We invite you to the Talks About! “Spirituality and Well-Being – Yoga or Christian Meditation?” The guests of the meeting will be Prof. Aleksander Bańka – evangelizer, Christian meditation practitioner and Dr. Nina Budziszewska – yogi, yoga researcher.
- What is the best way to be “here and now” and live life to the fullest?
- Do yoga and Christian meditation have anything in common?
- Has “well-being” replaced “salvation”?
- What exactly is “spirituality”?
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After the meeting, we invite you to the workshops:
- “Népsis – Prayer of Vigilance of the Heart”. Sign up!
- “Pranayama – the art of yogic breathing”. Sign up!
Dr. Nina Budziszewska – an expert in the field of breathwork, yoga philosophy and Indian culture, combining scientific activity with many years of practice. Trainer of yogic breath (pranayama), Indologist, Sanskrologist, philosopher and Romance scholar. She is associated with the University of Wrocław, where she is an assistant professor at the Department of Indian Philology and the head of the Yoga Research Laboratory. She also directs the Postgraduate Studies in Indian Yoga (formerly: Classical Yoga), developing educational programs that combine tradition with a modern approach to practice. Author of numerous scientific and popularization publications, as well as a trainer at REPS Polska. Member of the Polish Oriental Society, the Polish Philosophical Society and the Association of Relaxation Trainers and Practitioners “Space”. In her work, she integrates academic knowledge with practical experience, supporting the development of conscious breathwork and an in-depth understanding of the yoga tradition.
Nina Budziszewska, PhD
http://indologia.uni.wroc.pl/o-zakladzie/pracownicy/nina-budziszewska/
https://www.instagram.com/dr_nina_budziszewska/
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Ph.D. Aleksander Bańka, Professor of the University of Silesia – philosopher and political scientist, professor at the University of Silesia in Katowice, associated with the Institute of Philosophy of the Faculty of Humanities. He specializes in Christian philosophy and modern and contemporary French philosophy, with particular emphasis on the issues of anthropology, ontology and epistemology. Author of books, articles and audiobooks devoted to philosophy and Christian spirituality, actively involved in popularization and media activities (m.in. Radio eM, “Gość Niedzielny”, YouTube channel). Lay leader of the Center for Spirituality of the Light-Life Movement of the Archdiocese of Katowice, member of the Pastoral Council of the Archdiocese of Katowice and the Council for the Apostolate of the Laity of the Polish Episcopal Conference. He served as the chairman of the Commission for the Laity of the Second Synod of the Archdiocese of Katowice, and was also appointed a delegate of the Church in Poland for the opening of the synodal process in Rome. In his activity, he combines philosophical reflection with the practice of spiritual life and social involvement.
Prof. Aleksander Bańka
https://us.edu.pl/instytut/ifil/osoby/aleksander-banka/
https://www.instagram.com/bankaaleksander/
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