with Lex Gillan
June 1-6, **875 (**see note)
Of all the venues I have used over the years, Rose Mountain is the most sacred of spaces--it offers a true forest monastic refuge. This advanced Yoga Studies course will give us an opportunity to come together as a group of fellow teachers and yogis in this spectacular mountain venue.
We will deepen our practices of hatha yoga, sitting meditation (creating our own monastery as we 'take the one seat'), hiking (allowing the mountain to be our teacher), and of course engage the Noble Silence each evening.
We will meet daily to create a vision for the future (how is it going so far, and where are we headed with all of this?) And we'll discuss ways to improve our teaching methodology and administration--ways to work smarter.
LEX GILLAN has been a practitioner of yoga and meditation for nearly 40 years.
He has studied with world-class teachers including Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Rame Dass, Stephen Levine, Father Thomas Keating, and Dr.James Ezelle since the 1960's. Lex has been a full-time instructor since 1974 when he founded The Yoga Institute in Houston, one of the oldest yoga studio businesses in the country. He also teaches the Yoga Teacher Training and National Certification Course (Yoga ALLIANCE approved to 500 hours), is a trustee of Rose Mountain Retreat Center, and is on the faculty and is the Director of Development at The Institute for Religion and Health in the Texas Medical Center in Houston.
Wilderness Practice Retreat: Sit, Walk, Write
with Natalie Goldberg and Sean Murphy
June 26th-30th, $600
A deeply meditative writing retreat, with much time spent in silence and enjoying the beautiful wilderness setting of Rose Mountain. This is an opportunity to go more deeply into your writing than ever before. We'll alternate our time between sitting meditation, walking meditation, and writing.
The combination makes for a powerful retreat and an opportunity to refresh or discover your true voice as a writer. Suitable for beginners through experienced writers.
NATALIE GOLDBERG is the author of eleven books, including Writing Down the Bones and most recently The Great Failure. Her newest book Old Friend From Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir will be out in Feb. 08. She has practiced meditation for over thirty years and has taught workshops and retreats on writing as a spiritual practice all over the country.
SEAN MURPHY won the Hemingway Award for a First Novel for The Hope Valley Hubcap King, (Bantam/Dell 2004). He is also the author of The Finished Man and The Time of New Weather (Bantam/Dell 2004 & 2008), as well as One Bird, One Stone (Renaissance/St. Martins 2002), a chronicle of Zen practice in America. He has practiced meditation for 20 years, and teaches creative writing and literature for UNM-Taos, as well as an ongoing series of writing workshops.
The fee for this 4night/5day retreat is $600. Add $96 extra if you want a private room in the meditation hall or in one of the very comfortable furnished cabin tents. Or you can bring your own tent.
For more information and registration contact Sean at: wordworkers@murphyzen.com
and visit Sean's website at: http://www.murphyzen.com
Awaken the Body, Expand the Mind, Touch the Soul with
Sacred Art Yoga
with Raye Lynn Rath and Becky Jordan
July 20 - 25 **$875
Come and immerse yourself... Explore deepening your practices of yoga and meditation, daily hiking in a pristine mountain wilderness, amazingly delicious vegetarian meals, and being held within the majestic beauty of nature.
This retreat is a multi-level intensive for students and teachers who are looking to take their practice to the next level... to juice it up and explore new possibilities.
RAYE LYNN RATH, CYT, ERYT 500 is the owner and director of The Yoga Institute at two locations in Houston, TX, co-owner of Sacred Art Yoga and a Senior Certified Anusara Yoga Instructor. She began practicing yoga over 34 years ago and has been teaching yoga since 1993. Although Raye Lynn's most extensive training has been with John Friend, the founder of Anusara Yoga, (since 1998) she received her first certification at The Yoga Institute 1993. She received her Anusara Yoga Teacher Certification in 2001, and is registered with the Yoga Alliance at the 500 hour ERYT level for Teacher Training and Certification. Raye Lynn has taught at national workshops, conferences and retreats and has also co-facilitated and/or assisted in advanced trainings and teacher trainings throughout the country.
BECKY JORDAN, CYT ERYT 500 is the owner of Heart of Texas Yoga in Wimberley, Texas and co-owner of Sacred Art Yoga. She began practicing yoga over 20 years ago and has been teaching since 1995. Becky became a certified yoga instructor from the Yoga Institute and Bookshop in Houston, Texas with Lex Gillan in 1994. After studying with senior teachers from the Iyengar, Ashtanga and eclectic traditions, Becky became an Affiliated Anusara Yoga Teacher in 2000. Becky is also registered with the Yoga Alliance at the 500 hour ERYT level for Teacher Training and Certification. Her love of all aspects of yoga practice has inspired her to study with renowned teachers of meditation, yogic philosophy and Ayurveda. Becky has taught at national conferences and has lead workshops, retreats and yoga vacations around the country.
T'AI CHI / HEALING MOVEMENT: multi-level retreat
with Heloise Gold
August 3 - 8 **$635
T'ai Chi is an ancient Chinese form of movement meditation that benefits the whole person--physical, emotional, mental, spiritual. It is one of the leading techniques being used for stress related imbalances. All participants will be able to return home with a solid practice and tools for well being. Daily themes, Chi Gong exercises, practices for receiving energy from nature, and creative fun will complement the T'ai Chi,enhancing awareness,centeredness,serenity,and strength.
HELOISE is a dancer and performing artist, as well as a long established T'ai Chi / Chi Gong instructor. She teaches workshops worldwide, and runs a T'ai Chi studio in Austin. She studied T'ai Chi with Chinese master Da Liu, and Chi Gong with masters T.K.Shih and Li Jun Feng.
Heloise has been teaching various forms of healing movement for 30 years.
More info on webpage: http://deeplistening.org/heloise
MEN !
with Dan Jones Andy Gold
August 17 - 22 **$670
Discover the real man behind the patterns, and bring him back alive and happy! Six days of retreat with the peace, safety and celebration of a male community on the mountain: sweat lodge, 24 hour solo-Quest experience, and emotional work. As desired, you may: grieve a loss and take up living again; move through anger or guilt to forgiveness of self and others; discharge and leave behind any chronic fear that's been holding you back from living a powerful and happy life.
DAN JONES, PHD, is the founding board chairman of the Austin Men's Center, and a long-time therapist, co-counselor, and men's group leader. He is the author of: Words For Our Feelings, The Roller Coaster Kid Finds His Way Home, and What Makes a Man a Man, and is featured in John Lee's book Flying Boy. This is Dan's 20th year teaching at Rose Mountain.
ANDY GOLD is the founder of Rose Mountain Retreat Center.
He is ordained as a Maggid/Rabbinic Pastor, and leads a contemplative Jewish community in Santa Fe.
He is also an initiate of a traditional Sufi lineage in Turkey, and has learned and practiced with Native American elders in New Mexico.
**Fees listed include tuition, great vegetarian meals, and beautiful camping facilities.
Private accommodations are available
for an additional $120 for indoor rooms and large fully furnished
platform tents;
$60 for smaller tents furnished with sleeping bag and pad.
bordering the Santa Fe National Forest at an elevation of 8000 feet
PO Box 355; Las Vegas, New Mexico 87701
Please note our new phone number:
(505) 982-9826