The following is a month-by-month list of all events, including satsangs, intensives, retreats, and special events.

• Bay Area Satsangs & Workshops
• Retreats and Yoga Nidra Training 2008-2009
  (Download full list of Retreats and iRest Yoga Nidra Trainings - PDF)
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Berkeley, CA
Event, date and time to be announced.


Sausalito, CA
Event, date and time to be announced.


Larkspur, CA
Event, date and time to be announced.


Sonoma County, CA
Gathering in Truth (Satsang) with Kathleen McTeigue
Sept. 22, Oct. 27, Nov. 24
(4th Mondays September through November)
7:00-8:00 PM
Donation
Sonoma Body Balance, 210 Vallejo Street, Suite C
Petaluma, CA 94952
www.sonomabodybalance.com
For more information, contact Kathleen at 707-876-3380
Or Kathleen@nondual.com

What we are all searching for is already present within us. The activities of our minds distract us from the stillness within our hearts. Self-inquiry can lead us to the realization of our true nature, which is beyond limitation.


Fall 2008 TeleClasses with Richard Miller
Yoga Nidra: The Interwoven Thread that Empowers Your Practice of Yoga
Thursday, September 25; 9:00pm EDT
Cost:             $ 24.95 CAD
Info: YogaSpirit.ca

What is Meditation?
Free Open Line Tele-class
Wednesday, November 19; 9:00pm EST
Info: YogaSpirit.ca

Meditation: The Doorway to Who You Are
Thursday, December 11; 9:00pm EST
Cost:             $ 24.95 CAD
Info: YogaSpirit.ca

What is Yoga Nidra?
A Free Open Line Tele-class
Date:             Thursday, July 24
Time:             9:00pm EDT / 6:00pm PDT (Jul. 25 10:00am JST/1:00pm NZ)
Cost:             $ 0
Info: YogaSpirit.ca

Join Richard Miller in this lively discussion of the ancient transformative tantric meditative practice of Yoga Nidra (yoga = embodying what is timeless + nidra = across all states of consciousness) that leads to psychological, physical and spiritual healing. The ultimate design of Yoga Nidra is to help us live awakened and contented lives, free of conflict, anxiety, fear and suffering. The protocol is integrative, as it heals unresolved traumas that are present in the body, mind and senses; and restorative, as it reveals our inherent ground of unchanging pure Being that is always whole and healthy even in the midst of the changing events or traumas of daily life.

Yoga Nidra, and Richard’s modern adaptation of it for the western world, which he calls Integrative Restoration - iRest is a secular practice consisting of 20-35 minute sequences, which emphasize:

• Awareness of the physical body and breath
• Systematic desensitization to neutralize and resolve negative sensation, stress, emotion, belief, image and memory
• An experience of joy and well-being
• The embodiment of equanimity amidst the changing circumstances of life

iRest enables participants to:

• Embody skills that they can use throughout their lifetime
• Heal through trauma
• Experience a sense of mastery when encountering difficult situations
• Awaken to and embody the unchanging state of wholeness that pervades every moment of daily life and ultimately

Yoga Nidra: The Interwoven Thread that Empowers Your Practice of Yoga
Date:             Thursday, September 25
Time:             9:00pm EDT/6:00pm PDT (Sept. 26 10:00am JST/1:00pm NZ)
Cost:             $ 24.95 CAD
Info: YogaSpirit.ca
 
Yoga Nidra is a comprehensive view of spiritual awakening drawn from the unqualified teachings of Kashmir nondual Tantra Yoga. It is a wisdom path of the heart that will inform all aspects of your yoga practice, including Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayama, Pratyahara and the path of meditation (Dharana, Dhyana and Samâdhi). Yoga Nidra provides you with a comprehensive map, an exquisite orientation and a straightforward path of understanding that will help you maintain a clear perspective of all the yogic teachings you will ever receive over the coming years. Its comprehensive map makes everything clear, simple and understandable in what otherwise can feel like a sea of yoga confusion. Richard’s comprehensive understanding and easy style of delivery makes the complex field of yoga teachings clear and easy to understand.

What is Meditation?
A Free Open Line Tele-class
Date:             Wednesday, November 19
Time:             9:00pm EST/6:00pm PST (Nov. 20 11:00am JST/3:00pm NZ)
Cost:             $ 0
Info: YogaSpirit.ca

Join Richard for this illuminating presentation of the simple yogic teaching that underlies all approaches to meditation. Meditation grows naturally when we recognize the heartfelt essence of pure Being as our inherent ground of joy and equanimity. Meditation takes root when we realize that every experience is born, unfolds, decays and dissolves in pure Being. Meditation blossoms when we experience pure being as always present, in every moment, even in the midst of ordinary and difficult circumstances. Meditation flowers when we awaken to the ‘one taste that is the entire universe and ourselves, our most intimate feeling of pure Being that is always prior to, and accompanies every experience.

The natural tendency of the mind is to identify with whatever thought or emotion is present and forget its essential nature as pure Being. Co-arising with forgetting is the feeling of separation: the feeling that something is amiss. The good news is that the feeling of separation is a messenger. Separation reveals that our mind is moving away from its homeground of pure Being and is becoming lost in the world of experience. This understanding orients us to meditation where we become devoted to releasing attention into our heart feeling of pure Being. As pure Being moves foreground, it outshines the feeling of separation. Meditation is the simple act of abiding in and as the radiant heart feeling of pure Being in the midst of all circumstances. When all of life is recognized to arise, unfold, decay and dissolve in and as pure Being, everything is realized to be unqualified pure Being.

