Retreats
Healing Power of Love
09/10/2010 - 09/12/2010
Friday 6 pm to Sunday 4 pm
Explore the powers that are the source of our well-being, powers that come from inside the self and are of long term benefit: love, happiness, forgiveness, and silence. Unconditional love opens new and unlimited horizons.
In this retreat we will explore the huge benefits of learning to be kind to myself. There will be sharing on the topics, conversations, writing, reflection, meditation, creative expression and lots of fun.
Topics covered:
- The four steps to self love
- Exploring what it is that blocks love
- Experiencing my higher self and the Source of Love and creating healthy boundaries
Facilitator: Dr. Prashant Kakoday, has spent the last 18 years understanding and teaching holistic principles of life, health and consciousness. The past eleven years, his research and interest has been in the areas of attitudes, emotions, stress and health. 'The concept of Total Health' was presented to the World Health Organization in 1994. He has spoken at various national and international health conferences and has given talks and programs in more than 60 countries including United Nations in Geneva. He is an ENT Surgeon and the Director of the Center for Integral Health in Cambridge, UK.
Includes 2-3 person shared accommodation with private bath, wholesome and delicious vegetarian meals and snacks with tea/coffee breaks.
All workshops and retreats at Anubhuti are made possible by the generosity and contributions of the participants. Please check with our staff for details.
Inner Peace - Inner Power Part 1
09/18/2010
Day Retreat
10 am - 5 pm
Learn a practical, simple, and natural form of meditation. Raja Yoga is an ancient system of meditation and spiritual understanding that enables you to stabilize the mind, reduce stress, release tension and pain, and enhance health and well-being. Raja Yoga offers a step-by-step approach to the practice of meditation. You begin to live from the inside out, expressing your qualities and strengths in a very natural way.
Retreat Topics and Activities:
- Understand the different levels of consciousness and access the power to exercise choice over thoughts, feelings, and responses
- Connect with the Divine
- Make meditation and spirituality a part of your daily life
- Creative movement, writing and drawing
Facilitators include:
Sukanya Belsare, BE and Raja Yoga meditation teacher for 15 years
Fern Jeffcoat, Raja Yoga meditation teacher, teacher of Tai Chi and Qigong for 19 years
Kyoko Kimura, BA in Music Education and MA in flute performance, teacher of music, meditation and Living Values to people of all ages
Elizabeth Padilla, teacher of Raja Yoga meditation for 24 years and accomplished performing artist
Hema Patel, teacher of Raja Yoga meditation for 29 years
Includes delicious and wholesome vegetarian lunch and snacks with tea/coffee break.
All workshops and retreats at Anubhuti are made possible by the generosity and contributions of the participants. Please check with our staff for details.
7 Pathways to Happiness
09/24/2010 - 09/26/2010
Weekend Retreat
Friday 6 pm to Sunday 4 pm
Happiness is an experience we all certainly desire, seek and aspire to, yet, it is an experience that seems often illusive and a rare commodity in a demanding and often negative world. In our retreat, we will explore how we can make happiness more accessible and a more permanent feature in our lives.
We will reveal the illusions that obstruct my path to happiness and understand how to build my road to happiness with seven basic steps. Through meditation we will learn how to harness the deep beauty of the inner self, empowering our self confidence, which helps us make sense of our lives.
Facilitator: Jim Ryan is a an educationalist, a personal development trainer and an author of several books on spiritual development and meditation. He lectures extensively conducting seminars and workshops on meditation, positive thinking and spiritual philosophy. His presentations are a blend of humor, lightness, in-depth philosophy and practical up-to-date strategies.
Includes 2-3 person shared accommodation with private bath, wholesome and delicious vegetarian meals and snacks with tea/coffee breaks.
All workshops and retreats at Anubhuti are made possible by the generosity and contributions of the participants. Please check with our staff for details.
Experiencing the Power of Silence
10/16/2010
Day Retreat
10 am to 5 pm
Experience Stillness and Recharge the Self through Silence
Give yourself the gift of a day in silence. Enjoy guidance in a practical and natural form of meditation. Express yourself with creative writing, drawing, walking, or simply being still and quiet.
The purpose of this Silence Retreat:
- Tap into your deep inner source of inspiration and creativity
- Clearly reflect on your self without any outside distractions
- Understand and connect with the Divine
- Nourish yourself in a spiritually uplifting atmosphere
- Take home tools to experience silence in everyday life
Includes wholesome and delicious vegetarian lunch, and snacks with tea/coffee break.
All workshops and retreats at Anubhuti are made possible by the generosity and contributions of the participants. Please check with our staff for details.
Inner Peace - Inner Power Part 1
10/17/2010
Day Retreat
10 am - 5 pm
Learn a practical, simple, and natural form of meditation. Raja Yoga is an ancient system of meditation and spiritual understanding that enables you to stabilize the mind, reduce stress, release tension and pain, and enhance health and well-being. Raja Yoga offers a step-by-step approach to the practice of meditation. You begin to live from the inside out, expressing your qualities and strengths in a very natural way.
