Jas​han-e-Ishq​: embracing sufi methods into everyday living

~Jashn-e-Ishq~

Sufi transmission from the world of Osho

        A workshop that will offer potent meditation techniques, weaving the ancient Sufi calling into everyday living. Embracing the flavor of South Asian Sufism, recognized for its syncretic nature, Damini will facilitate the Sufi transmission from the world of Osho.

Sufis use methods like humor, word play, poetry, dance and drama to reach the transcendental heart through Ishq … through ibadat. Their method has ecstasy, but it also has a science. We invite you to explore that special Sufi Science of Ecstasy. 

We will play with sounds and silence… we will sing and Dance in delight … and wait for God to happen…

About the Facilitator:

Damini is a storyteller, a dancer, a *murid*. She is a meditation

facilitator. An award winning filmmaker whose storytelling has won multiple

accolades across the world. She is right now completing the first film ever

to be made by an Indian on the mystical journey of Hindus in India.

Program:

Sunday, 19 January

9.30 am - 6.00 pm

Participation by Contribution

Prior Registration Required:

9250361903

9311902235

info@zorbathebuddha.org

Awakening the Illuminated Heart: creating from the sacred space of the heart

Awakening the Illuminated Heart

Creating from the sacred space of the heart

      A 5-day transformative intensive retreat based on the method of -“The School of Remembering”©.

    The retreat is based on Drunvalo’s entire life’s understanding of the nature of human consciousness. It is designed to help us remember who we really are. To begin this procedure of living through the heart we will utilize an ancient dreaming process, therefor creating our own reality.

We will also learn about:

Ó      The Healing Circle and the Pyramid Healing Meditation

Ó      The ancient Unity Breath Meditation

Ó      The Sufi Blessing Dance

Ó      The brain gland/chakra relationships and the Beams of Light

Ó      Activating the pineal gland and the Human Halo

Ó      Activating Mer-Ka-Ba Light Body automatically, naturally and permanently

Ó      Programming the Mer-Ka-Ba and creation an external Mer-Ka-Ba

Ó      Entering the Sacred Space of the Heart where you are one with all creation

Ó   How the Creation Process Works and how to create from the Tiny Space of the Heart

Ó      Meditations from the Blue School of Claudette Melchizedek

We feel honored to invite you on a journey, after which you will never be the same again!

Read Drunvalo Melchizedek’s books:

Necessary reading:

Living in the Heart

Recommended readings:

The Ancient Secret of the Flower of Life, Volume 1 and 2

Bio:

Elena Burton is a certified Teacher Trainer, and will facilitate this Retreat. For the past 20 years she has been meeting spiritual teachers, studying metaphysics and various therapeutic modalities. In 2012 she attended the "Awakening The Illuminated Heart" Workshop facilitated by Drunvalo in Sedona, Arizona. Since then she has completed the teacher training and has been facilitating workshops in Australia.

Program:
Wed-Sun, 5-9 Feb 2014
9.00 AM - 4.00 PM

Participation by Contribution

Prior Registration Required:
9250361903
9311902235
info@zorbathebuddha.org

Free Photography Session - Sun, 12 Jan

• Session convened by leading photographer & visual expert Ashok P Kochhar
• A unique platform to share knowledge & experience

Free Session.

Sunday, 12 Jan
Timings: 10 AM to 12 Noon.

Prior Reservation Required:
9250361903
9311902235
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Spring Photo Tour to Rishikesh!

Spring Photo Tour to Rishikesh

Fri, 24 - Sun, 26 January 2014

Announcing the Photo Tour to Rishikesh in collaboration with Indiaastory.

A 3 day, live in, extensive workshop, where in the members will be exposed to great insights in street portraits, landscape and conceptual photography.

Details: 

Duration: 2 nights, 3 days

Starts: 3 PM on Friday, 24 Jan

Ends: 12 Noon, Sunday, 26 Jan

Last Date for Registration: 10 January, 2014

*restricted to 8 participants only

Prior registration required:

9311902235

9250361903

info@zorbathebuddha.org

*please call between 10 am & 6 pm

Kid's Creative Workshop: get the inner artist in your child to blossom!

