Wonder how to make a mark while living in a world of uncontrolled senses ? Join us as Devamrita Swami, a Yale graduate, author and a Monk of over 40 years shares his unique expertise and technique on how to ‘discover ourselves’. He speaks every year to students at prestigious universities around the globe and equips them with tools to better navigate the loops and hoops of life.

Meditation is a word that’s thrown around loosely these days. It’s come to mean practically any technique employed to silence and calm the harried modern mind. But the ancient and experienced form of meditation practiced in the east has a much deeper and more sublime purpose. Although it easily soothes the turbulent mind, it also awakens those who chant it to their original, joyful spiritual nature and consciousness, imparting a genuine sense of pleasure unavailable by any other means.

Our theme for this retreat is “Living in a mad world – which is crazy” and we have designed a variety of workshops, excursions, and yoga and meditation sessions for you to experience this happiness. You will also find time to just relax in nature.

This is a special retreat designed to give us all an experience of what it means to live a spiritual lifestyle, especially with friends within a community we are a part of.

Record ice melts, climate change, unusual weather patterns, rapidly vanishing species and rising sea levels… these are the norms of the day. Abrupt changes in climate are now an established fact of life here on Earth. Everyone is talking about it and starting newer and newer initiatives aimed at saving the environment. But is it possible to solve the environmental problems even if our varied environmental initiatives are successful unless we deal with the ‘desire problem’.

We come into the world with dreams; aspirations which many scientists say define us as human beings. A dream for greatness rests in our hearts and moves us forward. Somehow or other the pressures of modern life blur away these dreams, doubts creep up and we forget that we are meant for something special. Our life may just become something ordinary despite attempts to zest it up. Bhagavad gita provides an opportunity for greatness for everyone.

What is this force that keeps us going through the motions of life without questioning the rationale behind it? “Work – money–work–money–work” seems to be the mantra of the 21st century, only to eventually fizzle away. Is this cycle what our life is meant for? Is there a powerful energy at play that makes us act in ways that we may not always want to? Ancient yoga texts call this force – Illusion or Maya.