- Alec Franklor, Editor
August 9-16
Often misunderstood in the west as relating primarily to sexuality, Buddhist Tantra provides methods and techniques to find wisdom and liberation within all of the aspects of our common everyday experience. In order to follow the Tantric path, we have to first be willing to use meditation to become acquainted with the positive and negative self-images that we carry. Secondly, we have to be willing to gradually let those images go. By recognizing our fundamental groundlessness and seeing our lives as an unfolding, open-ended process, we begin to walk in the world in a naked and fearless way.
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August 13-17
For four glorious days, expand your body and mind, heart and soul with renowned Yoga master Shri Yogi Hari. Fine-tune your Hatha Yoga poses, deepen your meditation practices, explore yoga scriptures and open your heart in soulful chanting. Yogi Hari will not only personally lead the meditation and daily Hatha Yoga classes, he will also lead rousing kirtan and give instruction in the Upanishads, the chakra system, Nada Yoga, and many other fascinating aspects of the great yogic science.
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August 15-17
The Trust Factor: Creating Win/Win Relationships
During this program, you will learn the core elements of trust. You will learn to view others from a paradigm of trust and goodwill rather than mistrust and alienation. And you will learn to play a role within your relationship in which you strengthen and contribute to the development of your partner.
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August 17-24
Meditation practice reveals our subtle reactions to the discomfort and anxiety that arise in everyday experience. By staying still and relating to these disturbances directly, we begin to free ourselves from painful habits, opening our hearts and minds to the preciousness of the present moment. In this weeklong retreat with two of Buddhism’s leading western teachers, we will have the opportunity to practice deeply and rediscover the sacredness at the heart of life’s journey. Pema Chodron is a leading American Buddhist teacher and author of a variety of best selling books on meditation including: Comfortable with Uncertainty, Places that Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times and Starting Where You Are.
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September 7-11
Mii amo, a destination spa at Enchantment welcomes its retreat facilitator, Stewart Esposito of TLC, who says, "You will leave this program and Mii amo with a closer connection to your beloved. Merging into intimacy will replace the normal feelings of separation that can happen in any relationship." The environment of Mii amo is a perfect setting for this Couples Journey with daily workshop discussions and all the luxury spa vacation inclusions of Mii amo. The program options include a 4 or 7 night stay.
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September 10-14
This long weekend retreat is for yoga practitioners with some experience, who are interested in practicing together in a beautiful setting. We had our first retreat at Taos this past Thanksgiving and we received such wonderful feedback that we had to come back...this time in the beautiful month of September...a taste of summer...a taste of fall...the sheer beauty of the high plateau surrounded by the striking Sangre de Cristo Mountains...join us for a magical long weekend at the Mabel Dodge Luhan House in Taos, New Mexico.
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September 19-21
The Trust Factor: Creating Win/Win Relationships
During this program, you will learn the core elements of trust. You will learn to view others from a paradigm of trust and goodwill rather than mistrust and alienation. And you will learn to play a role within your relationship in which you strengthen and contribute to the development of yourself and others.
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October 9-12
Our daily lives can feel like a whirlpool of events. It's easy to lose our equilibrium and feel as if we are about to spin out of control. Take a break from it all! In the peaceful and introspective atmosphere of our fall silent retreat, rediscover your center and recover your inner balance. You'll have the opportunity to reflect on your "regular" life and what you'd like to change. You'll also find some great tools to help you with those changes. Get in touch with who you really are and experience your own true nature of real joy and profound peace.
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October 17-19
"Nurturing Ourselves: Mind, Body, and Spirit" with guest facilitator Deborah Roth.
The idea behind Tend and Befriend is that women need to gather together as a group to nurture each other and to relieve everyday stress. We offer that opportunity in a fun, serene, and accepting environment. Women of all ages, races, and faiths can able to explore their "inner goddess" through seminars and workshops that help loosen inhibitions and tighten focus. By the end of the weekend the participants are able to leave Tend and Befriend with a renewed purpose, vitality, healthy outlook, and a smile.
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October 17-19
Positive Impact: How to be the Person Successful Companies Fight to Keep
This program is designed to help you accomplish several important goals: - Search inside of yourself to fully understand your critical role in providing service in your organization - Offer specific recommendations as to how you can be a more effective and valued employee - Discover techniques to improve your personal and professional relationships. - Develop an action plan to help you grow and develop in your job, in terms of commitment to quality service, honesty, integrity, dependability, and treating others with dignity and respect.
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November 11-16
To Thine Own Self Be True
People who attend this program will learn a set of principles that will change the way they view their lives. They will grow in self-understanding, confidence, personal effectiveness, and their ability to handle everyday challenges.
