Navaratri Community Day & Spring Working Bee

All welcome to our first SPRING Community Working Bee

Saturday 5^th October

In honour of Navaratri, the twice yearly spiritual celebration of the nine nights of the Goddess, Swami Karma Karuna & Anahata Residents will be hosting the 9-day online or in person Navaratri Sadhana & Navaratri Community day and the opportunity to transform during this auspicious time. Navaratri is a potent time for spiritual and yogic practices (Sadhana) to amplify their effects.

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

7:00-8:00am    Navaratri Chanting Sadhana

8:00-9:00am    Bring Your Own Brekky (fruit and tea provided)

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    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