Hridaya & Bhakti Yoga silent meditation retreat

Hridaya & Bhakti Yoga silent retreat

This retreat can be joined for the full week or either the first or last three days. If you join only for the last three days it is necessary to have prior meditation experience.

Welcome to a week of heart centered silence and meditation in the beauty of the Tirolean Alps. This silent retreat is designed for beginners and advanced practitioners. The program offers consistent meditation sessions and additional practices to help prepare our minds and bodies for deeper meditation. The techniques are from Hridaya Yoga and are inspired by the teachings of Ramana Maharishi, Kashmir Shivaism, Buddhism and Sufism. This heart centred way of approaching meditation has been a breakthrough for many participants who previously had found difficulties to connect with their inner stillness and peace. Hridaya is the practice of centering in the Spiritual heart. The Spiritual Heart is a gateway to the ineffable aspect of our being, our inner ocean of pure stillness and peace.

“In the past i found meditation to be quite an uncomfortable experience. Now i am amazed that i am actually able to access a place of stillness within, and that i can now take comfort and look forward to sitting in meditation.”
– Claudia Maney – Satya Loka Austria TTC 2015

The first three days of the retreat offers meditations and complimentary practices to help the busy mind and body to adjust into the retreat.
For the first three days as well as Yoga we use a music and movement session to help free the body and energy from restrictions that can cause distraction during meditation. Devotional singing and fire ceremony offer a further tool to help awaken and center in the heart. Singing will be the only time we use our voices, and this is optional. Participants are welcome to continue their meditation practice during the complimentary sessions such as Yoga, pranayama, bhajans and sacred movement.

Each day inspiring philosophy and techniques from Hridaya will be shared to help guide us on the path of the heart, various techniques are explored so you can find what works for your own personal practice.
The retreat facilitator has a wealth of experience in Meditation, Yoga and Sacred Dance and offers accredited Yoga teacher trainings worldwide. She is a Hridaya Yoga teacher who studied and meditated closely with Sahajananda {the founder of Hridaya Yoga} for over 6 years.

http://www.satyaloka.net/hridaya-meditation/

The environment at the AlpenRetreat Yoga resort provides us with the perfect conditions to retreat into our heart. The nature that surrounds the centre is wondrous and we ensure you have enough spare time to enjoy walking in the nearby mountains. The house is managed by experienced practitioners of Yoga and meditation and they provide a supportive and nourishing environment that leaves visitors feeling like they are family.

Staying at The Alpen Retreat is like being welcomed into a happy home. I loved coming down from deep meditations to hear someone singing their heart out and then to eat delicious food prepared with love and care. Watching the mountains change every hour and wandering into them from the house was a privilege. Thanks so much to the team for such an amazing place & time and for making us feel part of the community.
-Liz Turner – Satya Loka Austria TTC 2015

Schedule:

Sunday – Arrival 4pm and Welcome meeting 6pm

Monday 30th – Wednesday 2nd June

6.30am – Pranayama & Meditation
7.30am – Yoga Asana & Meditation
9.30am – Breakfast
11.00am – Hridaya Philosophy {introducing Hridaya techniques}
12.00pm – Meditation
1.00pm – Lunch
4.00pm – Sacred movement or devotional singing {Bhajans}
5.00pm – Meditation
5.30pm – Tea break
6.00pm – Meditation
7.30pm – Dinner
Participants are welcome to meditate in the evenings in the Yoga hall.

Thursday 3rd – 4th June

6.30am – Meditation
7.30am – Yoga Asana/pranayama & Meditation
9.30am – Breakfast
11.00am – Hridaya & Philosophy
12.00pm – Meditation
1.00pm – Lunch
4.00pm – Meditation
5.30pm – Devotional singing or Fire ceremony
6.30pm – Meditation
7.30pm – Dinner
Participants are welcome to meditate in the evenings in the Yoga hall.

Friday 5th June

6.30am – Meditation
7.30am – Yoga Asana/pranayama & Meditation
9.30am – Breakfast
11.00am – Hridaya & Philosophy
12.00pm – Meditation

The Teacher – Ra Lalita Dasi

Radasi is a dedicated and authentic practitioner and teacher of Yoga, Traditional Tantra and Sacred dance journeys. She has an Advanced Diploma {AD DIP} and various experience as a trained therapist in counselling and psychotherapy. Radasi has been practicing Yoga for over 19 years, and she has travelled and taught extensively for over 13 years.

For over 10 years Radasi lived primarily in a Yogic community in Asia where she deepened her existing knowledge and experience of Hatha yoga with the esoteric wisdom of Tantra & Kundalini; integrating these teachings in her Yoga classes, intimate relationships and sacred dance practices. During this period she also explored deeply the teachings of Advaita Vedanta & the Path of the Heart, where she has participated in numerous 10 day silent retreats and eventually participated on the first Hridaya Yoga & Meditation teacher training in 2012. This experience further enhanced and deepened her existing teaching style to be able to guide students to rest in their essence of pure being.

Radasi now continues her own spiritual development in India in the form of pilgrimages, sadhana and karma Yoga with her Tantric master Guruji Raj Kumar Baswar. She also participates in satsang, silent retreats and workshops in self inquiry with Prem Baba, a Vedic and shamanic Guru from Brazil who guides people on the path of the heart. She deeply values the combination of Tantra and a heart centred practice to keep a balance and harmonious approach in the activation of Kundalini and thus the awakening of consciousness.

After co-creating and teaching Women’s Yoga teacher trainings with the school Yogini Devi, she then founded Satya Loka school of Yoga and Traditional Tantra to offer the teachings to both men and women. Understanding that the fundamental essence of Yoga is to unite the masculine and feminine polarities, internally and externally thus creating perfect Union, Oneness.

Each year Radasi travels to India, Russia and Europe to offer the traditional and ancient practices of India, which include the use of Mantra, creating live Yantras and Fire Yagna: she conducts these ceremonies and sadhanas under the guidance of her Guru. The style of Yoga she teaches carries the wisdom of the energetic teachings of Kundalini Tantra Yoga and Hridaya Yoga, she also teaches specialised classes that guide students to explore the energies of the Tantric Wisdom Goddesses. Radasi loves to share her love of ancient texts, scriptures and philosophy and during her yearly events in Russia departs much of this knowledge through various seminars. She teaches workshops and teacher trainings especially for women under the name Yogini Tantrika. These courses empower women to embrace their femininity in a way that also consciously empowers the masculine. Radasi is deeply passionate about teaching the art of sacred relationships and sexuality to both men and women.

Additionally to teaching adults,she has taught children’s yoga to Yoga teachers in a vision to support the conscious development of our next generation. Radasi has a natural empathic rapport with children. She has taught children in Indian and Thai schools and also taught a dedicated after school group of children in Thailand for over 3 years. .

Radasi has a deep love for creating sacred space, devotional rituals, singing bhajans, dancing, drinking tea and going silently in the nature, finding solitude, peace and inspiration from the Earth’s natural wonder.