Retreats
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Voice of the Heart: Chanting and yoga retreat (Sierra de Gredos)
June 27-29, 2025
Finca Pura Vida, Sierra de Gredos, Spain
This retreat will be taught in Spanish.During this retreat, you will be gently guided to open your Heart through devotional singing, classical Hatha Yoga practice and silent meditation. Read more
We invite you to a weekend escape to one of the lesser known jewels of Spain: The region of La Vera stands out as an exceptional natural environment, a hidden paradise, with its dense forests and its numerous gorges of crystal clear waters with natural pools that invite you to dive and relax.
Expect a profound reset from the stress of modern life, settling back into a natural state of well-being and happiness.
You will depart with your soul nurtured by the joy of singing, good company, healthy food …
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Play Kirtan!
June 3 – 8, 2025
Hridaya Yoga France
Longeval, St-Just-d’AvrayThis special workshop will deepen and refine both your musical skills and your spiritual understanding of the practice of chanting mantras, called or bhajan in Sanskrit.
While this practice in itself is simple and accessible to anyone, with no need for specific knowledge or training, its spiritual depth and spectrum of musical unfolding will benefit greatly from the guiding presence of one or several facilitating musicians with certain skills – and this might be you!
The workshop follows two main topics:
- Expanding and refining your musical vocabulary, improving rhythmic firmness and variety, awareness of musical dramaturgy, tempo, and dynamic variations.
- Deepening your metaphysical understanding of the power of devotion, the use of mantras, and the aspects related to each of
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Shining Heart Retreat
7-day option:
August 6-12, 2023
August 14-20, 20235-day option:
August 6-10, 2023
August 14-18, 2023Ecoaldea Espiral, North Portugal
Practice yoga as it is meant to be. Spend a week in joyful simplicity.
During this retreat, you will be gently guided to open your Heart through classical Hatha Yoga practice and various silent meditation techniques. Read more
For this summer’s edition of our popular Shining Heart Retreat, we have chosen a truly unique location: the Espiral ecovillage in the mountains of Northern Portugal is one of those places where nature itself receives you from its most gentle side, inviting you to nurture yourself resting in the shade of so many trees, go for a walk in the mountains or taking a dip in one of many natural pools of …