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Spring Integral Yoga Retreat

with Spiritual Director Swami Gurucharanananda "Mataji"
and presenters:
Swami Hamsananda, Swami Divyananda Ma, E-RYT 500, Swami Vidyananda, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT, and David Newman "Durga Das"

Pricing:
$125.00: Community Rate - If you're experiencing financial limitations or if you cannot afford the other options.
$160.00: Sustainer Rate - Helps sustain the operations and pay presenter's fee.
$195.00: Supporter Rate - By choosing this tier you allow us to offer a community rate.

Join us for the online Spring Integral Yoga Retreat: From Bondage to Liberation, and discover how the various paths of Yoga help us move from suffering to supreme peace. In daily life, we face numerous binding challenges. Now, over a year into a pandemic, we could all benefit from a special time to revitalize, rejuvenate, and re-strengthen ourselves to face these challenges. Integral Yoga provides the practices that assist us in overcoming the difficulties we face, helping us to heal the tensions and anxieties of the mind and body and reclaim our inherent freedom and bliss.

For over fifty years, Integral Yoga has offered silent retreats to provide participants with the opportunity for inner reflection and serenity. By cultivating silence and stillness, mental and emotional clarity develops, allowing one to experience the peace within. This year, Yogaville is bringing the annual spring retreat to you online, allowing you to access all the powerful programs and classes at home for a comprehensive and uplifting personal retreat.

We invite you to observe silence to receive the maximum benefit from the retreat, however, we recognize that obligations of daily life at home may make speech necessary for some. For those yearning for the silent retreat experience, we will guide you to transform your home into a quiet sanctuary. For those who are caretakers or busy householders for whom speech is required, we welcome you to join the sessions and weave them into your daily obligations.

No matter your approach, the Spring Integral Yoga Retreat will uplift you with engaging talks, daily Yoga practices, and opportunities for inner reflection. Explore the paths and practices of Integral Yoga and how they help us move from bondage to spiritual liberation, from suffering to supreme peace.


This retreat provides:

  • Opportunities to experience inner and outer peace and tranquility
  • Instruction in pranayama (yogic breathing techniques), meditation, and Hatha Yoga
  • Inspiring talks by Integral Yoga senior practitioners, ministers, and swamis (monastics)


Friday Evening Kirtan Concert

As part of the Spring Integral Yoga Retreat – Online, David Newman “Durga Das” will be offering a special Friday evening kirtan concert. If circumstances prevent you from attending the whole retreat, you may register for the Kirtan Concert with Durga Das – Online.

The main program sessions are live and all sessions are in ET. The live sessions will be recorded and posted to the Online Programs access page if you are unable to join us live for that session. Recordings* are usually posted within one day and are available to program participants and presenter(s) only.
*You're welcome to turn off your camera if you don't wish your image to be recorded.

You will have access to the video recordings for 8 weeks after the program ends, until June 20.

In addition, you will have access to the Ashram’s Live Hatha Yoga classes at 5 pm ET, recorded Ashram meditations, and inspiring talks with Sri Swami Satchidananda. You will also have access to an online social community to connect and communicate with other participants about this course.


What to Expect

Since 1970, Integral Yoga Silent Retreats have provided the solace everyone needs from time to time. You will have the opportunity to immerse yourself in silence while teachers offer experiential classes in Yoga philosophy, meditation, breathing techniques, Yoga postures, and deep relaxation.


All Are Welcome

These retreats are open to everyone, from beginners to advanced Yoga retreatants. Those who are new to meditation or Yoga practices will receive full instruction, while those with experience will have the opportunity to deepen their practice.


