Retreats - Testimonials

Retreat: Retreat January 3rd to 14th, 2023

When I signed up for the Retreat, I thought I had a real purpose for connecting with the Divine. As nothing is by chance, being in this ashram and not in another, I could realize with Sriman Narayana's intervention that I was not in search of Truth. What I called purpose, before being here, was to keep holding on to beliefs, attachments of life here. I wanted to bring the Divine into my world and I wasn't focused enough to go towards Him.

This was my first retreat, and I thank the Universe immensely for leading me to this ashram. Perhaps the path would be much longer if it was not here. The path and learning continues, now with a greater direction, much more focus, discipline, and faith.

Thank you very much!

Retreat: Retreat January 3rd to 14th, 2023

Nothing is by chance! Accept the precious call to be in this sacred place! Composing the mandala of love manifestation!

I would like to thank you immensely for the welcome and for the teachings offered. I was in a process of much purification and I was internalizing the practice with patience, because there were days of much struggle with physical and emotional pain! The satsangs were extremely important for me to be able to stay until the end.

The SEVA (devotional) work that you devotees of Love do brings immeasurable benefits to the practitioners.

I will vibrate every day so that more egregores like this are established and honor the love of the divine for the benefit of all beings.

Infinite gratitude for the love, offering, and discipline offered!   

Gratitude to those who made this movement for love, with love, to become unity!

Gratitude!

Retreat: Retreat January 3rd to 14th, 2023

For me it was an incredible experience, I have always searched for spirituality, for God, but I felt that there was something missing that did not let me get closer to Him. I had already been to several religions, but none could fill me up. With the retreat, I learned to silence my internal noises, to raise my vibration, to elevate myself beyond discomfort and pain, because that is where God is.

 

Retreat: Retreat January 3rd to 14th, 2023

I had already spent a New Year's Eve here at the ashram, also of silence, but not the whole time in which I could have great Hatha Yoga classes, good food and peace on New Year's Eve.

For this retreat the purpose was different, a dive in 10 days of silence for Kriya learning. I found a magic call when I found an email in my inbox talking about the proposal of this retreat, because I had just read "Autobiography of a Yogi" in which Yogananda talks (it seems to me) about exactly the same technique. Four years ago I did the Vipassana retreat and the schedules I could read between here showed me that the workload was just as extreme and rigorous: more than 100 hours of meditation.

The welcome from the Ashram residents was very attentive. The place in the mountains of Minas Gerais is rich in the sounds of nature, the water is straight from the source, and the food is very tasty, nutritious, and light, always giving us the feeling of satiety even though it is offered only twice a day. I never went hungry in the middle of the journey here.

The satsangs have repetition of themes necessary to introject the practice and the way that the themes are presented are elucidative, always providing insights to deepen the technique and the introspection.

The technique doesn't seem complex to learn because it is composed of a few steps. I suffered with the execution because of my particular difficulty in paying attention. To keep repeating something apparently simple was very tiring and painful. But in the moments when I got a good continuity from it, it was as if I dissolved in time and found such a dreamed and unprecedented peace.

Following the Master's advice was essential - No matter what happens: don't give up!

I recommend this retreat to all restless seekers.