American Meditation Society

Belgian Meditation Society Retreat 2020
2020-03-20 16:00 - 2020-03-23 14:00 (Europe/Brussels) | BE, Brussels, Belgium
The Belgian Meditation Society Retreat will be in Brussels, Belgium.
Mark your calendar and please join us in March, 2020.
For more details information, contact breeyana1@hotmail.com

New York 2020 Spring Weekend Retreat
2020-03-13 16:00 - 2020-03-15 14:00 (America/New_York) | Linwood Spiritual Center, 50 Linwood Road, Rhinebeck, NY, 12572, United States
THEME: Overcoming Life’s Challenges by Aligning Ourselves with Strength
Is life problematic? The problem is in the mind. For in every adversity there’s a wonderful opportunity.
Everything is opportune in tune with all existence. Your true nature is involved in living, breathing, smiling and enjoying life.

Linwood Spiritual Center is located in New York’s majestic Hudson River and the Catskill Mountains
on the sacred ground of Linwood Spiritual Center.
ACCOMMODATIONS: Linwood offers 34 private single room with shared baths located in two buildings.
Rooms have either a river or garden view. The main house is part of the same structure as the offices, dining, meeting rooms, and chapel, and has elevator access.
Convenient to landmark sites across the Hudson Valley, Linwood’s unique river view has been home to history throughout the centuries.
Facilities, include a labyrinth, garden and pavilion with fireplace.
DESCRIPTION: There will be group chant and satsangs (group gatherings) every morning and evening.
The retreat concludes with a group sharing before lunch on the last day. Other activities will include tai chi.
MEALS: Cost includes three meals daily served in the dining room. If you have any specific dietary restrictions let us know when you register. We will try to accommodate you. There is a refrigerator and microwave in the dining room, so feel free to provide for yourself if you have additional needs.
DRIVING DIRECTIONS: Linwood is 3.3 miles west of Route 9 in Rhinebeck, N.Y. and less than two hours north of New York City, about one hour south of Albany, and one hour northwest of Danbury, CT. (Use 52 Linwood Rd. address if you’re using a GPS)
REGISTRATION: Payment by cash or check only (no credit cards this time).
To register contact Marcia at marcia0701@aol.com or call 914-629-5215.
SCHOLARSHIPS: Scholarships are available for anyone having financial hardship.
Contact Abbe, abbejr@verizon.net or call 914-693-4118 for an application, which must be submitted by March 1.
SCHEDULE:

DATE
DETAILS
TIME

3/13
Arrive
4pm onwards

Meditation
5:30

Dinner
6:00

Satsang
7:30

3/14
Breakfast
8:00

Meditation
9:00

Satsang
11:00

Lunch
12:00

Meditation
4:30

Dinner
5:30

Satsang
7:00

3/15
Breakfast
8:00

Meditation
9:00

Group sharing
10:30

Lunch
12:00

Finish
2:00

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: March 1, 2020
Costs, Early Bird fees:
Single Room – $300
Commuter option (meals but no room) – $200
After March 8,
Single room – $325
Commuter option – $225
There is no one-day option

UK Meditation Society Retreat 2020
2020-03-06 16:00 - 2020-03-11 14:00 (America/New_York) | Domus Mariae Centre, 803 Chigwell Road, Woodford Bridge, Essex, IG8 8AU, United Kingdom
U.K. meditation deepening course in March 2020.
COST: £385
For more details, go to ukmeditation.com/events and contact Pranesh & Shantima to reserve your place.

