Retreats - Testimonials

Retreat: retreat from 1 to 12 August 2022

My experience at the Ashram was revealing as well as challenging. The routine was a difficulty for me, in relation to schedules and practices.  The posture, the technique and the stillness are situations that I couldn't reach but I could see where they live inside me (or almost).
Being here was being in me all the time, mind tries to escape with all incentives no matter how little they exist here.
I realized the mechanism of my mind, how it works and some of the places it inhabits. I realized I’m anxious, how the mind is addicted to issues and situations that I create and would like it to be, I feel pleasure in being in the midst of illusion, it’s as if it removes me from the place of pain and prevents me from feeling it and getting in touch with it, I learned that pain shouldn’t be avoided.
I feel grateful that this place came to me and that I had the opportunity to have this experience. I intend to come back more often.

 

Retreat: participated in the retreat from 1 to 12 July, 2022

Awakening the Sacred Fire Retreat was one of the most profound experiences of my life. Every detail of the retreat is designed to give us this deep inner dive. The routine, the discipline, the silence, the food, the technique and the instructions... In the retreat I went through a purification process that allowed me to observe my mind as never before, even though I already have a meditation routine at home. The discipline in the retreat was fundamental for me to realize in a more evident way how much I am a slave of my mind, how conditioned I am to just respond, react to its demands. I am very grateful to the Ashram and to Sriman Narayana for this opportunity. May others also receive and enjoy this grace.

Retreat: retreat from 01 to 12 June 2022

My experience in the Meditation and Silence Retreat in the Ashram City of the Angels was very striking. I left there with the feeling that much of what I experienced during those intense days of internal diving will continue to be assimilated little by little for a long time. I used to say that the retreat “twisted” me, when almost everything was silent around me, I find myself with the noises in my mind, most of time unbearable, when they stop, the feeling of peace was intense, sublime, loving, in such a way that I felt grateful for everything, for my trajectory, for my successes, failures and for being there in that sanga. Today I feel a little bit braver in the face of what life offers and with the absolute sure that I’m still a child with a long way to go in search of the “I Am”.

Retreat: retreat from 01 to 12 June 2022

I made the last 10 days’ retreat and I would like to leave a comment, it follows:
The 10 days’ retreat was excellent. Accommodations are comfortable and clean, meals are nutritious and delicious, even though it was two meals, I didn’t feel hungry during the retreat. Instructions are clear and simple and we have the opportunity whenever necessary to speak with Sriman Narayana. Silence was really respected. I’m very happy to be able to participate in the retreat and I hope that I can do it again as soon as possible.
Thank you everyone for the great opportunity.