{"id":13184,"date":"2017-03-03T19:31:06","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T17:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.centrul.kamala.ro\/devcentrul\/?p=13184"},"modified":"2017-03-26T19:32:19","modified_gmt":"2017-03-26T16:32:19","slug":"10-day-silent-hridaya-retreat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.centrul.kamala.ro\/devcentrul\/2017\/03\/10-day-silent-hridaya-retreat\/","title":{"rendered":"10-day Silent Hridaya Retreat with Sahajananda, Romania, August 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-inner\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Kamala Yoga and Meditation Centre organizes:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>10-day Hridaya Retreat \u2013 A Silent Meditation Retreat for the Revelation of the Spiritual Heart, with Sahajananda<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>4-15 August 2017, Sanpetru (near Brasov), Romania<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">(For beginners there is the option to participate for the first 5 days of the Retreat. After the retreat, on <strong>16th August<\/strong>, we organize a <strong>spiritual trip around Brasov, in mountain areas, for meditation and yoga in nature.<\/strong> If you are interested, please ask the specific info.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>The Hridaya Silent Meditation Retreat<\/strong> is a unique immersion experience which focuses on accessing our real and essential nature, the supreme and divine Self,\u00a0atman, through an artful integration of meditation and yoga techniques. During the retreat, we address broad aspects of the Spiritual Heart, from a variety of traditions including esoteric Christian, Sufi, and Kashmir Shaivism. The atmosphere will be one of agape and strong spiritual support.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The Hridaya Silent Meditation Retreat was created specifically to comprehensively and intimately understand what meditation is and to feel the amazing inner transformations which it brings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The program aims to create an experience resembling a solitary retreat (such as in a cave) in order to provide an opportunity to reach deep states of consciousness, intense aspiration for the Divine, and highly focused interiorization for the awakening and blossoming of the soul, jivatman. This method is a unique integration of\u00a0Advaita Vedanta, Sufism, Tantra, and Dzogchen.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\"> \u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\"> In the advanced stages of practice, all paths of authentic spiritual traditions meet harmoniously and merge into the same ineffable Reality. During the Hridaya Silent Meditation Retreat, practitioners will be skillfully guided to this penetrating understanding where the search for meaning ends in surrender to the domain of revelation. <strong>No previous meditation or yoga experience is necessary as this retreat is designed for beginner and advanced meditators alike.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">We recommend you to read the guidelines and the rules of the Silent Hridaya Retreat <a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.centrul.kamala.ro\/devcentrul\/2008\/03\/hridaya-retreat-guidelines\/\">here <\/a>and\u00a0 <a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.centrul.kamala.ro\/devcentrul\/2008\/03\/introduction-to-the-hridaya-retreat-and-its-purpose\/\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>The leader of the retreat <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The Revelation of the Spiritual Heart Retreat is led by Claudiu Trandafir (Sahajananda), whose meditation, for years now, has been dedicated to the Revelation of the Spiritual Heart through Divine Love and the opening of the soul. Claudiu, an engineer in electronics by education, was formerly a professor at the University of Parapsychology in Bucharest, Romania. He has been a Yoga teacher for 25 years, specializing in solitary cave retreats, following the example of Ramana Maharshi and other Jnana Yoga masters. In 2001, after many solitary retreats, Claudiu began to guide groups of people using this method. He has led this special retreat for thousands of participants across Europe over the last seven years, and has also started to lead Retreat programs in Mexico and Thailand. By popular request, the Retreat program is now available in Canada, Great Britain, Romania, Israel, Switzerland, Germany, Holland, Thailand and India.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Administrative details:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>The schedule of 4th August:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">14:00 \u2013 registration and orientation<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">16.00 \u2013 hatha yoga session and practical recommendations for the retreat (asana, pranayama, mudra, bandha, meditation). We strongly reccommend that you participate to this yoga and meditation session, even if you have participated in other Hridaya retreat, so you can be proper prepared for the beginning of the retreat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">18.00 \u2013 dinner<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">19.00 \u2013 In the meditation hall, there will be explained guidelines for participants, some general principles of the retreat and it will be the first lecture and meditation with Sahaja.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">All administrative details will be resolved in that evening (4th August), so that when the retreat will begin on 5th August, the following 5 or 10 days will be devoted exclusively for meditation and interiorization.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Those who want to participate only the first 5 days will leave on 10<sup>th<\/sup> August. For the others, the end of the retreat will be on 14<sup>th<\/sup> August, after the meditation of the afternoon, when they will share experiences lived in this period. Next morning, on 15<sup>th<\/sup> August 2017, it will be the last meeting for meditation, questions and answers, lunch and the depart of participants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The retreat is held in Sanpentru, a town about 2 km from Brasov. The trip from the airport in Bucharest to Brasov takes about three hours, either by train or bus. We can offer you all the necessary information for a fast and safe transport to Sanpetru.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>The retreat is held in English<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>For retreat fee info, please contact us:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u2013 by e-mail: centrulkamala@gmail.com or contact@kamala.ro<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u2013 by phone +40731324241.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">There is a discount for early registration (till 1st June).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Payment must be made in advance. A deposit of 150 euro is due with reservation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Refunds Policy<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">If you want to cancel the participation in retreat:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">-till 1st June 2017 the deposit fee will be refunded (less bank transfer fee)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">-till 15th July 2017 will be refunded 50 % from the deposit fee<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">-after 15th July 2017 the deposit fee is non refundable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">If a person makes the decision to leave the retreat, he or she does so with the foreknowledge that the fees are forfeited.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The only exception to this scenario is for cases of medical emergency, in which case \u2013 following substantiation of a refund request \u2013 Kamala Center will return fees for the unattended portion of the retreat (on a per diem basis, according to the rate of fees paid).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Registration <\/strong>is being coordinated by Kamala Yoga and Meditation Centre.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Contact:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">email: <a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"mailto:centrulkamala@gmail.com\">centrulkamala@gmail.com<\/a> or <a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"mailto:contact@kamala.ro\">contact@kamala.ro<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">phone: + 40 731 324 241 or + 40 268 360 424<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">to make your reservation; registration is made in order of request.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">More info: <a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kamala.ro\">www.kamala.ro<\/a> or <a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hridaya-yoga.com\">www.hridaya-yoga.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>May the Sacred Tremor of the Heart enlighten our lives!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kamala Yoga and Meditation Centre organizes: 10-day Hridaya Retreat \u2013 A Silent Meditation Retreat for the Revelation of the Spiritual Heart, with Sahajananda 4-15 August 2017, Sanpetru (near Brasov), Romania (For beginners there is the option to participate for the first 5 days of the Retreat. 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