Silent Retreat
With Miriam Rodgers and David Seybert
September 12 - 15, 2024
Listen to the Song of Your Soul
This 3-day Guided Silent Retreat is suitable for both beginning and experienced meditators. The methods and pattern of meditation practice are drawn from the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda. The sessions unfold at a gentle, progressive pace with opportunities to rest and reset within a longer, deeper rhythm than is normally available during personal practice.
Elements of the Guided Silent Retreat include:
- Instruction in simple techniques of meditation
- Guided group meditations to support your individual practice
- Gentle Ananda Yoga to release tension, raise your energy and lift your consciousness
- Personal time for reading, contemplation and journaling
- Practicing meditation in action – eating, walking, self-care
- Delicious, nourishing vegetarian meals
- Optional massage and spiritual counseling available by appointment
The Expanding Light is the perfect place to unplug from your everyday concerns and recharge your spirit.
If you would like a longer stay, there’s a place on the registration form to come early or stay afterwards for an extended individual retreat.
Listen to the Whispers of Spirit
Silence is healing: it gives you a respite from busy stress and demanding duties
Silence is ever present inside, beneath the thoughts and cacophony of the world
Silence is restful: rejuvenation and restoration happen
Silence is necessary for spiritual insights to rise up from your soul
Silence is recognized by many of the world’s spiritual traditions as a powerful antidote to the mental agitation and stress resulting from the demands of everyday life.
You just have to take time to tune into the Silence of your Soul
Hosts
Miriam is warm and engaging, always willing to help others and listen to their needs. She served as Swami Kriyananda’s (Ananda’s founder) personal nurse, and was trained by him, through daily contact, over the last fourteen years before his passing. She has served Ananda in the U.S., Italy and India, teaching meditation and helping establish spiritual communities. She is a certified Ananda Yoga teacher and practices Kriya Yoga as taught by Paramhansa Yogananda, author of “Autobiography of a Yogi”.
Learn more about Miriam Rodgers
Warm hearted, with a delightful sense of humor, David is a certified Ananda Yoga and Ananda Meditation teacher and a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT 200) with the Yoga Alliance. He also teaches taiji and qigong. He lives at Ananda Village and is part of The Expanding Light Retreat team. He holds a B.A. degree in Philosophy, with a special interest in Eastern religions, which included learning to meditate in a traditional Zen Buddhist monastery.
Learn more about David Seybert