Spiritual Retreat 14th to 16th March 2014
at Nuluhon Garden Retreat Centre Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
Welcome to a weekend where you not only will rejuvenate and energize yourself, but where you also will have the chance to come to know spiritual practices that can help you find inner peace and come to know your true deeper self.
This weekend will be including yoga, meditation and practices for better health. Please read the detailed description below. Registration and contact information at the end.
YOGA
During the weekend, we will be practicing physical yoga movements – those have two main objectives: Yoga movements that will support your body to sit comfortable in meditation pose for an extended period. These yoga poses will focus on opening up the hip joints, releasing the knee and ankle joints, relaxing and lengthening the spine and softening and releasing the neck and shoulders. Yoga movements that will support your mind to do meditation. The yoga poses that we will be working with here has the ability to increase concentration, increase will power and stabilize the thoughts and emotions.
MEDITATION
During the meditation sessions you will be introduced to a basic meditation technique and some simple tips that will help you to practice meditation in your every day life. The best way to learn meditation is through practice, so we will be doing kiirtan chanting to prepare the mind followed by quiet meditation time together. In the meditation sessions we will also specifically be looking at the following questions: What is a mantra? How to use it? Why do we use it and how does it help in meditation practice? What is the goal of meditation? Do we really need to do meditation? What is a Cakra? What does it look like? What function does it have?
HEALTH
A healthy body is the base for a spiritual life and for a meditation practice. The healthy body supports the mind to be quiet, serene and to slow down. We will be eating a healthy, vegetarian yogic diet that nurtures and fills you with energy. Every morning there will be a “Qi Circle” that cleanses and detoxes your body.
The fresh, clean air at Nuluhon Retreat centre and the surrounding vibrant and natural environment rejuvenates and fills you up with new energy
SCHEDULE
Friday 14th Arrival and settle in.
19.00 Dinner
Saturday March 15th
6.30 Wake up
7.00 Qi Circle for detox
7.30 Yoga and Meditation practice
8.30 Breakfast
10.00 -13.00 Session 1
13.00 Lunch
14.00 Relaxation and free time (natural rock pools just behind the house)
15.30 – 18.30 Session 2
18.30 Dinner
19.30 Evening Programme
21.30 Going to bed.
Sunday March 16th
6.30 Wake up
7.00 Qi Circle for detox
7.30 Yoga and Meditation practice
8.30 Breakfast
9.30 Outing to the nearby Kionsom Waterfall
13.00 Lunch
15.00 – 18.00 Session 3
18.00 Dinner
19.00 Departure
SESSION 1
Yoga movements for the hip joints and relaxing the spine. Tips for meditation practice and understanding how to use mantra during meditation.
SESSION 2
Yoga movements for the concentration and development of mind. What is the goal of meditation? Why to practice?
SESSION 3
Yoga movements for stabilizing thoughts and emotions. Understanding the function of and how to release the Psoas Muscle. What is the cakras and why do we have them?
REGISTRATION and INQUIRIES
Contact persons for registration and inquiries:
Didi – 0168351194
Anandi – 0168481668
Arrival and Departure
Arrival is on Friday night March 14th and departure is anytime after 6pm on Sunday night, March 16th. We appreciate if there are no late arrivals or early departures and that you stay with us through the whole program.
Fee
The cost for the weekend is 340 RM. It includes two nights accommodation in dormitory style*, three vegetarian meals per day, all classes and workshops plus class material.
Registration
At the time of registration we will receive your name and telephone number. The fee will be payed upon arrival at the retreat centre. If you cancel less than one week prior to the programme, you will need to pay 150 RM. If you cancel less then one day prior to the programme, you will need to pay the whole fee of 340 RM. Exceptions is for serious health reasons or a near relatives serious health condition. Last day for registration is ten days before the program (March 4, 2014). If you register before February 15th, you receive a 50RM discount and the fee is then 290RM.
How to get there
The retreat centre is close to Inanam and is situated very near Mari Mari Cultural Village, Kionsom. If you live in KK, please call us for directions. If you come by flight, we can help to arrange transport from the airport to Nuluhon Retreat Centre.
What to bring
Yoga clothes, yoga mat (if you have, we have a few to lend), personal clothes, towel, toiletries, torch, walking shoes, swimming suit. *If you wish to stay in single room or double room with a friend, there will be an extra charge of 30 RM per night.
Your Teacher and Facilitator
Didi (Avt. Ananda Samprajina Ac.) grow up in Sweden and has spent the last thirteen years working for the Ananda Marga Spiritual and Social Service Mission. In the year 2000 she dedicated her life to become a yoga and meditation nun of Ananda Marga.
The mission of Ananda Marga is two fold. The first is to inspire others to help them find true self knowledge by practicing yoga and meditation and the second is to do service to the poor and those in need in the form of different service and charity projects. She entered a four years intensive training in Sweden where she was isolated from the world and immersed in a deep meditation practice and spiritual life style that completely changed her life and personality. Since 2004 she has been teaching yoga and meditation in Taiwan, Russia, Malta and Sweden.
Now she is teaching in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. Didi is also running the Non Governmental Service Organisation Hearts2Africa (www.hearts2africa.se) in Sweden as well as the Joyful Journeys Yoga Holiday Programme (www.joyfuljourneys.eu) where she brings Swedes for a yoga and meditation holiday to Bali and Borneo. She also helps at the Intensive Seven Day Meditation Development Programme in Sabah (www.sadhanacamp.org)
Before Didi choose to become a yogic nun, she underwent training in theater, acrobatics and clown in Denmark and California. This is now a foundation in her teachings and makes her workshops and classes both fun and meaningful.
Didi is a certified Yoga Alliance Teacher as well as a certified Ananda Marga Yoga Teacher. She has also certified in Mediyoga.www.mediyoga.com.
Her latest yoga certification is as a Yin Yoga Teacher where is training with Sebastian Pucelle and Murielle Burellier, direct students of Paul Grilley and who teaches Yin Yoga extensively throughout Asia and Europe.
Welcome to a weekend of inner peace and joy!
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