Please join us

• April 22-25, 2010
• Thursday arrival 4 - 6PM - Opening Dinner 6 pm
• Closing Sunday Brunch at noon

Guiding Documents

Katherine will have just returned from her pilgrimage in India with her teacher Russill Paul. 

See Russill's site to get a sense of his work and the India Pilgrimage

http://www.russillpaul.com

  The following are prepatory documents you can examine before the retreat:

Nondual Yoga and the Koshas - background information on Yoga Nidra and the Koshas

Personal Ritual - preparation for the retreat - a guide to developing relationship through ritual

We're on Retreat - What to bring - personal checklist of items needed on this retreat

On Retreat - reading for preparation for your time on retreat

The practice of Self Inquiry and Ramana Maharshi - an introduction to Ramana and his teachings

Location

Grand Marais Art Colony, Grand Marais, Minnesota

Founder's Room

Accomodations

We'll be staying in the Gunflint Motel in Grand Marais, MN - 1 block from the gorgeous Artist Colony

Gunflint Motel

We'll have the lodge to ourselves for the weekend for everything we need:

• Opening / Closing Circle
• Social Silence*
• Delicious vegetarian meals prepared by our group**
• Early morning silent individual practice
• Guided Body-Sensing (various forms of Hatha asana practice)
• Breath-sensing (various forms of pranayama)
• Yoga Nidra in traditional Savasana and in active dyads
• Conscious Listening to facilitate our work on goals, dreams, obstacles and one's significance
• Seated and Outside Walking Meditations
• Evening fireside stories, sharings, poetry, live music
• Lakeview

* To nurture undistracted self-inquiry we hold social silence during portions of the weekend.

** We pair off with a Yoga buddy from the group to plan and purchase ingredients for a meal you'll prepare for the group in the lodge's full stocked kitchen. We'll have a group of 12-16 to split up the 6-8 meals.

Fee structure for Kula Retreat

Fee is based on a sliding scale. There are 2 aspects to the fees for the retreat.

1. Lodging and Expenses for 3 nights: fee to be determined. This is a fixed fee for everyone attending the retreat. This covers the cost of lodge rental and other expenses.
2. Teacher's fees are based on the Kula's Sliding Scale fee structure. For the retreat, the teacher's fees will be based on a predetermined # of hours of guidance.
3.  Please refer to the Sliding Scale fee to calculate your fee.

Retreat Registration and Policy

Policy - $100 Registration depost is due 2 months before the retreat. It is nonrefundable past this date.

Full payment of the retreat is due one month before retreat. No refunds after this date.

Full refund of the retreat fee minus $50 administrative fee before due date.

Please use the Kula Yoga Registration form for registering for the retreat. When filling out the form, enter the name as 'Kula Spring Retreat'. Instructions for sending in your retreat payment are included on the registration form.

Payments

Make check out to and send payment to:

Kula Center for Yoga
369 Maple St.
Saint Paul, MN. 55106

Meals

* There will also be the cost of the meal for the group you'll be splitting with your partner and any other additional supplemental food you may want to bring along.

Further Inquiry

There will be 2 organizers for the weekend - one in Grand Marais, one in Twin Cities.

They will be in contact with you about the retreat.

Car Pool and Yoga Buddies

Our organizer will help hook you up with your Yoga buddy to prepare one of the meals, to organize the car pool and to rely on during the retreat as a support for your process.

Sleeping quarters are rustic, cozy and affordable.

Gunflint Motel

Please call the organizer with any additional questions, concerns or ideas.

I delight in this opportunity to embrace this sacred time of retreat to partake of these wisdom teachings which point us to our natural Ease of Being during every moment of life.

Pointing in,
Katherine
612.990.9642