Date: From the 15th till 18th July, 2021.
Location: Shambala Gatherings, Sweden.
Contact info: click here
A celebration of community, mantra, heartsongs, meditation, yoga and dance. Dive deep with us in this very special place in the Swedish nature during this turning of the tide of our suns eternal light. Where the days last forever.
We will begin our day with Kevin sharing what he simply calls his “Morning practice” which involves a deep journey into the Aum & toning sacred sounds as he shares his profound insight into the nature of sound and the connections it has to every part of our lives.
You will be supported to open up to an effortless way of singing in your natural voice with emotion and feeling (the essence of Bhakti) and Kevin will explain how this has a direct connection to your true authentic self. We will chant daily and explore some of the blissful trance states that come from certain mantras with the possibility to learn some of the more difficult mantras he doesn’t normally share in the circles. Also there will be the element of co-creation where Kevin will do his best to accommodate the desires of the group including some one on one help if needed.
“The benefits from chanting are clearly evident in just one 2 hour session. What I love about these retreats is that I get a chance to share the experience of what it’s like to be chanting every day and how this can have a profound effect on your state of being and health but even much more than that, it can change your reality, where it’s almost like we enter another dimension of harmony and grace. This is really the essence of what I intend to share at these retreats.”
Kevin Morning Practice Toning work:
Toning singing through the Chakras will improve and open your voice, clear emotional blockages and give your energy centers a cleanse and charge up with the power of your own voice. Send a message of harmony to every cell of your body. Feel the deep meditation of toning the sounds of your own true nature as it aligns your being and gives you a clear aura of peace and healing…
DAILY SCHEDULE
(*Subject to changes)
Thursday
4.00pm Check in
7.00pm: Dinner
8.30pm – 10.00pm: Opening Ceremony & Chanting Circle
Friday – Saturday
8.15am – 9.00am: Aum Meditation
9am: Breakfast
10.30am – 1.00pm: Morning Practice & Chanting
1:30 – 3.00pm: Lunch
3.30 – 5.00pm: Yoga & Movement
5 – 6.30pm: Outdoor Group activities, sauna, lake, swim, walk.
7pm: Dinner
8.30 – 10.00pm: Chanting Circle
Sunday
7.30 – 8.30: Morning Practice
9.00 – 10.00: Breakfast
11.00 – 1.00pm: Chanting, Closing Ceremony
1.30pm – 3.00pm: Lunch
3.00pm: Check Out
MEET THE TEAM
Kevin James Carroll
Kevin James is an experienced Chant leader who travels continuously sharing his presence and heartfelt voice with people from many different cultures and religions throughout the world. His intention is to unite people to the heart through the simple act of chanting together in a way that is universal and based on the principles of Bhakti Yoga, to see the “One” or the Divine in everyone and everything. A search beginning, continuing, and ending in love.
Jelena Pfister
Jelena is an intuitive & professionally trained dancer, yogini & movement artist. She has been sharing conscious bodywork through dance and yoga in Switzerland, Germany, France, Italy, Marocco, Egypt, Australia, Bali & Jamaica.It is her greatest joy to guide people into deeper connection to their body & heart, & witness them expressing their truth. Her passion for movement & her feeling for rhythm and music was given to her at a very young age through her parents. Jelena’s roots are Jamaican from her mother’s side & Swiss from her father’s side. She has been trained in various yoga styles & now teaches “Elemental Yoga”, which is a holistic approach of yoga inspired by Chinese Medicine and connects you deeply with nature and it’s forces. In addition, she is certified at a Dance & Theater School in Switzerland and was able to perform in different companies and also created her own dance pieces over her Label “DanceAway”. For twelve years she has been teaching many different dance styles as Ragga, Contemporary Dance & HipHop very successfully. In the last year she has followed her desire to dive deeper into using Dance as Medicine and has completed various dance trainings such as “Kundalini Dance” and “Holistic Dance” and today also leads Conscious Dance Journeys and Cacao Ceremonies.
www.danceaway.ch
