Preparing for Retreat

Happy fall equinox!

O longing mind,
Dwell within the depth
Of your own pure nature.
Do not seek your home elsewhere …
Your naked awareness alone, O mind,
Is the inexhaustible abundance
For which you long so desperately.

~Sri Ramakrishna

Thank you for signing up for the one-day retreat to explore and practice mindfulness and stillness alchemy to move with ease through difficult places in life.

This unique retreat will help you to learn and create the internal space you need to delve deeper into your personal challenges, to discover the root cause & release it instead of masking over the symptoms. To clear un-serving & limiting beliefs, ancestral imprints that you may be holding. To learn mindfulness practice to work through fears, stresses & anxieties, depression, trauma, loss and rehabilitation, or purely for learning, healing, personal development, transformation & growth.

Here are some suggestions to prepare for your online mindfulness meditation retreat:

Plan for a time of silence and self-renewal and, as best you can, an easy period prior to and immediately following the retreat.

If living with others, you may wish to negotiate a quiet space in your home where you can practice uninterrupted for the duration of the retreat. The space should also allow room for gentle stretching and mindful movement.

The retreat will include guided mindful meditations, talks and discussion to explore mindfulness practice, self-directed silence time. Please care for yourself and adapt any of the instructions as needed, to support your individual needs.

Plan to wear loose, comfortable clothing. You may wish to dress in layers to accommodate fluctuations in body temperature due to periods of stillness and movement. Please have a yoga mat, props, and/or blankets accessible throughout the retreat.

 You also may also wish to have a water bottle, cup of tea and/or light snacks close at hand for use in-between each practice session.

Time will be allotted throughout the retreat for quiet reflection, periodic participant questions, and breaks.

To build community, we invite you to leave your camera on throughout the retreat, however, please monitor your personal needs around screen time and needing to periodically rest your eyes.

And please take five minutes to register yourself for event if you haven’t already done so:

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We will begin at 12:30p ET / 9:30a PT – to – 6:30p ET / 3:30p PT, continue as outlined below:

Times below are in US Eastern time adjust accordingly for your time zone.

12:30 – 12:45p – welcome, logistics, introduction to theme

12:45p – 1p – Guided Mindfulness practice

1p – 1:30p – Talk on Finding Ease in Difficult Places -1

1:30p – 1:45 – Q & A

1:45 – 2p Lightly guided meditation and silence

2p – 4p Offline walking or movement practice and mindful break

4p – 4:30p Lightly guided mindfulness practice

4:30p – 5p Talk on Finding Ease in Difficult Places – 2

5p – 5:15p Q & A

5:15 – 5:30p – Share discoveries and discussions

5:30p – 5:45p Silent stretching / Break

5:45p – 6:15p – closing Talk / Q & A

6:15p – 6:30p – guided closing ritual

Please, feel free to email me if you have any questions or need more info.

Your facilitator:

Dr. Prana is an accomplished doctor of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine and teacher of Ayurveda, Craniosacral, Inner Alchemy and Mindfulness practice. He is devoted student of Siddha Ayurveda & alchemical meditation practices since 1980. Prana travelled many months in the Himalayan regions of Tibet, Nepal, India and visiting more than fifty Tibetan Monasteries and learning different Buddhist and Siddha inner work practices to help in healing and transformation.

He is devoted to the depth of his work and to the healing and teaching people through multiple avenues and approaches that create the highest resonance and wholeness possible. His studies range from the eastern esoteric to modern medicine and ultimately how all of these paths can be seen and understood to be one beautiful journey to wellness and evolution.

Prana has an undergraduate degree in electronics engineering (Pune University, India) and MBA (Sheffield Hallam university, UK) where he specialized in IT management and strategy. He received his Masters and Doctorate in Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine from Pacific College of Oriental Medicine (San Diego, USA).

He has private healing practice since 2003 and focuses on helping people with chronic pain, physical and emotional illnesses. In his clinical and teaching practices he integrates Acupuncture, Ayurveda, Craniosacral, and Siddha Alchemy to address wide range of physical and psychosomatic conditions. He also has been practicing teaching healing and inner work since 2003.

He offers one-on-one sessions and group retreats empowering your transformation into fullness and wholeness.