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“Beginnings”

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Beginnings start in the Muladhara or first chakra – the place of grounding, earth, cultivation, Light. Swami Radha asks, “What do you want to grow in the good soil you have cultivated? What is rooted in your earth?”

TEACHING & REFLECTION IDEAS

How do we welcome the new? Or is there really anything new under the sun?

  1. Take time to clean up and create a clear space around you. Do some practice to clear away mental clutter. Observe the effect. Then stand in Mountain pose and ask, Where am I? Reflect on where you are physically, mentally, spiritually. Can you accept where you are? Are we always building on what we have already created?
  2. What are your learning goals for this month or for the next 3 months or for the year? What do you want to learn through your teaching and in your daily life? How will you know you are learning? What type of reflection makes it real for you? Draft up your plans and activate!
  3. The Divine Light Invocation is the spiritual practice of the first chakra and flows throughout the kundalini system. Do the Light and listen. What arises? How do you keep the Light alive and growing?
  4. Ganesh is a symbol of new beginnings. Reflect on this elephant-headed god: Why would he represent auspicious beginnings? Study the mythology of Ganesh. Celebrate new beginnings through stories, songs, dances of Ganesh.
  5. What is your foundation? Review the Muladhara chakra. What is the message of the first chakra for you right now? What is your direction? What choices and possibilities are open before you? What is your relationship with earth, creativity? You may want to create with clay to explore…
  6. “In the beginning was the Word.” Explore speech. Where do your words come from? What effect do they have? What do you want to express? Is there something new that you want to come forth? What do you want to start through the creative power of speech?
  7. If you have an attraction toward a certain art or music or expression, where did it start? Did you always have it? Were you born with it? Did it arise out of hearing or seeing something or someone? Do you think it came from a past life? If it came from another life, where did it come from before that? Why that talent or gift? Explore the mystery! Where did you come from? When you say, “I am created by Divine Light,” who is the “I’ and what is Divine Light? Where does it all start? What is the ‘it’?
  8. Practice the Meditation on the Light exercise. Is the pinpoint of Light always there just waiting for the lotus to unfold? Reflect on that tiny dot of Light and its power to flood the brain in an explosion of Light. What is your understanding of kundalini?

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To reserve your space we require a non-refundable $300 deposit at the time of booking. If you cancel prior to 14 days before the start date of your program, the deposit is non-refundable but may be transferred to another stay at the Ashram booked within a year of the original registration. Deposits for stays cancelled within 14 days of the start date will not be refunded and cannot be transferred to another stay. If you depart early during a program, full tuition and room charges still apply. Thank you for your consideration that will help make space available for other guests.

Cancellation Policy

To reserve your space we require a non-refundable $300 deposit at the time of booking.

  • The $300 deposit is non-refundable, but if you cancel with at least two weeks’ notice, your payment may be transferred to another stay at the Ashram. 
  • If the cancellation is made less than 14 days before the start of the course, the deposit is not transferable. 
  • Deposits transferred following a cancellation are converted into a booking credit. This credit must be applied to a retreat scheduled within twelve (12) months of the cancellation date. 
  • If the credit is not used within this period, it will expire and be forfeited. Expired credits have no cash value and will not be refunded or extended.

Thank you for your consideration that will help make space available for other guests.