Thanksgiving Retreat: Walking True Love’s Path to Freedom
with Swami Dharmananda, Swami Adi Parashaktiananda, Swami Sivasankariananda, Swami Amritananda, Swamini Svatmavidyananda, Acharya Mangalananda and Prabhu Nam Kaur
November 27 - December 1, 2024
Description
“That which elevates one is Dharma. Dharma is that which leads you to the path of perfection and glory. Dharma is that which helps you to have direct communion with the Lord. Dharma is that which makes you Divine. Dharma is the ascending stairway unto God.” — Swami Sivananda
You are invited to this special Thanksgiving program featuring special guest teachers who have dedicated their lives to the spiritual path, ready to share their spiritual knowledge gleaned from years of practice to help us understand these turbulent times where conflict seems ever-present and peace out of reach.
We look to the wisdom of the classical Yoga teachings to remove any question about what is the nature of Truth in these often confusing times. Practical teachings will address what is true leadership on the spiritual path; What is the meaning of personal choice? What is dharma?; What is true freedom? What is the nature of Optimism, hope, and faith?
Daily Schedule
Wednesday, November 27
2pm Arrival
4-6pm Open Yoga Class
6pm Dinner
7-8pm Free Time
8-9:30pm Satsang: Welcome Message: Optimism, Hope and Faith
Thursday, November 28
6-7:30am Satsang: Freedom and Self-Discipline
8-10am Open Yoga Class
10am Brunch
11am Karma Yoga
1-3pm Workshop: Prabhu Nam Kaur: Living Truth and Peace
3-5pm Open Yoga Class
5pm Vegetarian Thanksgiving Feast
8-9:30pm Satsang: Acharya Mangalananda Kirtan Concert
Friday, November 29
6-7:30am Satsang: Leadership with Swami Sitaramananda
8-10am Open Yoga Class
10am Brunch
11am Karma Yoga
12-1:30pm Workshop: Dharma & Duty with Sw Svatmavidyananda
2-3:30pm Workshop: Mantra & Devotion with Acharya Mangalananda
4-6pm Open Yoga Class
6pm Dinner
8-9:30pm Satsang: Prabhu Nam Kaur Kirtan Concert
Saturday, November 30
6-7:30am Satsang: Community, Self and Others
8-10am Open Yoga Class
10am Brunch
11am Karma Yoga
12-1:30pm Workshop: Yogic Ethics and Guidelines
2-3:30pm Workshop: Character According to Sri Krishna
4-6pm Open Yoga Class
6pm Dinner
8-9:30pm Moksha & Duality According to the Upanishads with Sw Svatmavidyananda
Sunday, December 1
6-7:30am Satsang: Emotional Maturity & Relationships with Sw Svatmavidyananda
8-10am Open Yoga Class
10am Brunch
4-6pm Open Yoga Class
6pm Dinner
Pre-requisite
There are no prerequisites other than a sincere desire to learn classical yoga.
COURSE MATERIAL
Teachers
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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Swami Sivasankariananda is director of the Los Angeles Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center. She completed her TTC at the Yoga Farm in 1997 and ATTC there in 2008. Swamiji has been on yatra in north and south India and Mount Kailas. She loves to teach and is particularly fond of the…
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Swami Amrita is a dedicated yoga teacher and karma yogi from Japan, with over 18 years of yoga practice and more than a decade of teaching experience in Hatha Yoga. She holds the RYT500 and IAYT-ACCREDITED SYHET 800-hour certificates. In 2025, she embraced monastic life in the Swami…
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Sri Swamini Svatmavidyananda Saraswati, a longtime disciple of Paramapujya Swami Dayananda Saraswati of India, is an accomplished scholar of Vedanta. For several years, she has led an active satsang community in the United States, serving as the Spiritual Director of Swami Dayananda’s USA center: Arsha Vijnana Gurukulam based…
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Magalananda began his spiritual life in 1972 under the guidance of Swami Satchidananda, a direct disciple of Swami Sivananda. After an inner experience with Anandamayi Ma, the great woman Saint mentioned in Yogananda’s “Autobiography of a Yogi”, with Sw. Satchidananda’s permission, he went to India to find her.…
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Prabhu Nam Kaur is the respected Matriarch of the American Sikh community in the Bay Area and for years has run the Hargobind Ashram and Gurdwara in San Leandro. She’s a devoted practitioner and teacher since the 1970’s. She is the mother of the famous Sikh touring musician,…
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