Meditation, Yoga & Satsang Online
New Year’s Retreat; Sankalpa 2025
w/ Silent Retreats Team
January 1-3, 2025
To ring in the New Year, Amrita Silent Retreats is inviting you to a family reunion with our entire world-wide practice community. Together, we will give thanks for the gifts of the past year, let go of the old, and make a spiritual sankalpa for 2025!
Beginnings are powerful. The start of the new year is a rich time to introspect, reflect, and nurture your relationship with yourself and the divine.
Over the course of three days, we will sharpen our spiritual tools, turn over the old with the spade of awareness, and plant seeds for new beginnings.
Retreat Features:
- Intention Setting & Seed Planting Ceremonies
- Mantra Japa Class
- Gratitude Walk to the Ashram Beach
- Silent and Guided Meditations
- Yoga
- Breathing & Relaxation
- Satsang
- Catered Meals in Shanti Mandiram
- Translations available in French, Spanish & German
Videos Available for 14 days
Unforgettable Memories Retreat
w/ Swami Purnamritananda Puri
Jan 17-19, 2025
“When I first reached Amma many years ago, she smelted the splintered fragments of my mind in the furnace of her love, purified it and recast it through teachings of oneness.” Swami Purnamritananda
This is not an ordinary retreat. It is a rare opportunity to spend time with Swami Purnamritananda Puri, one of Amma’s very first disciples.
Over the span of three precious days, Swamiji will reminisce about his journey with Amma, offer practical spiritual wisdom, and lead us in guided meditation, culminating with his other-worldly flute playing.
We hope you can join us for this unique retreat with Swamiji.
Retreat Features:
- Guided Meditation
- Flute Meditation
- Satsangs
- Q&A w/ Swamiji
- Yoga
- Catered Meals in Shanti Mandiram
- Translations available in French, Spanish & German
Videos Available for 14 Days
Essence of Yoga Retreat
Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
w/ Swami Atmananda Puri, Br. Mitramrita Chaitanya & Narendra
December 25 – 30
“Yoga is the means of awakening the infinite strength and potential within by properly training the body, mind, and intellect.” Amma
For yoga lovers, the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali are the essence of practice.
In this retreat, Swami Atmananda and Br. Mitramrita will pair up to provide a series of in-depth classes on this ancient text. Swami Atmananda will explore Chapter 3, while Br. Mitramrita will focus on specially selected sutras.
In each yoga class, Narendra will creatively demonstrate how the core of these sutras can be integrated into our asana practice.
This 5-day yoga retreat is open to all levels, providing a strong and lasting foundation for beginners and a deep, expansive perspective for more experienced practitioners.
Join this dynamic team of instructors on a journey into the roots of yoga.
Retreat Features:
- Scripture Classes on Patanjali Yoga Sutras
- Yoga Asana Classes integrating the Sutras (2x/day)
- Yoga Nidra, Chanting and Pranayama
- Guided Meditations
- All Levels of Practitioner Welcome
- Translations Available in French, German & Spanish
- Catered Meals in Amritapuri
Yoga for a Silent Mind
Videos Available for 21 Days
Ayurveda for Body & Mind Retreat
w/ Dr. P. Rammanohar & Guests
Jan 8-13, 2025
This very special retreat will focus on three pillars of good health: Āyurveda, diet and yoga.
The Āyurveda section of this course, highlighting the fundamental principles of healthy living, will be taught by world renowned doctor and professor, Dr P. Rammanohar and his special guests.
Dr. P. Rammanohar, Director of the Amrita Centre for Advanced Research in Āyurveda, is one of the world’s most celebrated teachers, writers and advisors in the field of Āyurveda.
Āyurvedic cooking classes will be taught by Vaju Moorthy with recipes suitable for vata, pitta, kapha, and tri-doshic constitutions. Every day she teach how to prepare home cooked Āyurvedic meals with the participants. For the first time, these Āyurvedic cooking classes will be streamed for the online participants.
The yoga classes, guided by Narendra, will inspire a holistic, Āyurvedic approach to yoga practice with different sequences the balance the doshas.
We invite you to join us on this multi-faceted journey towards better balance, harmony, self-awareness and health.
Retreat Features:
- Ayurveda Lectures w/ Dr. P. Rammanohar & esteemed guests
- Ayurveda Cooking Classes w/ Vaju Moorthy
- Yoga to Balance the Doshas w/ Narendra
- Guided Meditations
- Breathing Exercises
- Catered Āyurvedic Meals in Shanti Mandiram
- Translation available in French, German, and Spanish
Videos Available for 21 days
Lecture Series:
- Ayurveda for Whole Health by Dr. P. Rammanohar
- Knowing your mental and physical constitution by Dr. P. Rammanohar
- Ayurveda and healthy lifestyle by Dr. Delvin T Robin
- Ayurveda and healthy diet by Dr. K. Shyamasundar
- Ayurveda and Mental Health by Dr. Parvathy Unnikrishnan
New Retreat Structure
Recently we have been wondering if our online retreats had served their purpose and run their course, so we asked Amma if we should continue. With Her uniquely radiant smile, Amma replied, “YES!”. She asked us to make ALL of our Silent Retreats available online going forward.
To better serve you, we have designed a NEW retreat option for those of you who are too busy to participate in full retreats.
Here are the 3 ways you can participate in our retreats :
ONLINE Light PARTIAL RETREAT (NEW)
- Participants receive Daily Glimpses into the Retreat
- Sadhana Support – Two Pillars of Spiritual Practice (morning and afternoon practice)
- Partial Schedule of Videos Provided (Archana, Satsangs , 1 Daily Guided Meditation & Closing Prayer)
ONLINE FULL RETREAT
- Participants attend full retreat ONLINE
- Complete Schedule of Videos Provided (incl. Archana, Prayers, Meditation, Yoga, Satsang, Scripture Classes)
- Flexible Schedule can be shifted around to suit your daily life
- LIVE Zoom Calls & Instructor Support
AMRITAPURI RESIDENTIAL*
- Participants attend full retreat LIVE in Amritapuri, India
- Complete Schedule (incl. Archana, Prayers, Meditation, Yoga, Satsang, Scripture Classes, Vow of Silence)
- Catered Meals
*Accommodation not included
As the ashram gears up for the Onam Harvest Festival, we would like to share a cornucopia of retreat videos with you! Membership to our Video Collection will give you access to over 300 videos.
- Scripture
- Satsang
- Yoga
- Meditation
- Short Talks
Now is your chance to view these and other retreats as many times as you’d like at your own pace.
From the day you register, more than 100 new videos will be available to you. This is in addition to over 200 sessions from previous years in Amrita Silent Retreats.
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Mysteries of the Inner World w/ Swami Purnamritananda
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Advaita III, Merging in the Divine w/ Swami Atmananda
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Advaita IV Retreat w/ Swami Atmananda
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Preparing the Ground; Silence & Scripture I, 5-Day RR Retreat
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The Nature of the Self; Silence & Scripture II, 5-Day RR Retreat
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Glory of the Guru; 9-Day Guru Purnima Retreat
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Returning to Center; 9-Day Silent Retreat
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Three Shaktis Yoga Retreat; 3-Day Retreat
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Working with Vasanas; 9-Day Silent Retreat
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