Please join us for our Seventh Himalayan Yoga & Meditation Teacher Association Retreat.  This year our theme is “Immerse yourself in Himalayan Tradition”.  During the retreat, you will experience the Ashram lifestyle starting your day with morning prayers, meditation, and hatha.  During the day, you will experience the teachings from the Tradition with Swami (Ma) Radha and Gary Gran.  Finally, you will enjoy the evening with “guided meditation, and sitting with Swami Veda, a Himalayan Master”.   The program will also include special events, and open time periods for personal introspection.

Please take advantage of an increasingly rare opportunity to be in Swami Veda’s company.

Location: Techny Towers Retreat Center, 2001 Waukegan Road, Techny, IL 60082, USA

Friday Aug 20th

3:00 pm Himalayan Hatha Yoga (90 min)

5:00 pm Registration

6:15 pm  Supper

7:15 pm  Orientation

7:30 pm Lecture and Satsang with Swami Veda

followed by Guided Prayers

Saturday Aug 21st

6:30 am Guided Prayers

6:45 am Meditation

7:15 am Joing & Glands Exercies

8:15 am Breakfast

10:00 am Lecture with Swami (Ma) Radha (90 min)

12:00 pm Lunch

1:30 pm Lecture with Gary Gran (90 min)

3:15 pm Himalayan Hatha Yoga (75 min)

4:45 pm Special Event (90 min)

6:30 pm Supper

8:00 pm Lecture and Satsang with Swami Veda

followed by Guided Prayers

Sunday Aug 22nd:

6:30 am Guided Prayers

6:45 am Meditation

7:15 am Himalayan Hatha (90 min)

9:00 am Breakfast

10:00 am Checkout (30 min)

10:45 am Lecture with Swami (Ma) Radha (120 min)

1:00 pm Departure

Swami Veda Bharati, D. Litt, Mahamandaleswara, is  the founder and Spiritual Guide of both the world-wide organization, Asociation of Himalayan Yoga Meditation  Societies International  (AHYMSIN) and the Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama in Rishikesh, India. He is also the Spiritual Guide of Sadhana Mandir Ashram, his master's ashram in Rishikesh and of the Himalayan Institute Hospital Trust near Dehradun, India. He was born into a Sanskrit speaking family and raised in the centuries old Sanskrit  tradition. From the age of nine he has captivated audiences with the depth of his knowledge and intuition in the Vedas and Patanjali's Yoga Sutras. All of his knowledge has come intuitively through which he has attained the highest academic degrees; BA (Honours) (London), MA (London), D. Lit. (Holland), and is the author of many books.

Swami Veda Bharati combines the best of the ancient and the modern. He is an inspired and loving teacher, a prolific author, poet and an international lecturer with his unique personality he radiates peace, divine love and joy.

Swami Ma Radha Bharati, M.S. Philosophy, M.S. Public Policy, has been a disciple of Swami Rama of  the Himalayas since 1971. She is currently the Academic Director and a permanent Faculty member of Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama in Rishikesh, India. Ma Radha has extensive experience in teaching ethics and

philosophy. Her commitment to serve her community is inspired by the ocean of love that has been shown to her through the presence of Swami Rama and Swami Veda. She took a sanyasa (renunciation) initiation on November 29, 2007.

Gary Gran, RYT, D. Ay., is a yoga teacher and Ayurvedic practitioner.  A long-time student and an initiate in the Himalayan Tradition, Gary actively writes the Ayurveda column for Yoga Chicago magazine.  He is co-director of the Evanston School of Yoga and of Annapurna Holistic Services.  http://www.yogachicago.com/sep99/garygran.shtml

Please visit the website of the Himalayan Yoga and Meditation Center in Palatine, Illinois, USA.:  http://www.hymcillinois.com/ The Himalayan Yoga and Meditation Center in Palatine, Illinois, USA, is affiliated with AHYMSIN.