”You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life? ~ Rumi
“Love and Awareness are the two wings to fly in the open sky of life”
What we learn and experience in this retreat?
Who are we? Why we live in certain way? What’s the roots of our behavior?
What are our shadows and sufferings? What are our gifts and light? Do we thrive or survive? What’s possible to let go? What’s possible to accept? What’s possible to heal or transform or transcend? What’s our true nature? How do we live our possibilities?
* Awakening journey of Self-discovery, Self-love, Healing & Transformation through Awareness exercises, Active & Silent Meditations, Body-Mind-Emotions-Energy-Spirit Practices, Inner Science, Insights & Love
* Deepen Body connection with health, Mind observation with clarity, Emotion Expression & Energy flow and Spirit Alignment
* Understand, embrace various emotions including anger, pain, fear with Love
* Accept & heal past trauma with Learnings, Love, Forgiveness & Gratitude
* Explore mind-ego, assumptions, projections, triggers, addictions
* Embrace and integrate unaccepted hidden unprocessed shadows with light
* Access, activate and expand true self & inner resources
* Rejuvenate Inner Child, Enhance flow, Enrich presence and Evolve from Reaction to Response
* Taking care of the Inner Garden with Love and Awareness
Who can join this retreat?
o Suitable for single and couples,
o Suitable for beginners and experienced
o Suitable for people want to heal, deepen inner connection, thrive with peace, health, love, freedom & bliss in life
Can I bring a partner who I have issue with and can they be fixed?
Sure, you can come with a partner.
But, focus on your inner journey and give space for the partner to discover their own without any intrusion.
We are not here to fix someone but to heal naturally and open from our end with love and awareness.
Is it safe practice ?
Yes, these are natural, safe and deep practices. It can be intense for body-mind-emotions-energy, suggest you not to have any other intense activities during these days.
What should I bring?
– Open mind, heart and body 🙂
– Loose and comfortable clothing & optional white clothing (for specific meditations)
– A pen and notebook
– A Yoga Mat
– Your joyful creativity : musical instruments, songs, poems, handicraft, painting, to share
5:30 am Wakeup and Refresh
6-8:30am Morning Practice
8:30am Seva – Karma Yoga
9:30am Breakfast
11-1pm Learning/ Teaching Practice/ Sharing
1-2pm Fruits Lunch
2-4pm Learning/ Teaching Practice/ Sharing/ Rest
4-6pm Evening Practice
6pm Sunset Silence Meditation
6:30pm Dinner
8:30 Night Practice/ Creativity/ Sharing/ Fire Ceremony
10 am Restful Sleep
Last Day – Sunday
How much it costs ?
Value of the course content is priceless. As we are non profit foundation, minimum donation of ₹9,000 (€110) suggested to cover the costs.
Contribution Covers for :
Course, Course Materials, Healthy food, Shared Accomodation.
What kind of Food ?
Healthy wholesome vegetarian multi cuisine food shared twice a day with fruits in between. We don’t use white rice, white sugar, white salt, white flour, milk, eggs. We use brown/ black rice, varieties of millets, sprouts, cold pressed oils, … We get as much possible organic good quality Vegetables and Fruits as per seasonal and local availability
What are the facilities available ?
For any further queries contact
Whatsapp : +91 9765348573, Call : +91 7598691339, Email : bodhivanam.in@gmail.com
* * Pre-register as spaces are Limited
How to confirm registration ?
1. Fill in the form at https://forms.gle/LvLnbgZLfxQ7396b7
2. Discuss and get your queries clarified
3. Pay 50% Deposit
Indian UPI Payment : 9765348573@icici, hi.ananda@icici
International Payment : hi.ananda@gmail.com
What about cancellation ?
Book only when it’s clear and possible for you to attend.
If you cancel for unforeseen reasons, deposit amount will be held.
If program cancels for unforeseen reasons, amount will be returned back and only 5% will be held for service charges.
Where is it happening ?
Check https://bodhivanam.in/
Bodhi Vanam (Awakening Forest) is an wholenes center & a healing forest located in Kodaikanal mountain at 1270 mts. elevation with lovely cool weather (avg.18-25°c) with rich flora, wild fauna and beautiful streams and waterfalls. Nearby, there are many organic farms, international community and a Zen meditation centre (10km).
It’s accessible by Bus/Car ~130km from Madurai Airport, ~175km from Coimbatore Airport, ~380km from Thiruvannamalai, ~430km from Auroville, ~500km from Chennai Airport.
Over night Bus journey is a good option for people coming through Chennai/ Pondicherry/ Bangalore.
Perumalmalai or Pethuparai Junction is good stop for people coming through Bus. People coming by car can come upto the junction where off-road (last 2 km) starts. People coming by motorbike or 4×4 jeep can come all the way to the place. Last 2 km is off-road jungle terrain which can be traversed only by foot or motorbike or by Jeep.
As the place is surrounded by wilderness with animals possibly roaming at night, its advised not to go out between 6pm-6am for safety.
Google location of the junction where off-road starts : https://maps.app.goo.gl/uDeNWQ8YhgoFfcLi7 (use for directions)
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About Facilitator Ananda:
Ananda is an inner gardener, yogi, meditator, healer and inner guide sharing experiential retreats, trainings, and individual sessions across Asia & Europe. His sharing is based on deep experiences with Yoga, Tantra, Psychology, Inner Science, ancient and modern forms of healing tools.
Over 30 years his life has been enriched and evolving with hatha yoga, zen, vigyana bhairav tantra, bauls, inner science, psychology and mother nature. He is professionally trained with various ancient and modern forms of healing tools including Ayurveda, Varma, reiki, pranic healing, NLP, NVC, watsu, aqua wellness, awareness through the body, reflexology & rebalancing.
Ananda had professional life with Masters degree in Computers and worked as a Software Architect for 12 years in multinational companies. He left that profession long ago for simple living and heartful sharing.
While not in travels/ programs, setting up a natural eco farm with fruits & herbs in healing forest on kodaikanal mountain as a wholeness centre.
Inviting people to live with essence of love and freedom inside and outside.