It's time to think about which yoga retreats you're going to do this coming year

New Zealand yogis are blessed to have a stunning yoga retreat located down in the Marlborough Sounds, easily accessible from any part of the country.

Every year, Anahata Retreat hosts a variety of retreats, workshops and events.

They’re already got an extensive list of options out for 2010, so now is the perfect time to read through and decide which event you’re going to attend.

Swami Muktidharma also leads retreats in India, and there are a couple scheduled for the end of the year – well worth saving up for.

You can read his teacher profile here: Satyananda Yoga Acharaya: Swami Muktidharma, Anahata Yoga Retreat.

NOTE: For all bookings & enquiries, please contact Anahata Retreat on yoga@anahata-retreat.org.nz or call 03 525 9887.

Creating Change Retreat, with Swami Muktidharma & Swami Karma Karuna, 1^st – 3^rd January 2010

Guided by experienced Swamis & yoga teachers, this retreat encourages relaxation, reflection and reconnection with nature. Focus on resolutions and learn practical tools for creating positive change in the year to come.

This retreat will provide a supportive yogic environment in which you can reflect, focus and reconnect with your ‘Self’. Set your New Year’s resolution into motion utilizing the SWAN tool (exploring strengths, weaknesses, aims and needs) and use powerful yogic techniques such as fire ceremonies, yoga classes, meditation and deep relaxation practices to create practical change within all areas of your life. Learn tools to help understand your ‘Self’ and your mind. Start to shift negative patterns and identify your strengths so make room for the new.

Participants have the option of joining the New Years Eve Celebration with Kirtan (singing mantras) and Havan (ancient fire ceremony). Please enquire for further details.

Investment:

• NZ$280 for shared room (2 nights)
• Early bird NZ$250 if paid in full by 1^st Dec 2009.
• Non-refundable deposit of NZ$100 required to hold your place.
• Camping & other accommodation options also available.
  

Celebration of Sound Retreat, with Swami Muktidharma and Swami Karma Karuna, 13- 17^th January 2010

Music kindles love and infuses hope. It has countless voices and instruments. Music is in the hearts of all men and women. – Swami Sivananda

Experience the amazing benefits of sound, music and vibration! Including yoga postures, meditation and nada yoga, this workshop aims to activate the throat chakra, encourage vocal expression and induce a subtle awareness of sound. Including:

• Yoga postures integrated with mantra
• Breath
• Meditation on the seed sounds
• Kirtan (sanskrit chants sang in a call and response fashion

With special guests, Caitlin & Sika and Dharmaswaroop

Caitlin and Sika

Special guests Caitlin and Sika perform world-wide, endeavoring to portray their inspirational messages through their unique and powerful sound. Their musical talents extend to many instruments including the guitar, piano, drums and didjeridoo.

Investment:

• NZ$480 for shared room (4 nights)
• Camping and other accommodation options available.

Yoga Workshop Breathing and the Brain, with Guest Swami Samnyasananda, 1^st Feb 2010, 10am-5pm

Special workshop for Yoga Teachers and advanced practitioners wishing to deepen their understanding and knowledge of the scientific applications of yoga.

• Deepen your understanding of the neurophysiology and learn about the benefits of yogic breathing and how it affects the heart, the brain and the nervous system.

• Explore the physiology of yoga breathing techniques and the nervous systems.

• Learn about the effect of breathing, brain hemisphericity and the Corpus Collosum (the bridge between the brain hemispheres). Learn techniques to increase melatonin levels.

Swami Samnyasananda is a consultant neurophysiologist whose research explores the effects of pranayama, meditation and relaxation on the heart, brain and autonomic nervous systems. He is a Certified Yoga Teacher, Life Member and Fellow of the World Society for Clinical Yoga (Lucknow, India), and has over 30 years of experience in classes, personal tuition & clinical counseling in yoga, meditation, relaxation and stress management (M.B.T.I. Accredited). He is currently teaching and tutoring at Monash Medical School’s Department of General Practice, while sharing his knowledge of health and well-being through seminars and retreats around the world.

