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The most intensive form of the IAM training is the retreat. Here we can dedicate ourselves to the spiritual practice of opening and developing the heart through
Heart Rhythm Meditation.
How is a retreat conducted?
We are drawing upon an ancient spiritual tradition of retreats, following the example of those masters, saints and prophets who have pioneered the method of spiritual retreats, and utilizing the deep and long experience of the IAM retreat guides.
The retreat is conducted in solitude, in a specially dedicated environment.
The retreat guide spends two hours a day with you, first to plan a personalized schedule of meditations and later to review the day and plan the evening program.
This is not a "canned" program of meditation; it is individually designed process
according to your emotional state and spiritual stage.
Daily breath work, Heart Rhythm Meditation,
sounds, prayers, songs,
Heart Rhythm Movement, music, walks in nature, journeling, and talks with the guide are all tools in the process. You will be "in-process" continually; even the breaks for meals and sleeping are part of the retreat. It is an unspeakable delight to be in your heart, immersed in love, for days without end.
In Tucson, we are fortunate to have the IAM Desert Retreat Center with a dedicated building supplying bath, kitchen and a meditation room for instructions. One-room retreat huts will be added soon to accommodate more retreatants. This beautiful wilderness provides an ideal environment for meditation in nature, complete with a rich wildlife. Meditate with the sunrise to the East and the sunset to the West with 360 degree views.
How should you prepare for the retreat?
First, you should know why you are taking the retreat. Second, you should build up your daily practice so that you can sit in meditation for at least an hour.
What do you need to bring?
Bring comfortable clothes for sitting, walking and exercising. Bring a washing kit, journal, sketch pad. Don't bring a laptop, cell phone, music player, or favorite book.
Contact Susanna at +1-520-299-2170
to make arrangements for a private retreat.
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Man, with the maturity of his soul,
desires to probe the depths of life.
He desires to discover the power latent within him;
He longs to know the source and goal of his life;
He yearns to understand the aim and meaning of life;
He wishes to understand the inner significance of things,
And he wants to uncover all that is covered
by form and name.
He seeks for insight into cause and effect;
He wants to touch the mystery of time and space,
And he wishes to find the missing link
between God and man --
where man ends, where God begins.
--- Hazrat Inayat Khan, a 20th century musician and mystic.
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The Retreat of Love
Three days, to slow down one's pace from the hectic rhythm of daily life and unfold the innate love which manifests as your heart.
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The Retreat of the Beloved
Seven days, to
develop the experience of being loved unconditionally.
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The Retreat of the Lover
Twelve days,
to carry one into the further stage of becoming the instrument of Love.
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The Retreat of the Moon
The maximum retreat of 28 days, so called
since it is a complete gestation cycle from one new moon to the next new moon.
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