In most spiritual traditions, taking time out from the struggles and demands of everyday life and spending time in a monastery, ashram, or place of retreat is an essential ingredient of the spiritually awakened life. Both retreats and in-depth intensives with Sandra give participants the opportunity to leave behind the stresses of the world and to enter a potently charged atmosphere for a period of time in order to deepen their spiritual practice and understanding of the inner journey.
Retreats and intensives are intended to be times of profound inner transformation and breakthroughs. They are designed to be vehicles for the transmission of spiritual energy. Therefore, they are a way to give importance to inner-awakening and spiritual revitalization, so that when you return to your life in the world, you are able to bring to it a greater potency and depth.
Retreats and intensives run anywhere from three or four nights to a week, or even longer, and always include a schedule of meditation, talks, chanting, and other forms of spiritual practice, as well as periods of silence and interactive time with Sandra.
If you are new to the center or are currently enrolled in the Living Transformation Course, consider attending a Living Transformation Intensive. During this rare, yet powerful, three-to-four-day program, a direct transmission of spiritual energy happens that can enliven your meditation practice, energize your spiritual quest, and connect you to your deepest, spiritual Self.
Those returning students participating in Sangham Course Weekends can experience a concentrated immersion in the spiritual energy as well as have special time with Sandra by participating in regularly scheduled Sangham Course Retreats & Intensives.
For more information, please call us at 814.337.8399 or contact us.
Any focused activity can be a form of meditation, and you are encouraged to make everything that you do into a meditation—a way of turning inside and bringing awareness to the Self.