     A series of fun exploration sessions designed into a self-development workshop for children.

   In daily life & in school, kids mostly get to work in a repetitive pattern & pre-guided atmosphere. Kid’s Creative Workshop will encourage them to think out of the box and explore their inner artistic side. It will offer the children, opportunities for learning at multiple levels and tools to deal with situations in life.

     The workshop will lead them to becoming balanced and well-rounded human beings.

What’s in it for the apple of your eye:

·       Yoga for mind and body fitness

·       Fun and creative craft projects to get the creative juices flowing

·       Nature Walks for appreciation of the environment and learning how to recycle things

·       Development of social skills through fun lunches

·       Exercises for developing good communication skills

 About the Facilitator:

With ten years of experience working as a portrait, wedding, and family photographer, Currently spending most of her time in India, she is conducting specially designed programs for kids & teens. She is also a life-long student of yoga and practices Thai massage in her spare time. 

Program:

Sat & Sun, 18 & 19 Jan

11.00 AM - 4.00 PM

Participation by Contribution

Prior Registration Required:

9250361903

9311902235

info@zorbathebuddha.org

Art of Seeing: if you can write your name, you can draw!

The Art of Seeing
if you can write your name, you can draw!

Drawing makes you see. Really see. Deeply. Inside yourself.  That great big wonderful world outside. Impressions. Details. That sensuous curve. That hard edge.

Use your left hand. Or right hand if your left handed and be amazed at what happens. Draw fast. Draw dead slow. Capture that pose in a few strokes. Lose yourself in a detail..

Meditate. Contemplate. Destress. Get excited. Enter the flow!

Draw. Feel. Think.

About the Facilitator:

A professional architect and artist for over 20 years, Mark takes you through what is called the language of the line. As you evolve with each class, you will be able to identify a ‘good’ composition and interpret it through your drawing and painting.

Program:
Sunday, 12 Jan
9:30 am - 5:30 pm

Participation by Contribution

Prior Registration is required:
Contact: 9250361903, 9311902245
Email: info@zorbathebuddha.org

Ayurvedic Cooking: find balance of mind & body through a tasty & satisfying diet

        Food can fuel our body and mind if we choose nourishment from a space of consciousness rather than as an emotional response to stress or to placate an inner worry. Ayurvedic cooking offers a complete Health and Wellness mantra and focuses on understanding the importance of food and its co-relation with our wellbeing.

       This session will help you find balance of mind and body through a tasty and satisfying diet with an emphasis on the cooking style and what to cook in relation to the physical and psychic make up of the human being.

As the Ayurvedic proverb states, “When diet is wrong, medicine is of no use. When diet is correct, medicine is of no need.”

Thursday, January 9

10.30 AM - 2.00 PM

(inclusive of lunch)

Participation by Contribution

Prior Registration Required:

9250361903

9311902235

info@zorbathebuddha.org

An Evening of Jazz Music - Sunday 15 December

 An evening of Jazz with Jyotsna Srikanth and Paul Jayasimha from the United Kingdom. 

Trained in Carnatic Classical Tradition, Jyotsna has always expressed that her heart and the source of her inspiration is Indian. She plays with Paul Jayasimha, a Jazz trumpet player par excellence supported by Karthik Mani on drums and Shadrach Solomon on keyboard.

The incredibly versatile musicians will bring to you Jazz, with all their innovations, appeal and exciting blend of Taal!

Sunday, 15 December
6.30 PM - 8.00 PM

Free Event.
Audience is welcome to donate generously to the Artists

Confirmation Necessary:
9311902235
9250361903
info@zorbathebudddha.org

*This is a private invite

Ecstatic Energy Awakening Massage: Individual Sessions

Experience the totality of who you are through ecstatic bodywork. This massage celebrates and enlivens the physical and energetic body and can be a profoundly heart-opening and healing experience. Using conscious touch, a variety of strokes and sensations plus breath work, Gayatri guides you towards deep presence and fully body bliss.