Testimonials

This was the best thing I have ever done for myself and my family. I feel grounded, at ease, and ready to face the world with peace and love. — Connie Yanez

Mataji is the person to listen to for encouragement during these challenging times. — Premajyoti (Carolyn) Green

Mataji, as you know, is an incredibly wise and wonderful person. Sharing her energy, even via an online platform, is just lovely. Her insights and humor encourage me to grow in positive ways and keep coming back. Any time spent with Mataji is time well spent. Her vibration is so high, so good, so loving, and her wisdom and insight are invaluable for those of us on a spiritual path. — Clover

Mataji answers unasked questions. She speaks from her heart and straight into yours and often it is just what you were wondering about. Her guidance is gentle, kind, and humorous. However, firm, strong guidance is also part of her teaching. Just what’s needed! — Lolly Bower

Schedule

    1. Student Walkthrough – How to Navigate this Course

    2. Welcome to Spring Integral Yoga Retreat

    3. Resources, Materials, and Assistance

    4. Retreat Schedule

    1. Daily Schedule

    2. LIVE – Welcoming and Orientation | From Bondage to Freedom – 7:30–9 pm ET

    1. Daily Schedule

    2. LIVE – Guided Meditation with Mataji – 6–6:45 am ET

    3. LIVE – Integral Yoga® Hatha - Level 1 with Narada – 7–8:30 pm ET

    4. Morning Sadhana (Recorded offerings)

    5. LIVE – From the Dotted i to the Capitol I with Swami Sarvananda | Karma Yoga – 9:30–10:30 am ET

    6. Karma Yoga Practice

    7. Lunch Talk

    8. LIVE – From Lethargy to Energy with Swami Divyanandama – 2–3:30 pm ET

    9. LIVE – From Division to Love with Amma Kidd – 3:45–4:45 pm ET

    10. LIVE – Integral Yoga® Hatha – 5–6:30 pm ET

    11. LIVE – Kirtan with Durga Das – 7:30–9:30 pm ET

    1. Daily Schedule

    2. LIVE – Guided Meditation with Mataji – 6–6:45 am ET

    3. LIVE – Integral Yoga® Hatha - Mixed Level with Ishwari – 7–8:30 pm ET

    4. Morning Sadhana (Recorded Offerings)

    5. LIVE – Let Your Meditation Deepen You with Rev. Paraman Barsel – 9:30–10:30 am ET

    6. Lunch Talk

    7. LIVE – Freedom from Stress with Swami Vidyananda – 2:30–4 pm ET

    8. LIVE – Integral Yoga® Hatha – 5–6:30 pm ET

    9. LIVE – Saturday Evening Satsang – 7:30–9:30 pm ET

    1. Daily Schedule

    2. LIVE – Guided Meditation with Mataji – 6–6:45 am ET

    3. LIVE – Integral Yoga® Hatha - Level 2 with Rukmini– 7–8:30 pm ET

    4. Morning Sadhana (Recorded Offerings)

    5. LIVE – Closing Session with Swami Hamsananda | Sharing – 10–11 am ET

    6. Congratulations!

    7. Program Evaluation – Help us create amazing experiences

    8. Lifetime Access

    9. LIVE – Integral Yoga® Hatha – 5–6:30 pm ET

About this course

  • $160.00
  • 35 lessons
  • 0 hours of video content

Spiritual Director

Senior Sannyasi Swami Gurucharanananda 'Mataji'

Swami Gurucharanananda, lovingly called Mataji, is a senior sannyasi (monk) and disciple of Gurudev, Sri Swami Satchidanandaji Maharaj. She lives at Yogaville and serves on the Sannyas Board. Mataji is a guided meditation leader and Hatha Yoga teacher, an inspiring speaker, Integral Yoga® mentor, and private retreat guide. She loves to offer pujas (worship service), read Sri Gurudev’s teachings at lunch, and play the violin as a wake-up call in the dorms! In 2014 she was awarded the Swami Satchidananda Lifetime Service Award. Mataji always has a loving, joy-filled smile ready for you!

Presenters

Senior Sannyasi Swami Hamsananda

Swami Hamsananda is a senior disciple and sannyasin of Swami Satchidananda since 1975. She compiled The Golden Present, one of the most known books of Gurudev’s teachings. Swami Hamsananda is currently living and serving at Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville where she often shares her humor and wisdom in inspirational and spiritual talks. Her advice to all is to, “Just have faith, and identify with the true self. That’s it!”

Senior Sannyasi, E-RYT 500 Swami Divyananda

Swami Divyananda Ma, E-RYT 500, has had a wealth of experience teaching Integral Yoga around the world since 1973. She has taught at corporations, universities, the Commonwealth Cancer Center, and for the Dr. Dean Ornish Reversing Heart Disease programs. She has also served as one of Integral Yoga’s Basic Hatha teacher trainers.

