Labor Day Weekend: Vedanata

Description

Join us for our Integrated Health & Relaxation Retreat as we take time in the beautiful nature of the Yoga Farm. We close the summer with this special program with Swami Sitaramananda and the senior teachers of the Ashram presenting the Classical Yoga teachings and featuring leading teachers in the field of Holistic Health and Healing.

Heera Kulkarni shares her vast knowledge to create nutritious and delicious plant-based meals for healing health conditions. She is a certified Dietary & Wellness Coach with training in whole foods low-fat plant-based nutrition. She has used this program personally for the past seven years & was able to reverse her own diabetes. Heera is certified in the Starch Solution dietary coaching program by Dr. John McDougall.

Dr. Sachin Deshmukh offers talks on daily and seasonal routines and healthy lifestyle practices following the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda.

Shree Lata Suresh will present traditional Bharat Natyam dance with her students from the Vishwa Shanti Dance Academy.

Enjoy the pristine natural beauty of the Yoga Farm with its beautiful oak trees, swimming pond, abundant wildlife, lavender fields, walking labyrinth and trails. You are welcome to join with our Vedic priest pandit Bhima Samavedula as he performs daily pujas at the many temples and shrines. The Ashram offers twice daily yoga class, meditation and kirtan, healthy vegetarian meals, and guided walks on the Ashram grounds.

Schedule

Friday, August 30
6 am Satsang: Meditation, Chanting, Talk
8-10 am Yoga class
10 am Brunch
11 am Karma Yoga
2pm Arrival
4-6 pm Yoga class
6 pm Dinner
8 pm Satsang: Welcome with Swami Sitaramananda

Saturday, August 31
6 am Satsang: “Holistic Health” – Swami Sitaramananda
8-10 am Yoga class
10 am Brunch
11 am Karma Yoga
1 pm Healing Plant-based Nutrition with Heera
2:30pm Temple Walk
4-6 pm Yoga class
6 pm Dinner
8 pm Satsang: Bharat Natyam Dance with Shree Lata Suresh

Sunday, September 1
6 am Satsang: “Self-Healing” – Swami Sitaramananda
8-10 am Yoga class
10 am Brunch
11 am Karma Yoga
12 pm Ayurveda Health with Dr. Sachin
2 pm 3 Gunas for Balancing Health – Sw Dharmananda
4 pm Yoga Class
6 pm Dinner
8 pm Satsang: “Ayurveda Health” – Dr. Sachin

Monday, September 2
6 am Satsang: “Stress and Relaxation” – Swami Sitaramananda
8-10 am Yoga class
10 am Brunch
4-6 pm Yoga class
6 pm Dinner
8 pm Satsang

Workshop Details

Did you know that 6 in 10 Americans have a chronic health condition? In this workshop Heera Kulkarni will show you how to improve & even reverse your chronic health condition. Heera will show you how to reduce inflammation & heal from the inside out, the same way she has healed herself.
Why attend this workshop: Heera is a certified Dietary & Wellness Coach with training in whole foods low-fat plant-based nutrition. She has used this program personally for the past seven years & was able to reverse her own diabetes. Heera is certified in the Starch Solution dietary coaching program by Dr. John McDougall.

*She has coached people since 2021. She has helped them lose weight, overcome diabetes, high blood pressure, & other lifestyle conditions. In the last batch one person even got rid of his insulin.

*Heera has cooked Indian food for the past 41 years. She has successfully cooked low-fat whole foods plant-based meals for the past seven years. In this workshop you will learn the basics of why & how to adopt this lifestyle.

*Heera is a professional educator with CA teaching credentials & has a Masters in Education & a Bachelors in Biological Sciences. Teaching is her profession & her passion.

*We will also learn the powerful Dhanvantari Mantra. At the end of the workshop we will recite this mantra at the beautiful Dhanvantari temple on the premises. Did you know that “Bhagwan Dhanwantari” is the God of the Hindu medicine.