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It’s been said that our chakra system is akin to a scaled-down version of our galaxy.
That each chakra is a spiritual energy center that holds not only the same energy that creates and sustains worlds, but also a divine intelligence. One that can refine itself and adapt to meet the needs of our bodies, heal and liberate our hearts, nudge us beyond the limitations of our minds... and help us navigate our lives with clarity, a sense of wellbeing, and ease.
To access the intelligence that permeates our chakras and the wellspring of knowledge, spiritual gifts, and healing it heralds, ancient Vedic and Tantric teachings contend that we must first remember how to speak its language of wholeness.
This is the original language of humanity... and the Universe. But too often, our chakras become obscured by the energies of the past that no longer serve us and are unable to receive and transmit to us the very energy that makes us the divine, whole beings that we are.
During this enthralling 7-week course with Russill Paul, author of the groundbreaking book The Yoga of Sound and founder of Yogic Mystery School, you’ll redefine self-care by learning a vocabulary of ancient sounds, mantras, holy rituals, and sacred gestures that purify, awaken, balance, and restore wholeness within your chakras… and your entire energy field.
These enriching self-healing tools bring your mind, body, heart, and spirit into coherency, merging disjointed energies, alleviating inner fears and pain, and empowering your chakras to function in harmony as a cohesive whole once again.
As your entire chakra system is tuned up and tuned in every week, the divine intelligence that exists within you can freely roam throughout your entire being… communicating its wisdom, wonder, and heightened insights and energies to your body systems while also illuminating the path toward a more fulfilled, inspired, and energized life.
Every week, you’ll discover different elements of the vocabulary of wholeness that you will then communicate directly to your chakras. These ignite the mysticism and catalyzing power that sacred sounds, mudras, mantras, and bijas have to cleanse, harmonize, and awaken your chakras for greater health and awareness.
You’ll conjure the enlightenment of the deities, access cosmic and mythical dimensions, transform negative energies, and plant ancient intention-filled seed syllables within your chakras and watch them grow.
You’ll steadily recognize the abundance that fills your life... and develop a roadmap for finding your way back into wholeness when the blessings of life become hard to see.
Russill’s teachings have helped countless others live from a state of flow and grace by guiding them past their perceived limits, significantly lessening the pain in their lives, and empowering their true essence to rise, shine, and take the lead.
Join him on this journey through the chakras that distills the wisdom of ancient Vedic and Tantric practices into a single blueprint for awakening your spirit, calming your mind, harmonizing your body systems and energy field... and empowering you with the tools you need to self-heal and become whole again.
In this 7-week transformational intensive, Russill will guide you through the fundamental skills and competencies you’ll need to initiate a sense of wholeness with your chakras that awakens your spirit, calms your mind, harmonizes your body systems, and inspires spiritual progression.
You’ll connect with Russill and experience his teachings through livestreaming video via any connected device. This connection is easy to use and will enhance the impact of Russill’s transmissions. Or you can listen to just the audio by phone.
(Can’t make it live? No worries! After each class, the video and audio recordings will be available for you to download or stream in a high-quality format at your convenience.)
This course will feature LIVE teachings, interactive training sessions, experiential practices, and Q&A with Russill. Each session will build harmoniously upon the previous ones, so you’ll develop a complete holistic understanding of the practices, tools, and principles you’ll need to initiate a sense of wholeness within your chakras that awakens your spirit, calms your mind, harmonizes your body systems, and inspires spiritual progression.
Sacred bijas can spark a visceral, transformative experience and be powerful self-healing tools.
During the first week of class, you’ll learn how to balance your chakras using bijas the Tantric way, while connecting more intimately to your energy body. This is an intriguing process that contains a sensual, dominant yin (female) quality that involves the tongue and breath to ground the body’s experience.
This technique is also known to have helped oncology patients reinforce their immunity while they pursued integrative medicine treatments.
This opening week, you’ll:
Mudras, or sacred hand gestures, can help uplift your mood, increase clarity, heighten perspective...
... and correct imbalances in your energy field during times when the positive flow of energy in your chakras has been disrupted.
Mudras are commonly practiced in yoga and Indian dance, but are also a vital component of traditional Tantra.