Investment:

• Workshop 10am- 5pm $100 (includes lunch)
• Option to stay the night after the workshop, which includes dinner, breakfast and the early morning yoga class on Tuesday 2^nd Feb.
• Shared room & workshop $130
• Camping & workshop $120
• Private room & workshop $150

Chakra Vidya, Yoga Retreat, with international guest presenter Swami Samnyasananda, 5 – 7th Feb 2010

‘Chakra Vidya’ is experiential knowledge of the body’s energy centres.

Join our international guest Swami Samnyasananda to deepen your knowledge of yoga and how the chakra systems work. Chakras are energy centres in the body that regulate the circulation of energy and influence all our expressions.

During this weekend retreat:

• Discover how the chakras influence your personality, health and mind
• Experience the chakras through breathing techniques & meditation
• Learn practices to energise and balance the major chakras
• Using both practices and theory to explore the chakras.

SWAMI SAMNYASANANDA is a neurophysiologist and long-time yoga practitioner who approaches yoga from the points of view of medical science and spiritual practice.

Investment:

• Early-bird $280
• Standard $310 for shared room (2 nights) includes all meals & programmes

Explore Yourself Retreat, with Anahata Residents, 15^th-21^st February OR  8^th- 14^th March 2010 OR 12^th-18^th April 2010 OR 3^rd-9^th May 2010

During the Explore Your “Self” retreat you will experience a yogic lifestyle through the active immersion into the daily life of Anahata, and learn yogic principles, receive support and have a daily focus in the guided group sessions. You take part in the daily schedule of yogic practices and will also be able to enjoy the beautiful surroundings.

Our daily programs include: morning chanting, Satyananda Yoga Nidra™ (deep relaxation), guided meditation and karma yoga. Our weekly program includes: Hatha Yoga class on Tuesdays, Thursday and Saturday mornings, Kirtan (singing mantras to music) on Wednesday evenings, Havan (ancient fire ceremony) on Fridays, and Healing Mantra on Saturdays.

“Explore Your Self” is suitable for all levels of experience, and if you are a beginner it is a great opportunity to learn the basics of yoga.  It will be a great experience for you!

Investment:

• NZ$375 for one week shared accommodation (6 Nights)
• NZ$1200 for one month shared accommodation
• Non-refundable deposit of NZ$100 required to hold your place.
• Camping & other accommodation options also available please enquire.
• Prices include all meals & programmes

Yoga & Sacred Feminine Retreat, with Swami Karma Karuna, 26^th Feb – 28^th Feb 2010

Connect with your inner power & creativity through yoga. Join a supportive circle of women to connect with the Goddess within. Learn Yoga practices tailored for women’s needs and expression through music, dance and creativity. Explore the needs of women in today’s society and focus on yoga for women’s health.

The weekend will include:

• Shakti (inner force) meditation
• Yantra & mantra
• Yoga practices that focus on women’s needs including postures, breathing & meditation techniques
• Group discussions,  Rituals including fire ceremony (Havan)

Swami Karma Karuna specialises in women’s health, by blending yogic lifestyle and Sannyas tradition with motherhood, she brings a unique and practical approach, inspiring the integration of yogic principals into everyday activities.

Investment:

• NZ$280 for shared accommodation (2 Nights)
• Early bird NZ$250 if paid in full by 26^th Jan 2010
• Non-refundable deposit of NZ$100 required to hold your place.
• Camping & Other accommodation options also available please enquire.
• Prices include all meals & programmes

Mantra & Transformation, 9 Day Navaratri Retreat, with Guest Swami Muktimurti, 15- 25^th March 2010

Navaratri is a nine day period of astrological significance, in which it is deemed most auspicious to do spiritual practice (or ‘sadhana’). With special guest Swami Muktimurti, from Australia, who is an expert in Mantra and ancient Sanskrit. The intensive nine day sadhana will involve chanting mantra, daily yoga classes, deep relaxation and meditation, some karma yoga (work with meditative awareness) and fire ceremonies.

Traditionally the sadhana for Navaratri involves extensive chanting from the Vedic scriptures, mainly in praise of the many forms of the Divine Mother, and also Lord Rama, who, with the help of the Divine Mother, was able to vanquish the demon king, symbolizing our own inner battle with negativity. It is a powerful time for personal transformation, a time for reflection and opportunity to connect with your inner self.

