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—Zen Master Genpo Roshi

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Northern California Retreats for Men & Women

Saratoga Springs Retreat Center has set an intention: to become a center for yoga, meditation and spiritually focused group retreats and events! To that end, we are developing an ongoing calendar of Retreats and Workshops. If you are a teacher or group facilitator OR a yoga teacher we offer:

  • Registration and pre-payment service
  • A full page listing on this website
  • A feature article in our monthly eNews

... All of which make it easy for people who are looking for retreats and workshops to discover and register to attend your retreat! We make it easy for you to have a successful retreat experience!

 

Upcoming RETREATS & EVENTS:

 

Celebrating Ourselves

with Arinna Weisman
Date: July 25–27, 2008

Saratoga Springs is proud to welcome Arinna Weisman. This is a special opportunity to come together as LGBTQI women to celebrate ourselves by cultivating awareness and loving-kindness in community. We will explore together the obstacles to liberation, and the buddhist path to liberation. This will be a silent retreat as we practice through sitting, walking, movement, eating meditations, dharma talks, and group interviews.

This retreat is a unique opportunity for LGBTQI women to be together in spiritual community. This retreat is open to all levels of meditation: new, beginner, or experienced.

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School of the New Spirituality Children’s Retreat
Date: To Be Announced

School of New SpiritualityJoin us as we embark on a youthful journey, enriching the hearts of our young souls, bringing peace, unity and making dreams a reality! With the philosophy that PEACE begins at Home, SNS offers programs that embrace & expand all religions and cultures to build world peace with young people as leaders.  Plans for this exciting event are underway, so check the School of New Spirituality website for updates and for more information about our programs.

"New spirituality is a way of honoring our natural impulse toward the Divine without making others wrong or the way in which they are doing it."

~ Neale Donald Walsch

 

The School of the New Spirituality SNS Mission: “To ReCreate the World Anew Through New Spirituality Education” ~ Enrichment Education for Adults and Children

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Coming in 2008-2009:

Dance of the Deer Foundation: Center for Shamanic Studies
Date: December 30, 2008 -- January 4, 2009

Brant Secunda, ShamanJoin Brant Secunda, world famous shaman and healer in the Huichol Indian tradition of Mexico.

    • Learn to be more aware of your relationship to the earth and sky.
    • Experience your connection to the world of nature and participate in the sacred Dance of the Deer ceremony.
    • Explore your dreams through exercises that guide and empower your life.
    • Rejuvenate your body, heart & spirit with shamanic practices of health & healing.
    • Journey to the mystical world of the Huichol Indians during a new

     

    Past Retreats and Events

     

    Satsang and Yoga Retreat

    with Pamela Wilson
    Date: March 14–21, 2008

    As you drop your preconceptions, you discover that you are compassion and wisdom itself, and that it is possible to abide in oneness in the midst of everyday life.

    ~ Pamela Wilson

    Saratoga Springs is proud to welcome Pamela Wilson to beautiful Lake County for her first weeklong retreat in Northern California. Teaching in the tradition of Ramana Maharshi, Pamela invites you to join her for a week of sacred gatherings, or “satsangs,” during which we will share questions, comments, silence, and laughter. There will also be ample time to reflect on your experiences and use your interactions with others to deepen your understanding.

    Entering the Circle: Creating What You Want in Life

    with Leslie Lovejoy, Ph.D.
     LovejoyDate: Friday February 1 - Sunday February 3, 2008

    I invite you to join me for a weekend retreat to learn how to apply the Law of Attraction and the steps in the creative process presented by the book “The Secret” and mentioned in the film “What the Bleep Do We Know”. The retreat format will allow participants the time and space to reconnect with their own inherent ability to create the life they want. Participants will learn methods of finding and working with inner wisdom; build visualization skills; and how to use positive emotions to attract what they want. We will discuss in length a five step creative process, how to align with an abundant universe and how to apply it to bringing abundance, health, or anything else into your life.

    Meditation Retreat PictureENTERING THE TIMELESS DIMENSION
    A Weekend Meditation Retreat
    with Jonathan Gustin
    Date: Friday December 7 – Sunday December 9, 2007

    A silent retreat is a rare opportunity to delve deeply into who and what you really are. By resting in silence and stillness for brief periods throughout the day, you can experience a shift in awareness from your everyday personality to the timeless dimension. Resting in this awareness, you will experience life in its unlimited dimension – free from striving and stress.

    Buddha StatueExploring Our Spirit:
    A weekend of Meditation for Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Men
    with Larry Yang

    Date: Friday, Jan 12 to Monday, Jan 15, 2007

    All Men who identify as Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and/or Questioning are invited to a weekend of meditation, healing, and connecting with ourselves and our GBTQ brothers. The practice of mindfulness from the Buddhist tradition deepens our insight into truth about ourselves and the conditions in which we live, while cultivating an open and gentle heart.

     

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