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| AHYMSIN NEWSLETTER, ISSUE - July 2012 | |||||
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Listen to Your Inner Wisdomby Sabina CesaroniA week-end retreat in Ireland, May 2012   Perfectly organized by Michael Magennis and Swami Nityamuktananda Saraswati, this weekend retreat was "framed” in Ireland. One hour far from Dublin, the scenery completely changed...leaving this town we entered the beauty and the generosity of such a rich land with vast green fields and infinite spaces.....that special "green", it is said, you won't find anywhere else! And wide pastures with streams singing their flowing notes accompanied by the melodic soliloquies of blackbirds and doves. The center where we spent this 3 day seminar is located in an open space garden where a "labyrinth” was created...to lose or find the way back embraced by the spiral ...or simply having contemplative walks. A small Sanctuary and a Zen garden nearby...and absolute silence. A little Buddha statue, simply stone sculpted, observing everything and smiling with that so well nown detachment ! Many people participating coming from all over, not only Ireland, and two special "guests", two Shamans belonging to the Indians of America : Tony, a fire-keeper and Mona Polacca from the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers, a group of female Shamans belonging to all continents and travelling all around the world bringing their message of Unity and Peace. Core of the workshop was: "Listen to your inner wisdom". _Maggio2012.jpg)  Living in our every day troubled world, we need understanding and knowledge how to act from a centre of insight, love and peace. When you learn to listen to your inner, unpolluted wisdom, every breath is a new beginning.... Early in the morning the daily practice, some yoga exercises and Makka-ho (a sequence of movements related to the meridians and the five elements from Zen tradition), prayer and meditation. Swami Nitya introduces the Himalayan tradition quoting Swami Rama and Swami Veda Bharati teachings, stressing how important the daily practice is to create a time of silence, personal investigation and study...so challenging. The “metamorphosis” happens when we put attention in every single moment of our acting, speaking, thinking. Changing our patterns is bringing clearness, consciousness, awakening that inner wisdom, that knowledge we are equipped with since ever.   Respecting others we start respecting the differences, our differences, reconnecting to that wholeness we belong to. Swami Nitya introduces then the two Shamans "bridged" here thanks to Jim Feketa and Diane Speer. Mona Polacca tells us about her mission: "Bringing peace and unity, reminding people of that consciousness connecting us to the chain of the Ancestors...honouring and respecting Life, Nature, Mother Earth, the Elements…our greatest Masters and Healing through the ‘Medicine power’....”   Different tradition…but same principle! On the closing day we had a collective dancing movement inspired by the drum beat leading from movement to stillness…Tandava, Shiva Dance...followed by a solo performance sliding into final meditation. And, of course, there were enjoyable inspired moments of relaxation and good food! Excellent cooks and a special "British-Italian” team making” pasta "and a funny Commedia dell'Arte mood!! The last day, the fire ceremony was the closing of these three days: in a circle we prayed and observed those Ashes left...letting go....again different traditions, but the same Sacred Ashes bridging East and West melting in the same unique Fire of knowledge and expansion... Hari Om Sabina Himalayan Yoga Institute of Florence
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