This week, you’ll discover a sequence of mudras that are partnered with each chakra and complemented by sacred sound to help manage excess energy in your chakras and restore balance.
You’ll also:
Vedic mantras are such well-sculpted sounds that they have been known to stimulate spiritual awakening.
Learning how to say them in a specific way helps amplify the enlightenment experience that is central to yoga and meditation.
This week, you’ll discover how to stimulate energy in your chakras while opening them to larger energy fields using Vedic mantras. This is a particular category of mantra that connects us to a sense of cosmic order and harmony known as the Rta, or the natural order.
In contrast to the earlier Tantric sequence that utilized sensual yin, this sequence has a dominant yang (male) quality.
This week, you’ll explore:
Deities are potent sources of spiritual energy.
This week, you’ll access the full power of Tantric sound in a sequence that connects the chakras to powerful deity energies. You’ll learn how to connect and charge your chakras to these energy sources the way electric cars charge when connected to a power source.
These mantras contain the names of specific Hindu deities that can be interpreted as sacred archetypes... or living, breathing, pulsating fields of energy and intelligence.
This classic form of a Tantric mantra offers deep healing by helping transform negative energies in the chakras.
In this sequence, bijas are contained within devotional mantras using a mantra structure that emulates the human body’s design.
This week, you’ll:
Sacred touch can infuse particular body parts with intense and intimate healing effects when coupled with sacred sound or visualization.
This week, you’ll learn a self-touch sequence for healing that fosters profound states of spiritual and mental connection.
This sequence, which combines sound and touch, is positioned after the previous series to help you heal and integrate more deeply.
This week, you’ll:
This week, you’ll venture deeper into the spiritual process of Tantra by accessing bijas that can help you communicate to your nervous system more effectively. In particular, you’ll focus on sounds that help address fear and anxiety.
The removal of fear and anxiety might be seen as an essential component of healing and energy work, since fear and anxiety block energy in our chakras and restrict the free flow of information within our wholeness.
As you delve deeper into chakra work, however, you’ll discover that it’s natural to encounter your deep-seated fears.
You’ll begin this process by combining bijas with mudras and placing them in specific areas of the body to enhance the healing power of sacred sound through Tantric methods.
This week, you’ll:
During this final week, you’ll develop an integrated practice that cultivates Tantric tools as an ongoing vocabulary for self-care and healing.
You’ll explore the sense of wholeness that you now embody... and recognize the power of the tools you now have to help reinstate wholeness when it’s lost.
Life will always push and pull you in different directions — some inward and some outward. Using this robust method of multiple sequences and dynamic modalities will not only help you reestablish your sense of wholeness in any situation... but deepen and expand it as well.
In this final week, you’ll:
In addition to Russill’s transformative 7-week virtual course, you’ll receive these special bonuses to complement the course and take your understanding and practice to an even deeper level.
Glean supplemental tools to help you navigate uncertainty, transform traumas, and uplift your mind, body, and soul with vibrational medicine and light language. You’ll hear from top sound-healing experts, including Russill Paul, Phyllis Anne Douglass, Richard Rudis, Kelvin Young, and Danielle Hall, as they offer deeply transformative therapeutic tools for a healthier and more peaceful, grounded, and resonant life.
While most of us are in touch with our hearts, we don’t always stop to check in and give voice to our deeper feelings. This is unfortunate. The heart, or the seat of the soul, is probably the most influential center for healing — and for developing spiritual consciousness. In this video meditation and PDF guide from Russill, you’ll explore heart-centered meditations and diagnostic tools for connecting more deeply to the power and wisdom of your heart and its Divine Presence.
This exciting bonus will give you a free all access pass into the Premium Version of The Shift App. The Shift App hosts the best of The Shift Network’s transformational education — in your pocket. The app’s premium version contains content designed to help you take your personal transformation to the next level. You’ll also access the exclusive online events hosted by The Shift Network. Whether it's musical performances from famous artists to panel discussions, interviews, or keynote presentations from industry leaders. Best of all, with premium membership, you get unlimited access to watch (and rewatch) as many times as you want!
