Still Butterfly Yoga Studio and Retreat Center

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Kriya Weekend Information:

October 20-23, 2022
the Lighthouse Center
740 E. Shore Drive, Whitmore Lake, MI 48189

Thursday, October 20
6:30pm - 7:25pm Catered Dinner
7:25pm - Musical Offering
7:30pm - 8:30pm Meditation and talk by Nayaswami Pranaba: Overcoming Obstacles to Spiritual Growth (offered and recorded on zoom)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86020547759?pwd=YVJNOTA2dHlnLzhuQ0RTNGZGS0VqUT09
Meeting ID: 860 2054 7759 Passcode: 574556

Friday, October 21
1:00pm - 3:30 pm 20-minute counseling sessions with Nayaswami Pranaba*
*Call Mike at (517) 652-9347 to schedule your session
7:00pm - 8:30pm Kirtan (offered on zoom)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82821581671?pwd=SXRXWU1yL0svWSt4UGNmOEMwNmxxQT09
Meeting ID: 828 2158 1671 Passcode: 308149

Saturday, October 22
10:00am - 12:00pm Musical Offering followed by an Interactive Workshop with Nayaswami Pranaba: Deepening Your Spiritual Life, Making the Most of Your Spiritual Journey (offered and recorded on zoom)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89553321053?pwd=YVhYWStPZ3pTazdBSW41dHlmKzZwdz09
Meeting ID: 895 5332 1053 Passcode: 307025

12:00pm - 2:00pm Catered Lunch/Social Time
5:30pm - Meditation (for Kriyabans and Kriya Initiates only)
6:00pm - 8:00pm Kriya Ceremony (for Kriyabans and Kriya Initiates only)
8:00pm - Light Catered Meal (for Kriyabans and Kriya Initiates only)

Sunday, October 23
7:30am - Kriya Review with 1st time initiates NOTE: Time Change
9:30am - 10:15am Purification Ceremony NOTE: Time change
10:30am Sunday Service and Musical Offering
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87453341757?pwd=VVZxczI5WDFDTkUvdjdZakdkZHBRUT09
Meeting ID: 874 5334 1757 Passcode: 295059

12:00pm - 2:00pm - Catered Lunch
2:00pm Higher Kriya Initiations and Renewals*
(for Kriyabans and Kriya Initiates only)
*1st Kriya Ceremony must be attended on Saturday to participate

Suggested donation of $20 for each of Pranaba's talks.
All meals will be provided by the Lighthouse Center and Ananda MI.
Meals will be vegetarian with gluten free options.
RSVPs (including dietary restrictions) are requested for all meals and events one week ahead (Thursday, October 13th).



Nayaswami Pranaba is one of Ananda's most widely traveled and experienced ministers, having meditated for over 48 years and offering classes and workshops in meditation and yoga for the past 43 years. He has helped to create and direct Ananda Centers in Palo Alto, Portland, Seattle, Dallas, and Assisi, Italy. Pranaba has been Director of the Ananda Yoga Teacher Training program, and Manager of The Expanding Light Retreat in California, as well as Ananda's Retreat in Assisi, Italy. He has directed the Living Discipleship Course, Ananda's membership training program, and now works with Ananda's outreach ministry.

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Lessons in Meditation
Tuesday evenings, 7:30pm-9:00pm
January 11 and January 18, 2022

This 2 week series provides in-depth instruction in scientific meditation techniques that bring more peace, deeper relaxation, and focused concentration to every area of your life. Whether you are a beginner or already have a meditation practice established, this program will enhance your ability to access inner peace, calmness and joy regardless of outer conditions. There are many benefits of a consistent meditation practice, including reduced stress and anxiety, improved health, greater intuition, compassion, awareness, and focus.

In this two week series, you will learn the Hong Sau technique of meditation. Hong Sau is designed to increase powers of concentration and introspection while helping to still the mind and calm the heart. The course also offers many tips on how to meditate effectively, establish a daily meditation routine, and how to integrate the benefits of meditation into daily life.

Lessons in Meditation is step one on the Path of Kriya Yoga. There are four steps leading to Kriya Yoga initiation. Kriya Yoga became widely known through Paramhansa Yogananda’s spiritual classic, Autobiography of a Yogi. It is a spiritual path that includes advanced meditation techniques that quickly accelerate one’s spiritual growth. Kriya Yoga works by giving the practitioner pranayama, or control of the life force. Through life force control, the yogi is able to overcome all of the obstacles preventing union with the Divine.

Paramhansa Yogananda taught Kriya Yoga as part of a spiritual path that includes other yoga practices. The Kriya technique itself is given after about one year of study and practice of the other techniques that are part of the Path of Kriya Yoga. Ananda Michigan offers Kriya Yoga initiation once a year in the fall. In preparation for taking the initiation, one must complete four levels of classes starting with Lessons in Meditation.

These classes are offered in person at the Still Butterfly Yoga Studio, 344 N. Cochran Ave, Charlotte, MI 48813 and on Zoom.

The cost for this course is $20. Payment is due before the first class on January 11, 2022. Payments can be made via PayPal through mike@limauro.com, or by Square in person or on our website. Please provide your email address with your payment, so that Mike can send you the handout for the first class and the Zoom link if you will not be attending in person.

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Yoga brings balance and harmony to all the body systems. Experience better sleep and more energy with a regular yoga practice. Check out a class today at the Still Butterfly Yoga Studio

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Separate Leg Forward Fold:

Aligns and strengthens the spine. Creates space for the heart and massages the lungs. Nourishes the brain and the central nervous system.

"With shafts of will I pierce the heart of all worries."

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The Mind-Body Connection

When the energy within our bodies is disturbed or unsteady, so is the mind. Stress causes blockages that hinder the energy flow leaving us feeling tired, unhappy and stressed. Yoga teaches self awareness to identify what is in the way of achieving true happiness.

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Downward Dog Pose:

Focuses on stability and grounding promoting an experience of stillness. It teaches calmness and patience while strengthening and energizing the spine. Helps to connect with the life force within and directs it toward the brain. Creates balance between the upper and lower body, stretches the back, legs and shoulders, and relaxes the central nervous system.