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| just this just this......in all its simplicity......welcoming what is here already......not coming......not going......obscured even by seeking...... So we meet in the paradox of apparent teachings, retreats, trainings or gatherings, to celebrate and explore this nameless presence that we are. At first, there is the tendency to accentuate the myriad of practices the yoga tradition has developed, to focus on concepts like nondual, true nature, awareness, self-inquiry or other-inquiry. But all this activity eventually leads us to a giving up. And in this surrender what is revealed is seen to be what has always been here, before the search began, during its full intensity and after its cessation. The task turns out to be ceding to stillness, and in that stillness the recognition of just this. Falling back and resting in what is so familiar that it has been overlooked during all the body sensing yoga, during all the pranayama, all the yoga nidra and amidst all the dialogues, amidst life itself, we find our self simply sinking back into just this. back to top |
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about pathless yoga In 1989, after 13 years of attempts at path-finding, Joan Ruvinsky met Jean Klein, who, having never taken himself to be a teacher, eliminated the need to be a student, to have a path, a method or a goal. At home in these nondual wisdom teachings, Joan shares body sensing yoga, conversation and presence at her center Pathless Yoga — La voie sans voie in Montreal and at retreats and workshops in other states and provinces.She has kept close fellowship with Richard Miller and Éric Baret since their days together with Jean Klein. Joan has the regular approbations from Integral Yoga, Integrative Yoga Therapy and Yoga Alliance E-RYT500. She offers seminars on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, iRest Yoga Nidra, and is a member of the Council of Stewards of the Center of Timeless Being. back to top |
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| teachings Listen to recordings from recent retreats These audio excerpts were recorded at a retreat in California: (the following files require Quicktime, which you can download from the Apple site.) An introduction to body sensing yoga. (5 minutes 5 seconds - 5.9 MB) A meditation on the senses and the elements. (9 minutes 40 seconds - 9.2 MB)  Interview with Joan RuvinskyThis interview with Joan was conducted in Montreal by Jean-Claude Leblond for Yoga Mondo, a French Quebec yoga magazine. YM : Where did you study yoga and how did you come to teach ? JR : Ultimately, there is only one place to study yoga, and that is in oneself. The notion of “studying” yoga risks leading us in a false direction. Yoga is not fundamentally something one can know. One can know the history of yoga. One can know the texts of yoga. One can know the philosophies of yoga. One can know the practices of yoga. But yoga ultimately is not something one knows, but rather something that one is. Certainly one of the three pillars of Kriya Yoga, according to Patañjali is study, svadyaya, the study of oneself, the study of the scriptures. But the knowledge gained from study does not culminate in the knowledge of an object, of an entity in space/time, or of a set of principles, but rather culminates in the knowledge of the knower itself. In all the ancient venerable traditions, some form of study is basic, but the ultimate the recommendation obtains: “Know thyself.” read the rest of the interview... An article by Joan Ruvinsky published in Reaching Out Does practice make perfect? It is an age-old practice of deciduous trees to drop their leaves in the fall. One by one the leaf stalks seal themselves away from the twig and falling happens. A little fluttering sound accompanies their practice if the rush of autumn rainstorms does not drown it out. Sometimes bearing witness to this falling event occurs. So practicing watching leaves practicing falling in the fall is just happening. read the rest of the article... Poetry by Joan Ruvinsky Sunset on the Last Day of Hunting Season What deer still remain are far back in the woods by now. They count their losses. The others count their trophies. The score is even. It’s always a tie in the duality game. Guy sitting in a field Guy sitting in a field (it’s Sunday) stringing a kite –  field sitting in the sunshaking off an early snow – space, posing as sky, sucks up the whole business into itself – guy thinks he’s flying the kite. Vision Statement Imagine swans with black wingtips soaring in wedges, wheeling on a sullen sky – Imagine these snow geese in late November scouting out a plausible lake just before freeze-up – Imagine we, too, are that beautiful, streaming transparence, aloft and countless, heading home. read more poems... back to top |
