“El
Silencio”
Sivananda Sadhana Kutir, San Carlos-Uruguay
This is a week where the focus will
be the practice of Karma Yoga or selfless service. What follows
are some words of Sri Swami Sivananda, definning what is Karma
Yoga.
"Karma Yoga is consecration of all actions and their
fruits unto the Lord. Karma Yoga is performance of actions
dwelling in union with the Divine, removing attachment and
remaining balanced ever in success and failure.
Karma Yoga is selfless service unto humanity. Karma Yoga
is the Yoga of action which purifies the heart and prepares
the Antahkarana (the heart and the mind) for the reception
of Divine Light or attainment of Knowledge of the Self. The
important point is that you will have to serve humanity without
any attachment or egoism."
Activities to do:
The place has to be prepared for the upcoming sadhana retreat,
so deep cleaning of the dorms and cabins, painting, gardening
and general maintenance has to be perform.
There would be a daily early morning
group meditation followed by personal practice of asanas and
pranayama and after brunch we will focus on different works.
Requisites
This week of Karma Yoga is open
to everyone who wants to have an experience of selfless service
in the company of other people doing the same. Great opportunity
to open the heart and purify the mind.
Daily
Schedule
05:30 |
Wake
up a |
06:00
- 07:30 |
Satsang:
Group silent Meditation and Mantra chanting |
08:00 – 09:30 |
Asanas and
pranayama individual practice |
09:30 – 10:00 |
Rest |
10:00 – 11:00 |
Brunch |
11:00 – 17:30 |
Karma yoga
and light snack from 13:30-14:00 |
17:30
– 18:00 |
Rest |
18:00
– 19:00 |
Dinner |
20:00 |
Arati |
21:30 |
Going to
bed and keep silence until 6:00 |
The retreat is still small and there
is a limited capacity. Only small groups will be taken.
Register
in advance!!!
Fees
:
This Karma Yoga Week will have no cost,
but any donation will be welcome according to your possibility.
• Transportation is NOT
included (to and from the place)
Your donation is the way for us to maintain
the place and keep expanding it to allow more people to benefit,
thank you very much!
To
register
Contact us at info@yoga-elsilencio.com
and information about how to reach the place according to
where you are coming from will be sent.
Accommodation
There will be some beds available within the main house or
cabins, but we will appreciate if you can bring your own tent
so we can take this opportunity to deeply clean the rooms
and have them ready for the next retreat.
We have a couple of tents available,
only for those who request them first. If you don’t
want to travel with your own tent, let us know immediately
to reserve one for you if they are still available.
Rules
and regulations
El Silencio is not a
hotel or hostel . It is a family house where we follow the
ancient and traditional "Gurukula" system, where
the students live for a while with the teacher, like a family.
That´s why we don´t have a housekeeping service.
Each person should take care of cleanning his/her own space
and we will share the cleaning of common areas like toilettes,
kitchen, class room , etc. During the course and stay at "El
Silencio" , we ask you to observe the following
rules, to help maintaining a Sattvic atmosphere in the place
and mind:
*
Do not smoke, drink alcohol, or take any drugs, meat or fish
* Very important:
It is mandatory (unless there is an emergency) to keep complete
silence between 22:00hr and 06:00hr. No talking, chatting
or listening to music during this time, to respect all the
people that is already in bed
* Observe ahimsa
or non-violence towards anybody in body, action, speech and
thought
* Do not hunt,
kill or harm any animal
* Do not pollute
the place by leaving garbage of any sort
* Respect and
keep silence as much as possible, avoid shouting, screaming
or loud music
* Please participate
in the practices as much according to your physical capacity
and follow the instructions of the teachers explicitly only
* Do
not light any fire, incense nor candles in the whole property
including tents or bedrooms
Only authorized staff will be in charge of incense and
other fire related items.
What
to bring
• Yoga mat
• If you are going to stay in a tent, please bring your
own sleeping bag or blankets
• Boots. If you like to walk in the wild nature it is
useful to wear boots to prevent thorns and mud especially
if it rains
• Toiletries items
• Flashlight
• Bathing suit (there is a river in the property)
•Proper clothing: During this time of the year the weather
is usually warm and very pleasant, but nevertheless it can
be cool sometimes in the early mornings or evenings, so make
sure you have some warm cloths for those times. Also bring
some working cloths, we have some extra especially for activities
like painting.
How
to reach the place
We are 21km away from San Carlos city, Maldonado state, 40km
from Punta del Este city and around 160km from Montevideo,
capital of Uruguay.
If
you are flying to Uruguay:
- Arrive at Carrasco international
airport (MVD) and from there take a bus to San Carlos
(2 hours long). From San Carlos there are buses that will
leave you 1km away from "El Silencio", we will
be there waiting to pick you up, if you let us know in advance.
You can also come from San Carlos by taxi. After you register
for the course we will send you a map and bus schedule to
see which one fits better your conexions.
If
you are coming from Montevideo
By car: We will send you
a map with detailed instructions on how to reach us. It's
quite simple.
From "Tres Cruces" bus
station: There are many daily buses from Montevideo to
San Carlos. From San Carlos there are buses that will leave
you 1km away from "El Silencio", we will be there
waiting to pick you up, if you let us know in advance. You
can also come from San Carlos by taxi. After you register
for the course we will send you a map and bus schedule to
see which one fits better your conexions.
Register
in advance!!!
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