Online Satsang with Jeffrey Carr
2020-02-24 20:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
Jeffrey Carr, Senior AMS Teacher

Satsang & Reading from ‘Living in Non-Attachment’
by Gururaj Ananda Yogi

Monday, February 24th, 2020
8 – 9 pm East Coast Time
7 – 8 pm Midwest Time
5 – 6 pm West Coast Time

Zoom Meeting ID: 674-987-433
Excerpt from ‘Living in Non-Attachment’
Gururaj: Attachment lies in your craving for the object of attachment. But you can be totally non-attached in admiration of the trees, the leaves, the flowers. To merge yourself into the leaf or the flower petal does not mean attachment, but it means an identification where you have become the flower. You appreciate the beauty of the flower, and not only appreciate the beauty of the flower, but you become One with the flower.
As you proceed further and further, the flower grows vaster and vaster, as vast as the universe. And you become the universe. There becomes no question of attachment. Attachment, to repeat again, is based on the craving after or for the object. But when you become the object, then there is no craving, because you are the object. So, you (also) have detachment – which is escaping. But nonattachment is total identification with the object. “I love my woman” does not mean that I am attached to my woman. In really loving my woman, I become non-attached to the woman, because she has become me. And when she becomes me, the question of non-attachment disappears and the question of attachment also disappears.
You start off by becoming non-attached to the object. But as you proceed along, the object becomes the subject. Then the question of non-attachment disappears. What I am telling you goes far beyond the Vedas and Vedanta and the Bible and Koran. In non-attachment to the object, you make the object into the subject. When you know this, the question of attachment, non-attachment and detachment disappears entirely.
The Gita will tell you to be non-attached. But I tell you that there is no such thing as non-attachment. There is no such thing as non-attachment and also no such thing as attachment or detachment. So, what is the final analysis? It is a total identification, in which all these attachments and non-attachments will just fade away. Let me become the flower. And when I become the flower, then how can I be non-attached or attached to the flower when I’m the flower myself? (cont.)
link to entire satsang

HOW TO JOIN ONLINE
First-time users:
We use the online conference program called Zoom. If you don’t have it, it’s easy to use and free. Go to: zoom.us/download and download the option: “Zoom Client for Meetings”
Then open your Zoom application, enter your password if needed, click on “join a meeting” and type the Meeting ID: 674-987-433
If you have already downloaded Zoom, go to https://zoom.us/j/411307389
Or phone in:
One tap mobile
+16699006833,,411307389# US (San Jose)
+19294362866,,411307389# US (New York)
Dial by your location
+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
+1 929 436 2866 US (New York)
Meeting ID: 674-987-433
We will start the Zoom sessions 10 minutes before the start time so you can log on and be ready to go.
Other tips:

You should come in muted as to not disturb the meeting. If not please click on the microphone icon on the bottom left to mute your mic. When muted it will have a red line through it. (Especially important if you join before the Host does.)
To speak, just click on the mic icon again to activate your mic.
If you prefer to not be seen, you can also click the video icon next to the mic icon on the bottom and disable your camera.
To ensure optimum sound, close all other programs and internet on your computer once you’re in Zoom. Double check that your computer’s volume register is turned all the way up (for most computers), and same with the volume on the zoom screen.
If your internet connection is weak or variable and you can hook up to the router directly with an Ethernet cable; that would give you the best possible signal.
Headphones tend to provide better sound also and we get less feedback so if you have them please use them.
We can only have 25 logins at once and after that is reached you will be notified that the meeting is full.

Belgian Meditation Society Retreat 2019
2019-11-08 16:00 - 2019-11-11 14:00 (America/New_York) | BE, Brussels, Belgium
The Belgian Meditation Society Retreat will be in Brussels, Belgium.
Mark your calendar and please join us in November 2019.
For more details information, contact breeyana1@hotmail.com

Online Satsang with Jeffrey Carr
2019-10-05 17:30 - 18:30 (America/New_York) | Ashram for Unfoldment, 130 Marlborough Road, Briarcliff Manor, NY, 10510, United States
Jeffrey Carr, Senior AMS Teacher

Satsang & Reading from: ‘Which Came First?’ by Gururaj Ananda Yogi

Saturday, October 5th, 2019, 5:30 pm East Coast Time

To be broadcast live on YouTube from the AMS – NY Chapter Fall Retreat
at the new Ashram for Unfoldment in New York

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUUQwhAcF_I&feature=youtu.be

Excerpt from ‘Which Came First?’

