Diwali Celebration/ Lakshmi Pooja Day & Spring Community Working Bee

All welcome to our 2nd SPRING Community Working Bee & to celebrate Diwali

Saturday 2^nd November

All welcome to join us this Diwali to celebrate the Light!

This auspicious time of year, considered to be the Hindu New Year, symbolizes the spiritual victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance. This is a time of homecoming and bonding between families and communities. Associated with Lakshmi, the Goddess of Abundance & Prosperity, Diwali is a time for savouring the sweetness of life and strengthening our relationships. We welcome all of our community to join us in celebrating this special energy and an invitation for our extended community to get together and lend a hand on some projects here at Anahata while reconnecting with one another. We have a thriving local tribe and we are so inspired by what we can do when we work together!

“Serve, Love, Give, Purify, Meditate, Realise” were the famous words uttered by the great Yogi Swami Sivananda Saraswati. These helpful tools for life can be seen as steps to help awaken to the higher consciousness within and around us.

Service is the action of helping others without expectation. By helping others you can ultimately help yourself. By helping others you can awaken joy within yourself. Seva is the Sanskrit word for selfless service and it means offering oneself wholly to a greater cause.

Karma Yoga is the “tool” we use to mine the gems of our inner potential. It is the action that is done with awareness, the action that liberates instead of binds. It is through selfless activities, unattached work, and loving service that one can acquire the precious gems of purity, patience, and humility.

Projects will focus on grounds, gardens, and general maintenance. Please bring any tools specific to your skills.

Please bring a plate to share for our potluck lunch.

Schedule

9:00am                Meet for Karma Yoga

12:30pm              Yoga Nidra

1:00-2:00pm       Potluck Lunch & Clean up

2:15pm                Continue Karma Yoga

4:15pm                Havan Preparation

5:00-6:30pm       Lakshmi Pooja & Mahamrityunjaya Havan & Kirtan

After the program ends, enjoy a beautiful wood-fired sauna in the forest.

ARRIVAL OPTIONS

If you would like to ARRIVE THE NIGHT BEFORE or LEAVE THE FOLLOWING DAY, please contact us  for accommodation options & pricing.

yoga@anahata-retreat.org.nz