Living in Harmony by Vishwam Heckert

If we would like to live in harmony with all of life, we rely, in part, on the aesthetic awareness of harmony and disharmony. Through practice, deepening awareness, and mutual support & inspiration, we can find ways to help our own bodymind system come into greater harmony with life. And by coming into greater harmony ourselves, we can relate more easefully and peacefully with others. Inspirations are shared from sources including science fiction, anarchism & other social movements, permaculture design, and spiritual traditions including yoga to explore ways in which we can help ourselves and each other to live in vibrantly egalitarian ways. This masterclass is an invitation to direct experience of the heart of life, to engaging in practices of freedom, to nourishing all our relations. We are all related. We are all connected. We don’t need to live in the isolation of our personal mental idea of life. We can come out to play in the fullness of life, the fullness of who we are. We can enjoy both childlike delight and adult discernment. We can live natural human lives.

BIO: Vishwam Gurudas Heckert is a yoga minister & teacher trainer with the Heart of Living Yoga Foundation and is the founder of Flowing with Life where he runs retreats, teaches online yoga and creative writing classes as well as offering coaching and support for individuals and organisations. He holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Edinburgh for his work on anarchism and sexuality and is co-editor of a book by that name. Vishwam is also a bodyworker, permaculture designer, lay herbalist and poet. His writing on ethics, ecology and social transformation has appeared in a variety of publications including Permaculture Magazine, Bella Caledonia,Less: A Journal of Degrowth in Scotland, Reforesting Scotland as well as more scholarly books and journals. He currently lives in Shetland with his partner Paul.