Whether you need healing or you assist others in their recoveries, this video teaching and PDF guide from Russill shows you four powerful sounds — plus complementary movements — to awaken, balance, expand, and relax. Based on decades of study, teaching, and research, this is one of the fundamental practices taught in Russill’s book The Yoga of Sound: Tapping the Hidden Power of Music and Chant. Whether you’re a musician, healer, vocalist, or you have no musical background at all, this guide can expand your use of sound in personal and professional applications.
In this audio teaching and comprehensive PDF from Russill, you’ll explore how your root chakra is the foundation of your sense of security and the seat of your insecurities. This comprehensive 3-part teaching will help you gain awareness and connection with this chakra… and give it a voice. You’ll also work with the four petals of your root chakra and learn how to empower this primal center and its petals by dropping sound into it.
The chakras have long been an esoteric and mysterious subject in Western culture. In this 3-part audio presentation, you’ll engage in a listening and learning process to shed light on your evolutionary process, engage your Third Eye, and consider the question, Are humans designed to evolve beyond animal instincts and human sensitivities into a spiritual prototype capable of extraordinary possibilities in the next few millennia?
Healing in Tantra takes place on many levels and dimensions. It includes an awareness of the nonphysical dimensions and the presences that inhabit these dimensions. In this dynamic audio meditation and PDF guide, your spirit beings — those watching over you like guardian angels — will transport you to a holy river of light that flows in the deeper realms of consciousness. There, not only will you be invited to bathe in the healing waters, you’ll also be offered a message to bring back to your everyday life.
Russill Paul is one of the most exceptionally gifted musicians in the world today. His genius is multifaceted, and his musical scope extends to all parts of the planet, combining a comprehensive knowledge of numerous musical genres, East and West, with a profound contemplative capacity that then expresses itself in a unique and unrepeatable creativity: a rare being in these universal times.
— Wayne Teasdale, the inspiration for interspirituality and author of The Mystic Heart
Russill Paul has remarkable musical gifts, but his music has also been enriched and deepened by spiritual training and practice so that it has the power to awaken profound feelings that are healing.
— The late Dom. Bede Griffiths, renowned sage, mystic, and author of The Golden String
As a musician and composer, Russill Paul’s work is creative, deeply original, and also highly unusual in its synthesis of various sacred traditions, especially his ingenuity in adapting Sanskrit to his sacred music.
— Dr. Thomas Byron, Guggenhiem fellow, fellow of Exeter College and St. Catherine’s College, and author of The Ashtavakra Geetha
Russill’s work offers major breakthroughs and shifts in consciousness that have allowed me to move toward wholeness and recognize the parts of myself that are broken and need to be healed.
— Carina Hansen, director of international students and scholars, Ohio State University
I have been connected to the teaching and work of Russill Paul for 17 years. His guidance has been a bright light in my life, helping me grow spiritually and artistically. Everything he’s teaching me comes from his own experience. Russill has a life that I have always admired. He is strong, compassionate, and so practical! I feel very excited as I anticipate the more expansive work that I’ll be doing.
— Dr. Jeannine Goode-Allen, singer, dancer, healer, teacher
Russill’s teaching helps me live a much more centered life. The first thing that comes to my mind when waking during the night or in the morning is connecting with Other. The last thing that comes to me when I’m dropping off to sleep is the same. The connection has become constant.
— Mary Rice, Catholic nun and veteran national parks supervisor
Russill’s guidance and support helped me launch into a new direction in my life’s work. His approach is laser-like in efficiency, guiding in a very practical manner backed by integrity and experience. His support was committed and sincere with my best interest at heart.
— Dr. Marilyn Granger, psychotherapist and yoga teacher
Russill Paul is an absolutely amazing teacher, beyond generous with his time and wisdom. He is truly a brilliant energy, a modern guru. Russill presents his teachings clearly, intelligently, with humor when needed, with profound caring for each individual’s growth. He asks that we join him on this distinguished level, to learn and assimilate this mystical wisdom, and he affords us the means to journey together toward a life filled with greater understanding and appreciation of the luminosity inherent in every moment.
