Workshop: Yogananda's Original Teachings, the Mahabharata and More!
With Savitri and Sudarshan
Cost: Suggested Donation: $10.00 - $20.00
"Through Many Lives from Germ to Worm - To Final Freedom"
Workshop Description:
Savitri will present Yogananda's original teachings on:
-Life Before and After Birth
-The Astral Worlds - Heaven and Hell
-The Soul's Long Journey Through Time and Space to Final Liberation and Oneness with God
-How Karma and Reincarnation Work
Presenters' Biographies:
For the past 25 years, Savitri Simpson has been an Ananda Sangha minister, counselor, and staff teacher at Ananda's Expanding Light Retreat Center, near Nevada City, CA. and several of Ananda's branch communities, offering classes and seminars on Hatha Yoga, yoga philosophy, and meditation skills. She is well-known for her clear, down-to earth, andhumorous presentations.
Savitri was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. Previous to her association with Ananda, she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree and a teaching certificate, and was a teacher and seminar organizer for the Organic Plant Institute of Washington, Texas. In addition to her primary devotion to yoga, meditation, and all related subjects, she is a musician, herb gardener, gourmet vegetarian cook, and nature lover.
During the last 15 years, Savitri has taught hundreds of classes, workshops, and seminars on the chakras. She is the author of two books, "The Chakras Workbook and Chakras for Starters", published by Crystal Clarity Publishers of Nevada City, CA. She has recently released a CD called "Chakras for Starters" with music and guided visualizations for each chakra. Savitri also gives an explanation for what the chakras are and what they do on a video/DVD called "Yoga Postures to Awaken the Chakras." For several years, Savitri was director of the Ananda Yoga Teacher Training Program and is presently director of the Ananda Meditation Teacher Training Program at The Expanding Light Retreat Center.
Sudarshan Simpson is an Ananda minister, counselor, and teacher, a position he has held since 1982. He is also an excellent actor and storyteller. Sudarshan has a degree in biology, and is a person of many talents including being an expert mechanic and able to fix anything in the known universe, plus excelling in carpentry, plumbing, electrical work, and so on.
Sudarshan presently teaches classes at Ananda Village as well as many Ananda Centers and Meditation Groups around the country. When he's not doing that, he works for the Ananda Builder's guild. Sudarshan loves to camp out, to hike, to be in nature, to take times of spiritual seclusion, to write and read poetry of all kinds, and to be a good friend to many, many people.
More Information: Carol Grey (541) 324-8532
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RENT RVML's LECTURE HALL: The 1,000 Sq.ft. presentation area is air-conditioned and wheelchair accessible with full audio-visual capabilities available. Eighty folding chairs can be arranged in different configurations for meetings, lectures, and gatherings. -$15.00 per hour, 2 hour minimum.
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