Sacred Heart Retreat: Let Go to Let Flow
Friday, November 6 – Sunday, November 8, 2015
The Sacred Heart Retreat: Letting Go to Let flow
With Darren Austin Hall, Ali Stark & Mara Richardson
Join us for another spectacular installment of the Sacred Heart Retreat at the wondrous Sugar Ridge Retreat Centre! Darren, Mara and Ali are beyond excited to weave together their marvelous skills to manifest another unforgettable weekend of conscious community, deep heart connection and fun-filled inspirations. Mara and Ali will guide yoga and qigong classes while Darren will add live healing music accompaniment with crystal singing bowls and shamanic singing. We’ll come together in sharing circles where we’ll laugh, care and help each other shine as we engage the spirit of Autumn and the rhythm of letting go of burdens and anything that no longer serves us to make space for even more beauty to bloom! There will be loads of other magical elements, such as a cacao-inspired ecstatic dance party, a cleansing fire ritual, nature walks and Darren will perform an intimate and fully amplified sacred music concert on Saturday night, sharing soulful songs and mystical stories of the spiritual path. On top of that, Liz and her team at Sugar Ridge will be providing the usual, unparalleled delicious vegetarian and vegan meals to nourish us fully and completely.
www.darrenaustinhall.com
There will be opportunity for meditation along with opportunities to connect to the healing power of nature in the beautiful wilderness around the Sugar Ridge Retreat Centre. No prior yoga or meditation experience is required. This retreat will inspire deep transformation and empowered living for all who come. Enjoy delicious vegetarian meals all weekend that will fully vitalize you and the respite of slowing down and immersing in self-care and self-love. Our all-inclusive price includes all meals, accommodation in beautiful shared cabins and all offerings.
“The safe spaced offered at the “Sacred Heart retreat” co-facilitated by Darren, Ali and Mara was an uplifting and nourishing weekend. The combination of Mara’s gentle guidance in yoga, Ali’s soft yet strong cultivation and offerings of Qi, intertwined with Darren’s incredible creative ethereal words and music, left us feeling, no knowing, that everything is possible. Darren has an ease in his presence and a vulnerability that he shares unconditionally. Soul awakening, mindfulness, stillness, playfulness….breath….” Heart Blessings, Joel & Sandra
Qigong is an ancient Chinese self-care healing art that combines gentle movement, breath,meditation & visualization and is designed to bring awareness to the more subtle energy systems of the body, balance the mind and awaken the spirit.
The exercises focus on diaphragmatic breath work, feeling Qi (hands), self acupressure to heal and flowing movements that bring tangible feeling to the term energy. Blending breath, mind and movement to clear stagnation in the body, relax muscles or an overactive mind and relieve pain. This practice is a discipline of self awareness that asks practitioners to utilize their own abilities to tap into one’s deeply innate sense of healing power and potential.
Through guided meditation we draw on the universal elements around to strengthen the body, mind, spirit and reclaim our power of inner guidance.
Meet the Teachers
Darren Austin Hall is a renowned sacred musician, sound healer and spiritual teacher. His empowering music entails diverse, salving instrumentation, from the extraordinary sounds of the crystal singing bowls, Indian tanpura, lyre-harp, ancient monochord, mystical guitar and his powerful, shamanic singing. His acclaimed new album, The Tantra of Truth, is a collection of ecstatic songs inspiring the continuing evolution of consciousness and deep, transformation. His debut album of meditation and healing music, Crystal Hymns, showcases his gifted work with the crystal singing bowls. His performances are revered and he was the headlining musician for last year’s Yoga Conferences in Toronto and will be again this year. Darren is also trained formally in Chinese Medicine and shamanic healing and has learned from indigenous elders and wisdom keepers from around the world. He offers private healing using tuning fork therapy and other sound and healing modalities along with counseling. Darren is also a gifted teacher and facilitator and teaches a wide array of workshops on new paradigms of spirituality and healing. For the past three years David has been a featured performer and teacher at the Yoga conference in Toronto.He also authors a widely read blog called The Druid and is an eminent writer, featured in online publications, including Elephant Journal. Darren also co-facilitates a men’s group in Toronto devoted to raising the consciousness of the masculine. www.darrenaustinhall.com
Ali Stark Ali discovered new eyes for a world of joy, awe and adventure when introduced to Qigong in 2001. She became deeply passionate about the beauty, love and self affirming power of learning to heal yourself and soon the wonders and lessons of Qi ran through every aspect of her life. She couldn’t help but share these wonders of tapping into universal energy with friends, family and her community and so began her path to teaching. Ali became a certified Qigong instructor of Chow Qigong in 2005 and Radiant Lotus Women’s Qigong in 2012. Along with her passion to share self-health techniques through Qigong, movement, meditation and sounding Ali works as a nutrition and supplement consultant and thrives on helping others achieve their health goals, both through self-care and through informed use of healing supplements.