Swami Divyananda Ma took monastic vows in 1975 from the great saint and yogi, Sri Swami Satchidananda. Over the years she has served as the director of the Integral Yoga Institutes in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and as Ashram Manager at Yogaville. She also served for ten years as the director of the Integral Yoga Institute in Coimbatore, India; this immersion into the South Indian culture has given depth to her understanding and practice of Yoga.

Now an itinerant monk, Swami Divyananda is constantly “on the road.” She leads the annual Sacred India Tours to sacred sites in India in addition to international Yoga retreats and trainings. See more at sacredindiatours.org

Senior Sannyasi Swami Sarvaananda

Dr. Sarvaananda is a Board Certified Chaplain (BCC) through the Association of Professional Chaplains. Dr. Sarvaananda spent 15 years in medical and hospice chaplaincy. She is currently on the Board of Trustees of Satchidananda Ashram and is active in many national chaplaincies as well as community projects on and off the Ashram.

Senior Sannyasi, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT Swami Vidyananda

Swami Vidyananda has been practicing Yoga since 1969, and teaching Integral Yoga internationally since 1973. She has served as a Yoga Therapist since 1979. She co-developed the Integral Yoga Stress Management Teacher Training program with Swami Ramananda.

Vidyananda has taught in many therapeutic programs, including Smith Center Cancer Retreats, and Yoga for persons with eating disorders. She has taught Yoga for Stress Relief around the world. She trained as a hospital chaplain at the University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville.

For many years she traveled with Sri Swami Satchidananda serving as his translator into French. She lives in Yogaville, Virginia, where she teaches Meditation and all branches of Integral Yoga.

and Kirtanist

presenting a special concert Friday Night

David Newman "Durga Das"

David Newman is a renowned sacred mantra artist, singer-songwriter, and author and inspirational teacher. David has released numerous acclaimed world music albums, including the #1 iTunes World Music bestseller Love is Awake on which he collaborated with members of Paul Simon’s band. In addition to his mastery of the ancient yogic mantra practice known as kirtan, David’s adventurous musicality, and poetic intimacy as a vocalist and songwriter, bring a unique and exhilarating musical experience to his devoted fan base around the world.

Along with his musical gifts, David is also a celebrated teacher and guide for many on the spiritual path, and is the author of the #1 Amazon bestselling book The Timebound Traveler. He has toured the globe sharing his message of peace and universal love, and is the founder of The Stay Strong Project, producing music to benefit the environmental efforts of Global Green USA. He has also partnered with The Call and Response Foundation, bringing mantra and healing music to institutions such as prisons, psychiatric centers and homeless shelters.

David continues to express his passion to serve in creative and groundbreaking ways and sees his life’s work simply as… Spreading the Love!

“At David Newman’s concert, the event’s volume knob seemed to go from low-level joy to full-on bliss, the kind you feel after climbing a gorgeous mountain or ending a tough run on a strong sprint.”
-The Washington Post

“David Newman is a joy-dispensing, darkness-dispelling, light-bearing artist and I love him completely.”
-Josh Radnor | Actor, Director | How I Met Your Mother

“David Newman is reminiscent of George Harrison, Bob Dylan and Paul Simon when they are in soul mode.”
-LA Yoga Magazine

“David Newman has created a world with his music. It’s meditative, positive, and very powerful, bringing people together and also to themselves.”
-Lisa Loeb, Grammy winning singer-songwriter

“Though David Newman has a deep sense of tradition in his music, there is also something thoughtful, poetic, personal, and almost romantic about his songs.”
-Yoga Journal

“David Newman is the true embodiment of Love and Presence. The pleasure of being near him, talking to him, singing with him, brings a pure awareness of unalloyed joy.”
-Bruce Joel Rubin | Screenwriter | Ghost, Jacob’s Ladder

www.davidnewmanmusic.com

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Whether you are looking to go within or to immerse yourself deeply in the Integral Yoga teachings, the Spring Integral Yoga Retreat will provide you with a much-needed respite.

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