Savitri Immersion Retreats Invitation

Crestone, Colorado

You are invited to attend any one or more of five, five-day retreats, from April to August, which will offer a real, space-time environment for the enhancement of inner silence and peace, and an experience of dynamic immersion in the presence and force of the Divine Mother.

A context will be created through explorations of the Yoga Philosophy of Sri Aurobindo, concentrating on specific aspects in each of five major works: The Future Poetry, The Secret of the Veda, The Isha and Kena Upanishads, The Synthesis of Yoga, and The Life Divine, which are intensively reformulated in the revelatory, mantric rhythms of Savitri. This context will create a vessel of receptivity in which the vibrational level of consciousness of participants can be raised toward a transformational contact with the Mother's Force and Grace. Meditation, mountain hikes, gardening, cooking, poetry, art, and friendship can be enjoyed by all.

We hope that by offering a series of five, week-long retreats, from April to August, the possibility to share and cultivate this experience will be extended to more prospective participants who will then be able to find a suitable date to attend. Please contact us as soon as possible for more information and to register for one or more of the retreat events. Each retreat will be limited to ten participants. We will endeavor to assist with transportation to and from the Denver airport on the days preceding and following each retreat, as Crestone is a remote location. Please arrange to arrive and depart by 3pm on the designated days, either at the airport or at the center.

Retreat dates:
April (21) 22-26 (27) Darshan and Full Moon
May (19) 20-24 (25) Full Moon
June (16) 17-21 (22) Full Moon
July (14) 15-19 (20) Full Moon
August (11) 12-16 (17) Darshan and (almost) Full Moon

“YOGA-SIDDHI, the perfection that comes from the practice of Yoga, can be best attained by the combined working of four great instruments. There is, first, the knowledge of the truths, principles, powers and processes that govern the realisation — sastra. Next comes a patient and persistent action on the lines laid down by this knowledge, the force of our personal effort — utsaha. There intervenes, third, uplifting our knowledge and effort into the domain of spiritual experience, the direct suggestion, example and influence of the Teacher — guru. Last comes the instrumentality of Time — kala; for in all things there is a cycle of their action and a period of the divine movement.

The supreme Shastra of the integral Yoga is the eternal Veda secret in the heart of every thinking and living being. The lotus of the eternal knowledge and the eternal perfection is a bud closed and folded up within us. It opens swiftly or gradually, petal by petal, through successive realisations, once the mind of man begins to turn towards the Eternal, once his heart, no longer compressed and confined by attachment to finite appearances, becomes enamoured, in whatever degree, of the Infinite.”

Sri Aurobindo, The Synthesis of Yoga

A contribution of $350 for the week is requested, which includes accommodation, food, and activities. An adjustment can be made for shorter periods of attendance and for Crestone residents. For more information and to register, please contact Rod at 206-963-0989, or <rodhemsell@yahoo.com>.

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