Experiential Raja Yoga Retreat
Experiential Raja Yoga Retreat
November 1 - 3, 2024
Retreat Highlights
- Exploration of The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: Participants will delve into the classical text that forms the foundation of Raja Yoga, learning how to apply its teachings to enhance their personal growth and self-mastery.
- Daily Yoga Practices: The program includes daily sessions for meditation, Hatha Yoga, and pranayama, designed to energize and relax participants, aiding in both physical and mental well-being.
- Guided Experiential Exercises: These exercises are tailored to help participants gain deeper insights into their personal journeys, fostering self-awareness and growth.
- Comprehensive Support and Community Sharing: The weekend retreat offers a supportive and collaborative environment where participants can share experiences and learn from each other, reinforcing their learning and commitment to incorporating Raja Yoga into their daily lives.
About this Retreat
Your Guides
Swami Karunananda has had 50 years’ experience teaching all aspects of Yoga. She designed and conducts teacher training programs in Raja Yoga and in Meditation. She served as president of Satchidananda Ashram in California and in Virginia, and as director of the San Francisco and Santa Barbara Integral Yoga Institutes. She compiled and edited The Lotus Prayer Book and Enlightening Tales as told by Sri Swami Satchidananda. Her book, Awakening: Aspiration to Realization through Integral Yoga, makes the Yoga teachings accessible and provides inspiration and guidance for the spiritual journey.
Details of this retreat
Enjoy a 20% off early-bird discount until October 17. $775 $620!
Life is an opportunity to grow in awareness and compassion, to unfold one’s potential, and to find true fulfillment and happiness. Raja Yoga provides a clear guidebook for this journey. It offers a pathway to liberation—to freedom from all suffering, sorrow, fear and delusion. It teaches us how to maintain our balance during challenging times and, ultimately, how to realize the supreme peace and joy that is our true nature.
Our focus in this retreat will be threefold:
We will be guided by The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, the classical text on Raja Yoga.
Exploring the nature of the mind
Understanding how our attachments limit us and how Yoga practice can free us
Examining obstacles on the path and how we can overcome them
There will be daily sessions for meditation, Hatha Yoga and pranayama. Guided spiritual exercises will help you gain insight about your personal journey. You will emerge with a plan to go deeper in your practice and incorporate what you have learned in your daily life. Join us for a weekend of discovery, sharing and support, as we immerse ourselves in the Royal Path of Raja Yoga.
Training Information
Yoga Alliance (YA): Approximately 12 contact hours.
You can input your contact hours using your YA login information.
Integral Yoga Teachers Association (IYTA) can provide you a CE certificate with your program’s total contact hours for a $10 fee (free for IYTA members.) For more information, email ce@iyta.org.
Testimonials
Swami Karunananda has the ability to make the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali accessible to everyone. She skillfully repeats the concepts many times, so everyone is able to understand and remember them. She uses her personal stories and analogies, which make her lectures so inspiring. Thank you. — Bhakti Cinzia Parma
Excellent! Life transforming! — Muktadevi Rhonda Banner
It was a very transformative experience! This course gave all of us practical ways to live Yoga in everyday life, and showed us how to impart these teachings onto our students. This was so much more than a teacher training. Thank you! — Leila Hegazy
Life is an opportunity to grow in awareness and compassion, to unfold one’s potential, and to find true fulfillment and happiness. Raja Yoga provides a clear guidebook for this journey. It offers a pathway to liberation—to freedom from all suffering, sorrow, fear and delusion. It teaches us how to maintain our balance during challenging times and, ultimately, how to realize the supreme peace and joy that is our true nature.
Our focus in this retreat will be threefold:
We will be guided by The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, the classical text on Raja Yoga.
Exploring the nature of the mind
Understanding how our attachments limit us and how Yoga practice can free us
Examining obstacles on the path and how we can overcome them
There will be daily sessions for meditation, Hatha Yoga and pranayama. Guided spiritual exercises will help you gain insight about your personal journey. You will emerge with a plan to go deeper in your practice and incorporate what you have learned in your daily life. Join us for a weekend of discovery, sharing and support, as we immerse ourselves in the Royal Path of Raja Yoga.
Training Information
Yoga Alliance (YA): Approximately 12 contact hours.
You can input your contact hours using your YA login information.
Integral Yoga Teachers Association (IYTA) can provide you a CE certificate with your program’s total contact hours for a $10 fee (free for IYTA members.) For more information, email ce@iyta.org.
Testimonials
Swami Karunananda has the ability to make the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali accessible to everyone. She skillfully repeats the concepts many times, so everyone is able to understand and remember them. She uses her personal stories and analogies, which make her lectures so inspiring. Thank you. — Bhakti Cinzia Parma
Excellent! Life transforming! — Muktadevi Rhonda Banner
It was a very transformative experience! This course gave all of us practical ways to live Yoga in everyday life, and showed us how to impart these teachings onto our students. This was so much more than a teacher training. Thank you! — Leila Hegazy
Getting Here
Accommodation
Shared Dormitory: Bottom Bunk
Bottom bunk in a shared dorm room.
Dorm rooms contain 4-8 beds.
Shared bathroom
Dorm rooms are not coed
Availability is Gender Specific
Private Dormitory
This is a private room with a shared bathroom in our Ramalinga Nilayam Dorm - Females Only
LGH: Full Bed
Private room and Private Bath. A single Full bed and a private bath designed for those seeking peace in solitude.
LGH: 2 Twin beds
Private Room and Private Bath. Two twin Beds and a private bath that is ideal for friends looking to experience the bliss of Yogaville.
LGH: Queen Bed
Private Room and Private Bath. A queen bed or a queen with two day beds and a private bath that is perfect for couples and families searching for a peaceful time together. Please put in the personal comments if you need a room that includes trundles.
