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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 New audio excerpt recorded at a Bodysensing Intensive in Montreal: A sensing practice with sound (13 minutes - 18 MB) These audio excerpts were recorded at a retreat in California: An introduction to body sensing yoga. (5 minutes 5 seconds - 7 MB) A meditation on the senses and the elements. (9 minutes 40 seconds - 13 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... Miscellaneous Meanderings Non dual approch to Swine flu Is it possible to get through a day without hearing some new announcement about swine flu? Bombarded by media campaigns from all perspectives, the mind has an opportunity to land in any one of many points of view, for or against, fear or nonchalance, or just plain bored. If we are not our bodies, then what difference does it make? If we are not our sensations, feelings, beliefs or concepts, what kind of response is appropriate, or even necessary? Read full article... back to top |
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| retreats & trainings Tampa, Florida  January 6-10, 2010visit the Tampa Retreat page for details 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 Silent Mini-Retreat in Montreal March 19-21, 2010 (In French) Friday after supper though Sunday before lunch. Maximum 8 participants. Intimate silence for almost 48 hours to unplug, practice and just be. $225 includes accommodation and vegetarian meals Information and registration: Joan Ruvinsky 514-527-7444 or joan@pathlessyogacom Baker's Mills, NY March 27, 2010 One-day Micro-Retreat in the nondual perspective Information and registration: Susanne Murtha 518-251-3015 or Susanne@YogaInTheAdirondacks.com $75 includes lunch Body-Sensing Yoga Intensive in Montreal April 8-11, 2010 • In English An exploration of body sensing yoga as a portal to non-separation • Practice, discussion and inquiry. Boise, ID May 7-10, 2010 visit the Boise Retreat page for details download the registration form 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: Jeanne Dillion 208-345-7113 or jeannedillion@cableone.net $525 includes housing and vegetarian meals ($600 after March 1) Highland Mills, New York June 17-21, 2010  visit the Highland Mills Retreat page for detailsdownload the registration form download 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: Kathleen Knipp 514-527-7444 or kk@pathlessyoga.com 4-day retreat for $650 including housing and vegetarian meals Sutton, Quebec (in French) July 28-August 1, 2010 visit www.lavoiesansvoie.com for details St. Louis, Missouri September 16-20, 2010 details forthcoming Information and registration: Terry Wilson 573-491-3392 or twilson@socket.net back to top
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| gatherings Winter 2010 Weekly Gatherings An hour and a half involving dialogues, inquiry, body sensing yoga, pranayama, quiet sitting and yoga nidra (‘sleep of the yoga’) in the non-dual tradition. February 2-April 14 10 weeks $150 Tuesdays* In English 6 – 7 :30 PM In French 8 – 9 :30 PM Wednesdays* In French 10 – 11 :30 AM In French 6 – 7 :30 PM A check payable to Pathless Yoga for $150 will reserve your place in these gatherings *No gatherings the week of March 8 Tuesday Morning Body Sensing Yoga February 2-April 13 Generally in French 8-9:30 AM $15/gathering No gathering on March 9 By reservation only — Call or email within 24 hours of the date and leave your name Sunday Evening Kirtan and Meditation January 31 February 21, 28 March 21 April 11 7-8 PM Half an hour of devotional chanting and half an hour of silent meditation followed by tea and satsang No pre-registration necessary Optional donation Open to all Sundays in Yoga in Granby February 7 March 14 April 18 In French 1-4 PM $40 per workshop $100 for all three Le Centre de yoga de Granby 163 Cowie www.lecentredeyogadegranby.com 450-770-0720 Kirtan and meditation in Granby February 7 March 14 7-8 PM $10 Le Centre de yoga de Granby 163 Cowie www.lecentredeyogadegranby.com 450-770-0720 back to top
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| links Éric Baret www.bhairava.ws back to top |
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