Mara Richardson Yoga to Mara is a daily practice of surrendering to the power of now and honoring one’s truth. Mara’s teaching style is an artistic flow that inspires a curiosity about the body and invites an internal feeling of awakening. Mara believes in the value of slowing down, to cultivate strength and understanding. Students can expect to be lead through a flow of postures while given helpful alignment cues – that connects a line of communication between mind, body, and spirit. With a passion for dance and music, Mara teaches from a place of heart felt rhythm! Mara is also the creator and artist of Soulful collage art and videos. Mara is a graduate of the 500 hour and restorative teacher training at Octopus Garden Holistic Yoga Studio. Mara’s teachers and mentors are Pat Harada Linfoot, Scott Davis, Jesse Enright. She is deeply grateful for their continuous gifts of knowledge, wisdom and support. www.ayayogaart.com
Registration Details
Early-bird rate: $400 before October 1, $450 after
$100 non-refundable deposit on booking
To register please connect with Darren by email at [email protected].
The Sacred Heart Retreat: Letting Go to Let flow
With Darren Austin Hall, Ali Stark & Mara Richardson
Join us for another spectacular installment of the Sacred Heart Retreat at the wondrous Sugar Ridge Retreat Centre! Darren, Mara and Ali are beyond excited to weave together their marvelous skills to manifest another unforgettable weekend of conscious community, deep heart connection and fun-filled inspirations. Mara and Ali will guide yoga and qigong classes while Darren will add live healing music accompaniment with crystal singing bowls and shamanic singing. We’ll come together in sharing circles where we’ll laugh, care and help each other shine as we engage the spirit of Autumn and the rhythm of letting go of burdens and anything that no longer serves us to make space for even more beauty to bloom! There will be loads of other magical elements, such as a cacao-inspired ecstatic dance party, a cleansing fire ritual, nature walks and Darren will perform an intimate and fully amplified sacred music concert on Saturday night, sharing soulful songs and mystical stories of the spiritual path. On top of that, Liz and her team at Sugar Ridge will be providing the usual, unparalleled delicious vegetarian and vegan meals to nourish us fully and completely.
www.darrenaustinhall.com
There will be opportunity for meditation along with opportunities to connect to the healing power of nature in the beautiful wilderness around the Sugar Ridge Retreat Centre. No prior yoga or meditation experience is required. This retreat will inspire deep transformation and empowered living for all who come. Enjoy delicious vegetarian meals all weekend that will fully vitalize you and the respite of slowing down and immersing in self-care and self-love. Our all-inclusive price includes all meals, accommodation in beautiful shared cabins and all offerings.
“The safe spaced offered at the “Sacred Heart retreat” co-facilitated by Darren, Ali and Mara was an uplifting and nourishing weekend. The combination of Mara’s gentle guidance in yoga, Ali’s soft yet strong cultivation and offerings of Qi, intertwined with Darren’s incredible creative ethereal words and music, left us feeling, no knowing, that everything is possible. Darren has an ease in his presence and a vulnerability that he shares unconditionally. Soul awakening, mindfulness, stillness, playfulness….breath….” Heart Blessings, Joel & Sandra
Qigong is an ancient Chinese self-care healing art that combines gentle movement, breath,meditation & visualization and is designed to bring awareness to the more subtle energy systems of the body, balance the mind and awaken the spirit.
The exercises focus on diaphragmatic breath work, feeling Qi (hands), self acupressure to heal and flowing movements that bring tangible feeling to the term energy. Blending breath, mind and movement to clear stagnation in the body, relax muscles or an overactive mind and relieve pain. This practice is a discipline of self awareness that asks practitioners to utilize their own abilities to tap into one’s deeply innate sense of healing power and potential.
Through guided meditation we draw on the universal elements around to strengthen the body, mind, spirit and reclaim our power of inner guidance.
