“Listen deeply, sing heartfully, free your voice”
6 Day Mantra, Sound Meditation and Yoga Retreat in Auroville, India
A Sunlit Path, near Solar Kitchen, Crown Road, Auroville, Tamil Nadu, India 605101
Mantra and Nāda Yoga Retreat in India
Take a transformative journey into the self during this retreat. You will immerse yourself in intensive training geared towards developing the proper foundations of an effective and genuine Mantra and Nāda Yoga practice.
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Victor
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Highlights
- Daily deep listening Nada yoga and mantra Japa Sadhana
- Daily morning gentle asana and praṇayama practice
- Twice daily classes on principles of chanting, mythology and context, and yogic wisdom
- Morning and evening mantra ceremony
- Develop stable, centred and effective personal mantra and sound practice
- Commit to a transformative path of objective and compassionate self-study
- 3 daily vegetarian meals and tea, coffee and snacks are provided
- 5 nights accommodation
Skill level
- Beginner
6 days with instruction in English
The organizer also speaks: Tamil
Accommodation
Check-in Time:
12:00
Check-out Time:
12:00
Facilities
- Concierge desk
- Dining area
- Environmentally friendly
- Garden
- Kitchen
- Lobby
- Meditation garden
- Smoke-free property
- Terrace
- Free parking
- Free Wi-Fi
- Internet access
- Parking lot
- Wireless internet
Stay in this oasis
You can book a room right above the retreat space in a spacious, sunlit room with an attached bath, shared kitchen and terrace overlooking the farmland. Start and end your days with the sights and sounds of many species of colourful, chirping birds.
The property is built on a spacious green plot of private land and made using the rammed earth technique. The building remains cool even in summer. The cool, earthen walls provide great resonance and a cave-like feeling to intimate retreats and community gatherings.
Additionally, tamarind, banana, mango and other trees and organic vegetables grow onsite.
The building
A Sunlit Path is located on the ground floor. On the first floor, there are 7 rooms, and on the ground floor, 2 rooms. All come with an attached bath and shared kitchen and are available on a short or long-term basis. Other amenities:
- Washing machine
- Storage space
- Shared kitchen
- Attached bath
- Room cleaning service
- Power backup
Program
Throughout this intensive foundational training, A Sunlit Path will be covering a wide variety of essential topics and practices. These will help you develop the proper foundations of an effective and genuine mantra and Nāda yoga personal practice.
After the completion of this training, you will be able to:
- Develop a personal mantra and sound practice that’s stable, centred and effective
- Commit to a transformative path of objective and compassionate self-study
- Cultivate a serene trust and devotion in life and its unfolding
Deep listening meditation
- Discovering and aligning to the vibrational foundations of the universe through external and internal listening. The witness consciousness.
Sanskrit sounds (the anatomy and physiology of mantra)
- In-depth study of the Sanskrit alphabet phonetics following the IAST (International Alphabet for Sanskrit Transliteration), tapping into the secrets of its 50 phonemes as the core seed (bīja) mantras.
Types of mantras and the building of a mantra repertoire
- Fundamental nāma (name) and bīja (seed) mantras for japa (loop repetition)
- Invocations
- Kirtan (devotional group singing)
- Selection of some important sūtras and sacred scripture verses
Instruments and tools to accompany the practice of mantra
- Traditional (tanpura, shruti box, bell, drum…) and non-traditional (handpan, guitar, kalimba…) instruments and their use in mantra and Nāda yoga practice
- The japa māla: different types and how to utilize it properly.
- Mudrā practices to accompany your mantra recitation.
Core philosophical and theoretical principles of mantra and Nāda yoga
- The six-rule principles of mantra recitation.
- The four levels of sound and their application to mantra and listening meditation
- The core understanding of what yoga is and how mantra and Nāda come into the picture
Itinerary:
- 05:30 - 06:45 Deep listening Nāda yoga and mantra Japa Sādhana
- 06:45 - 07:30 Gentle āsana and prāṇāyāma practice to begin the day
- 07:30 - 09:30 Breakfast break (eating, resting, free time)
- 09:30 - 10:30 Morning class (principles of chanting, mythology and context, yogic wisdom, explanations)
- 10:30 - 12:00 Morning practice (mantra ceremony)
- 12:00 - 14:30 Lunch break (eating, resting, free time)
- 14:30 - 15:30 Afternoon class (principles of chanting, mythology and context, yogic wisdom, explanations)
- 15:30 - 17:00 Evening practice (mantra ceremony)
- 17:00 onwards Free time for walking, temple visits, journalling, silent integration, dinner and early rest for rejuvenation
Instructors
Victor Sakshin
Sakshin is a musician, Integral Yoga teacher and Ayurvedic therapist specialized in Vedic Astrology (jyotiṣa) and mantra-healing. After completing a bachelor's and master's degree in Philosophy between Madrid and Paris, since 2008 he has dedicated his life to the practice, study and teaching of Yoga, focusing chiefly on meditation through mantras and ecstatic music, perennial wisdom and kundalini tantra. Between 2014 and 2020 he lived in a gurukula residential school in India, completely devoted to the practice of dhrupad (the oldest and most meditative form of Indian classical music)
Location
The temple-rich land of Tamil Nadu beckons you
A Sunlit Path is located in Tamil Nadu (Southern India) on a spacious green plot of land, situated on private property within the experimental township of Auroville. The retreat centre is very close to Solar Kitchen and a 15-minute walk to Matrimandir.
Food
Vegetarian meals will be served for breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day. You will also get snacks twice a day. Other specific dietary requests may be entertained on request.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Snacks
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Coffee
- Tea
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegetarian
- Organic
- Whole food
- Other dietary requirements on request
If you have special dietary requirements it's a good idea to communicate it to the organiser when making a reservation
What's included
- GST
- 5 nights Accommodation
- 3 daily delicious and nutritious meals
- WiFi connection
- Water, tea, coffee served throughout the day
- Course Manual: A physical booklet with the core concepts, sheets, and all the mantras (properly transcribed and translated) covered in the training; Audio recordings of all the mantras covered in the training
- Certificate upon successful completion
What's not included
- Flights costs
- Airport transfer
- Transportation to and from the venue of the retreat
- Visa fee
- Travel insurance
- Local transportation
- Personal amenities such as towels, napkins, etc.
- Television (anywhere on the premises of the venue)
How to get there
Recommended Airports
MAA
Chennai International Airport
115 km
Transfer not provided
Arrival by airplane
Please book your flight to arrive at Chennai International Airport (MAA). Auroville is accessible by road from Chennai airport. It takes about 3 hours by bus or cab.
Arrival by taxi
From Chennai airport, you can take one of several cab services directly into Auroville. You can call A Sun Path from the Auroville gate to get further instructions.
Arrival by bus
Tamil Nadu State Transport buses as well as numerous private buses are available from the Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus (CMBT) bus station in Koyambedu, Chennai.
Arrival by train
You can also get from Chennai airport to Koyambedu via Chennai metro trains.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 30% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid 30 days before arrival.
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