Instructor: Rani Iyer
Maximum Enrollment: 12
Class Term: 05/28/2025 - 07/02/2025
Tuition/Fees
SCN Member: $205
Non-Member: $245
Class synopsis
This is a transformative class rooted in the Sattvic method, emphasizing balance, purity, and mindfulness. Participants explore consciousness-based art techniques that harmonize the mind, body, and spirit to ignite creativity. The course supports extraordinary creativity and promotes clarity through art-based meditation. Participants will leave with renewed inspiration and tools for lifelong creative expression.Class description
This experiential and participatory class invites you to explore different dimensions of creativity unlocked through consciousness based practices. Each week, you’ll try new techniques that blend mindfulness, art, and meditation to unlock your inner genius and dissolve creative blocks. You’ll have time to practice these methods during class, with optional opportunities to share your experiences in a supportive environment. No special art materials are needed—just pen and paper! Templates for art meditations, including sacred geometry and mantra-inspired designs, will be provided to guide you on this transformative journey.
Class goals
1. Enhance Creativity: Unlock your inner genius by exploring consciousness-based techniques that inspire original ideas and artistic flow., 2. Overcome Creative Blocks: Learn practical, meditative tools to dissolve writer’s block and cultivate a free, creative mindset., 3. Experience Art as Meditation: Discover how simple art practices, rooted in mindfulness and the sattvic method, can deepen focus and self-awareness., 4. Develop Lifelong Skills: Gain tools and templates for integrating art meditation into your daily life to sustain creativity and inner balance., 5. Foster Community and Sharing: Connect with others through optional sharing opportunities, creating a supportive space for growth and inspiration.
Class communication method
We will meet via Zoom on 6 Wednesdays, beginning May 28, 205 and ending July 2, 2025 from 6 – 8 am Central Time. Students will participate in meditation techniques and start the art work during our time together with options to continue working on pieces between sessions; optional sharing during class time will also be available.Class outline
Each week includes creative explorations of consciousness-based techniques to unlock the following areas of creativity-
Week 1: Introduction to Sattvic Method and Consciousness framework
Week 2: You are the Source: Our source is the Sound. We explore sound-based meditation to unlock creativity and apply techniques that mine the source.
Week 3: You are the Origin: Our life is a seed. We explore meditations that support the conscious origin and expansion that allow us to create without boundaries.
Week 4: You are the Work: Our output is the actualization of our life energy. We explore meditations that enable the flow of our life energy as we create.
Week 5: You are the Word: Verbalization is a limited and finite expression of our possibility. We explore deeper possibilities of creative verbalization through meditation.
Week 6: You are Showered: Our gifts from conscious world come as a surprise. Through meditation techniques we identify our creative gifts.
Class time commitment
2 hour sessions. Once a week.Instructor bio
Dr. Rani Iyer is a seasoned educator, writer, and mindfulness practitioner with a passion for integrating creativity and consciousness. As the founder of The Sattvic Method company, she offers a variety of consciousness based courses including group coaching in Radiant Circle. With more than two decades of teaching experience, Rani combines her academic expertise with a deep understanding of ancient meditative practices. She has authored numerous articles and books that blend science, art, and spirituality seamlessly. As a lifelong seeker, Rani draws inspiration from the sattvic principles of balance and clarity, which form the foundation of her teaching. Her classes are designed to empower participants to connect with their inner wisdom, overcome creative challenges, and embrace a more harmonious, inspired way of living.