awaken your inner hero
3-week morning challenge
Sep 11 – Sep 29, 2023
Mo-Fr 08.30–10.00
Workbook
1st week
„Call to adventure“
- Getting to know what the hero’s journey is
- Bringing your goals and dreams to life
- Getting in touch with your inner hero
- Getting to know your inner strengths and resources
- Powerful asanas and transformative breathing techniques
- Restorative practice, to perceive and accept support
Comfort Zone
Reflection questions:
Who / what is part of your comfort zone?
How does it feel to be in your comfort zone?
What is it that makes you feel so at home in your comfort zone?
Calling
Reflection questions:
What do you want to focus on the the next three weeks?
How would you/ other people know that your calling has been fulfilled?
How would you walk/ look like/ interact with other people if your calling has been fulfilled?
Resistance
Reflection questions:
What are good reasons to not follow your calling?
What part of you life will change if you have fulfilled your calling?
What people will be affected by you having fulfilled your calling?
Inner Hero
Reflection questions:
What people are models of your call?
What resources support, nurture, and motivate your path?
What would really allow you to deepen your commitment to your hero’s journey?
Mentors
Reflection questions:
Who has really seen you in your life? Someone who reached in and touched and awakened your spirit.
Who is a person that believes in you? Someone who cheers for you and reminds you that you can do it when you have doubts.
Do you know someone who has already walked the path that you want to walk?
2nd week
„Road of trials“
- Getting to know the inner demon
- Intensive vinyasa practice to strengthen body and mind
- Breathing techniques to increase energy and stamina
- Yin yoga practice to integrate and transform emotions
Crossing the Threshold
Quote:
Follow your zest for life and don’t be afraid, then doors will open where you didn’t suspect any.
– Joseph Campbell –
Tests, Trials, Obstacles
Reflection questions:
What are the external demons that maybe block your path at the moment?
In what way are you maybe tested at the moment if you really want to be on this journey?
What might help you to deal with these obstacles?
Inner Demon
Reflection questions:
If your inner demon would be a person or creature, how would it look like?
If your inner demon could speak, what would it say to you?
If your inner demon had a positive intention? What would it be?
Purification
Reflection questions:
What is it that you want to let go of?
What do you want to invite into your life in the future to secure the need of your demon?
When in your life did you already have the above mentioned quality/ character trait/ feeling etc.
Self Care
Reflection questions:
What would a daily routine look like that supports my self-care?
How can I do something good for myself today?
3rd week
„Return and transformation“
- Creative and playful practice to expand one’s own possibility space
- Ritual for symbolic transformation and renewal
- Sharing the “gift”
- Maitri meditation to strengthen compassion and connection
The Gift
Reflection questions:
If you could take something from your hero’s journey back into the ‚real‘ world, what would it be?
What effect would that have on your life?
What will always remind you of your hero’s journey? (Symbol, picture, item, etc.)
Sharing the Gift
„Happiness is the only thing that doubles, when you share it.“
The Return
Reflection questions:
What do you want to keep from the last three weeks of the Morning Challenge?
What do you want to bring in that’s new?
What do you want to leave behind?
Future Pace
Reflection questions:
What are the challenges related to your calling that you might encounter in the next weeks/ months?
What advice would a good friend give you to help you overcome these challenges?
What advice would your old self give you to help you overcome these challenges?
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Contact
Are you taking part in the Morning Challenge and have any questions? Then feel free to contact me!
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