Healing Courses - Tiruvannamalai

04/11/2018

For all of you India travellers, especially those of you who bring groups to India (yoga, meditation or cultural tours), here is your chance to expand your business with this eco-friendly retreat centre in Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, South India.

It comes with: a 2 bed/2 bath 1400 sq. ft Rammed Earth house with large kitchen, 150 year old reclaimed teakwood doors and windows, and a lovely garden in the foyer. Fully furnished and ready to move in!

In addition, there are 8 double guest rooms (to comfortably sleep 16 guests, though you could sleep more) with private bathrooms, a large meditation/yoga hall with bathroom and storage room, a kitchen and dining hall for guests' meals and a sweet little pool with water fall and plants surrounding. All comes fully furnished! Ready for you to make money on your investment! 7 Western style massage tables included for healing workshops as well!

We are asking only the amount that we have invested in this property. All our years of labour are free! You can not buy land here or build anything like this anywhere near this price now (as prices go up and up in this area).

For anyone who has serious interest, please message me. And, pass it on.

Many thanks!

29/12/2017

MAHA SHIVARATRI RETREAT
4-Day Maha Shivaratri Retreat
Dates: Febrauary 10 - 14th, 2018
Contact: mountainsarantours@gmail.com
Maha Shivaratri calls for a night devoted to worship of Lord Shiva. This event happens to be on the 14th night of the new moon in the month of Phagun (using the Jyotish Calendar). According to popular belief, Lord Shiva is said to have performed the ‘Tandava Nritya’ on this night. Many other legends and beliefs have been associated with this day. Maha Shivaratri is a big day for the devotees of Lord Shiva (Arunachala).
Shiva’s Tandava Nritya is a vigorous dance that is the source of the cycle of creation, preservation and dissolution. Tandava depicts his violent nature as the destroyer of the universe. The cosmic dance of Shiva, called 'Anandatandava,' meaning, ‘the Dance of Bliss’ symbolizes the cosmic cycles of creation and destruction, as well as the daily rhythm of birth and death. The dance is a pictorial allegory of the five principle manifestations of eternal energy - creation, destruction, preservation, salvation, and illusion.
Lead by a local, knowledgable tour guide, visit many of the most spiritually powerful and respected temples, ashrams and natural landscapes in Tamil Nadu, South India. This tour will be held entirely in the Tiruvannamalai area, the home of the sacred mountain Arunachala. Arunachala is known since ancient times as the embodiment of Shiva. It is worshipped by many, and people of all cultures and traditions believe that much benefit can be given by spending some time near this sacred place. You will get the chance to explore much of the holy mountain, including sacred power caves (used for centuries by many Siddhas and Saints for deep meditation practice), the Inner Path that goes through the jungle, hugging close to the mountain. The auspicious Mahashivaratri night (February 13th), where the group will climb to the top of Arunachala and stay overnight, deepening their meditation practice on Shiva's holy night. Join with others to enjoy this once a year honoring of Shiva's powerful meditation practice.
Explore some of the powerful sacred sites in South India.
Meditate in sacred caves, used by enlightened masters and Siddhas for intense Sadhana practice.
Hike to the top of Arunachala, and feel the Silence and Peace of the holy mountain.
Walk the Inner Path of Arunachala, through jungle, in a quiet, peace-filled environment.
Visit the second largest temple in all of India, Arunachaleshwar temple, at the heart of Tiruvannamalai city.
Visit Sri Ramana Ashram, home to the great Sage Ramana Maharishi.
Visit other ashrams and temples during your stay with us in South India.

We offer South Indian Tours and Retreats at the sacred Arunachala mountain, in Tamil Nadu. Visit us for Day Tours and longer group tours and retreats.

23/12/2017

This is the space we have for multi-day yoga, meditation and healing tours and retreats in Tiruvannamalai...we are finishing up some work, almost ready!

08/12/2017

4-Day Maha Shivaratri Retreat
Dates: Febrauary 11 - 14th, 2018

Maha Shivaratri calls for a night devoted to worship of Lord Shiva. This event happens to be on the 14th night of the new moon in the month of Phagun (using the Jyotish Calendar). According to popular belief, Lord Shiva is said to have performed the ‘Tandava Nritya’ on this night. Many other legends and beliefs have been associated with this day. Maha Shivaratri is a big day for the devotees of Lord Shiva (Arunachala).

