Learn How to Meditate Retreat
for Opening the Heart
Not scheduled at this time.
We can never know love if we try to draw others to ourselves; nor can we find it by centering our love in them. For love is infinite; it is never ours to create. We can only channel it from its source in Infinity to all whom we meet.
Swami Kriyananda, from Affirmations for Self Healing
The experience of feeling the expanded awareness and stillness of meditation is centered in the heart. As the great yoga avatar, Lahiri Mahasaya put it, “You can’t take one step on the spiritual path without devotion." (the Divine love of the heart)
Great progress in meditation can be made by stilling the restless waves of emotion, unplugging from fear and anxious feelings. Meditation is designed to do exactly this; to bring the breath and heart and mind in harmonious and expansive union. The heart calms and opens naturally in meditation. The focus of this weekend’s retreat is how to keep the heart open with courage and calmness. In this weekend program, led by Sabari Lester you will:
- Learn a basic and effective meditation technique taught by Paramhansa Yogananda.
- Discover how to unplug from negative emotions and plug into the natural qualities of the heart such as kindness, compassion and courage.
- Tune into one of the greatest benefits of calming the heart through meditation- your intuitive capacity to know truth.
- Learn how to sit comfortably so your body is not an obstacle to inner peace
- Take home effective tools for continuing your adventure with a calm and expanding heart
Learning Online Option:
For those who need the convenience of taking this course online, see our extensive offering of classes through Ananda Online. Click here for the Learn to Meditate series.
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No dates scheduled for Learn How to Meditate Retreat at this time.
Prices are all-inclusive and cover accommodations, meals, classes or activities, and course materials.
Learn How to Meditate Retreat starts the afternoon of the first date listed and ends with lunch on the last date listed. Check-in is anytime between 1:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. at our Front Desk. Your room will be available by 3:00 p.m. Dinner is at 6:30. The first gathering of your group is after dinner.
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You can add extra personal retreat days before and/or after your program. Check availability and costs for the days and accommodations that you require.
Learn How to Meditate Retreat starts the afternoon of the first date listed. It’s ideal to arrive before 4 pm, if you are able to. That way, you can join in the afternoon session of yoga and meditation, which begins at 4:45 pm. Dinner is at 6:30. The first real gathering of your group is at 7:30 pm. If you need to arrive here after 5 pm, that’s fine, but it helps us if you let us know at 800-346-5350. We can also put aside a dinner for you if you need to arrive after 7 pm. The program ends with lunch on the last date. Please see our Daily Schedule.
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