creating the space to balance our hectic daily hustle.