In this retreat you will learn:
- How to quiet mental restlessness
- The connection of breath to inner peace
- Cultivating relaxed concentration
- Yoga for deepening meditation
- Powerful meditation techniques.
You’ll explore the Ananda Yoga postures, which are based on the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda that are specifically geared to enhancing Inner Peace.
This course will be led by Brahmachari Jitendra, a gifted yoga instructor with a warm and engaging manner. A certified Ananda Yoga and Meditation Teacher, Jitendra’s depth of experience makes him a very popular instructor.
Yoga is an art as well as a science. It is a science, because it offers practical methods for controlling body and mind, thereby making deep meditation possible. And it is an art, for unless it is practiced intuitively and sensitively it will yield only superficial results. — Paramhansa Yogananda
Jitendra Guindon
Ananda Yoga® Instructor. Ananda Meditation Instructor.
Jitendra Guindon is a certified Ananda Yoga® teacher with Yoga Alliance. He is also a certified and experienced Ananda Meditation teacher.
Jitendra Guidon, Director of Online with Ananda’s Online Outreach ministry, is a disciple of Paramhansa Yogananda living at Ananda Village in Northern California. While serving with Ananda, he enjoys spreading the ancient teachings of Yoga to all truth seekers around the world and look forward to connecting with new friends from different backgrounds and affiliations.
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Prices are all-inclusive and cover accommodations, meals, classes or activities, and course materials.
Awakening Spiritual Peace Yoga 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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Awakening Spiritual Peace Yoga 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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