Gururaj: There is an age-old question that has never been answered: what came first, the chicken or the egg? Now the argument has always been that if the egg was first, then who laid the egg? And if the chicken was first, then where did the egg come from to create the chicken? The answer is this, that the egg came first and not the chicken. The reason is that through the entire process of evolution from when we had that Big Bang, as you know of from the Big Bang theory, the power and the energy that was generated made the eggs. And there was not only one egg that was made, but as those energies shot out, many eggs were created. This is because, in the process of evolution, there has to be a life force. A similar question might be, who came first, the man or the woman? They came simultaneously into being through the very same process.

In the egg there was life from the beginning. But the difference is that it was an unlaid egg. It created itself. In other words, it was the (product of a) causeless cause, like everything else in the universe. Right from the primal amoeba, many forms of life started developing, because there always has been life. If you want to put it this way, there has never been a time, since beginning-less time, that life has not been. Life has always been ever existent. That theory about Adam and Eve—that God made Adam, and then from his eleventh rib Eve was made—that is perhaps very symbolic, but there’s no truth in it. Why relegate a woman to that lowly position of being made from a rib? All of life came about simultaneously, first in the form of energy and then with that energy combining itself with other energies in the universe to form different combinations that in turn produce different products.

So, how old is the egg? The egg is as old as the primal energy, which is ageless. And in the development of the egg, the egg hatched and so the chicken came about. And yet in the chicken there was a male and a female counterpart, even in the primal egg. For example, in a man or a woman, there is some woman in a man, and there is a man existing in the woman. But the man naturally being a man, those qualities were more dominant; and in a woman, her particular qualities were more dominant, so that she became a woman. But always remember that the egg came first and not the chicken.
In everything we see around us, we have life. Nothing exists without life, for life itself is existence. There can never be death. Death is just but a transformation of your physical being, that is returning to its original elements; water to water, fire to fire and so on. The five basic elements that constitute the entire universe will go back into their original states. That is what the Eastern scriptures call the “night of Brahma”. The night of Brahma is when a total balance takes place, and the active forces reach such a high level of vibration that it all seems just still. Just as a top spinning at a very high speed will seem still to you, but it is still spinning. It is there.

The three qualities of sattva, rajas and tamas will always be there. But all the conflicts in the universe around us, or in ourselves, are because those three elements are not in balance. Not being in perfect balance, they war against each other, which we know as conflicts within us. But this is necessary for evolution. The contraction and expansion are both equally necessary; one cannot exist without the other. In your egg, you will find the white and you will find the yellow. In its own process within itself, the yellow is influencing the white and the white is influencing the yellow. There is a very subtle motion that is forever there, and everything else cannot exist at all without motion. Motion is that which makes the world go around. So, if we accept motion, which we have to accept, we must accept the conflicts as well. It is only conflict that can produce motion, and motion in turn produces conflict. It is like the egg producing the hen and then the hen producing the egg. It is a cycle, which goes on and on and on. We find the egg still exists in the chicken, the acorn exists in the oak tree, and the entire oak tree exists in the acorn. If the tree did not exist in the acorn, there would be no tree at all.

The goal of life is that we go back to the original source that we are. The Big Bang took place many millions and millions of years ago, when everything was sucked up into the black hole, so that it could not exude any light. And before the black hole there were white holes as well, and they still exist. The universe itself also runs in cycles. It goes into a stage called “pralaya” (or dissolution) only to explode again. At this very moment, there are thousands of stars even bigger than the sun that are exploding. And all the little bits that explode from a star create new worlds, new solar systems, new galaxies. It is always an on–going process. If it was not on– going, then you could say the universe will be destroyed. But there is no destruction at all. If you reach the finest point of matter, that is even finer than the atom itself, it is there, was there and forever will be there. Just so, your egg and the chicken will also be there forever. (cont.)

link to entire satsang

Live Satsangs from the Fall Retreat in New York
2019-10-04 20:30 - 2019-10-06 12:00 (America/New_York) | Ashram for Unfoldment, 130 Marlborough Road, Briarcliff Manor, NY, 10510, United States
We invite you to enjoy live satsangs broadcast from the inaugural retreat
at the new Ashram for Unfoldment in Briarcliff, New York

(all times are Eastern Daylight Time)