Retreat Topics and Activities:
- Understand the different levels of consciousness and access the power to exercise choice over thoughts, feelings, and responses
- Connect with the Divine
- Make meditation and spirituality a part of your daily life
- Creative movement, writing and drawing
Facilitators include:
Sukanya Belsare, BE and Raja Yoga meditation teacher for 15 years
Fern Jeffcoat, Raja Yoga meditation teacher, teacher of Tai Chi and Qigong for 19 years
Kyoko Kimura, BA in Music Education and MA in flute performance, teacher of music, meditation and Living Values to people of all ages
Elizabeth Padilla, teacher of Raja Yoga meditation for 24 years and accomplished performing artist
Hema Patel, teacher of Raja Yoga meditation for 29 years
Includes delicious and wholesome vegetarian lunch and snacks with tea/coffee break.
All workshops and retreats at Anubhuti are made possible by the generosity and contributions of the participants. Please check with our staff for details.
Forgiveness and Letting Go
10/29/2010 - 10/31/2010
Weekend Retreat
Friday 6 pm to Sunday 4 pm
Are you able to forget the past?
Do you want to enjoy the present and have a brighter future? If so you can forget the past by understanding its lesson, and learn how to put a full stop in your own mind and to be able to move on.
In this retreat, we will learn the important and freeing methods to release and let go of the past to forgive and forget. Give yourself and others around you a fresh start.
Retreat Topics and Activities:
- Learn effective techniques to free the mind from dwelling on the past
- Introduction to meditation to calm and redirect the mind
- Silent reflection
- Journaling and creative activities
- Qigong and walk in nature
Includes 2-3 person shared accommodation with private bath, wholesome and delicious vegetarian meals and snacks with tea/coffee breaks.
All workshops and retreats at Anubhuti are made possible by the generosity and contributions of the participants. Please check with our staff for details.
Inner Peace - Inner Power Part 1
11/07/2010
Day Retreat
10 am - 5 pm
Learn a practical, simple, and natural form of meditation. Raja Yoga is an ancient system of meditation and spiritual understanding that enables you to stabilize the mind, reduce stress, release tension and pain, and enhance health and well-being. Raja Yoga offers a step-by-step approach to the practice of meditation. You begin to live from the inside out, expressing your qualities and strengths in a very natural way.
Retreat Topics and Activities:
- Understand the different levels of consciousness and access the power to exercise choice over thoughts, feelings, and responses
- Connect with the Divine
- Make meditation and spirituality a part of your daily life
- Creative movement, writing and drawing
Facilitators include:
Sukanya Belsare, BE and Raja Yoga meditation teacher for 15 years
Fern Jeffcoat, Raja Yoga meditation teacher, teacher of Tai Chi and Qigong for 19 years
Kyoko Kimura, BA in Music Education and MA in flute performance, teacher of music, meditation and Living Values to people of all ages
Elizabeth Padilla, teacher of Raja Yoga meditation for 24 years and accomplished performing artist
Hema Patel, teacher of Raja Yoga meditation for 29 years
Includes delicious and wholesome vegetarian lunch and snacks with tea/coffee break.
All workshops and retreats at Anubhuti are made possible by the generosity and contributions of the participants. Please check with our staff for details.
Spiritual Healing and Healthy Relationships
12/03/2010 - 12/05/2010
Weekend Retreat
Friday 6 pm to Sunday 4 pm
Relationships are the 'heartbeat' of our experience of life: either of happiness, love and laughter or of hurt, pain and sorrow.
- Learn to access your true potentials that lie latent within us
- Understand how our inner world affects our relationships to others
- Experience peace and stillness through meditation and reflection exercises
- Discover the root cause of conflict or unmet expectations
Facilitators:
Veena Kapoor has an EdD from University of San Francisco and a Masters in Social Work. She has worked as a social worker for 20 years, and has 14 years teaching experience in Social Work and Women’s Studies. Veena has been a teacher and student of Raja Yoga Meditation for 16 years.
Elizabeth Padilla has been studying and teaching Raja Yoga Meditation for 24 years. For 17 years she has facilitated many seminars, workshops and value based programs. Elizabeth is a talented singer and accomplished performing artist.
Includes 2-3 person shared accommodation with private bath, wholesome and delicious vegetarian meals, and snacks with tea/coffee breaks.
All workshops and retreats at Anubhuti are made possible by the generosity and contributions of the participants. Please check with our staff for details.
Inner Peace - Inner Power Part 1
12/11/2010
Day Retreat
10 am - 5 pm
Learn a practical, simple, and natural form of meditation. Raja Yoga is an ancient system of meditation and spiritual understanding that enables you to stabilize the mind, reduce stress, release tension and pain, and enhance health and well-being. Raja Yoga offers a step-by-step approach to the practice of meditation. You begin to live from the inside out, expressing your qualities and strengths in a very natural way.
Retreat Topics and Activities:
- Understand the different levels of consciousness and access the power to exercise choice over thoughts, feelings, and responses
- Connect with the Divine
- Make meditation and spirituality a part of your daily life
- Creative movement, writing and drawing
Facilitators include:
Sukanya Belsare, BE and Raja Yoga meditation teacher for 15 years
Fern Jeffcoat, Raja Yoga meditation teacher, teacher of Tai Chi and Qigong for 19 years
Kyoko Kimura, BA in Music Education and MA in flute performance, teacher of music, meditation and Living Values to people of all ages
Elizabeth Padilla, teacher of Raja Yoga meditation for 24 years and accomplished performing artist
Hema Patel, teacher of Raja Yoga meditation for 29 years
Includes delicious and wholesome vegetarian lunch and snacks with tea/coffee break.
All workshops and retreats at Anubhuti are made possible by the generosity and contributions of the participants. Please check with our staff for details.