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September 30 - October 02, 2022
Self-knowledge and intellectualization can only take us so far. At this retreat, we’re offering a different pathway to deep change. Though it may sound counter-intuitive, when we surrender to our powerlessness over our self-destructive patterns, our resistance dissolves so the energy can move.
Using effective modalities such as Kundalini yoga*, sound healing, mantras, community recovery meetings*, and group session work, we release the “power” of the intellectual mind and invite deeper healing in ourselves.
This deeper healing allows us to become:
Schedule
Friday, September 30Stephen Earnhart became a devoted Kundalini yogi in 2010 after the teachings swiftly resolved his incapacitating “incurable” lower back pain. Stephen since became a KRI-certified Kundalini Yoga teacher, Yoga Nidra instructor, sound healer, Reiki practitioner, Y12SR (Yoga of 1...
In 2019, Andara Christina Michael was unhappy, unhealthy and unfulfilled. Her journey had led her through the corporate finance and consulting world, overseas to Southeast Asia and then to Seattle, where she continued her secret cycle of alcohol, drug and food addiction. At her h...
“A person does not hear sound only through the ears; he hears sound through every pore of the body. It permeates the entire being, and according to its partic...
Join Carolyn Christie and Hugh Millard this coming Presidents’ Day weekend to focus on the practice of asana as a means of working toward practical integratio...
Learn from the person who sparked the contemporary end-of-life doula movement. Death is a reality that all of us will eventually face. How we face it will make...
Join Nina Rao, Claudia Welch, Keli Lalita Reddy, and Genevieve Walker for a healing and rejuvenating retreat where we will slow down, take time for ourselves an...
The profound and magnificent teachings of self-transcendent wisdom and compassion are the jewel at the heart of the Nalanda tradition preserved in Tibet. Powerf...
Through asana and pranayama practice, we will explore the nature of skillful action. Every yoga posture is captured in T.S. Eliot's words, "We must be still and...
"Let our boundless love pervade the whole universe, above, below, and across. Our love will know no obstacles. " - The Metta Sutta Please join us as we awaken t...
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