Introduction to the Ashram for Unfoldment
Friday Oct 4 8:30 pm
https://youtu.be/seRT8yuLx8U

Satsang with Merrill Harmin
Saturday Oct 5 11:00 am
https://youtu.be/OElwf00aLD0

Satsang with Jeff Carr
Saturday Oct 5 4:30 pm
https://youtu.be/fUUQwhAcF_I

Tabla Concert
Saturday Oct 5 7:30 pm
https://youtu.be/_KDf4PU8mgI

Satsang with Dooreena Durbin
Sunday Oct 6 11:00 am
https://youtu.be/ahXvGf6R2TQ

New York Fall Retreat 2019
2019-10-04 17:00 - 2019-10-06 14:00 (America/New_York) | Ashram for Unfoldment, 130 Marlborough Road, Briarcliff Manor, NY, 10510, United States
Theme: You are Light and Vibration
You are light and vibration, not the small body identified self you assume yourself to be. On this course we will look at exactly what Gururaj has to say about light and vibration, about who we really are versus who we take ourselves to be. We will review and be doing numerous practices that Gururaj informally taught throughout his satsangs over his 12 years of teaching – practices that lift our vibration and move us into seeing, experiencing and knowing our true divine nature – love itself.

Ashram for Unfoldment
130 Marlborough Road
Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510

Cost:
$260 weekender, sleep in, shared bedrooms ( 3 and 4), home cooked meals , full program
$180 commuter, sleep out, home cooked meals, full program

DESCRIPTION: Since this is our Opening Weekend.. we will be having a Celebration on Saturday evening, inviting friends and family to join us for an Indian Classical Music Concert, tapas, and refreshments.

Registration: email: Maria DeAngelis at: maria@ifsu.org.. at this time there is no online registration. CC or check only. thank you.

ACCOMMODATION: there will be a list of local Air BnB’s and hotels available . check w/ Maria when registering..

Danish Meditation Society Retreat 2019
2019-09-26 16:00 - 2019-09-29 17:00 (Europe/Copenhagen) | DK, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Danish Meditation Society Retreat will be in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Mark your calendar and please join us in September 2019.
For more details information, contact mail@jytteloehr.dk

UK Meditation Society Retreat 2019
2019-09-20 17:00 - 2019-09-22 22:00 (Europe/London) | Domus Mariae Centre, 803 Chigwell Road, Woodford Bridge, Essex, IG8 8AU, United Kingdom
A threee-day Deepening Session has been arranged for this coming autumn.
VENUE: Domus Marie centre
COST: £185 ( includes 2 nights breakfast, lunch, dinner, teas, coffees )
£75 deposit to hold your room.
Please contact Pranesh by private message
Note: if you need to stay an extra night on the Sunday this can be arranged for £30

We will look forward to seeing you in September!

Online Satsang with Jeffrey Carr
2019-09-16 20:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
Jeffrey Carr, Senior AMS Teacher

Gururaj Ananda Yogi

Satsang & Reading from

‘The Smile of Krishna’

Monday, September 16th, 2019

8 – 9 pm East Coast Time
7 – 8 pm Midwest Time
5 – 6 pm West Coast Time

ZOOM MEETING ID: 152 161 228

Excerpt from ‘The Smile of Krishna’

Gururaj Ananda Yogi:

The smile of Krishna is rather more a theme for poetry than the subject for a talk. The smile of Krishna is the smile that smiles through the entire universe, because his smile is the creation of the universe. Because Krishna or Christ smiles, this universe, as we know it, is created. Now, to me, Christ or Krishna or Buddha means the same: I’m more interested in Krishna consciousness or Christ consciousness. And that very consciousness is a smile. For consciousness, with its cognition of the universe, cannot but help to smile. It’s a pity we haven’t got Jesus’ picture here. All the pictures you have seen of Jesus are all totally false, just artist’s impressions. When I was a young lad I had visions of him, and I used to see him totally clearly. And he never had that sad face with all the tears running down his cheeks. He was a cheerful person; therefore, he taught: be of good cheer. If he was crying all the time, like the pictures depict him, he would not have taught ‘be of good cheer’. So that is the Christ smile. That is the Krishna smile: to be of good cheer.