Bio:

    Gayatri envisions creating Heaven on Earth by helping people connect to the most vibrant expression of themselves. She weaves together teachings and insights from Tantra, personal development, movement & bodywork gathered from her own 20 year spiritual journey. Known for her refreshing and down-to-earth approach Gayatri is a joyful and lively facilitator.

Dates : 16, 20 & 22 Dec

Slots available between 10 am & 4 pm

Sessions by Contribution

Prior Reservation Required:

9311902235

9250361903

info@zorbathebuddha.org

Dialogue with Dance - a melange of Kathak & Contemporary Dance

Dialogue with Dance
a mélange of Kathak and Contemporary Dance

   The evening will bring together contrasting hues of two different genres Kathak & Contemporary. It will take the spectators on a journey of diverse dance forms whirling their way towards a common meeting realm.

Dialogue with Dance is a Collaborative choreography of 'Sattva Performing Arts' and 'Tanzprojekt'. It will offer a mélange of 'Kathak'  by Shri Harish Gangani and Renuka Kumar and contemporary dance by Elfi Shaefer (Tanzprojekt - Switzerland) accompanied by Mohit Gangani on tabla - Ashish Gangani on pakhawaj - Nafeez khan on Sarangi and Sergio on bass guitar.

Bios:
Harish - Training from his elder brother Pt. Rajendra Gangani, Harish Gangani has performed widely both in India and abroad. He has been a recipient of the national scholarship in 1994 and the junior fellowship in 1996, awarded by the Ministry of Human Resources and Development.

Renuka – Renuka has trained in Bharatanatyam, Odissi and Kathak and performed solos
and ballets around the country and abroad. She is the founder and Creative Dance Director at Sattva Performing Arts Foundation which provides support to young talent and promotes Performing Arts.

Elfi - Elfi Schaefer-Schafroth is a choreographer, dancer and teacher cooperating with other artists to create uniquely expressive interdisciplinary dance theater solos. She studied dance at the Zurich School of Dance Theatre (Zurich Tanztheaterschule), UCSD, in New York and Paris.

Details:
Saturday, 21 December
6.30 PM - 8.00 PM

Free Event
Audience is welcome to donate generously to the Artists

*This is a private invite

Confirmation Necessary:
9311902235
9250361903
info@zorbathebuddha.org

 

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Ecstatic Energy Awakening - expand into bliss

        Imagine you could tap into an unlimited source of energy. Imagine your life was filled with ecstatic bliss. What if you could access this simply by breathing?

       Discover the master keys to unlocking your limitless ecstatic energy through conscious connection to breath, sound, movement and the chakras.

“The quickest and most pleasurable way to fully let go! And when      you let go, you expand. And when you expand, you find true bliss!” – Maria

 

       Enjoy renewed alive-ness, profound sense of relaxation, powerful new insights into life, and a deep feeling of joy, love and wellbeing.


Bio:



Gayatri envisions creating Heaven on Earth by helping people connect to the most vibrant expression of themselves. She weaves together teachings and insights from Tantra, personal development, movement & bodywork gathered from her own 20 year spiritual journey. Known for her refreshing and down-to-earth approach Gayatri is a joyful and lively facilitator..


Program:

Saturday, 21 December
9.30 AM - 6.00 PM

Participation by Contribution

Prior Registration Required:
9311902235
9250361903
info@zorbathebuddha.org

Contemporary Dance Workshop - recognize, create, narrate

Dance is movement, expression, and art. It has always been related to the human body, its possibilities and limitations.

    Contemporary dance is a style that combines elements of several genres. It is rapidly merging with different art forms and dance styles, as well as with science, philosophy and spirituality.

    The workshop will offer an introduction to contemporary dance, elements of Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Step, Street, Break Dance, Hip hop and Dance Theater. The students will get to create their own pieces of choreography which weaved together will culminate into a common performance.


