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Oct
22nd - Nov 5th 2008 (english)
March 5th - 15th 2009 (spanish)
Prana Vidya
Nov 12th - Nov 19th 2008
The Chakra Sadhana Retreat is a unique opportunity to:
- Develop and deepen your yogic practice at the home and heart of Satyananda Yoga
- Use Asana, Pranayama and specialised practices to stimulate purify and open the chakras in a practical way
- Demystify the idea people have about the chakras, learn to relate to them and use sadhana to grow through them
- Be inspired by in depth talks on the Chakras including deep insights with Swami Satsangi (Director of Rikhia)
- Integrate Yoga into your daily life
- Live in rural India during the program
- Visit a local village and temple
- Have the possibility of Satsang (spiritual truth talk) with a living Yoga Master
- Enjoy participating in Sivananda Math's charitable activities
- Experience esoteric practices such as sacred fire ceremony and chanting of ancient texts.
- Expand your experience, be inspired and live a yogic lifestyle in a sacred environment.
- Create a personal yoga program during a private session with Swami Muktidharma.
- Learn Hatha Yoga Purification techniques and receive the required products.
- Develop theoretical knowledge, inspiration and study further with a set of internationally recognized Satyananda yoga books - yours to keep!
- Support package includes a practice CD.
Session Schedule
The program will include the following:
- Early morning asana and Pranayama session with chakra focus
- Specialised practices for stimulation, purification and opening of the chakras
- Meditation practices such as Satyananda Yoga Nidra™, Mantra Japa, Nada Yoga, Antar Mouna, Ajapajapa and Chakra Shuddhi
- Cleansing practices (Shatkarmas)
- Satsang (spiritual truth talk) with question and answers on topics of yoga and spirituality.
- Kirtan (singing and chanting of mantra).
- Karma yoga (working with meditative awareness).
- Guided field trips.
- Integrate into preplanned ashram activities like havan (fire) ceremony, chanting Gita, Ramayana
Cost and Payment
Fees
October Retreat: 15 days retreat NZ $1,950
March Retreat: 10 days retreat NZ $1,500
Deposit: NZ $500.
This price includes all travel, food, field trips and accommodation within the structured group plan. Does not include BYB or Karma Yoga options. Special conditions apply for the Spanish retreat. Please enquire for further information.
Booking Dates
Bookings close two months prior to the retreat start date. Bookings received after closing dates may incur additional fees. Final payments are due one month before the retreat start date. Deposit is non-refundable. Book early as numbers are limited.
Repeat participants, Satyananda Yoga affiliate and accredited teacher discounts offered. Limited scholarships also available upon application.
Fee does not include additional leisure activities, return hotel, bottled water, meals or travel outside the group plan, travel to and from India, departure/arrival taxes, or travel insurance.
Notes
This course is designed for those who have some knowledge and familiarity of the chakras. Beginners are encouraged to read the book, Kundalini Tantra, prior to the program.
For bookings and more information
Anahata
Yoga Retreat
PO Box 155, Takaka, Golden Bay, New Zealand
Phone +64 3 525 9887
Please use the contact page
for email
The Prana Vidya Retreat
Experience
the scientific and esoteric aspects of the subtle breath and body, including
practical techniques for awakening the energetic fields. Heighten your
perception of prana, learn techniques to direct energy for healing others
and the self.
"Prana (energy) vidya (knowledge) is an ancient and powerful psychic
practice. The immediate aim is to awaken and manipulate prana consciously,
and by developing subtle awareness, to perceive and gain knowledge of
the nature of prana which in turn leads to new dimensions of awareness.
It is concerned with both the expansion of consciousness and the awakening
of prana" - Swami Niranjanananda
Session
Schedule
The program will include the following:
- Early morning asana and Pranayama session with focus on prana
- Specialised practices for stimulation, purification and opening of the prana
- Ajapa Dharana (meditation on the psychic passages)
- Prana Vidya practices
- Satsang (spiritual truth talk) with question and answers on topics of yoga and spirituality.
- Kirtan (singing and chanting of mantra)
- Karma yoga (working with meditative awareness).
- Integrate into pre-planned ashram activities like havan (fire) ceremony, chanting Gita or Ramayana.
Cost and Payment
7
Day Retreat is US$500, Payment made directly to Rikhia.
Travel/Hotel in Kolkata not included.