Meditation: The Doorway to Who You Are
Date:             Thursday, December 11
Time:             9:00pm EST/6:00pm PST (Dec. 12 11:00am JST/3:00pm NZ)
Cost:             $ 24.95 CAD
Info: YogaSpirit.ca
 
Join Richard for a captivating presentation where he presents time-honored yet easy to follow instruction for bringing meditation into our daily life.

From the yogic perspective, meditation is a way of life, rather than a particular technique. When we are oriented in this simple understanding, meditation becomes something we keep with us all day long, rather than leaving it on the mat in our practice room. Every moment becomes a doorway, or portal through which meditative understanding, as a heartfelt realization, enters into and informs every aspect of our life.

If you are new to meditation, or a long-standing practitioner, this discussion will enliven and deepen your understanding and practice of meditation. Richard draws upon his experiential understanding of Samkhya, Patanjali, Advaita, Kashmir Nondualism, Tantra, Buddhism and Judeo-Christian traditions as he weaves his presentation on the timeless teachings that underlie meditation

San Rafael, CA
Sept. 7-12 — Level II Integrative Restoration iRest Yoga Nidra Training — 42-Hour, 5-Day Residential Training
Please note: Participation in Level I is a pre-requisite for taking the Level II training
The iRest Level II training offers 42 CEU hours: YA, PSY, MFT, LCSW & RN
Registration: Center of Timeless Being (707) 876-3380
Download the flyer
Download the registration form
Register online

• Small peer groups where you learn to teach iRest and receive personal feedback
• Fishbowl sessions where you observe and learn to apply iRest to the individual
• Dyads that teach the principles of empathic resonance, nondual Presence and how to handle issues of reactivity and ethics in the teacher-student relationship
• Didactic sessions that instruct you on how to adapt iRest to group and individual settings
• Experiential sessions to help you deepen your personal practice and understanding of iRest
• Post-Training private and group consultation and mentoring will be available

Maria Stein, OH
Oct. 3-5 — Introduction to Integrative Restoration iRest Yoga Nidra
Oct. 5-10 — Level I Integrative Restoration iRest Yoga Nidra Training
Spiritual Center of Maria Stein www.spiritualcenter.net
For Information Contact: Sharon Shultz (937) 843-6638 shultzlake@woh.rr.com
or Janice George (614) 262-6634 or Katy Knowles (513) 272-6122
Download the Flyer PDF

Eastman, Quebec
October 9-13, 2008
4-day Residential Silent Retreat with Joan Ruvinsky
Information and registration: Charles-Alexandre Mercure
450-770-0720 or charlymerc@hotmail.com
$620 includes housing and vegetarian meals
Download the flyer
Visit Joan's Pathless Yoga website

Absorbed in the essential, yet fully participating in sensing, acting and responding, Consciousness unfolds through us, in us, and as us, dissolving the apparent separation the body/mind suggests. This predominantly silent retreat fulfills one of the requirements for the Center of Timeless Being iRest Yoga Nidra Teacher Certification.

Namaste Yoga Center Fall 2008 Retreat ~ "In the Heart of Being"
October 23-26, 2008
with Mary Addison-Lamb
Thursday evening dinner to Sunday lunch
Location: Villa Maria Catholic Life Center, Springfield, IL.

Satsang, meditation, body sensing, asana, pranayama & iRest Yoga Nidra
Social silence will be held during the retreat
Yoga students of all levels are welcome. Partial scholarships available on request
Please check website for further information: www.namasteyoga.com
This retreat fulfills one of the requirements for the Center of Timeless Being iRest Yoga Nidra Teacher Certification

Mary Addison-Lamb, M.A., I.Y.T., founder of Namaste Yoga Center, has been a practicing yogini for 40 years and teaching for 18 years. She is a long time student of Richard Miller and serves on the Board of Stewards for the Center for Timeless Being.
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Calgary, AB Canada
Nov. 6-12 — 6-Day Residential Retreat
FCJ Christian Life Centre
Hosted by the Yoga Association of Alberta www.yoga.ca
For information and registration: YAA (780) 427-8776; yaa@yoga.ca
Anita (780) 432-7152; Julie (780) 433-5960
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There Is No Mirror To Polish
Love and truth are always knocking from the inside, looking for recognition and longing for expression. But are we listening? Are we ready to welcome with an open heart our heart’s deepest longing for freedom? Love is always present, but do we have the eyes to see, ears to hear and a heart that is truly open to receive what is always here waiting for us, already the case?

Love, truth, authenticity and freedom awaken when we realize our true nature, which is always our nearest, always patiently waiting to be recognized. Join us for retreat, which offers us the opportunity to experience That which is our nearest. Held in silence, retreat offers us periods of lying, sitting and walking meditation, body and breath sensing sessions, satsang (gathering in the deep truth of being) and periods of inquiry into our heart’s deepest longing—freedom to be who we really are. Only when you are finally willing to be living truth will the world be at peace.

Tampa, FL
January 7-11, 2009
4-day Residential Silent Retreat with Joan Ruvinsky
Information and registration: Molly Birkholm
305-365-6738 or mbirkholm@yahoo.com
$650 includes housing and vegetarian meals
Download the flyer
Visit Joan's Pathless Yoga website

Gathered in being, Silence gives expression to body-sensing yoga, pranayama, quiet sitting, chant and inquiry, both interior and spoken, as we celebrate the myriad of forms the formless takes. This predominantly silent retreat fulfills one of the requirements for the Center of Timeless Being iRest Yoga Nidra Teacher Certification.