Nondual Retreat with Joan Ruvinsky
Highland Mills, NY — October 13-20, 2012

Traceless, yet palpable, neither moving nor unmoving, the play of opposites unfolds in This, simultaneously bubbling up and being reabsorbed. Pure experiencing just happening, with no one in particular experiencing and nothing in particular being experienced, as all the while we superimpose names like Tuesday, work, play, retreat, practice, I, you. This 7-day predominantly silent retreat for seasoned practitioners affords the opportunity to inquire into the notions of experiencer, experienced and the possibility/actuality of pure experiencing.

A myriad of practices from the Tantric Yoga tradition will be engaged, including quiet sitting, body and breath sensing, chant, yoga nidra, inquiry dyads, gazing, as well outdoor practices taken from the Vijñana Bhairava. Four gatherings in community per day are interspersed with free time for contemplation and integration. The gift of silence allows true listening to emerge. Each day dialogues deepen the understanding that is uncovered as the retreat progresses.     

Paradoxically, this retreat fulfills one of the requirements for the Integrative Restoration Institute iRest Yoga Nidra Teacher Certification.

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Retreat Location: Bethany Spirituality Center, 15 Bethany Drive, Highland Mills, NY 10930

Set on a beautiful 78-acre lakefront property at the foot of the Catskill Mountains one hour northwest of New York City, the Bethany Spirituality Center offers a welcoming atmosphere of quiet and peace. Bethany’s staff provide free pick-up service from Stewart International Airport, Metro-North’s Harriman train station and the Short Line Bus stop in Highland Mills.

This 7-day silent retreat begins with dinner on Saturday, October 13 and ends with lunch on Saturday, October 20. The $1195 cost includes 7 nights single accommodation, shared bath and vegetarian meals. Please note: It is required that you arrive in time for the opening session on Saturday, October 13 and that you plan to remain until the end of the closing session at noon on October 20.

Sample Schedule:

6:00 to 7:00am     Personal Practice (optional)
7:00-8:00am         Breath Sensing and Quiet Sitting
8:00am                 Breakfast
9:30am to noon    Bodysensing and Yoga Nidra
noon                    Lunch
3:00-5:30pm         Dyads and Discussion
5:30pm                 Dinner
7:00pm                 Kirtan, Poetry and Quiet Sitting

Retreat size: This retreat is limited to 20 people. By application only.

Application Process: This retreat is appropriate for those whose pursuit of freedom is (or has been) an urgency, not a luxury, for those who are comfortable maintaining silence, who are interested in intense self-inquiry and in the adventure of the disidentification that this tradition invites.

Please note: If you are interested in attending the retreat, it is required that you arrive in time for the opening session on Saturday, October 13 and that you plan to remain until the end of the closing session at noon on October 20. Please be sure to take into consideration the retreat's beginning and ending times when you making your travel arrangements.

To apply: Call or email Kathleen Knipp  514-527-7444 or kk@pathlessyoga.com

CEU’s: The 7-day retreat provides yoga teachers who are members of Yoga Alliance with 52 contact hours.

Confirmation, directions and a packing list will be sent via email once your registration has been received.

Information and registration:
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Kathleen Knipp 514-527-7444 or kk@pathlessyoga.com
7-day retreat for $1195 including housing and vegetarian meals

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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 in Canada and the US. 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 satsang and the occasional seminar on body sensing, yoga history and philosophy, the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and iRest Yoga Nidra, both in French and English..


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