Online/Onsite New Year’s Retreat: Yoga & Ayurveda Practices for Healthy Living
with Swami Jnaneswariananda, Swami Dharmananda, Swami Adi Parashaktiananda, Dr. Marc Halpern (Dr. Siva) and Dr. Andrea Deerheart
December 30, 2021 - January 2, 2022
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Description
The New Year is a time for Self-reflection and setting positive intentions for the coming year. Join us for daily satsangs, meditation, chanting, Yoga asana classes, and inspiring talks on the healing power of mantra, positive thinking techniques, Upanishads, Ayurveda and the mind, New Year resolves, and more! We will celebrate New Year’s Eve with a concert, puja, and OM Namo Narayanaya peace chanting.
Daily Schedule
* all times are listed in pacific time-zone
** Yoga Classes daily from 8-10 am & 4 – 6 pm
*** Vegetarian meals daily at 10 am & 6 pm
2 pm – ARRIVAL
7:30 pm – Satsang: Meditation, Chanting, Talk
Friday, December 31
6 – 7:30 am – Satsang: Meditation, Chanting, Talk
1 – 2:30 pm – New Years Resolves Workshop
7:30 – Midnight – INSPIRING STORIES / SONGS / STAFF PLAY / PEACE CHANTING / SNACKS / BONFIRE – OFFERING RESOLVES TO LORD AGNI
Saturday, Jan. 1
7 am – Messages from Sivananda Upanishads
1 – 2:30 pm – Puja Worship Ceremony to bring in the New Year
7:30 pm – Satsang: Marc Halpern “The Intersection of Ayurveda and Yoga: Health through Inner Peace”
Sunday, Jan. 2
6 – 7:30 am – Satsang: Andrea Deerheart “Yoga Nidra: Finding Peace Through Healing Trauma”
12 – 1:30 pm – Workshop
2 pm – DEPARTURE
ARRIVAL & DEPARTURE
Arrival: Check-in time is 2:00pm. We encourage you to arrive by 4:00pm for the Asana class. Dinner is at 6:00pm and there will be a Welcoming Orientation at 7:00pm followed by Satsang at 8:00pm.
Departure: Check-out time is 12:00pm. You are welcome to stay in the ashram for the rest of the afternoon even after checking out of your room.
COURSE MATERIAL
“Essentials of Yoga Practice & Philosophy” by Swami Sitaramananda
WHAT TO BRING
slip on shoes, loose comfortable clothing, writing materials, meditation shawl or blanket, yoga mat, sitting cushion, water bottle, and, flashlight. All books and materials are available to order from our online boutique. (we will not have yoga mat and cushions available so please bring your own)
COVID POLICY
Please review our Covid-19 Policies before registering.
REGISTRATION
Registration is required at least 3 day before the start of the program. We will arrange an online video call with all guests once you register to review our covid policy.
REGISTER to join us online
Teachers
Swami Jnaneswariananda joined the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers in 1995 and has been director of centers and ashrams in Canada and Italy. She teaches Hatha Yoga, Meditation, Anatomy, and Vedanta at Teacher Training Courses in North America, Italy and India. Swami Jnaneswariananda took vows of Sannyas in 2001.…
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Swami Dharmananda is assistant director of the Yoga Farm and is in charge of the Karma Yoga program. He is a faculty of the Sivananda Institute of Health (SIHY) and is one of the main teachers of Yoga Philosophy and Meditation at the Ashram. He took sannyas vows…
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Swami Adi Parashaktiananda is a dedicated Sadhak and an experienced international Sivananda Hatha Yoga teacher and trainer in international TTC in USA, Vietnam , Japan and China for more than twelve years. He mainly serves as assistant to Acharya Swami Sitaramananda at the Sivananda Ashram yoga Farm in…
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Dr. Marc Halpern (Dr. Siva) is founder and President of the California College of Ayurveda, the oldest school of Ayurvedic Medicine in the United States. He is a leader in the development of Ayurvedic Medicine in the United States. He is the initiator and co-founder of the National…
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Dr. Andrea Deerheart (“Deerheart”) is the passionate founder of The HeartWay, a non-profit foundation dedicated to Embracing life and Honoring Death. Using wisdom gathered from decades of guiding the living and dying; physically, emotionally and spiritually, Deerheart has provided loving care and healing for those on the journey…
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