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October 5-8, 2012
Come join in a traditional Native American purification ceremony to help heal the Earth, through awakening our connection with nature and her wisdom. Learn the spiritual meaning of the Sweat Lodge ceremony and the Four Directions. |
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October 5-8, 2012
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October 5-10, 2012 "Planting Seeds"Children’s Teachers’ Training Certification |
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October 8-14, 2012 This course is designed to train yoga teachers and practitioners to be peace leaders in local, national, and international communities. Participants will learn how to lead and take part in significant humanitarian efforts. They will study the eight United Nations millennium goals and will be guided to develop skills for building programs to support these goals: eradicating poverty and hunger, providing education for all, empowering women and gender equality, providing health care for all, decreasing childhood mortality, promoting maternal health, controlling the spread of HIV and other diseases, and protecting the environment. Curriculum: • Understanding the state of the world and areas in need Elaine Valdov, PhD, is the director of the International Institute for a Culture of Peace in the United Nations and the co-chair of the Executive Committee of NGOs affiliated with the U.N. She is a peace and human rights activist and founder of the Yogis without Borders movement. |
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October 14-19, 2012 This retreat will guide you systematically through the theory and practice of Yoga exercise, breathing, relaxation, diet, positive thinking and meditation. The Yoga Lifestyle Retreats are ideal for those new to Yoga practice or for those wishing to renew their practice. The retreats run from Sunday evening to Friday afternoon. To complete your Yoga experience, extend your stay through the weekend. ($150 plus accommodations) |
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October 12-14, 2012 |
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October 16-24, 2012 A festival that signifies the progress of a spiritual aspirant. During the spiritual journey, the aspirant passes through three stages of spiritual transformation - purification, cultivation of virtues, and the dawn of wisdom, as personified by Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswati. Join us for daily pujas with readings from the sacred scripture of the Mother, the Devi Mahatmyam. This is a scripture of grade and spiritual transformation - overcoming fear and negative habits, cultivating virtues, and realizing the absolute unconditional loving power of the Mother behind the creation, sustenance and destruction of the universe. |
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October 20-21, 2012 Sacred Art cultivates inner silence and attunes one with energy and the essence of the divine aspect that is being evoked. This experiential workshop will introduce participants to the imagery of the chakras, psychic energy centers, the stage upon which the interaction between higher consciousness and desire gets played out. Coming from the tantric tradition, these subtle centers of transformation will be experienced through painting and visualization. Mandalas reflect our inner nature that creates sacred circular energy patterns. By utilizing the Vedic Square, which is by itself an ancient number grid, you can create an infinite amount of shapes and patterns to form a beautiful mandala based on the chakra planetary ruler. By working with specific colors and mantras, this meditative painting practice will connect us to the deeper energies of the planets and chakras, creating more harmony, peace and energy. Course Objectives: In this course you will learn: |
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October 26-28, 2012 The autumn forests offer clear, beautiful hiking. Join us in long walks through the Catskill Mountains, both around the ashram and in a magnificent local state park. |