It is said that an hour of sadhana during this time is worth 100 hours of sadhana at any other time.

Guest Swami Muktimurti

Swami Muktimurti has been living in the Satyananda Yoga ashrams in both Australia and India since the 1970’s and is well known for her singing. She has pursued a deep interest in music for the past 30 years, incorporating her background in devotional singing (kirtan, bhajan and stotram), mantra, classical North Indian music, and her love of music and chanting in general into an experiential perspective on the practices of Nada Yoga, the yoga of sound.

Investment:

• NZ$550 (9 Nights) including shared accommodation, all meals & programmes.
• Early bird $495 if paid in full by 16th February 2010
• $100 non-refundable deposit to secure your place

Easter Retreat- Exploration of Non-attachment, with Swami Muktidharma & Swami Karma Karuna, 2- 5^th April 2010

We should be like the shadow which passes through water without getting wet or through the fire without getting burnt. – Swami Satyananda

Discover the freedom of letting go! This retreat will provide the tools needed to release our grip on the aspects of our lives which cause stress, grief and worry. Learn techniques to help remove negative habits and conditioning which diminish harmony and creativity. Apply these tools in your day to day life, discover your essential nature, and embrace life in all its fullness.

• Understand Non-attachment
• Learn yogic tools to help let go
• Liberate yourself & rid your life of unnecessary unhappiness
• Apply to everyday activities, spiritual life & relationships

Investment:

• NZ$380 (3 nights) including shared accommodation, all meals & programmes
• Early bird $350 if paid in full by 2^nd March 2010.
• $100 non-refundable deposit to secure your place

Chakra Sadhana Retreat, with Swami Muktidharma, 20^th – 29th October 2010

Location: At the home and heart of Paramahamsa Satyananda, this 10-day retreat provides an intensive focus on the chakra system, through a process of purification and stimulation of the energy centres.

• A comprehensive integral course guided by Swami Muktidharma, including field trips, private session, information packet, books and meditation cd.
• Use Asana, Pranayama, Meditation, Vibration techniques, Shatkarmas and other specialised practices to stimulate, purify and open the Chakras in a practical way.
• Be inspired by in depth talks on the Chakras including deep insights from Swami Satsangi (Peethadishwari of Rikhia).

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
• Meditation practices such as Satyananda Yoga Nidra™, Mantra Japa, Nada Yoga, Antar Mouna, Ajapajapa and Chakra Shuddhi
• 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 Peethadishwari (acharya) of Rikhia)
• Integrate Yoga into your daily life
• Live in rural India during the program
• Guided Field Trips
• Have the possibility of Satsang (spiritual truth talk) with a living Yoga Master
• Experience esoteric practices such as havan (fire ceremony) and chanting of ancient texts.
• Expand your experience, be inspired and live a yogic lifestyle in a sacred environment.
• Learn Hatha Yoga Purification techniques (Shatkarmas) 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.

Package Options and Investment

• Option 1) Chakra Sadhana, Prana Vidya & Ajapa Dharana, 30 Nights – US$1995
• Option 2) Chakra Sadhana & Prana Vidya, 21 Nights – US$1350
• Option 3) Chakra Sadhana Only, 12 Nights – US$995
• Note: These packages are a fully guided experience from Kolkata and price includes all travel, food, field trips and accommodation within the structured group plan. Does not include international airfares etc

Prana Vidya 2010 from 1 – 7 November. Experience of the scientific and esoteric aspects of the subtle breath and the energy body, including techniques for awakening the energetic fields. Heighten your perception of prana; learn techniques to direct energy for healing others and the self.See listing for more info – US$400

Ajapa Dharana 2010 from 10 – 16 November. An in-depth experience of this meditative system that utilizes breath, mantra and visualization to activate the whole energetic field and awaken the inner circuits so that prana can flow freely. Ajapa Dharana practice awakens a deeper experience of existence, stimulating the dormant energetic and psychic potential that lies within.See listing for more info – US$500

All inclusive except airfares, travel insurance, meals or travel outside the group plan.

