Guest guest Posted September 21, 2003 Report Share Posted September 21, 2003 Good morning, all! Could someone share information about retreats with Amma - price, what occurs, etc? I am hoping to attend one next summer but don't know a lot about them (is there a retreat in Fairfiled/Mt. Pleasant?) Love, Snehalata Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 21, 2003 Report Share Posted September 21, 2003 Dear Snehalata, There is information on the <amma.org> website about retreats, but I'll also try to answer some of your questions here. If I forget something or get it wrong, other list members are welcome to jump in! The price of the retreats somewhat varies, depending on accomodation prices, but are usually around $250-$270. The retreats themselves typically start on either Thursday or Friday evening. There are delicious vegetarian meals starting with dinner on the first day. Then Amma comes in the evening and there's a talk, bhajans, and darshan into the wee, small hours. The second day of the retreat is always my favorite. Half the people get darshan in the morning and the other half in the evening, so there's no scrambling for position, so to speak. Morning programs start with the same brief meditation as the public programs and then darshan begins. It normally ends around 2 p.m., and then the evening program begins later than usual, sometimes 8 or even 9 p.m., after the dinner where Amma hands each one their plate. (I forgot to mention that there is a meditation with Amma before the dinner. For the last two years Amma has instituted a public question and answer session between the meditation and the meal. These are very interesting!) This is a very laid back day. The third day of the retreat is "Devi Bhava day" and the pace picks up a bit. There is reglar morning darshan, but then preparations for DB begin. Retreatants are given priority seating for the Atma Puja, which precedes the Devi Bhava. Of course the Devi Bhava goes all night long, as I'm sure you've noticed:). One can get a mantra then if one wants. The nice thing about the retreats (to me) is the less hurried pace, and the feeling of just being with Amma as one of her children. I also like thinking that one can (probably) get in the question line to get important questions answered, something I often hesitate to do at the public programs. There has so far been no retreat in Iowa. Retreats usually follow this pattern: Seattle, Bay Area, Los Angeles, Santa Fe, Rhode Island. That's all I can think of for now! Love, Jyotsna --- Dixie Thacker <dixielou wrote: > Good morning, all! > > Could someone share information about retreats with > Amma - price, what occurs, etc? > > I am hoping to attend one next summer but don't know > a lot about them (is there a retreat in > Fairfiled/Mt. Pleasant?) > > Love, > Snehalata > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2003 Report Share Posted September 22, 2003 There is also a retreat in Michigan coming up in November. I, for one, cannot wait to spend several days with my Amma! With love, Erica Ammachi, "E. Lamb" <jyotsna2> wrote: > Dear Snehalata, > > There is information on the <amma.org> website > about retreats, but I'll also try to answer some > of your questions here. If I forget something or > get it wrong, other list members are welcome to > jump in! > > The price of the retreats somewhat varies, depending > on accomodation prices, but are usually around > $250-$270. The retreats themselves typically start on > either Thursday or Friday evening. There are > delicious vegetarian meals > starting with dinner on the first day. Then Amma > comes in the evening and there's a talk, bhajans, and > darshan into the wee, small hours. The second day > of the retreat is always my favorite. Half the > people get darshan in the morning and the other > half in the evening, so there's no scrambling for > position, so to speak. Morning programs start with > the same brief meditation as the public programs > and then darshan begins. It normally ends around > 2 p.m., and then the evening program begins later > than usual, sometimes 8 or even 9 p.m., after > the dinner where Amma hands each one their plate. > (I forgot to mention that there is a meditation with > Amma before the dinner. For the last two years > Amma has instituted a public question and answer > session between the meditation and the meal. These > are very interesting!) This is a very laid back day. > > The third day of the retreat is "Devi Bhava day" and > the pace picks up a bit. There is reglar morning > darshan, but then preparations for DB begin. > Retreatants are given priority seating for the > Atma Puja, which precedes the Devi Bhava. Of course > the Devi Bhava goes all night long, as I'm sure > you've noticed:). One can get a mantra then if > one wants. > > The nice thing about the retreats (to me) is the > less hurried pace, and the feeling of just being > with Amma as one of her children. I also like > thinking that one can (probably) get in the question > line to get important questions answered, something I > often hesitate to do at the public programs. > > There has so far been no retreat in Iowa. Retreats > usually follow this pattern: Seattle, Bay Area, > Los Angeles, Santa Fe, Rhode Island. > > That's all I can think of for now! > > Love, > Jyotsna > > > --- Dixie Thacker <dixielou@s...> wrote: > > Good morning, all! > > > > Could someone share information about retreats with > > Amma - price, what occurs, etc? > > > > I am hoping to attend one next summer but don't know > > a lot about them (is there a retreat in > > Fairfiled/Mt. Pleasant?) > > > > Love, > > Snehalata > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > > removed] > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 27, 2003 Report Share Posted September 27, 2003 on 9/21/03 7:33 AM, Dixie Thacker at dixielou wrote: > Good morning, all! > > Could someone share information about retreats with Amma - price, what occurs, > etc? > > I am hoping to attend one next summer but don't know a lot about them (is > there a retreat in Fairfiled/Mt. Pleasant?) > Amma won¹t be coming to Fairfield/Mt. Pleasant again till next summer and there probably won¹t be a retreat then. Next retreats are in November, Michigan and San Ramon. See http://amma.org/tours/amma-tour/us-2003.html for details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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