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Yoga Getaway: Ananda Yoga to Awaken the Chakras

Name: Yoga Getaway: Ananda Yoga to Awaken the Chakras
Start: 2024-10-04
End: 2024-10-06
Location: Expanding Light Retreat

October 4 - 6, 2024

Retreat Highlights

Awaken Your Energy
Explore Each Chakra:Understand the unique qualities of each chakra and learn how to work with them in your everyday life.
Yoga Postures and Techniques: Practice Ananda Yoga postures and other techniques to positively influence your chakras, attitudes, and awareness.
Meditation Technique by Paramhansa Yogananda: Learn a meditation technique bestowed by Paramhansa Yogananda, enhancing your inner journey.
Restorative Yoga for Deep Relaxation: Indulge in a restorative yoga routine tailored for the chakras, fostering deep inner relaxation.
Take Home a Yoga Routine: Receive a personalized yoga routine to continue awakening your chakra energy at home.

About this Retreat

Your Guides

Arya

Uma

Arya Cheng

Arya Cheng Arya Cheng, RYT-500, is a gifted yoga and meditation teacher, and wonderful kirtan (spiritual chanting) leader. She is passionate about sharing yoga as a tool for managing stress, transformation and healing in body, mind and soul. Her journey as a yogi started at age 14, when she attended Ananda’s Living With Spirit Program and experienced first-hand the transformative effects of yoga and meditation. Arya currently serves as a main instructor for Ananda Yoga Teacher Training program and teaches yoga online and in-person at The Expanding Light Retreat at Ananda Village. She also serves as support staff for the Ananda Karma Yoga Ashram Program.

Uma Keller

Uma Keller is a vibrant, energetic, and joy-filled burst of sunshine. Her good cheer and lively sense of humor are a joy to be around. Uma has had the good fortune to have grown up in a spiritual family of Paramhansa Yogananda disciples in Argentina and has been practicing yoga and meditation since 2014. She now lives at Ananda Village in northern California. As an Ananda Yoga Teacher, her depth of spirit and caring nature shine through, as you will experience during her yoga retreat weekends and led sadhanas. Uma serves at The Expanding Light Yoga Retreat in website design and marketing, along with helping to lead Ananda Yoga Retreats several times per year.

Details of this retreat

Awaken Your Energy to its Fullest Potential
Within your astral spine lie the seven energy centers, the chakras—a pathway for energy to flow either outward through the senses and activities or inward and upward for spiritual awakening and personal growth.
Retreat Highlights:

Explore Each Chakra:
Understand the unique qualities of each chakra and learn how to work with them in your everyday life.
Yoga Postures and Techniques:
Practice Ananda Yoga postures and other techniques to positively influence your chakras, attitudes, and awareness.
Meditation Technique by Paramhansa Yogananda:
Learn a meditation technique bestowed by Paramhansa Yogananda, enhancing your inner journey.
Restorative Yoga for Deep Relaxation:
Indulge in a restorative yoga routine tailored for the chakras, fostering deep inner relaxation.
Take Home a Yoga Routine:
Receive a personalized yoga routine to continue awakening your chakra energy at home.

Return Home Rejuvenated:
Filled with vitality and armed with practical tools, you'll gain the ability to access your inner energy at will. This retreat offers a transformative journey into the realm of Ananda Yoga and chakra awakening.

Comments from Previous Guests:
"All aspects of the program were enriching. The sessions were in the right order of basic chakra instruction, with the active postures relating to each or several chakras. Very much enjoyed the final restorative yoga session."
—G.W., Sacramento

" I loved this retreat. I learned so much about the chakras and how to use them in my daily life. The teachers are so loving, and are amazing guides. The Expanding Light Retreat gave me such insight into my life and spiritual path. I would recommend it to anyone wanting to look inward and expand." —M.W., San Francisco, CA

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.