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YOGA RETREAT IN GOA

The truest reason why you turn to yoga for wellbeing is part of one's innermost spiritual desire. Many of us are not aware of the existence of such a desire. What gives us the push in this direction is a very superficial requirement such as physical fitness or stress management. A proper course of training definitely results in unbelievable physical and mental fitness, but what is necessary to state here is that the emphasis on fitness is seldom the prime motive behind a yoga practice. No matter how seriously you are looking for fitness, deep within your mind you are searching for awareness. I wish to put you through a journey from consciousness to super-consciousness where physical fitness is merely a side-effect.

Every spiritually matured mind craves for the understanding of the self but under present-day conditions, many people do not have the time to completely devote themselves to the search of their inner self. However busy such a person's life, one's mind is never free from spiritual contemplation. The retreat is meant for any person who has a persistent thirst, but has no time or direction. The programme is designed to provide maximum learning and practice opportunity in a short span of time. Apart from short-duration retreats the ashram offers unlimited learning opportunities with the most correct environment and guidance for long-term seekers.

The retreat wishes to eliminate all of your mundane, day-to-day worries and to provide maximum advantage of this short period of training. Thus the complete program of the retreat is offered as a package.

The maximum capicity for the retreats is 10.

 


THE ROUGH GUIDE to
Goa
Yoga In Morjim
Tucked away in a fold of a wooded hill just inland from morjim beach is the secluded Yoga Village ( 0832/224 4546, www.yogavillage.org), where you can study yoga techniques and philosophy under the guidance of Yogi Manmoyanand, an upcoming teacher who aquired his expertise during a seven-year stint in a Himalayan cave. Fourteen-day retreats cover a wide range of yogic techniques from pranayama to mudras, bandhas and the full range of poses (asanas). Vedic discourse (under the banyan tree) and relaxing Ayurvedic massages are included in the cost of the course which, aside from tuition, includes meals and accomodation (in well set-up cane and palm-leaf huts). For full details, check the website.

 

Retreat dates

December 01 -14, 2008
February 02 -15, 2009

Yoga retreat (cost) : 800 euros per person
                                     (580 pounds sterling)

700 euros (510 pounds sterlings) if it is booked atleast two weeks in advance.

 

 

The package includes

  • Yoga and yogic guidance.
  • Discourses on spirituality and metaphysics.
  • Cottage accommodation for 14 nights.
  • Transport to and from Goa airport/railway station.
  • Breakfast, lunch, dinner and tea.

The food served at the retreat is organic and is prepared strictly on the basis of Ayurvedic principles

 

ITINERARY
DAY 1
  Check in, welcome drink
1:30 Lunch
4:00 Orientation
- Discussion on the purpose and discipline of the program and introduction to the practice
- Determination of individual practice modules
7:30 Dinner
8:30 Bonfire and spiritual discussion
   
DAY 2 to 5
5:30 Wake Up
6:00 Purification & Meditation
6:30 Yoga Asana Class
9:00 Breakfast
9:30 Massage and Body Toning (45 min. individual sessions)
11:00 Study of Yoga sutras & other yogic scriptures
( Discourse, explanation & techniques of practical application)
1:30 Lunch
5:30 Sunset meditation at the beach
7:30 Dinner
8:00 Bonfire and spiritual discussion
   
Day 6 (Saturday)
5:30 Wake Up
6:00 Purification & Meditation
6:30 Yoga Asana Class
9:00 Breakfast
9:30 Massage and Body Toning
11:00 Study of Yoga sutras & other yogic scriptures
( Discourse, explanation & techniques of practical application)
1:30 lunch
  Rest of the dayand evening are free
   
Day 7 & 8
5:30 Wake Up
6:00 Purification & Meditation
6:30 Yoga Asana Class
9:00 Breakfast
9:30 Massage and Body Toning
11:00 Discourse on Spirituality and Metaphysics.
1:30 Lunch
5:30 Sunset meditation at the beach
7:30 Dinner
8:00 Bonfire and spiritual discussion
   
Day 9
5:30 Wake Up
6:00 Purification & Meditation
7:00 Nature Trail
Drive into the Western Ghats rainforest to study flora & fauna. Study in the techniques of how to communicate with nature.
   
DAY 10 to 13
5:30 Wake Up
6:00 Purification & Meditation
6:30 Yoga Asana Class
9:00 Breakfast
9:30 Massage and Body Toning
11:00 Study of Yoga sutras & other yogic scriptures
( Discourse, explanation & techniques of practical application)
1:30 Lunch
5:30 Sunset meditation at the beach
7:30 Dinner
8:00 Bonfire and spiritual discussion
   
DAY 14
5:30 Wake Up
6:00 Purification & Meditation
6:30 Yoga Asana Class
9:00 Breakfast
9:30 Massage and Body Toning
11:00 Summary of retreat & s\determination of future practice modules
1:30 Lunch
5:30 Sunset meditation at the beach
7:30 Bonfire & farewell dinner
   
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6.00AM : PRANAYAMA, PURIFICATION AND PREPARATION
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6.30AM : ASANAS, BANDHAS AND MUDRAS
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8.30AM : AYURVEDIC BODY TONING, RELAXATION FOLLOWED BY BREAKFAST
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11.00AM : DISCOURSES ON YOGA SUTRAS AND OTHER YOGIC SCRIPTURES FOLLOWED BY LUNCH
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2.30PM : INDIVIDUAL PRACTISES OF TRATAKA, CHAKRA-DHARANA AND CONTEMPLATION
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6.00PM : PRANAYAMA, MEDITATION AND
CONTEMPLATION AT SEA-SHORE
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7.30PM : BONFIRE AND SPIRITUAL DISCUSSION FOLLOWED BY DINNER
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