Ashram Retreat Day

Now also available ONLINE, with in person numbers reduced for Covid carefulness. In person participants will require Covid certs, thank you.

An ashram retreat day is a day to nourish the body, calm the mind and get in touch with your true self, growing in awareness of the Divine within. The day comprises of spiritual practices from the Yogic path, a combination of gentle Hatha Yoga and various types of meditation and reflection, under guidance. Everyone is welcome and no experience necessary. The yogic path offers us practical ways of growing in spiritual awareness in a chaotic world, to open oneself to union with God (the Christ within), with people and with the natural world.

A day retreat aims to help participants in the practice of the asanas (Hatha Yoga), contemplation in action (karma yoga), bhakti yoga (union through devotion) and jnana yoga (union through knowledge (e.g. wisdom teachings from the mystics or scriptures).

Yoga mats will be provided but you are welcome to bring your own.

Facilitators:

Jane Mellett is a qualified yoga and meditation teacher. She has worked in pastoral ministry for over ten years and is also a qualified Spiritual Director. Since 2016 Jane has lived at Anam Ashram in Tallaght, Dublin and is interested in the integration of Eastern spiritual practices within Christianity and sharing these practices with others.

Saule Cameron is working in Jobstown parish as a parish pastoral worker for the past decade. She is a qualified yoga teacher, Spiritual Director & Godly Play trainer. Saule lives in Athy with her husband and two grown up daughters.

"The quieter you become, the more you can hear." — Ram Dass

Namaste! Om Shanti Shanti Shanti!