And everything is cheerful if you know how to recognize the cheer. Cheer, or the smile, becomes distorted because of your mind. Your mind is that which distorts cheerfulness into cheerlessness. So, if you look around you, everything is smiling all the time. The flowers are smiling, the plants are smiling, this thing is smiling: everything just smiles. But that recognition of the smile of Krishna, or the smile of life, must come from you. You have to recognize it in order to know it. Have you really seen Krishna’s smile? Of course you have. Every time I smile at you that’s Krishna’s smile, because I do not find any difference between his consciousness apart from mine. It’s just one consciousness. And I am smiling through his smile, and he smiles through my smile. And yet, if you should watch the smile carefully, you would feel it bubbling over. For I never smile with my lips, I just pull them. I smile with my eyes- and there lies the beauty of a smile; not the pulling of the lips or whichever way. With every time the lips are formed into a smile, your eyes must sparkle with the radiance. Then only is it a smile.

link to entire satsang

HOW TO JOIN ONLINE
We use the online conference program called Zoom. If you don’t have it, it’s easy to use and free. Go to: https://zoom.us/download and download the option: “Zoom Client for meetings Version 3.5.53922.0620” (or newer version)

Then open your Zoom application and enter your passwords and click on “join a meeting” and type the
Meeting ID: 152-161-228

We will start the Zoom sessions 10 minutes before the start time so you can log on and be ready to go.

Other tips:

You should come in muted as to not disturb the meeting. If not please click on the microphone icon on the bottom left to mute your mic. When muted it will have a red line through it. (Especially important if you join before the Host does.)
To speak, just click on the mic icon again to activate your mic.
If you prefer to not be seen, you can also click the video icon next to the mic icon on the bottom and disable your camera.
To ensure optimum sound, close all other programs and internet on your computer once you’re in Zoom. Double check that your computer’s volume register is turned all the way up (for most computers), and same with the volume on the zoom screen.
If your internet connection is weak or variable and you can hook up to the router directly with an Ethernet cable; that would give you the best possible signal.
Headphones tend to provide better sound also and we get less feedback so if you have them please use them.
We can only have 25 logins at once and after that is reached you will be notified that the meeting is full.

Online Satsang with Jeffrey Carr
2019-08-19 20:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
Jeffrey Carr, Senior AMS Teacher

Satsang & Reading from US 80-17:

Gururaj Ananda Yogi

The Inner and Outer Guru

Monday, August 19th, 2019

8 – 9 pm East Coast Time
7 – 8 pm Midwest Time
5 – 6 pm West Coast Time

ZOOM MEETING ID: 705-079-634

Excerpt from the Inner and Outer Guru; the Mark of the True Teacher

Gururaj Ananda Yogi:

One must always listen to the inner guru. But how many have found this inner guru? The inner guru can only be found if that total stillness is found within, through meditation and spiritual practices. Then only can that voice of silence be heard. Otherwise it might just be your imagination running amuck. It could be thought processes that are coming through your mind, which have been previously conditioned. This is the surest way of being deluded and of being involved in illusions. So, only when we have found the inner guru, perhaps not even through total integration, do we have the right to say that we listen to the inner guru.

The ability to listen to the inner guru, to the spirit within yourself, is ability given to very few people. It is something that has to be strived for. It is something by which the patterned mind, that sends forth thoughts through the conscious mind, is listened to. If anyone here can tell me that every decision they have made has always been a right decision, a goodly decision, a godly decision, in any matter whatsoever, then he might have had some glimpse of the inner guru. But that is not (usually) the case.

Many times, people speak about the voice of conscience. What (is) conscience? What do we know about conscience? We only (have knowledge) of the experiences that are stored in our memory box, opposing experiences, and from that, through an analytical process, we come to the conclusion that my conscience tells me this (or that). So, (conscience) is the product of your own personal mental experience. Now this is not totally wrong, because you might have had a good experience at some time and a bad experience (another time), (which are) the opposites in the world of polarities. Therefore, your mind is conditioned by the thoughts of the good experience, and so your conscience will do right. Your conscience will dictate to you what is right and what is wrong, based upon the experiences that you have had. This is fine, but how many people have that discriminating ability? How many people can say that their good deeds, (committed) over these thousands of lifetimes, have been mostly good deeds, and (that their) bad deeds were very few, so that they therefore are equipped to decide, answer and solve the problem that is at hand?

