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| just this just this......in all its simplicity......welcoming what is here already......not coming......not going......obscured even by seeking...... So we meet in the paradox of apparent teachings, retreats, trainings or gatherings, to celebrate and explore this nameless presence that we are. At first, there is the tendency to accentuate the myriad of practices the yoga tradition has developed, to focus on concepts like nondual, true nature, awareness, self-inquiry or other-inquiry. But all this activity eventually leads us to a giving up. And in this surrender what is revealed is seen to be what has always been here, before the search began, during its full intensity and after its cessation. The task turns out to be ceding to stillness, and in that stillness the recognition of just this. Falling back and resting in what is so familiar that it has been overlooked during all the body sensing yoga, during all the pranayama, all the yoga nidra and amidst all the dialogues, amidst life itself, we find our self simply sinking back into just this. back to top |
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about pathless yoga In 1989, after 13 years of attempts at path-finding, Joan Ruvinsky met Jean Klein, who, having never taken himself to be a teacher, eliminated the need to be a student, to have a path, a method or a goal. At home in these nondual wisdom teachings, Joan shares body sensing yoga, conversation and presence at her center Pathless Yoga La voie sans voie in Montreal and at retreats in Canada and the US. She has kept close fellowship with Richard Miller and Éric Baret since their days together with Jean Klein.Joan has the regular approbations from Integral Yoga, Integrative Yoga Therapy and Yoga Alliance E-RYT500. She offers satsang and the occasional seminar on body sensing, yoga history and philosophy, the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and iRest Yoga Nidra, both in French and English. |
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| teachings Interview with Joan Ruvinsky This interview with Joan was conducted in Montreal by Jean-Claude Leblond for Yoga Mondo, a French Quebec yoga magazine.  YM : Where did you study yoga and how did you come to teach ?JR : Ultimately, there is only one place to study yoga, and that is in oneself. The notion of “studying” yoga risks leading us in a false direction. Yoga is not fundamentally something one can know. One can know the history of yoga. One can know the texts of yoga. One can know the philosophies of yoga. One can know the practices of yoga. But yoga ultimately is not something one knows, but rather something that one is. Certainly one of the three pillars of Kriya Yoga, according to Patañjali is study, svadyaya, the study of oneself, the study of the scriptures. But the knowledge gained from study does not culminate in the knowledge of an object, of an entity in space/time, or of a set of principles, but rather culminates in the knowledge of the knower itself. In all the ancient venerable traditions, some form of study is basic, but the ultimate the recommendation obtains: “Know thyself.” read the rest of the interview... Listen to recordings from retreats Audio excerpt recorded at a Bodysensing Intensive in Montreal: A sensing practice with sound (13 minutes - 18 MB) These audio excerpts were recorded at a retreat in California: An introduction to body sensing yoga. (5 minutes 5 seconds - 7 MB) A meditation on the senses and the elements. (9 minutes 40 seconds - 13 MB) Miscellaneous Meanderings In Praise of Ordinariness So here we are, just doing the daily business, whether it's called a work day, a retreat, a sabbatical, a goof-off day, or a super-intense practice day. read full article... On distinguishing the Roller Coaster from the Amusement Park Here we go again, riding the roller coaster of rapid change... up the slope, over the top and plunging back down, squealing, shrieking or otherwise, as megafires devastate the landscape, massive financial insecurities sweep the planet and global political systems sclerose and transform. Who's in charge here? What's the 800 number? We'd like to report a problem. This is not how it is supposed to be... or is it? read full article... Joan's Only Cartoon... Work in regress. see cartoon... The Yoga of Contradiction What kind of lineage is this? ...... where self means no-self, where emptiness means fullness, and fullness means emptiness, or both. If you think you know, you don’t and if you don’t know, you do. listen to Sanskrit chant... read more meanderings... Poetry by Joan Ruvinsky Sunset on the Last Day of Hunting Season  What deer still remain are far back in the woods by now.They count their losses. The others count their trophies. The score is even. It’s always a tie in the duality game. Guy sitting in a field Guy sitting in a field (it’s Sunday) stringing a kite – field sitting in the sun shaking off an early snow – space, posing as sky, sucks up the whole business into itself – guy thinks he’s flying the kite. read more poems... |
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| retreats & events Cliquez ici pour plus d’information sur les retraites en français read reflections from retreat participants Boise, ID May 4-7, 2012  visit the Boise, ID Retreat page for detailsdownload the registration form and retreat information download the retreat flyer In the simplicity of just listening, concepts are seen to be what they are, merely concepts, and the background of being reveals itself as we come to celebrate the multitude of forms the formless takes. Paradoxically, this predominantly silent retreat fulfills one of the requirements for the Integrative Restoration Institute iRest Yoga Nidra Teacher Certification. Information and registration: Jeanne Dillion 208-345-7113 or jeannedillion@yogaforwellnesspro.com 3-day retreat for $525 ($600 after March 1) including housing and vegetarian emails Highland Mills, NY June 27-July 1, 2012 visit the Highland Mills, NY Retreat page for details download the registration form and retreat information download the retreat flyer Absorbed in the essential, yet fully participating in sensing, acting and responding, Consciousness unfolds through us, in us, and as us, dissolving the apparent separation that the body/mind suggests. Paradoxically, this retreat fulfills one of the requirements for the Integrative Restoration Institute iRest Yoga Nidra Teacher Certification. Information and registration: Kathleen Knipp 514-527-7444 or kk@pathlessyoga.com 4-day retreat for $690 including single housing and vegetarian meals. Highland Mills, NY October 13-20, 2012  7-day Seasoned Practitioners Retreat, by application only. Maximum 20 participants. visit the Highland Mills, NY 7-Day Retreat page for details download the registration form download the retreat flyer Traceless, yet palpable, neither moving nor unmoving, the play of opposites unfolds in This, simultaneously bubbling up and being reabsorbed. Pure experiencing just happening, with no one in particular experiencing and nothing in particular being experienced, as all the while we superimpose names like Tuesday, work, play, retreat, practice, I, you. Paradoxically, this predominantly silent retreat fulfills one of the requirements for the Integrative Restoration Institute iRest Yoga Nidra Teacher Certification. Information and registration: Kathleen Knipp 514-527-7444 or kk@pathlessyoga.com 7-day retreat for $1195 including single housing and vegetarian meals. read reflections from retreat participants
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| gatherings Weekly Gatherings with Joan An hour and a half involving dialogues, inquiry, body sensing yoga, pranayama, meditation and yoga nidra (‘sleep of the yogi’) in the non-dual tradition Tuesday evenings May 15 - June 19 6 weeks $90 6 – 7 :30 PM in English 8 – 9 :30 PM in French Wednesday mornings May 16 - June 20 Wednesday evenings May 16 - June 13 To register call Kathleen at 514-527-7444 or email Kathleen.
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