(No availability) 27 Day Conscious Community Living Retreat in Goa

This Retraet offers you to look with in your inner world of Thoughts,feelings, emotions & healings,This program offers a wonderful opportunity for anyone looking to dive deeper into the world of self-exploration and yoga and live in a community. You will be able to engage in the community as an active member.

During this retreat you will be almost 8 to 10 hours a day ll be engaged in healing yourself progressing you further on your spiritual path.

At Earth Yoga Village, they believe in nurturing and nourishing the nature in each person and focus on tailoring the healing personally to restore balance, well-being, and happiness for everyone. This program is suitable for the people who want to embark on a journey within and explore living in a community.

From beginner to expert, the flexibility of the program allows for guests of all backgrounds and levels. You will be flowing through all of the different aspects and branches of yoga.

The 4 Paths of Yoga

Raja Yoga - The Science of Physical and Mental Control (Asana and Meditation)

Often called the "royal road", it offers a comprehensive method for controlling the waves of thought by turning your mental and physical energy into spiritual energy. Raja Yoga is also called Ashtanga yoga, referring to the eight limbs leading to absolute mental control.

The chief practice of Raja yoga is meditation. It also includes all other methods which help to control body, energy, senses, and mind. The Hatha-yogi uses relaxation and other practices such as yamas, niyamas, mudras, bandhas, etc. to gain control of the physical body and the subtle life force called prana. When body and energy are under control, meditation comes naturally.

Jnana Yoga - The Yoga of Knowledge and Wisdom (Lectures / Workshops / Interaction / Discussion)

This is the most difficult path requiring tremendous strength of will and intellect. Taking the philosophy of Vedanta, the Jnana Yogi uses his mind to inquire into its own nature. You perceive the space inside and outside a glass as different, just as you see yourselves as separate from God.

Jnana Yoga leads the devotee to experience his unity with God directly by breaking the glass; dissolving the veils of ignorance. Before practicing Jnana Yoga, the aspirant needs to have integrated the lessons of the other yogic paths - for without selflessness and love of God, the strength of body and mind; the search for self-realization can become mere idle speculation.

Karma Yoga - The Yoga of Action (Selfless service to the community)

Karma yoga is the yoga of action. It purifies the heart by teaching you to act selflessly, without thought of gain or reward. By detaching yourself from the fruits of your actions and offering them up to God / Universe, you learn to sublimate the ego.

Bhakti Yoga - The Yoga of Devotion or Divine Love

The Bhakti Yogi is motivated chiefly by the power of love and sees God / Universe as the embodiment of love. Through prayer, worship, and ritual he/she surrenders himself/herself to God / Universe, channeling and transmuting his / her emotions into unconditional love or devotion. Chanting or singing the praises of God / Universe form a substantial part of Bhakti yoga.

The 5 Points of Yoga

Proper Relaxation

When the body and the mind are constantly overworked, their natural efficiency to perform work diminishes. Modern social life, food, work, and even the so-called entertainment, such as disco dancing, make it difficult for modern people to relax.

Many have even forgotten that rest and relaxation are nature's way of recharging. Even while trying to rest, the average person expends a lot of physical and mental energy through tension. Much of the body's energy is wasted uselessly.

During complete relaxation, there is practically no energy or "prana" being consumed, although a little is keeping the body in normal condition, while the remaining portion is being stored and conserved.

Proper Exercise

Your physical body is meant to move and exercise. If your lifestyle does not provide natural motion of muscles and joints, then disease and great discomfort will ensue with time. Proper exercise should be pleasant to the practitioner while beneficial to the body, mind, and spiritual life.

Proper Breathing

Yoga teaches you how to use the lungs to their maximum capacity and how to control the breath. Proper breathing should be deep, slow, and rhythmical. This increases vitality and mental clarity.

Proper Diet

Besides being responsible for building your physical body, the foods you eat profoundly affect your mind. For maximum body-mind efficiency and complete spiritual awareness, Yoga advocates a lacto-vegetarian diet. This is an integral part of the yogic lifestyle.