So, when the inner guru is awakened, you do not need the outer guru. It is because we need the outer guru that we get assembled here, for example. We need to be told, we need to be taught, and we need to be guided, and the guidance or the teachings we take are dependent upon the awareness we have developed. In the full realization of the inner guru, you have the awareness to be able to see not only as far as the wall, but behind the wall as well. This (awareness) does not come from an analytical process, but it comes from an intuitive level, (and from) a level that is even beyond intuition; (it comes) from the realm of the spirit, which is the inner guru. And in that awareness, you’ll have no more questions, for all is realized, and questions cease. The very act of a question is the act of search, and when you have found, you do not need to seek anymore.

We seek because we are not functioning in totality. We seek because we (do not have) the total awareness. We first seek and inquire to gain mental knowledge, and we then use that to dive deep within ourselves. The seed has been planted, and then we go beyond the analytical aspect of ourselves to reach that area, that dimension, where our own awareness gives us all the answers. That is the surface value of awareness. In the deeper level of awareness, there are no questions and no answers. You just know.

link to entire satsang

HOW TO JOIN ONLINE
We use the online conference program called Zoom. If you don’t have it, it’s easy to use and free. Go to: https://zoom.us/download and download the option: “Zoom Client for meetings Version 3.5.53922.0620” (or newer version)

Then open your Zoom application and enter your passwords and click on “join a meeting” and type the
Meeting ID: 705-079-634

We will start the Zoom sessions 10 minutes before the start time so you can log on and be ready to go.

Other tips:

You should come in muted as to not disturb the meeting. If not please click on the microphone icon on the bottom left to mute your mic. When muted it will have a red line through it. (Especially important if you join before the Host does.)
To speak, just click on the mic icon again to activate your mic.
If you prefer to not be seen, you can also click the video icon next to the mic icon on the bottom and disable your camera.
To ensure optimum sound, close all other programs and internet on your computer once you’re in Zoom. Double check that your computer’s volume register is turned all the way up (for most computers), and same with the volume on the zoom screen.
If your internet connection is weak or variable and you can hook up to the router directly with an Ethernet cable; that would give you the best possible signal.
Headphones tend to provide better sound also and we get less feedback so if you have them please use them.
We can only have 25 logins at once and after that is reached you will be notified that the meeting is full.

Knoxville Area Fall Retreat 2019
2019-08-16 17:00 - 2019-08-19 11:00 UTC | Wafloy Mountain Village Retreat, 3610 East Parkway, Gatlinburg, TN, 37738, United States
Our highly anticipated retreat this Fall will be held at the Steiner Bell Lodge facility at Wafloy Mountain Village in Gatlinburg. This is a beautiful newly-restored lodge with breathtaking views that we will have all to ourselves! Please click on this link for more information and photos of the Lodge:
Wafloy Mountain Village
ACCOMMODATION: There are large and comfortable double rooms available, each with private bath and balcony.
DESCRIPTION: There will be two group chant and meditations as well as two Satsangs (group gatherings) each day. There will be time for walking meditation, introspection, relaxation and fun. The grounds are fabulous and the atmosphere is conducive to prayer and meditation.
MEALS: Will be provided for us! This is a first for our retreat and we are very excited to be able to offer this option this year. Breakfast and dinner will be fully catered, and we will be providing our own lunch items.
SCHEDULE: The Knoxville area Fall retreat is being held from Friday evening through Sunday afternoon, with an additional night option through Monday for those that can stay for a longer course. This is highly recommended and encouraged! An additional nights stay into Monday will allow for further deepening and immersion during the retreat experience.
If you prefer to register by sending a check, please contact Emma Woods at emmawoods@me.com for more info.
Cancellation Fee $50.
Registration Deadline August 2nd. There will be no refunds after this date.
SCHOLARSHIPS. If financial circumstances are an obstacle, there are need-based scholarships available. To inquire: Contact Emma Woods at emmawoods@me.com.