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December 31- January 4
Peace Leads the Way: A Yogic Approach to Transitions
Sri Swami Satchidananda often said that "Peace is your true nature." Yet, in these troubled times, we find it difficult to stay connected with that inner peace, to feel it as a part of our everyday lives. As the old year approaches its end and the new year stands before us as a mystery, join us for this special New Year's Silent Retreat. Reconnect with the ocean of peace that exists within your own heart. Our expert staff will help you turn within and discover answers to major life questions. We want you to return home with the ability to experience ease and equanimity as you pass through all the transitions that the new year brings.
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March 13-19, 2004
This Ashtanga Yoga retreat will be taught by Richard Freedman with Nicki Doane and Eddie Modestini. It will begin at 8:00 am with 2 hours of yoga. This will be followed by free time to explore Maui. The afternoon will begin at 4:30 and include around 2 hours of yoga practice. The retreat will take place at the Maya Yoga, in Huelo on the North shore of the island of Maui in Hawaii.
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March 20-26
This Ashtanga Yoga retreat will be taught by Tim Miller with Nicki Doane and Eddie Modestini. It will begin at 8:00 am with 2 hours of yoga. This will be followed by free time to explore Maui. The afternoon will begin at 4:30 and include around 2 hours of yoga practice. The retreat will take place at the Maya Yoga, in Huelo on the North shore of the island of Maui in Hawaii.
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August 3-27
Path of Heroes: Perfect Caring and Self-Mastery Retreat
The path of the Bodhisattva involves learning to care for ourselves in new ways-ways that involve developing self-mastery. This month-long retreat blends meditation with insights from Path of Heroes; Birth of Enlightenment to create the ideal circumstances to catalyze the spiritual search.
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August 10-15
Non-instructed painting retreat for fun! Come and paint in this beautiful setting, bring your family, enjoy the ranch. Includes meals, lodging, all amenities. Aug 10-15 $500, Spouses $300 also Sept.28-Oct 3 $500, Spouses $300
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August 23-29
A challenging workshop that will include at least 4 facilitators who will be available to assist you in creating a new container of existence. Offering group and individual work, the intensive will address the physical form, the emotional body, the mental belief system and the spiritual alienation of each individual. There will be a very tightly structured curriculum with the objective of bringing one's compressed, fragmented environment to one that is vast and energized. This workshop is not for the faint of heart. If you are not prepared to change, this workshop is not for you.
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August 2-30
Innovative practices based on the Time, Space, and Knowledge vision can help manage physical and emotional pain and enhance healing. A sequence of four meditation and visualization exercises forms the core of this two-day workshop. Discussion and lecture will challenge some commonly held assumptions about pain. Based on the book Dynamics of Time and Space.
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August 30 - September 5
Relaxing & educational wellness retreat near Rocky Mt. National park. Attune body, mind & spirit. Private lodge in woods; big blue sky; mtns. Group up to 20, incl. meals and lodging. MORNING Spiritual (EASY) ACTIVITIES: yoga, followed by meditation & directed journaling. Morning spiritual talk and/or craft (eg: mandala; Reiki; etc.) AFTERNOON: exceptional sightseeing (via sm. bus)
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September 3 - December 20
If you are ready to make a deep commitment to change and to deepen spiritual values within daily life, this is the program for you. Tarthang Tulku, founder of the Nyingma Institute, taught the first Human Development Training Program at the Institute in the Summer of 1973. The program offers a comprehensive education in how to develop and expand the capacity to know, to be aware through all the senses, and to find new, more positive ways of being in the world. The program blends meditation, movement, and awareness exercises with discussion in an environment that encourages retreatants to integrate what they learn into daily life.
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September 21- October 11
Kum Nye is a series of gentle physical exercises from Tibet that work to integrate and balance the physical and psychological. Unlike other mind-body exercises, Kum Nye often provides immediate benefits, even to those with limited physical capabilities. The exercises are easy to learn and can be safely practiced by young and old. Kum Nye has been practiced by thousands of students at the Nyingma Institute since its introduction in the early 1970s. Students find that the exercises have a calming effect that can be helpful in controlling negative thoughts and releasing stress.
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January 5- February 28
This program integrates what is learned through meditation into the realm of creative action. Precise awareness exercises and sustained analysis challenge obstacles to inner and outer freedom. We can learn to create a positive future that balances spiritual goals with commitments to work and family. The program is based on the book, Knowledge of Freedom, Time to Change by Tarthang Tulku.
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April 17-24
Join us for a week of yoga, Pilates and fun on the Big Island of Hawaii. Morning and evening classes in Pilates and yoga with over 30 hrs of teaching. Choose from classes in: Pilates, Kundalini yoga, gentle/beginning, intermediate/advanced hatha yoga, yoga nidra, pranayama, meditation and chanting. Hatha yoga classes offered will be the Kripalu, Integrative Yoga Therapy, Meridian/Shiatsu and Iyengar styles. Childrens' classes may be offered. Spend the middle of the day exploring the island or relaxing.
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