Nondual Retreat with Joan Ruvinsky
Highland Mills, NY
June 27 - July 1, 2012
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.
A myriad of practices from the Tantric Yoga tradition will be engaged, including quiet sitting, body and breath sensing, chant, yoga nidra, inquiry dyads, gazing, as well outdoor practices taken from the Vijñana Bhairava. Four gatherings in community per day are interspersed with free time for contemplation and integration. The gift of silence allows true listening to emerge. Each day a short period of dialogues serves to deepen the understanding that is uncovered as the retreat progresses.
Paradoxically, this retreat fulfills one of the requirements for the Integrative Restoration Institute iRest Yoga Nidra Teacher Certification
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Retreat Location: Bethany Spirituality Center, 15 Bethany Drive, Highland Mills, NY 10930
Set on a beautiful 78-acre lakefront property at the foot of the Catskill Mountains one hour northwest of New York City, the Bethany Spirituality Center offers a welcoming atmosphere of quiet and peace. Bethany’s staff provide free pick-up service from Stewart International Airport, Metro-North’s Harriman train station and the Short Line Bus stop in Highland Mills. (find discount airfares)
This 4-day silent retreat begins with dinner on Wednesday, June 27 and ends with lunch on Sunday, July 1. The $690 cost includes 4 nights single accommodation, shared bath and 12 vegetarian meals.
Sample Schedule:
6:00 to 7:00am Personal Practice (optional)
7:00-8:00am Breath Sensing and Quiet Sitting
8:00am Breakfast
9:30am to noon Bodysensing and Yoga Nidra
noon Lunch
3:00-5:30pm Dyads and Discussion
5:30pm Dinner
7:00pm Kirtan, Poetry and Quiet Sitting
Retreat size: This retreat is limited to 25 people.
CEU’s: The 4-day retreat provides yoga teachers who are members of Yoga Alliance with 30 contact hours.
Confirmation, directions and a packing list will be sent via email once your registration has been received.
Information and registration:
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Kathleen Knipp 514-527-7444 or kk@pathlessyoga.com
4-day retreat for $690 including housing and vegetarian meals
Upcoming Retreats:
Eastman, Quebec (in French) August 2-6, 2012
Highland Mills, New York — October 13-20, 2012
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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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