All That Matters
Wakefield, RI

Saturday, March 8
10:00 pm -4:00 pm
Tuition: $95

 To register, call (401) 782-2126 or visit
All That Matters

    While there are myriad ways to meditate, all yogic and spiritual disciplines include some form of practice that develops concentration and quiets the mind. In Classical Yoga, this skill is called dharana or concentration, and it is the foundation upon which more advanced meditative practice is built. The deepening of this fundamental skill will enhance any form of meditation.

     This workshop is designed to do just that. Periods of seated meditation – verbally guided with carefully crafted, developmentally sequenced instruction – will alternate with question-and-answer sessions, presentation, movement, and discussion. Whether you are new to meditation or have an established practice, this retreat has something for you.

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All That Matters
Wakefield, RI

Sunday, March 9
10:30 am -1:30 pm
Tuition: $45

 To register, call (401) 782-2126 or visit
All That Matters

     This workshop explores the Tibetan Buddhist meditation practice of Tonglen and its powerful potential to heal negative emotional states and transform suffering itself – both our own and that of others. Tibetan Buddhist master Sogyal Rinpoche said the “holy secret of Tonglen is one that the mystic masters and saints of every tradition know; and living and embodying it is what fills their lives with joy.” We will also look at the role this practice plays in cultivating Bodhicitta, a Sanskrit word meaning awakened heart, the source and root of all spiritual paths. Participants will gain a very powerful tool that can be integrated into their lives to deepen their spirituality and transform the suffering they see in themselves and others.

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Heartsong Yoga
East Longmeadow, MA
Heartsong Yoga

Sunday, March 30
1:00 am -5:00 pm
Tuition: $45 pre-paid, $50 at the door, $40 Heartsong monthly members

 To register, call (413) 525-0720 or send check payable to Heartsong Yoga to:
264 North Main Street, Suite 5
East Longmeadow, MA 01028

Meditation has been practiced for thousands of years, across cultures, traditions, and continents. While the techniques used are myriad, the goals remain the same: to touch something larger and deeper within, to transcend the ordinary sense of self, to see through our distortions and confusion, leading us to greater wisdom and freedom.

     Participants in this workshop will experientially explore and come to appreciate a range of mediation techniques, discover which approaches best suit them, and understand what links these apparently disparate techniques together – what defines them as meditation.

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Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health
Lenox, MA

March 23-26, 2008
4 days/3 nights, Sunday - Wednesday

Tuition: $225

 To register, call 800.741.7353 or visit
Kripalu.org

     Open the door to meditation. Find a place of solace, healing, and rest in today’s fast-paced and stressful world. Cultivate an inner sense of well-being that endures beyond the changing circumstances of your life. Open your heart to greater love and compassion. Find the courage to face and transform your own and other’s suffering. Discover your capacity for deep healing.

     This intensive will explore a range of meditation techniques and their potential to calm the mind, relax the body, open the heart, cope with difficult emotions, alleviate suffering, and lead you home to your true nature. Brief periods of seated meditation - verbally guided interspersed with periods of silence - will alternate with presentation, movement, discussion, and sharing. The retreat will include the Dances of Universal Peace, a meditative practice drawn from the Sufi tradition, utilizing music and movement. Participants may meditate seated either in a chair or on the floor. Whether you are new to meditation or have an established practice, this retreat has something for you.

      All-inclusive pricing for this 3 night retreat starts at $456 for tuition, room, meals, yoga and dance classes, sauna, whirlpool, trails, and other amenities.

     To register, or for more information, call 800.741.7353 or visit Kripalu.org.

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Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health
Lenox, MA

June 22 -27, 2008
6 days/5 nights, Sunday - Wednesday

Tuition: $325

 To register, call 800.741.7353 or visit
Kripalu.org
 

What would it be like to be fully alive, awake, and whole? To live a life of vitality, expressiveness, and passion while remaining peaceful and equanimous under all circumstances? The ancient yogis sought just that by tapping prana, the vital life energy of the universe, to kindle a fire in the belly that could be channeled into a deep and abiding peace in the heart.

     Discover the secrets of their path. Cultivate an integrated practice to facilitate energetic attunement, raise the store of prana in the body, and channel that energy into transcendent states. In this retreat, you will:

·         Practice and refinement of advanced pranayama techniques

·         Integrate pranayama with breath retention (kumbhaka) and the locks (bandhas) in asana practice

·         Enhance your attunement to prana and the subtle body

·         Learn how to work with this energy for both personal and spiritual development

·         Channel its flow to deepen and intensify your meditation practice

·         Give expression to this life-force energy in prana-infused dance

     Take your practice to the next level with an intense synthesis of asana, pranayama, meditation, and dance - opening yourself to transformation, joy, peace, and wonder.

   All-inclusive pricing for this 5 night retreat starts at $725 for tuition, room, meals, yoga and dance classes, sauna, whirlpool, trails, and other amenities.

     To register, or for more information, call 800.741.7353 or visit Kripalu.org.

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