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Re-Discover Your Own Happiness

Name: Re-Discover Your Own Happiness
Start: 2024-06-07
End: 2024-06-09
Location: Expanding Light Retreat

June 7 - 9, 2024

About this Retreat

Your Guides

Nayaswami

Dr.

Nayaswami Krishna Das

Nayaswami Krishna Das books and manages the many guest groups that The Expanding Light hosts, leads pilgrimage trips to holy places in India and the U.S., teaches weekend retreats, and gives spiritual counseling to guests. He came to Ananda in 1978 and immediately found his home and purpose in life at Ananda. An exceptionally knowledgeable and gifted meditation and yoga philosophy teacher, Nayaswami Krishna Das shares his passion for these teachings with dynamic enthusiasm. He has a vibrant zest for life that comes out in a warm, personable nature and serviceful disposition. He’ll go out of his way to make you feel comfortable and clear about the teachings.

Dr. Aditya Gait

Has been part of Ananda Pune, India, since 2008. A trained medical doctor, he found that his main duty in life became sharing the benefits of yoga as a healthy and successful way of life. He oversees the Pune community operations and serves as spiritual director of Ananda Pune. Aditya is warm and joyful, with an easy relaxed confidence that makes others feel at ease around him. He has conducted workshops on Health, Happiness and Success for many global industry leaders such as Tata Management and Training Center (TMTC), Infosys, Amdocs, Apollo Hospitals, and Metro.

Details of this retreat

Everyone Wants to be Happy!
But That Elusive Element of Happiness is Often Missing,
Especially as a Constant in Life
True happiness is inside of you always—you just need to know how to access it. During this Retreat weekend, you will learn how you can experience happiness within, and learn to find it amidst the challenges of life.

During this weekend retreat you will:

Identify and outwit your "happiness thieves"
Learn how to strengthen your mind to make better choices
Develop ways to connect with a higher awareness
Discover meditation's role in true happiness and integrating it into your life

You'll gain strategies and tools to:

Experience more harmony in yourself
Develop moment-to-moment habits that promote happiness
Cultivate successful and harmonious relationships

In addition, your retreat will include:

Exercises for raising your energy level and mind focus
Yoga posture sessions to relax and rejuvenate
How to take what you have learned home with you and keep it going

Receive a free book as part of the weekend,

How to Be Happy All the Time by Paramhansa Yogananda

What Past Participants Have Said:

"Since coming home, I've been doing great! I'm meditating every day in the morning for around 20 minutes, I've been exercising 5 days a week and keeping up my positive energy. I just can't believe all the baggage that I left behind at the retreat! It's just incredible how I relate to and handle situations now that before would have me back in my slippers and isolating myself in the house. My kids are loving "happy mom" and my husband is saying, "Happy wife, happy life"! He's on cloud 9 with me!
"The only thing I'm having difficulties with is everyone's compliments about how I've changed and I've got my smile and energy back. And how proud of me they are. Things could be worse right?!! Lol! —C.O., Auburn, CA
"This program helped give me tools to cultivate more happiness in my life. A lot of thought was put into the exercises we did. I loved being in a place that so nurtures spirituality, and being around loving, like-minded people. Ananda is a safe haven for me and feels like home. I enjoyed being able to express myself in the group with ease." —M.M., Sparks, NV
"I feel more confident with meditation practice." —Jill
"Being at Ananda was a reminder of what happiness feels like." Ravit B., San Francisco
"I learned a lot about my body, soul, thoughts, and energy through the classes, private consultations, and talks with other people in our group." —F.F., San Francisco, CA
"After many years on the spiritual path, I was mired in the many faces of inertia, experienced variously as skepticism, fatigue, boredom, and/or disillusionment. My Light was dimming. Through your enlightened guidance, wise spiritual modelling and heart-centred sharing, I am transformed." — Kristina, B.C.

Schedule

Morning
6:30 – 8:00 am Community Meditation (Join us for all or part of this silent meditation)
6:30 – 8:15 am Sadhana (spiritual practices) which consists of: Energization Exercises (20 – 25 min), Ananda Yoga Postures * (45 – 50 min), Chanting (5 min), Meditation (15 min – 30 min)
8:15 – 9:00 am Breakfast (in silence Monday-Saturday)
9:00 – 9:30 am Host check-in
10:00 – 11:30 am Scheduled program, class, group activity, or free time
Afternoon
Noon – 12:30 pm Meditation (5 min chanting, 25 min meditation)
12:30 – 1:30 pm Lunch
2:00 – 4:00 pm Scheduled program, class, group activity, or free time
4:45 – 6:30 pm Sadhana (spiritual practices)
Evening
6:30 – 7:30 pm Dinner
7:30 – 9:00 pm Scheduled program, class, group activity, or free time

Note: Schedule is approximate and may change

Getting Here

Expanding Light Retreat

Directions

https://www.ananda.org/expanding-light/getting-here/

Accommodation

PRIVATE ENSUITE - King

Equally appropriate for a single person or for a couple, a king private room can provide the peace and solitude you crave. This airy room has a king-sized bed with a private, ensuite bathroom. An inviting outdoor space awaits you outside your front door, surrounded by a serene, forest setting.

PRIVATE ENSUITE - Twin

Equally appropriate for a single person or for a couple, an ensuite private room can provide the peace and solitude you crave. These charming rooms have two twin beds with a private, ensuite bathroom. An inviting outdoor space awaits you outside your front door, surrounded by a serene, forest setting.

PRIVATE STANDARD - Queen

Equally appropriate for a single person or for a couple, enjoy your own peaceful room with a queen bed and a shared bathroom down the hall. Your room is simply and tastefully decorated, with windows opening toward the surrounding forest. A bright and airy communal lounge and kitchenette is available 24 hours a day, perfect for relaxing with a book or sharing a cup of tea with friends.

PRIVATE STANDARD - Twin

Equally appropriate for a single person or for a couple, enjoy your own peaceful room with two twin beds and a shared bathroom down the hall. Each room is simply and tastefully decorated, with windows opening toward the surrounding forest. A bright and airy communal lounge and kitchenette is available 24 hours a day, perfect for relaxing with a book or sharing a cup of tea with friends.

PRIVATE CABIN - Twin

Equally appropriate for a single person or for a couple, your private cabin is tucked into a gentle hillside, bright and airy inside, with expansive windows that connect your room to the surrounding forest. Each cabin has two twin beds, with a communal shower house that is centrally located and shared by other cabin guests, campers, and our karma yogis.

SHARED ENSUITE - Twin

Share this charming room with someone else. Each room has two twin beds with a private, ensuite bathroom. An inviting outdoor space awaits you outside your front door, surrounded by a serene, forest setting.

SHARED STANDARD - Twin

Share this charming room with someone else. Each room has two twin beds and a shared bathroom down the hall, and is simply and tastefully decorated, with windows opening toward the surrounding forest. A bright and airy communal lounge and kitchenette is available 24 hours a day, perfect for relaxing with a book or sharing a cup of tea with friends.

SHARED CABIN - Twin

Share this charming cabin with someone else. The cabins are tucked into a gentle hillside, bright and airy inside, with expansive windows that connect your room to the surrounding forest. Each cabin has two twin beds, with a communal shower house that is centrally located and shared by other cabin guests, campers, and our karma yogis.

CAMPING

Fourteen campsites scatter across a gentle, forested hillside, with level areas for pitching your tent. A centrally located shower house is close by, shared by other campers, cabin guests, and our karma yogis. Please bring your own camping gear and towels. We do live amidst bears and other wildlife, so avoid storing any food or scented toiletries in your tent.