— Sheryl Hastalis, yoga and dance teacher
If you are thinking about studying with Russill Paul, go for it! There is no reason to think that you won’t be completely satisfied and engaged with the material and Russill as a teacher. It’s something I always go back to that gives me comfort, groundedness, and is so humbling. I’ve studied with him for more than 12 years!
— Katherine Duncanson, yoga teacher, vocal coach, and dancer
Studying with Russill changed my life! I was in a far different place when we began than I am now. I feel more calm and more confident, and, best of all, I’m energized around my spiritual practice. The best thing that’s come out of working with Russill is that I’ve recovered the courage of my curiosity. I started to trust my inner guidance because part and parcel of the process is Russill’s patience, his ability to turn just about anything in a positive direction, and simply not giving up. I am seeing how much the Divine loves his/her humans, and this brings tears to my eyes.
— Cheryl Smith, Feldenkrais practitioner
Engage the Infinite Intelligence of Your Chakras for Joyful Living, Health & Wholeness offers some of the most transformational online teachings available, within a thriving global community of learning and practice.
Join fellow students and practitioners to support and inspire each other as you integrate the teachings and practices Russill Paul will share in this powerful training.
You’ll be part of an international community that’s on the leading edge of a global movement of people manifesting a world grounded in principles of cooperation, harmony, and reverence for all of life.
Experience a unique opportunity to be mentored by and learn from author and teacher Russill Paul from the comfort of your own home. Each class session includes a livestreaming video option and guides you to discover specific skills and abilities to bring balance to your energy field by awakening your spirit, calming your mind, harmonizing your body systems… and harnessing the power of your chakras to initiate wholeness. Course sessions are on Wednesdays at 1:00pm Pacific.
After each class, the digital video will be available for you to download or stream in a high-quality format. You’ll never have to worry about missing a session, and you can watch anytime and anywhere at your convenience.
After each class, the audio will be available for you to download in high-quality MP3 format. You’ll never have to worry about missing a session, and you can listen anytime and anywhere at your convenience.
In addition to the high-quality videos and MP3 audios, you’ll also receive the entire class transcription after each session is completed. You can then review, print, and highlight the most important insights and practices you were given.
Between class sessions, you’ll have the option of completing related exercises, practicing new tools, and answering questions to accelerate your learning and integrate each week’s lesson.
Our exclusive Facebook online community is the perfect place to continue your discovery process after each class. Here, you can continue the discussion about your course materials and interact with your fellow students to take your exploration to an even deeper level.
We feel honored that Russill Paul has chosen to partner with The Shift Network to offer this exclusive LIVE online training. This is a unique opportunity to interact directly with the pioneer of The Yoga of Sound and the founder of the Yogic Mystery School whose powerful insights and pioneering work are helping us heal and awaken ourselves and our world.
If you’re serious about cultivating enduring self-healing using ancient bijas, mudras, and other Vedic and Tantric practices to bring balance to your energy field, then you owe it to yourself to take this one-of-a-kind training.
If you’re ready to take the next step in evolving yourself, click the register button below to reserve your space now.
Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed! If you don’t absolutely LOVE Engage the Infinite Intelligence of Your Chakras for Joyful Living, Health & Wholeness — or don’t feel that it meets your needs — please submit your refund request form on or before March 23, 2022 and we’ll happily issue qualifying customers a refund.
Music is woven throughout nature from our own DNA to the galaxies, and that is why it is a source of transformation and wisdom. Russill Paul is a master guide in this domain. His work is clear evidence that music is much too powerful to be used as mere entertainment.
— Larry Dossey, MD, eminent physician and author of Healing Beyond the Body
The music of Russill Paul is not only distinctive, it is extraordinary and brilliant. His fusion of the sounds of India with the energy and technology of contemporary Western music produces a sound unequaled since George Harrison collaborated with Ravi Shankar in the late 1960s.
— Arlo Guthrie, legendary folk musician and singer-songwriter
Sound may well be the undiscovered realm for the salvation of our wayward human species. The sages of India have known this for millennia. In The Yoga of Sound, Russill Paul presents a comprehensive and accessible summary of this ancient tradition and shows us how we can incorporate those time-honored practices into our overly visual and busy Western lives. This book is a vital gift for our times.