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| retreats & trainings Maria Stein, Ohio July 10-14, 2009  download the registration form and retreat informationdownload the retreat flyer Living as Presence, all thought, image, perception and experience are seen to be simply coagulations of pure awareness. Nothing to seek.…nothing to reject….just realizing things as they are, simultaneously real and shimmeringly transparent. This predominantly silent retreat fulfills one of the requirements for the Center of Timeless Being iRest Yoga Nidra Teacher Certification. Information and registration: Sharon Shultz 937-843-6638 shultzlake@woh.rr.com $690 includes housing and vegetarian meals Eastman, Quebec (french) August 5-9, 2009 pour les détails, voir www.lavoiesansvoie.com Information and registration: Charles-Alexandre Mercure 450-770-0720 or charlymerc@hotmail.com $650 includes housing and vegetarian meals Pierrefonds, Quebec August 15, 2009 download the workshop flyer iRest Yoga Nidra workshop at Heaven on Earth Yoga Institute iRest Yoga Nidra is a modern synthesis of an age-old Tantric practice. It is both a technique of deep relaxation and a method that reveals our innate physical, emotional, mental and spiritual well-being across all dimensions of our body and mind, as well as a system that can evoke spiritual enlightenment or Self realization. This one day workshop involves an exposition of the theoretical background of iRest Yoga Nidra, its roots in Yoga Philosophy and modern psychology and includes several practices illustrating the wide range of protocols that characterize this broad-ranging technique. Information and registration: Heaven Studio 514-684-0099 or info@heavenstudio.ca $125 tax included St. Louis, Missouri (Cook Station) September 17-21, 2009 download the registration form and retreat information download the retreat flyer Absorbed in the essential, yet fully participating in sensing, acting and responding, Consciousness unfolds through us, in us, and as us, dissolving the apparent separation that the body/mind suggests. This predominantly silent retreat fulfills one of the requirements for the Center of Timeless Being iRest Yoga Nidra Teacher Certification. Information and registration: Terry Wilson 573-491-3392 or twilson@socket.net $690 includes housing and vegetarian meals Pearce, Arizona (southern Arizona mountains) November 6-10, 2009 download the registration form and retreat information download the retreat flyer This predominantly silent retreat seeks to integrate the nondual teachings into everyday life in a natural setting. Combining classical practices such as body sensing yoga, pranayama, quiet sitting and yoga nidra with outdoor practices taken from the Vijñana Bhairava, an early Tantric text of Kashmir Shaivism, we will come to experience everyday life as an expression of the Absolute. In these sacred mountains, which have served as a healing environment for centuries, we come together for restoration and reintegration into who we truly are beyond the divisions that separate us from our True Nature. If your path does not follow the conventional yoga mat tradition, join us in hiking, goofing off, sharing silence, eating healthy food and whatever. (The ability to hike slowly three miles over fairly rough terrain above 6,000 ft. is a requirement). This retreat fulfills one of the requirements for the Center of Timeless Being iRest Yoga Nidra Teacher Certification. Information and registration: Kathleen Knipp 514-527-7444 or kkbluebird@yahoo.com $790 includes housing and vegetarian meals Tampa, Florida January 6-10, 2010 download the registration form download the retreat flyer Gathered in being, Silence gives expression to body-sensing yoga, pranayama, quiet sitting, chant and inquiry, both interior and spoken, as we celebrate the myriad of forms the formless takes. This predominantly silent retreat fulfills one of the requirements for the Center of Timeless Being iRest Yoga Nidra Teacher Certification. Information and registration: Emily Hain 321-783-4507 or bcp2grace@gmail.com $650 includes housing and vegetarian meals Highland Mills, New York June 17-21, 2010 Information and registration: Kathleen Knipp 514-527-7444 or kkbluebird@yahoo.com back to top
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| gatherings Weekly gatherings will resume in Fall 2009 Annual Pathless Potluck June 21 • 5:30 Kirtan 7 PM Dinner and celebration Private meetings available back to top
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| links Éric Baret www.bhairava.ws Richard Miller - center of timeless being www.nondual.com back to top |
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