Positive Thinking and Meditation

Here is the most important point of all, you become what you think. Thus, you should exert to entertain positive and creative thoughts as these will contribute to vibrant health and a peaceful, joyful mind. A positive outlook on life can be developed by learning and practicing the teachings of the philosophy of Vedanta. The mind will be brought under perfect control by the regular practice of meditation.

At Earth Yoga Village, they understand that each individual being is special and unique with a different focus and at a different stage in their lives. For this very reason, the flexible program caters to every guest’s personal needs. They believe in nurturing and nourishing nature in each person and focus on tailoring the healing personally to restore balance, well-being, and happiness for everyone.

This program is suitable for the people who want to embark on a journey within and explore living in a community. It is for anyone and everyone wanting to take a step towards a life in harmony and to grow physically, mentally, socially, emotionally, and spiritually.

Highlights

• Explore and live all aspects of yogic living
• Experience community living
• Beautiful and peaceful setting to connect with nature
• Experience the power of giving and sharing, helping yourself and others

Objectives

• Providing a 360-degree experience of living in a conscious yoga community
• Bringing balance back to your life by harmonizing our body, mind, and soul
• Connecting with like-minded people that may inspire you further

Daily Schedule

• 06:00 - Wake up call
• 06:30 - 08:00 Kriya/pranayama/meditation/Journaling
• 08:00 - 08:30 Tea break
• 08:30 - 10:00 Asana (yoga)
• 10:00 - 12:00 Breakfast / Beach time
• 12:30 - 14:00 Mindful satsang
• 14:00 - 15:00 Lunch
• 15:00 - 17:00 Beach time/Free time
• 17:00 - 18:30 Asana (Yoga)
• 18:30 - 19:30 Dinner
• 19:30 - 20:30 Evening Program (Sunday/Tuesday/Thursday)
• 20:30 - 22:30 Day reflection/Self studies
• 22:30 Lights off and silence

The above is the daily suggested schedule at the village.

Satsang

During this hour, you gather to open your heart and mind with a focus on 'living the life you love and loving the life you live' through various spiritual activities such as lectures, interactive discussions, different types of meditation, and questions and answers sessions.

Karma Yoga

Three hours per day or 18 hours per week are dedicated to your Karma yoga practice, engaging in community work. The work can include reception and kitchen help, cleaning and housekeeping, building online and offline awareness, assisting classes, and other activities, etc. Your Karma yoga work will be scheduled between 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. whenever / wherever help is needed.

This is designed for the people who are on a budget and love to be involved in a community contributing three hours of work in order to have a 45% discounted price on this yoga holiday. You are requested to think through before signing up as you'll be signing up for three hours of daily community volunteering work. If you like to have more free time, please reconsider.

The retreat will be held in Palolem Beach, Goa, India. Palolem Beach is largely unspoiled and is inhabited by both local fishermen and by foreign tourists who live in shacks along the shore or in the main village. The location offers an ideal place to explore the stunning beaches, beautiful local villages, and surrounding nature outside of your retreat schedule.

Distances

• Chaudi, 2.5 kilometers
• Dudhsagar waterfall, 35 kilometers
• Margao, 35 kilometers
• Spice farm, 35 kilometers
• Arpora night market, 65 kilometers

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Daily breakfast, lunch, dinner, and fruit are included in the package. At Earth Yoga Village, the staff understands the incredible benefits of nutritious food, as Hippocrates rightly said, and consider food to be a powerful healing tool.

By using only fresh, seasonal herbs and vegetables from regional farmers, the daily menu of wonderfully nourishing vegan food supports self-healing of the body, enhances detoxification, and leaves you feeling strong and rejuvenated.

They offer three buffet-style, healthy, and wholesome meals per day (Indian, Goan, and Continental cuisine), herbal tea throughout the day, and unlimited filtered drinking water. Everything is made with love! They know.

Saturday is the community day off in the village where they encourage the guests to explore the beaches, restaurants, and markets in and around Palolem. You may choose to add therapies or massages from the wellness section.

• Daily scheduled yoga and meditation classes
• 26 nights accommodation
• Breakfast, lunch, dinner, tea, and fruit as per daily schedule
• Unlimited filtered drinking water

• Flight
• Airport transfer

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• A reservation requires a deposit of 50% of the total price.
• The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
• The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.