Prana Vidya, with Swami Muktidharma, 1^st- 7^th November 2010

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

At the residence of Swami Satyananda…
Rikhia Peeth Ashram, India
November 1-7th 2010

For bookings or enquiries: Contact Bihar School of Yoga (Rikhia Ashram) unless participating in one of the package options:

Bihar School of Yoga
PO Rikhia,
Dist Deoghar,
Jharkhand 814112.

Tel: PCO +91- 9304488889
Tel: Ashram + 91 – 9304799449

Investment:

• 7 Day Prana Vidya Retreat is US$400 (approx NZ$600).
• This includes the course, accommodation and meals in the ashram. Travel/Hotel in Kolkata not included. Payment to be made directly to Rikhia

For further options and packages visit www.anahata-retreat.org.nz

Ajapa Dharana Retreat, with Swami Muktidharma, 10^th-16^th November 2010

The Ajapa Dharana Retreat is an in depth experience of this meditative system that utilizes breath, mantra and visualization to activate the whole energetic field and activate the inner circuits so that prana can flow freely. Ajapa Dharana practice awakens a deeper experience of existence, stimulating the dormant energetic and psychic potential that lies within.

• Asana, Pranayama, Mudra and Bandha session to increase movement of prana
• Specialised practices for stimulation, purification and opening of the psychic passages used for Ajapa Dharana
• Yoga Nidra™ focused on prana
• Progressive stages of Ajapa Dharana Meditation
• Satsang (spiritual truth talk) with Swami Niranjanananda
• Kirtan (singing and chanting of mantra)
• Karma yoga (working with meditative awareness)
• Integrate into pre-planned ashram activities like havan (fire) ceremony and chanting Gita

This retreat is taking place at Munger, where Swami Niranjanananda, the active guide of Satyananda Yoga world-wide resides.

Package Options

• Option 1) Chakra Sadhana, Prana Vidya & Ajapa Dharana, 30 Nights
• Option 2) Chakra Sadhana & Prana Vidya, 21 Nights
• Option 3) Chakra Sadhana Only, 12 Nights
• Note: These packages are a fully guided experience from Kolkata and price includes all travel, food, field trips and accommodation within the structured group plan. Does not include international airfares etc.

Further Options

• Option 4) Prana Vidya & Ajapa Dharana, 16 nights
• Transport and Accommodation provided between retreats only. All participants must make own arrangements to arrive at Ashram
• Option 5) Prana Vidya Only
• Meet in Rikhia. Transport and Hotel are NOT included. For bookings and payment contact Rikhia directly: www.yogavision.net
• Option 6) Ajapa Dharana Only
• Meet in Munger. Transport and Hotel are NOT included. For bookings and payment contact indiaretreat@anahata-retreat.org.nz

For Bookings & Enquires: Contact Anahata on indiaretreat@anahata-retreat.org.nz or Call +64 3 525 9887

Package Options and Investment

• Option 1) Chakra Sadhana, Prana Vidya & Ajapa Dharana, 30 Nights – US$1995
• Option 2) Chakra Sadhana & Prana Vidya, 21 Nights – US$1350
• Option 3) Chakra Sadhana Only, 12 Nights – US$995
• Note: These packages are a fully guided experience from Kolkata and includes all travel, food, field trips and accommodation within the structured group plan. Does not include international airfares etc

Prana Vidya 2010 from 1 – 7 November. Experience of the scientific and esoteric aspects of the subtle breath and the energy body, including techniques for awakening the energetic fields. Heighten your perception of prana; learn techniques to direct energy for healing others and the self.See listing for more info – US$400

Ajapa Dharana 2010 from 10 – 16 November. An in-depth experience of this meditative system that utilizes breath, mantra and visualization to activate the whole energetic field and awaken the inner circuits so that prana can flow freely. Ajapa Dharana practice awakens a deeper experience of existence, stimulating the dormant energetic and psychic potential that lies within.See listing for more info – US$500

All inclusive except airfares, travel insurance, meals or travel outside the group plan.

Information supplied by:

Anahata Yoga Retreat
P.O. Box 155, Takaka,
Golden Bay, New Zealand
03 525-9887

yoga @anahata-retreat.org.nz

There is no noise in the world.  There is no peace in the Himalayas.  Both are within you. – Paramahamsa Satyananda

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