About the Facilitator:



Elfi Schaefer-Schafroth is a choreographer, dancer and teacher cooperating with other artists to create uniquely expressive interdisciplinary dance theater solos. She studied dance at the Zurich School of Dance Theatre (Zuerich Tanztheaterschule), UCSD, in New York and Paris. In addition to her theater work, she collaborates in interdisciplinary projects for museums, theaters, churches and art galleries, and teaches at the Zurich University of Teacher Education.

Details:
Sunday, 22 Dec
9.30 AM - 1.00 PM

Participation by Contribution

Prior Registration Required:
9311902235
9250361903
info@zorbathebuddha.org
 

Beginner's Photography for Teens - exploring self expression & personality development

  Photography is a wonderful craft for self expression and a perfect balance of science and art.  It is the skill of capturing the spirit of a moment, person or place. 

  In an interactive, relaxed learning environment we will cover the basics of photography (Aperture, Shutter Speed, ISO), how they relate to the icons on the camera through interactive activities & Image Composition by engaging the subjects.   

  The workshop will provide a platform for the teens to connect with their own heart & the spirit of others around them.

Bio:

With ten years of experience working as a portrait, wedding, and family photographer, Krystin has also been employed as a product photographer for an American corporation. Currently spending most of her time in India, she is conducting specially designed photography programs for kids & teens. She is also a life-long student of yoga and practices Thai massage in her spare time. 

Date: 22^nd Dec, Sunday

Timings: 11:30am – 5:00pm

Participation by Contribution

Prior Reservation Required:

9311902235

9250361903

info@zorbathebuddha.org

Sitar Yoga - The mechanics of yoga balanced on the strings of sitar

It is what they say, the mechanics of yoga balanced on the strings of sitar...

Flow to music and movement with Sitar Yoga – an event that brings together two ancient traditions of India. Zubin Atré silently leads you into yoga asanas to the live accompaniment of sitar played by Galen Passen. Enjoy the focus and attention music and movement bring to every moment and enter a deeper state of meditation.

Bio:

Zubin Atré is a yoga professional and founder of The Atré Yoga Studio. Mindful of the individual nature of the body and its needs, Zubin conducts yoga through various unique methods.

Galen Passen is a student of sitar player Gopal Krishan Shah. In this unique coming-together of two ancient Indian art-forms, Galen provides an improvised raga to the movement conducted by Zubin.

Date: Sunday, 12^th Jan, 2014

Timings: 11:15am – 1:00pm

Workshop Contribution: Rs. 1500 (including lunch) 

5 Elements Dance Activation Event

5 Elements Dance Activation Event
                                       a shamanic dance journey back to the source

 

Earth is our body, water our blood, air our breath, fire our spirit and space encompasses all. Each journey is unique. The intention of this activation is to connect back to the Source and embody the elements to experience the divinity inside, just waiting to be set free.

   Enlightenment is in the living, breathing body. In this tantric, shamanic dance process we will connect with our breath, our bodies and each other until only silence remains. Come with a clear intention and open heart to embark on this powerful transformative meditation. 

 

About Malaika :



Malaika the creatrix of 5Elements Dance has been travelling the world, sharing her gifts and ancient Earth wisdom, helping people to release the old and dance into the new paradigm with hearts wide open. She has led an extraordinary life of travel, adventure and self-exploration. Malaika has been facilitating workshops for the past 20 years and was guided onto the Shamans path. She taught African dance for 17 years & is a practitioner of the Hawaiian healing arts for the past 10 years. Through her passion for dance and ritual she created the Elemental Dance journeys, Shamans Dance, Soul Dance, The Ultimate Journey, and Journey to the Heart. Through her many adventures in Africa, Australia, Hawaii and South America, she has gained the indigenous wisdom of the Earth people.
 
Program:

Thursday, 12 December
6 PM to 9 PM


Participation by Contribution


Confirmation necessary:
9311902235
9250361903
info@zorbathebuddha.org
*please call between 10 am & 6 pm