Yoga & Meditation Retreat
Dec 11-13, 2009
115 East 23rd Street, New York City
"If you want to be happy, be"
~Leo Tolstoy
With the support of yoga postures, pranayama, restorative poses, yoga nidra, meditation, self-inquiry, this non-residential 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.
"The very source of all happiness is your beingness. Be there. Be still in your
beingnesss." ~ Nisargadatta
This retreat is being held at The New York Core Center at 115 East 23rd Street, New York City near Gramercy Park. Subway 6 is right downstairs and the (R) is a block away.
The schedule for this non-residential retreat is as follows:
Friday 7-9 pm
Saturday 9:30 - 12:30 and 2:30 - 4:30
Sunday 9:30 - 12:30
Some people may be interested in staying at a hotel in the vicinity of the Center to create a residential retreat atmosphere. The Larchmont Hotel at 27 West 11th Street and The Carleton Arms at 120 East 26th Street well run inexpensive "European style" hotels nearby.
Please go here to learn more about Surya's teaching and background and here for the style of yoga and meditation he teaches.
The fee for this weekend retreat is $185.
To register click here here.
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