The Seven Goddess Upanisads October 13th – 17th, 2016Seattle, Washington Similar to SRV’s Fall retreat of 2015, wherein the Devi Upanisad was presented and studied indepth, Babaji Bob Kindler will take another of the Seven Goddess Upanisads up for examination and contemplation. Arrival: Thursday, October 13 after dinner, at 9:00pmDeparture: Monday, October 17, …
Summer Seminar at SRV Ashram
The Samadhis of Yoga August 14 – 16, 2015 Location: SRV Oregon Ashram in Portland, OR Satsang Friday, August 14: 7pm Saturday, August 15: 6:00am – 8:00pm (breakfast/dinner) Sunday, August 16: 6:00am – 5:00pm (breakfast only) Tuition: $206 adult, $100 studentRegister by email: srvinfo@srv.org or by phone 808-990-3354. Credit cards are accepted and requires an additional handling charge (2.4% adult, 2.6% student).Accommodations: …
American River Summer Retreat 2016
Saints, Sages, Seers, Saviors and Their Teachings with Sri Sivanam Sankirtanam ChantingPlus: Western Women Pioneers of Vedanta, with Annapurna Sarada Live in holy company for a full week — meditating, studying, serving, and growing together. Each morning begins with chanting from the Bhagavad Gita prior to meditation. Daily classes include essential teachings of Yoga, Vedanta, Tantra, and Sankhya. Afternoons include …
Spring Retreat over Memorial Day
Manasana: The Art of Mental Posture May 21 – 25th, 2015Wind River region, Washington The most beneficial usage of an asana is mental, not physical. As the scriptures of India declare, “Not by hundreds and thousands of body postures,but by control of the mind, does the soul reach Enlightenment.” In SRV’s Spring retreat at Windwood Waters near the Columbia River …
Winter Weekend Seminar
How a Householder Renounces the World March 7 & 8th “The monk must renounce inwardly and outwardly. The householder must renounce only inwardly.” – Sri Ramakrishna Location: SRV Portland Ashram, Oregon Tuition & meals: $165/adult; $95/student Tuition due by February 21 Saturday, March 7: 6:00am – 5:00pm (breakfast/dinner)Sunday, March 8: 6:00am – 12:00 noon (breakfast only) …
SRV Winter Retreat 2015
Panchadasi & Panchakarana February 26 to March 2nd Seattle, Washington The age-old method of quintuplications, and their relation to spiritual life and practice, forms the subject of SRV’s Winter retreat in early 2015. Panchakarana, acting as both a record of cause and effect for the soul and its activities throughout its many lifetimes, is also as an unerring guide for …
Winter Retreat in Hawaii 2016
Making Crucial Spiritual Connections, Part 2 January 15 – 18, 2016 on the Big Island of Hawaii Last January’s retreat on making spiritual connections was such a beneficial experience for everyone that Babaji will continue this topic at the next Hawaii retreat in 2016. It is not necessary to have attended the first retreat to participate in this …
Autumn Retreat 2014
Navaratri Retreat on Lakshmi Puja Prana and the Illusion of DeathOctober 9-13th, Stevenson, Washington The 2014 Fall retreat offered by SRV Associations occurs over the auspicious Navaratri period and its worship of the Divine Mother of the Universe, with one of its days falling on Lakshmi Puja. Select teachings from the Chandhi and the Srimad Devi Bhagavatam will highlight the …
Summer Retreat 2014
SRV American River Retreat over Independence Day The Life and Teachings of Swami VivekanandaJuly 3 – 9, Forest Hill, California For the forthcoming 2014 summer retreat, with its profound subject of The Life and Teachings of Swami Vivekananda, the accent will be placed upon the great swami’s relationship and observances of the Western culture and its people after he arrived …
Retreat on Hawaii Island
Join us for 3 full days at our beautiful Hawai’I ashram overlooking the Pacific ocean. Surrounded by lush vegetation and the tropical sounds of frogs, birds, and the native chuckling gecko, we will dive deeply into the nondual Wisdom & Devotion that transcends the beauty of nature and leads to abiding peace, contentment, bliss, and realization of our birthless, deathless …