The Art of Being

Spring Yoga & Meditation Retreat                                          

May 4- 9, 2008    w/ Surya
Rolling Meadows

With the support of yoga postures, pranayama, restorative poses, yoga nidra, meditation, self-inquiry and unstructured time in nature, this retreat will be an opportunity to experience and explore the peace and joy of being.

Most of us lead very busy lives.  Demands of work, family and the complexity of simply living consume most of our waking hours.  From early childhood we’ve been conditioned to achieve, improve and generally be more productive.  While this has value, it can become unbalanced.  There is little time to understand the art of being.

Much of what we “do” is an attempt to find wholeness, fulfillment, satisfaction and peace in our lives.   When this “doing” is out of balance with “being”, the more we do, the more we seek, the less peace and fulfillment we experience.

The ultimate purpose and essence of Yoga is to experience the peace of our true nature, which can only be known when we stop seeking to improve, change or move away from what is right here now.   Magically this peace that is always here appears when we stop becoming and surrender to simply being.

This five-night retreat begins with evening meal at 6pm on Sunday May 4th and ends at about mid-morning on Friday May 9 after a morning session and a late breakfast.

To learn more about the daily schedule and details of this retreat click here.

Rolling Meadows retreat is described here.

The fee for this retreat is $700.

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