Ma Ganga Inner Tantric Yoga Retreat
A Shakti Celebration! March 9th – 14th 2010
With Pt. Vamadeva Shastri (Dr. David Frawley) and Yogini Shambhavi

The Ma Ganga Inner Tantric Yoga Retreat is a special yearly event hosted by the American Institute of Vedic Studies at a beautiful setting on the Ganga River above the holy city of Rishikesh, India in the Himalayan foothills. The Retreat provides a unique transformative experience for sadhaks and yoga students to create a conscious shift in tapping their divinity within whilst healing, rejuvenating and celebrating life. 2010 is the auspicious time of the Kumbh Mela in Haridwar with important dates for bathing in Ma Ganga’s sacred waters!

Pt Vamadeva Shastri (Dr. David Frawley) & Yogini Shambhavi guide the participants in a yogic celebration of Shiva&Shakti as living realities woven into the entire fabric of life. The teachings are rendered in the traditional gurukul manner, outdoors sitting under Lychee trees laden with flowers with the roaring Ganga as background music. The program includes beautiful evening Arati, Vedic Pujas (sacred offerings), Havan (fire rituals) and Planetary Propitiations every day of the program performed on the very banks of the sacred river.

Spiritual aspirants from India, America, Brazil, Russia, Europe and Turkey and every walk of life gather together to make a conscious shift in their well-being through the ancient wisdom of insightful Yoga, Vedanta, Ayurveda, Vedic astrology, and Shakta (Goddess) traditions in a simple, yet experiential manner, as part of their own inner awakening.

Spend six days deepening Your Yoga Shakti guided through sacred practices designed to awaken the inner self and empower the flow of divine grace within. The beautiful Neemrana resort above Rishikesh inspires one with its pristine settings in Lychee orchards by the River Ganga where individual cottages give one privacy and gourmet vegetarian meals are a delight, set outside on the verandah. Synchronizing our inner being with Nature's benevolent energies draws one into the sacred dance of Shakti, the divine feminine power and Shiva, the universal consciousness.

Acharyas and Teachers

 

Pandit Vamadeva Shastri (Dr. David Frawley) Dr. David Frawley is a world renowned Acharya (teacher) and author on Yoga, Ayurveda, Vedanta and Vedic Astrology. Over thirty books have been published in more than fifteen languages over the last twenty years. The program will reflect his recent book Inner Tantric Yoga and its special teachings of mantra, pranayama and meditation. Vamadeva is director of the American Institute of Vedic Studies and conducts courses, programmes and seminars worldwide. Read his articles on Karma, DNA of the Soul and The Sacred Fire and Agni Tathaastu magazine and Yoga and Ayurveda: A Call for a Complete Yogic System of Medicine from the International Yoga Therapy Journal. Note his special one hour interview filmed by Dutch television. www.vedanet.com.

 

 

Yogini Shambhavi. Yogini Shambhavi is a modern day mystic, Vedanta teacher and spiritual guide. Her unique ability unfolds the bliss of well-being through Healing, Meditation, Ayurveda, Vedanta,Vedic Astrology and mindful Yoga asana, integrating ancient Vedic sciences with Shakta traditions around the world. As Co- Director of The American Institute of Vedic Studies, Santa Fe, she leads spiritual training retreats , Ayurvedic training programmes, conferences and well-being workshops around the world with Pt. Vamadeva Shastri . She has written two bestselling books on the Goddess, Yogini: Unfolding the Goddess Within (Wisdom Tree 2006) and Yogic Secrets of the Dark Goddess: Lightning Dance of the Supreme Shaktii (Wisdom Tree 2007), available on Amazon.com, in India, North & South America. www.yogini-shambhavi.com.

 

 

 

Mas Vidal Mas Vidal, director of the Dancing Shiva Yoga & Ayurveda in Los Angeles, USA. Dedicated to the practice, education &life style of Vedic sciences of Yog & Ayurveda.	Renata Mendes Sadhak Renata Mendes is a Yoga teacher from Brazil drawing in the deeper Vedic and Ayurveda principles into her teachings. Her voluntary work with the prison system guides young women through Yoga, teaching in training programmes and workshops. She carries the tradition and spirit of Yoga into life's experience of bliss through the guidance and teachings of Pandit Vamadeva Shastri, Swami Dayananda and Yogini Shambhavi.	Kanika Tripathi Sadhak Kanika Tripathi is a Yoga practitioner in the Sivananda tradition. As an artist her work incorporates mantra and meditation into her sacred designs with the visionary inspiration of Yogini Shambhavi. She is studying Vedic Astrology and Ayurveda with Pandit Vamadeva Shastri.

Ma Ganga Retreat March 2009 photo image gallery

 

Additional Related Programs

Shambhavi and Vamadeva will be leading a special Himalayan tour after the Ma Ganga Retreat for a limited group of students. The Yogini Yatra Himalayan Temple Tour March 14 - 25 will feature a special pilgrimage to Himalayan Shakti temples in the Kumaon region. You can combine the tour along with the Ma Ganga retreat for an extended stay in the Himalayas and a deeper experience of Shiva and Shakti.

In addition, students may sign up directly for The International Yoga Festival at Paramarth Niketan in Rishikesh (March 1-7). This important conference occurs the week before the retreat and features Yoga teachers from all over the world. Vamadeva Shastri and Yogini Shambhavi will be teaching at the festival as well.

Registration is very limited due to accommodation availability. Accommodation in the Glass House on the Ganga, a Neemrana Hotels property, one of the best facilities in the region, limited to fifteen cottages. Once full, we will be staying at the Himalayan Hideaway, an equally gorgeous resort a few km away. The rooms will be allocated on a “first-deposit-best-room” basis, so if you are planning to attend, we encourage you to send us your non-refundable deposit ($ 500.00), receipt of which will qualify you for best room available. These are non-refundable deposits.

 

Travel to and from the Retreat: Spiritual Journeys has arranged Travel Packages specifically for this Retreat.

REGISTRATION: By filling and sending your completed Registration Form to us.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: E-mail: Deepak Singh, Spiritual Journeys, Inc., 101 Lexington Street, Belmont, MA 02478, USA. Ph: 508-358-4267.

Also please visit: www.vedanet.com – American Institute of Vedic Studies and Dr. David Frawley and www.shambhavi-yogini.com for Yogini Shambhavi.