RESIDENTIAL COURSE: Festival of Creativity - Joyful Arts Festival
In this weekend we will explore creativity and the many different channels in which it expresses itself.
It will be a special event that will combine workshops, seminars, exhibitions, performances and a conference on art, creativity and spirituality and will feature all the artists in the community!
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In its most sublime meaning, art is the aesthetic expression of our inner life and of the soul.
If we open ourselves to its call, art becomes a powerful tool to awaken and channel energy.
On this joyful and expansive weekend we will be inspired by art expressed in all its forms and together we will create an unforgettable event.
Dana Lynne Andersen, internationally renowned artist, Aanadi Cristina Pacciarini, art teacher, artist, teacher of creative activities, Bramachari Lakshmi and Tyagi Arudra will be some of your guides in this journey to discover the Divine Creative Energy that will see the extraordinary participation of Nayaswami Jyotish and Nayaswami Devi.
Together with the artists in the Ananda community we will explore creativity in all its forms: music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry and acting with:
- workshops and experiential laboratories
- seminars and conference on art, creativity and spirituality
- exhibitions
- performances
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Tyagi Arudra (Antonio Slisko) is of Croatian origin, but has lived in Italy for many years. From a young age, his thirst for understanding and his great interest in consciousness, understood as the fundamental reality, led him to explore meditation and spirituality, in search of of tools to live more and more in tune with that higher consciousness.In 2008, after finishing his high school studies, he discovered Paramhansa Yogananda and his teachings and began his path as a disciple. Since then he has dedicated his life to living in contact with the Divine and to sharing with others the many practical ways to experience Him and bring Him into one's life.
Since 2009 he has been living in Italy, in the spiritual community of Ananda Assisi, founded and based on the teachings of Yogananda. At Ananda, in the yoga and meditation retreat, he leads classes on meditation, on Superconsciousness, on intuition and on how to spiritualize and transform one's consciousness by sharing the principles and tools that have changed his life. Aside from his service at the guest retreat, he also serves as coordinator of the Ananda meditation groups in Eastern Europe and also as a minister and kriyacharya (person authorized to pass on initiation in the sacred technique of Kriya Yoga).
Bramachari Lakshmi (Fulvia D'Alessio) moved to Ananda in 2013, but first encountered, the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda in 1999. It was a falling in love at first sight that revolutionized her life in every way.Yoga and meditation become the tools to be able to live in the world, but not belong to the world.
Manager of a large international company she feels strong in her heart the call to give a higher meaning to her life by putting herself at the service of her Master and Swami Kriyananda at Ananda.
Infinitely grateful for the blessing of being able to serve guests and communities it is with contagious joy that Lakshmi serves, as her primary service, as manager of the Ananda Center.
Aanadi (Cristina Pacciarini) is an art teacher-artist, teacher of creative activities; musician by hobby. From early childhood she has always felt attracted to bright colors and unusual combinations. Her activities have led her to graphic publications, furniture creations and general artwork. She collaborated on a thirty-part children's television program in which she offered multiple playful and creative activities.It gives her joy to combine various materials: home-made raku objects with copper, stained glass and paper-stone. Creative activity combined with an increasingly intense inner quest (she has been following the spiritual path of Kriya Yoga for years) lead her to create shapes and colors that wish to uplift and harmonize the soul of the observer.
A lifelong lover of music, both passively and actively, she became involved in transforming sounds and frequencies after meeting Peter Treichler, whose courses she is an assistant to and coordinator for the organization of Sound Space activities in Italy. In weekly programs she offers workshops on colors.
Dana (Lynne Andersen) has taught and exhibited on three continents. Her paintings have appeared on the covers of books, magazines and calendars, and her work, as well as her visionary thinking, has been featured in newspapers, radio and television.Dana is known as a loving and inspiring teacher, a 'vesuvium of creativity' and as "an important visionary for the consciousness community" (Robert Mc Dermott president emeritus of the California Institute of Integral Studies).
In 1986 she founded her first "Transformative Arts Studio" in California - a nexus for the pioneering integration of Art and Spirituality. In subsequent studios (Tree of Life Studio Denver, Colorado 1989-1996) and at Ananda Village (1996 to present) he created workshops for the evolution of consciousness through the "whole brain/whole being" creative process. In 2002 he founded "Awakening Arts," an international network of artists committed to creating art that is uplifting and transformative. In 2009 he began teaching in Italy and India, founding the Academy of Art, Creativity and Consciousness and developing a certification program in the Transformative Arts approach.
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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 €. 18,00
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Friday
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
10:30-13:30 Morning lesson
13:30 Lunch
15:00-16:00 Afternoo lesson or workshop
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
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
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 €. 18,00
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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