For bookings or enquiries please contact:
Bihar School of Yoga (Rikhia Ashram)
Bihar
School of Yoga
PO Rikhia,
Dist Deoghar,
Jharkhand 814112.
Tel:
PCO +91- 9304488889
Tel: Ashram + 91 – 9304799449
Note: If participating in the Chakra Sadhana Retreat
Oct 22nd-Nov 5th 2008 first
then payment needs to be made for the PV Retreat separately on arrival
at Rikhia.
Swami Muktidharmananda
During the retreat Swami
Muktidharmananda will guide and inspire your personal practice. Swami Muktidharmananda
is a modern day yogi and spiritual mentor who has dedicated his life to
Satyananda yoga. He received a unique training by living 16 years in India
with Yoga Master Paramahamsa Satyananda. Swami Muktidharma regularly tours
internationally, inspiring people in the art and science of yoga. He expounds
a practical, scientific and balanced approach to the modern human being,
using ancient yogic and tantric techniques to help deepen awareness and
awaken consciousness.Food & Accommodation
Simple and tasty vegetarian ashram food is provided. Accommodation will be in one of the new, clean and beautifully marbled buildings within 10 minutes walk of the Alakh Bara. Rooms are shared.Destination
Both retreats take place at the Sivananda Ashram, Rikhia Peeth (place of sadhana) of Paramahamsa Satyananda, in the village of Rikhia, by Deoghar, Jharkand, in North East India.Rikhia is approximately six hours train travel from Kolkata (Calcutta) and a short taxi / trekker ride from the train station.
Satyananda Yoga®
Satyananda Yoga is an integral yoga based firmly in tradition and provides a systematic and comprehensive approach to living in the modern world. It incorporates Hatha, Raja, Karma, Jnana, Mantra, and Bhakti Yoga. With an emphasis on safety and personal experience it is flexible to suit the needs of individuals.
Paramahamsa
Satyananda is one of the greatest living yoga and tantric masters who
inspired the Satyananda Yoga tradition. He was among the first ambassadors
who brought yoga to the west in a simplified, scientific and practical
way. He continues to uplift millions of people throughout the world.
Paramahamsa
Niranjanananda is a yogi from birth and is the spiritual successor to
Paramahamsa Satyananda. He is the director of Satyananda Yoga Institutions
world-wide, and has authored numerous books and programmes. With deep
tradition he continues to bring yoga to people in this modern world.
Swami
Satyasangananda (fondly known as Swami Satsangi) is the director of the
Rikhia Alakh Bara and after many years of dedication she has developed
into a scholar with deep insights into the yogic and tantric sciences.
She is an inspiring example of yoga in action and as her name describes,
Swami Satsangi gives extraordinary satsangs.
Sivananda Ashram, Rikhia Peeth
Sivananda Ashram, Rikhia Peeth is the residence of Paramahamsa Satyananda. A vision in 1988 led him to Rikhia to do sadhana and help uplift the villagers surrounding him.
It is a place of tremendous power, which has been charged
by the activities of Paramahamsa Satyananda.
Now it is open to retreat participants in order to deepen our own experience
of yoga and purify our bodies and minds in this powerful energy.
Sivananda Math
Sivananda Math is the arm of Satyananda Yoga that serves and cares for others. It is an organisation established to promote health and education to the villagers and people around Rikhia and other areas in India. By living in the ashram during the programme you will be involved in this tremendous energy of giving.
Bihar Yoga Bharati (BYB)
Imbibe the atmosphere of the Bihar Yoga Bharati (Yoga University) in Munger, Bihar, Swami Niranjanananda’s residence and place of higher yogic education. Explore the university grounds and investigate options for further study. When in residence, Swami Niranjanananda engages the group with touching and inspirational satsangs. This year’s trip falls over Diwali, the festival of light celebration and may also include a field trip to surrounding temple and ashram properties. (*note that additional fees apply and programme is subject to change.) More about BYB
Feedback from Past Retreats
"An excellent way to go deeper into yoga and fully imbibe the ashram lifestyle... it opens your eyes..."
"The contact with the village people was enlightening... to see their faces and smiles was wonderful"
"I experienced the profound effect that sadhana has on my physical, mental and energetic states... I feel better able to maintain this now"
"...It was a break from the distractions of living in the western world, immersed in a spiritual environment with like minded people... everybody should do this retreat"
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