Holiday Retreat: Living Peace, Living Love
with Swami Jnaneswariananda, Swami Vashistananda, Swami Dharmananda, Swami Sivasankariananda, Swami Hamsananda, Anuradha and Angelika
December 21 - 26, 2018
Description
The Christmas holiday symbolizes the highest in us – pure Devotion and Love. In the Yoga tradition the word Bhakti is this, and the practice of Bhakti is seen as both the devotional path of Yoga and also the goal of life – to come in to union with the absolute Love itself. In this retreat we will start and end our days with meditation and devotion in Satsang, enjoy twice daily Yoga Asana and Pranayama classes and wholesome vegetarian organic meals, and we will also participate each day in joyful chanting and divine song, enjoy the gifts of great musicians, and participate in special Christmas pujas. All who participate will certainly experience the bliss of the Self and also carry with them gems of both philosophy and practice that will help to experience the joy of Christmas every day. Join us for a special holiday retreat filled with the Yoga of Love and Devotion.
Schedule
hristmas pujas. All who participate will certainly experience the bliss of the Self and also carry with them gems of both philosophy and practice that will help to experience the joy of Christmas every day. Join us for a special holiday
Friday 21-Dec
6am: Satsang
8-10am: Hatha Yoga Class
10am: Brunch
11-12pm: Karma Yoga
12-1:30pm: “Sermon on the Mount” w/ Swami Dharmananda
4-6pm: Hatha Yoga
6pm: Dinner
7:30pm: “Living Peace, Living Love” Welcome
Saturday 22-Dec
6am: Satsang: “Compassionate Living” w/ Roopashree
8-10am: Hatha Yoga Class
10am: Brunch
11-12pm: Karma Yoga
1-3pm: “Compassionate Living” w/ Roopashree
4-6pm: Hatha Yoga
6pm: Dinner
7:30pm: Satsang
Sunday 23-Dec
6am: Satsang: “The Names are Many, Truth is One”
8-10am: Hatha Yoga Class
10am: Brunch
11-12pm: Karma Yoga
1-3pm: “Unity in Diversity” w/ Swami Jnaneswarianada
4-6pm: Hatha Yoga
6pm: Dinner
7:30pm: Satsang: Angelika Concert
Tuesday 24-Dec
6am: Satsang: BD: “Life and Teaching of Jesus”
8-10am: Hatha Yoga Class
10am: Brunch
11-12pm: Karma Yoga
1-2:30pm: “Christmas Kirtan” w/ Anandamayi
4-530pm: Hatha Yoga
530pm: Christmas Feast
8pm: Christmas Celebration / Santa Claus / Christmas Carols
Wednesday 25-Dec
7am: Satsang: Sivananda Upanishad
8-10am: Hatha Yoga Class
10am: Brunch
11-12pm: Karma Yoga
1-3pm: “Anchor in Peace” w/ Swami Sivasankariananda
4-6pm: Hatha Yoga
6pm: Dinner
7:30pm: Satsang
Thursday 26-Dec
6am: Satsang
8-10am: Hatha Yoga Class
10am: Brunch
11-12pm: Karma Yoga
1-3pm: “Grace and Forgiveness” w/ Swami Sivasankariananda
4-6pm: Hatha Yoga
6pm: Dinner
730pm: Satsang: Guru Puja with Swami Vashistananda
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 Vashistananda comes from the Namboodri lineage in Southern India, Kerala and has been a long-time teacher of bhakti and vedanta in the Sivananda organization ever since. He has been at the Yoga farm since October 2014 and does ceremonies at all the ashram temples and shrines. Swamiji…
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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 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 Hamsananda is a senior staff teacher at the Yoga Farm, taking TTC in 2010 and Advanced TTC in 2014. Swami Hamsananda took Brahmacharya vows in 2014 and sannyas in 2022. She graduated from the the Sivananda Yoga Health Educator Training in 2019 and is a Certified Yoga…
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Anuradha Prabhashankar is an accomplished Bharatanatyam dancer from the Bay area. She learned her art form in India at a very young age. Now a mother of two, she has been performing at the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Farm for many years. Bharatanatyam style of dance is rigorous in…
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Angelika is an internationally acclaimed performer, composer and recording artist, whose main intention is to promote Oneness, Peace, Healing, and Good-will amongst all people through her inspirational music. Angelika is originally from Germany and now resides in Nevada City.
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