— Paul Winter, renowned jazz musician and founder of the Paul Winter Consort
Russill Paul is a fine teacher, an extraordinary performer, and one of the few people I have ever met who is able to exemplify the musicological aspects of South Indian Music into pertinent and informative teaching in American culture.
— Don Campbell, leading authority on sound healing and author of The Mozart Effect
Russill Paul, master teacher and deep student of sound, spirituality, and consciousness, gifts us an in-depth understanding of consciousness — and access to it — by way of ancient practices that can heal and support, energize, and deepen the soul’s journey. Because Russill Paul’s music comes from a deep mystical place, it leads people to their own deep places, to the inner self, and to the pool of compassion and beyond.
— Rev. Matthew Fox, noted theologian and author of Original Blessing
Russill Paul, a pioneering figure who introduced the sonic aspects of yoga to North America, is the author of The Yoga of Sound and many bestselling chant CDs. Russill has more than 25 years of teaching experience at universities, colleges, and learning institutions such as Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health and Omega Institute. He is highly regarded for his groundbreaking work worldwide and through his online Yogic Mystery School.
Russill focuses on emotional healing, personal transformation, and spiritual awakening to bridge the gap between traditional Eastern methods and Western living, with his methods facilitating deeply fulfilling states of consciousness. While he continues to travel across the U.S. and internationally to present workshops and concerts to large audiences, working one-on-one with individuals and guiding small groups in deep spiritual practice is fast becoming his true love.
Russill’s spiritual journey began in the darkness of depression; after attempting suicide at the age of 19, he turned to a path of yoga and spiritual practice. Trained as a monk and yogi at a forest ashram in India, his teaching is informed by leading a regular life in the world and sustaining a loving marriage of over three decades. He works collaboratively with his wife, Asha, a holistic health coach, to help students heal and empower themselves. Each year, they take their students on a pilgrimage, “Transform in India,” to celebrate and deepen their spiritual healing together.
Q: What’s a virtual course?
A: It’s a great way to engage live and pre-recorded teachings and each other from the comfort of your home! All you need is a computer, mobile device, or telephone. If there’s more than one person in your household taking the course, you’ll each need your own connection. We use Zoom video conferencing to make it just like an in-person event, where you can ask questions and deepen your exploration of the course themes.
There’s no additional charge for connecting to Zoom with your computer or mobile device. Please note that dialing Zoom from your telephone is a toll call; your telephone service provider will charge you according to your existing long-distance calling plan. International access numbers are available.
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I had never participated before in an online course. The packaging, presentation, inclusion, and Facebook postings created a wonderful, safe cocoon within which to participate. I’ve never seen a course so well put together ever — not in all the years of taking college classes — and I had my doubts about doing an online course. The wealth of organization and ease of learning materials and support made this fun as well.
— Claudia F., Medford, Massachusetts
Q: Can I get benefit from the course if I miss the live classes?
A: Absolutely! You can download the recordings and transcripts of all course sessions from our online media archive, so you never need to worry about missing live calls. You can also engage the full community and leaders on our private online community group.
Q: Can you tell me about the private online community group?
A: We’ll have a private online community group for all course participants that will support you in making connections with others, sharing insights, engaging in discussions, and completing homework assignments that can supplement your transformational journey. You’ll have the ability to share your experiences, projects, and growth throughout the course.
Q: Are there scholarships available for this training?
A: Yes, we always make a certain percentage of spaces available for partial scholarships, for those who otherwise would not be able to enroll at the regular rate. If you’d like to apply for a scholarship, please review our guidelines, which include a link to our online application form.
Q: What’s your refund policy?
A: Your satisfaction with The Shift Network and this course is our highest priority! We offer a satisfaction guarantee so that you can sample the course risk-free. The deadline to receive a full refund is March 23, 2022. To request a refund, please click on this refund request form and submit your request. Qualifying refunds will be processed within five business days and an email confirming the refund will be sent. However, we’d love to have a chance to address and resolve your concerns first. If there’s something we can assist you with, please email us at [email protected] and we’ll be happy to help! (No refund requests accepted after the above date or with scholarship awards.)
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