RESIDENTIAL COURSE: The Path of the Disciple
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Our progress through life is due in large part to the various people who have taken on the role of being a guide and teacher. Starting with our parents, then our school teachers, then those whom we choose to guide, train and coach us in our life’s activities, we intuitively know that in order to grow we need guidance.
This program will give you a broad understanding of the guru-disciple relationship.
We will touch on these themes:
• Does everyone need a spiritual guide?
• Who is qualified to be a spiritual guide?
• What is the difference between a teacher/counselor/coach, and a spiritual guide?
• What is the difference between a follower, a student and a disciple?
• Am I ready to follow a spiritual master?
• Which path and which master are best for me?
• How to recognize your spiritual path and your spiritual master
• Who are the Masters of Self-realization?
• What is the Path of Kriya Yoga?
Tyagi Yogindra Claudio Gregorelli began practicing yoga at a very young age and in the early 80's taught therapeutic yoga in Milan. He was particularly attracted by the books of Yogananda and Swami Kriyananda, and in 1985 he moved from Brescia to Lake Como, where the Ananda Europa community was located at the time.After training as an Ananda Yoga teacher at Ananda Village in California, from 1997 until 2004 he taught yoga and the practices and basic principles of Kriya Yoga, both in the programs at Ananda and in courses and seminars in various Italian cities. He was invited by the University La Sapienza of Rome to teach a two-year course sponsored by a well-known pharmaceutical company, studying the effects of yoga on patients suffering from multiple sclerosis.
From 2005 to 2010, with his wife Gitanjali, he lived mainly in India at the newly founded Ananda community in Gurgaon, spreading the ideals of community life and the teachings of Kriya Yoga through seminars and satsangs in several urban centers of India.
Upon returning to Ananda Assisi, in recent years he has been mainly involved in organizing guest programs and coordinating Ananda's teaching staff.
Darshan Jan Lotichius has practiced meditation since 1981. In 1985 he met Swami Kriyananda, a direct disciple of the great master Paramhansa Yogananda and founder of Ananda communities in America, Italy and India. Since then he has been a disciple of Paramhansa Yogananda and the Kriya yoga path. He holds a degree from the University of Amsterdam and Rome, and has a diploma in violin from the Conservatory of Bari, Italy. Darshan has always sought ways to integrate meditation into all areas of life: professional, artistic, social, personal.
In 2000, Swami Kriyananda made him a Minister of Ananda Sanga, the international movement that offers Yogananda's teachings to all seekers. Darshan organizes seminars both in Europe and in America, and currently resides in the Ananda community in Assisi, where he teaches in the Annanda guest retreat.
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The total price of your all-inclusive stay, which includes course, board and lodging, is:
260 euros (130 euros per day)* in a single room,
200 euros (100 euros per day)* in a double room,
180 euros (90 euros per day)* in a 3- to 5-bed dormitory.
* Price of membership card not included (18€)
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17:30 – 19:30 Spiritual Practices
19:30 Dinner
20:30 Orientation
Saturday
7:00-8:45 Morning spiritual practices
8:45 Breakfast in silence
11:00-13:30 Morning lesson
13:30 Lunch
16:15 - 17:30 Ananda Yoga
17:45-19:30 Energization and meditation or lesson in the spiritual practices
19:30 Dinner in silence
20:30 Evening program
Sunday
7:00-8:45 Morning spiritual practices
8:45 Breakfast
10:00- 11:15 Morning lesson
11:30 Sunday satsang and Festival of Light
13:30 Lunch
Services
260 euros (130 euros per day)* in a single room,
200 euros (100 euros per day)* in a double room,
180 euros (90 euros per day)* in a 3- to 5-bed dormitory.
* Price of membership card not included (18€)
We will offer you:
- Full board from the evening of arrival to lunch on the day of departure
- All meditations and guided sadhana
- Ananda Yoga classes
- The course and materials (if any)
- The essentials for your practice: meditation cushions, yoga mats, Aum-board
- Kirtan and other evening programs
Accommodation: information and prices
Cost table
Attention: During the Covid-19 period the prices below are no longer applicable. The correct all-inclusive price for each course can be found on its individual page.
| Single room with bathroom | € 72.00 |
| Single without bathroom | € 61.00 |
| Double room with bathroom | € 56.00 |
| Double without bathroom | € 48.00 |
| Triple room with bathroom | € 48.00 |
| Triple without bathroom | € 41.00 |
| Dormitory (4-5 beds) | € 36.00 |
Note: To the price of lodging and food, you have to add the price of the seminar, that includes all activities: Energization Exercises Lessons, yoga and meditation and evening activities (on most evenings).
Payments can be made in cash, by Eurocheck, credit card (MasterCard and Visa), Bancomat. We can’t accept cash over 1000.00 euros.
Opportunity
Next time you come to Ananda, sign up for the program Yoga in Action to get a taste of community service and receive a discount on the cost of the course. You can choose the option Yoga in Action for any course where this program is available and you can continue with this option as long as you wish. Your service project might change each day.
When we learn to serve with the right attitude, this is a spiritual practice and is called Karma Yoga. The daily practice of Karma Yoga is a joyful and practical spiritual discipline that will benefit every aspect of your life.
At Ananda, there are two levels of the Yoga in Action option:
Yoga in Action Level 1
75€/course of 5 days
With Level 1, you will serve for a period of one and a half hours. This experience gives you a chance to contribute to the beautiful atmosphere of Ananda.
Yoga in Action Level 2
35€/course of 5 days
Yoga in Action Level 2 is only available if you have had prior experience of the Yoga in Action Level 1 option, or any of the Community Living Programs. With Level 2, you will serve for a period of three hours, split into two periods of daily service.
How to Register for This Program
In the page of the course you want to participate to, you will find, if available, the special price of the course with Yoga in action level 1 and 2. When you sign-up on the website or call or write us to book the course, just indicate that you wish to participate to the Yoga in Action Level 1 or 2 program. It’s that easy. Once you arrive at Ananda you will need also to complete a Yoga in Action Form and return it to our reception office.
How to book
You may make your reservation directly here on the website or by phone (+39 0742 813620) or email (info@ananda.it). Your booking needs to be confirmed by our reception office. For courses held online, there is no need to indicate the details of your stay (date of arrival, departure…).
For courses held at our center in Assisi, please indicate your arrival and departure dates and times, the program you wish to attend, your preferred accommodation, your address, phone and email. If you need to modify your reservation, please inform us at least one week in advance.
Our reception office is open from:
Monday to Saturday 9:30-1:30pm, 2:30-5:30pm
Sunday 9:30-11:30am, 2:30-5:30pm
For on-site courses, the programmes start on the evening of the day indicated.
If you cannot arrive during office hours, please let us know in advance.
Please contact us to check what translations are available. Courses, both on-site and online, may be cancelled if there are fewer than five participants.
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