

SADHANA
​"going into the fire of sadhana to find out the real nature of who - what we are"
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Introduction to Vipassana
Meditation
with Sahaj & Satya & Bart Koene
28 May
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Sadhana Immersion
with Sahaj & Satya
29 -30-31 May
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SIMONE'S GOMPA at Ouderkerk aan de Amstel ~ Netherlands ~
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We welcome you to this very special 4 days gathering at Simone's Gompa Vita Nova that will start on Thursday 28th of May afternoon with an Introduction to Vipassana Meditation with this 3 dharma friends Sahaj , Satya and Bart. This is an unique opportunity to know about this very powerful and direct technique that has change and has impact the life of so many in the world in the past and right now. Satya & Sahaj asked Bart to be present and share about his own direct way of integrating sadhana in his own life. He is a great ambassador of living fully in the world, including a full dedicated family life, business life and being a dedicated practitioner of Vipassana Meditation, and he is also a great contributor for the continuation of this living wisdom teachings to stay alive for future generations.
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This weekend Immersion will be fully dedicated to living Sadhana, an exploration into the meaning and why a spiritual practice is needed in our life if we aspire to be liberate from physical, mental or energetically -emotional suffering in any degrees. Most of us have a very limited, if any, real practice that takes us deeper into ourselves. We have been trained by our schools and society to exercise our minds towards knowledge but not putting any attention on the refinement and sensitivity of our subtle consciousness that can awaken wisdom. So Sadhana is to make a disciplined effort to go deep into our wisdom nature and uncover the hidden jewels that are here.
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In Tibet they call Sadhana mind training. Not training our minds to memorize facts but to train our minds to find the deep source of consciousness itself.
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In this weekend we will explore how have a sadhana in a daily base that support us, how re-build and re-connect to our inner living fire of wisdom to have space and clarity to find out the real nature of who we are, not just living in the shallow stale water of the conditioned mind. Our minds have infinite potential. We can use our minds to simply focus on survival and the fulfillment of desires or we can rise to the divine beings we are.
We are so grateful that we will gather again at Simone's Vita Nova Gompa the land of the old rebuilt farmhouse of her family. The location is in nature but right next to Amsterdam, in communion and harmony with both realities.
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Let us meet In truth, simplicity and love, we all can enjoy true freedom, true happiness and true peace this life when we are fully open to life as it is.
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We always are welcoming newcomers, so if you are one or know some one that this will resonate with this, you are all welcome.
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Sadhana simply makes you strong, mentally, physically,
to be able to let go.
That's all sadhana does.
Sadhana never enlightens you.
It makes you one-pointed, in your quest for realization.
It makes you compassionate.
It develops humility, power.
It transcends all fear.
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Sahaj Kevin
Sahaj is a dedicated yoga practitioner who has been studying and practicing yoga for more than 30 years. His approach to teaching is eclectic and draws from many different methods and teachings to help students align their lives towards awakening. His focus is to offer the right method for the individual according to their needs and aspirations.
At a young age, Kevin Sahaj was a martial artist. He then had a spontaneous awakening experience from which an urgency to the search for the truth was born.
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Satya Katiza
Satya is a yogini in heart and soul, her life has been driven by searching for Truth from a young age after a close encounter with death when she was 13 years old. When returning to her physical body she had with her the indestructible taste of no fear. After that, she consciously made life and impermanence of life her research field, with no fear she moved into all different realities, and with great curiosity to meet in the real presence the presence of others human beings with the same ground of knowing “ we all are limitless and timeless”.
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Bart Koene
They do exist, 'real' yogis who live entirely
the yogic way. They meditate, don't harm nature, and practice and share the living dharma. But how is living according this way for a person in the busy world?
Bart Koene founder of the accessories brand Barts, is the living example that is possible to meditate and be practitioner of yoga in all aspects of life and he apply his intuitive way of living life and doing business with effortless effort.
more about Bart...meet him in person on the introduction to Vipassana on 28 June
SCHEDULE
THURSDAY 28 MAY
17:00 to 18:00 Introduction to
VIPASSANA MEDITATION with Sahaj & Satya & Bart
18:00 to 19:00 Sharings + Q&A
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FRIDAY 29 MAY
15:30 Darshan "LIVING SADHANA"
16:30 tea time
17:30 to 18:30 Meditation
SATURDAY & SUNDAY 30 -31 MAY
10:30 to 13:00 "SADHANA" explorations
13:00 to 15:00 lunch break and walks
15:00 to 16:00 Darshan
16:00 tea time
16:30 to 17:30 Meditation
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Price
Only Intro to Vipassana Meditation 35€
Only Sadhana Immersion 350€
All sessions including
Introduction to Vipassana 360€
organized by Simone Ruiter & Ira Hardjosusono
Registration please send an email to:
simone.m.ruiter@gmail.com
" Beauty is where 'you' are not.
The essence of beauty is
the absence of the self. "

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