AMS National Retreat 2019
2019-07-01 14:00 - 2019-07-06 14:00 UTC | Marianist Retreat & Conference Center, 4000 Highway 109, Eureka, MO, 63025, United States
Theme: You are Light and Vibration
You are light and vibration, not the small body identified self you assume yourself to be. On this course we will look at exactly what Gururaj has to say about light and vibration, about who we really are versus who we take ourselves to be. We will review and be doing numerous practices that Gururaj informally taught throughout his satsangs over his 12 years of teaching – practices that lift our vibration and move us into seeing, experiencing and knowing our true divine nature – love itself.
Click on this link for information about the Marianist Retreat Conference Center:
The Marianist Retreat Conference Center
ACCOMMODATION: There are comfortable single rooms available, each with a private bath.
DESCRIPTION: There will be two group chant and meditations as well as two Satsangs (group gatherings) each day. Yoga Nidra will also be offered. There will be time for walking meditation, introspection, relaxation and fun. The grounds are fabulous and the atmosphere is conducive to prayer and meditation. There are over 100 scenic acres for walking.
MEALS: Meals are prepared three times daily and served in the dining room. If you require vegetarian or gluten free, please specify when registering. There is a small refrigerator and microwave in the dining room if you have special needs.
TRANSPORT: (STL) Lambert – St. Louis International Airport.
To get to and from airport use Yotaxi. Call at least one day ahead to make reservations – 636-234-6360. $54 cash or $59 credit card.
Cost may be split between people traveling.
Uber estimated fare is $40 for UberX and $80 for UberBlack (similar to a limo).
A Facebook page closed group is set up for all those attending the retreat to communicate about arrival times and miscellaneous details. To request to join the group click here: AMS Summer National Course.
EARLY REGISTRATION NOW AVAILABLE! Please see “Tickets” section below to register.
Cancellation Fee $100.
Registration Deadline June 16th. There will be no refunds after this date.
SCHOLARSHIPS. If financial circumstances are an obstacle, there are need-based scholarships available. To inquire: Contact Abbe Rosenberg or Casey Sams at caseysams1@gmail.com.

New York Spring Retreat 2019
2019-05-17 16:00 - 2019-05-22 14:00 UTC
Embracing Change—The Key to Freedom
We are living in a state of flux and we are being tested…our reactions to inner and outer circumstances matter. The way we perceive change–welcome it and dance with it–willmaterialize physically. We know that resisting change is futile; it leaves us battered and broken. But embracing change, being fluid, can open our observant, curious and loving hearts.
“Common sense would tell us that we should evaluate relative existence, with all its changes, and try to see how beneficial change is to us. We can still live in the changes, and change the changes; that is the secret of life. What do we change? We change that which is forever changing into changelessness, wherein stability could be found.
The fear of facing the future, or turning away from that with which we are so familiar, is a sure sign of instability. It is a sure sign of a lack of faith, it is a sure sign in the disbelief of Divinity.
What prevents us from wanting to change? What prevents us from remaining in the suffering and yet inwardly we would like to get away from the suffering? And yet we are so tied down, bogged down, because of what we have been conditioned by.”
–Gururaj Ananda Yogi (Change, UK78-8)
For the full retreat schedule, click here
SCHOLARSHIPS: If financial circumstances are an obstacle, students may apply for partial, need-based scholarships. These retreatants will be asked to participate in one of the many volunteer opportunities available during the weekend
To inquire: Contact Marcia Wilgermein – Marcia0701@aol.com
Payments:

After adding your ticket to the shopping cart and going to checkout, you will be redirected to PayPal to submit payment. You may use your credit card. If you have a PayPal account and wish to use this, please choose the “Friends and Family” option (by using this option we will not be charged a fee).
If you wish to pay by cash or check you must register directly with Marcia via email (see above) or cell 914-629-5215.
