Feeding Your Demons: A Meditation and Yoga Retreat
With Gretchen Donovan
September 6 - 8, 2024
We are honored to have Gretchen Donovan back as a guest teacher at Ratna Ling!
COVID POLICY: For your safety and ours, we require proof of vaccination AND negative test result from all visitors to Ratna Ling Retreat Center. We wish to provide peace of mind for all of our residents and guests.
This retreat includes:
- Buddhist Teachings & Yoga
- Recognizing how encumbered patterns manifest
- Daily Sky Gazing Practice
- Morning Asana ( all levels)
- Evening Restorative & Somatic Movement Practice
What is Feeding Your Demons?
Feeding Your Demons is a five-step method created by Lama Tsultrim Allione which has benefited thousands worldwide and from every walk of life on five continents. The work transcends spiritual constructs, serving as a meaningful tool for anybody, regardless of religious affiliation or personal philosophy.
A ‘demon’ refers to the disruptive aspects of our own psyche, such as anxiety, depression, anger, addiction, or disease. Demons are often relegated to the dark recesses of our minds and fester there as we either repress- or ‘fight’ against them. This adversarial relationship with our demons is the very thing that polarizes our psyche. In our attempts to overcome our ‘shadow’, we become more enmeshed with it and our demons gain strength.
This practice is accessible to all and teaches us how to befriend that which scares us the most.
For your safety and ours, we require proof of vaccination from all visitors and residents of Ratna Ling Retreat Center. We wish to provide peace of mind for all of our guests.
Schedule (subject to change)
FRIDAY
3-4:00pm: Check-in
4:30 pm: Welcome and Introductions
5:30pm: Dinner
7:00pm: Guided Feeding Your Demons Practice
SATURDAY
7:00am: Skygazing and noble silence
8:00am Breakfast
9:30am Teaching History of FYD
10:45am Gentle Yoga
Break
11:00am Feeding Your Demons Practice & Discussion
12:15: Lunch
2:00pm Gentle yoga
4:30pm Teaching
5:30pm Dinner
7:30pm Somatic Movement & evening Council
SUNDAY
7:00 am Skygazing and Noble Silence
8:00am Gentle yoga and Closing circle
10am Brunch
12noon Checkout and Farewell
About the Facilitator
Gretchen Donovan
Gretchen has been teaching yoga for 20 years. After extensive experimentation and study in the traditions of Ashtanga Yoga, Iyengar Yoga and Prajna Yoga, her teaching cultivates a broad range of techniques. She carefully weaves the subtle energies and precision of these disciplines into her teaching, creating a unique style. Her enthusiasm and commitment to helping […]
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