Shiva’s Tandava Nritya is a vigorous dance that is the source of the cycle of creation, preservation and dissolution. Tandava depicts his violent nature as the destroyer of the universe. The cosmic dance of Shiva, called 'Anandatandava,' meaning, ‘the Dance of Bliss’ symbolizes the cosmic cycles of creation and destruction, as well as the daily rhythm of birth and death. The dance is a pictorial allegory of the five principle manifestations of eternal energy - creation, destruction, preservation, salvation, and illusion.

Lead by a local, knowledgable tour guide, visit many of the most spiritually powerful and respected temples, ashrams and natural landscapes in Tamil Nadu, South India. This tour will be held entirely in the Tiruvannamalai area, the home of the sacred mountain Arunachala. Arunachala is known since ancient times as the embodiment of Shiva. It is worshipped by many, and people of all cultures and traditions believe that much benefit can be given by spending some time near this sacred place. You will get the chance to explore much of the holy mountain, including sacred power caves (used for centuries by many Siddhas and Saints for deep meditation practice), the Inner Path that goes through the jungle, hugging close to the mountain. The auspicious Mahashivaratri night (February 13th), where the group will climb to the top of Arunachala and stay overnight, deepening their meditation practice on Shiva's holy night. Join with others to enjoy this once a year honoring of Shiva's powerful meditation practice.

Explore some of the powerful sacred sites in South India.
Meditate in sacred caves, used by enlightened masters and Siddhas for intense Sadhana practice.
Hike to the top of Arunachala, and feel the Silence and Peace of the holy mountain.
Walk the Inner Path of Arunachala, through jungle, in a quiet, peace-filled environment.
Visit the second largest temple in all of India, Arunachaleshwar temple, at the heart of Tiruvannamalai city.
Visit Sri Ramana Ashram, home to the great Sage Ramana Maharishi.
Visit other ashrams and temples during your stay with us in South India.

4-Day Maha Shivaratri Retreat Dates: Febrauary 11 - 14th, 2018 Maha Shivaratri calls for a night devoted to worship of Lord Shiva. This event happens to be on the 14th night of the new moon in...

30/09/2017

Meditation and Yoga Hall at Arunadri Retreat Centre...We gave offerings to the Divine in the form of Saraswati yesterday (as it's the traditional puja day for Saraswati), thanking Her for all the blessings in our life - and appreciating the tools we use for our work. Thank you and many blessings to all!

05/09/2017

Gratitude...it does a mind good!

New research sheds light on the physiology of gratitude, bringing us closer to being able to understand and harness the health benefits of this powerful emotion.

14/07/2017

"Instead of viewing this as something in the future, own it now. Enlightenment is not something that occurs in the future, after 50 years of sitting cross–legged and saying “OM.” It is right here, in this instant. The reason you’re not experiencing this state of total peace and timelessness is because it is being resisted. It is being resisted because you are trying to control the moment. If you let go of trying to control your experience of the moment, and if you constantly surrender it like a tone of music, then you live on the crest of this exact always-ness... Let go trying to control what you think is about to occur. Then you live in an infinite space of non-time and non-event. There is an infinite peace beyond description. And you are home."

– “Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender” (2012) by David R. Hawkins

13/07/2017

7 - Day Meditation Retreat in Tiruvannamalai
Dates: December 9 - 15, 2017
Contact: mountainsarantours@gmail.com

Looking for a longer retreat from daily life? If you feel ready to get away from it all, and spend some quality time going inward, this may be the retreat for you.

This 7 - Day Meditation Retreat will include careful meditation instruction, helpful for beginners and also those wishing to return to a simpler mindset. Enjoy the beautiful countryside of Tiruvannamalai for this retreat, with a small group. There will be yoga asana guidance most mornings before breakfast, and meditation guidance in the mornings after breakfast. There will be plenty of time to meditate as a group, and personal time when needed. Included in this retreat are several guided tours of local Ashrams, Temples and Arunachala, the holy hill. Accommodation, 3-vegetarian meals, filtered water, tea and snacks, and travel for the duration of the retreat, as well as all tours and classes are included.

If you are looking for a refresher in your life, this could be just the experience you need.

~Morning yoga classes
~Meditation instruction that is easy to follow and practice.
~Guided tours of local sacred temples and ashrams
~In depth tours of sacred mountain Arunachala
~Vegetarian meals
~Stay in the quiet countryside of Tiruvannamalai in a comfortable cottage.
~Affordable price that can fit most budget-conscious people

www.mountainsarantours.com

We offer South Indian Tours and Retreats at the sacred Arunachala mountain, in Tamil Nadu. Visit us for Day Tours and longer group tours and retreats.

30/06/2017

Processing out Negative Feelings

"With loss, the spiritual process of nonresistance and surrendering is effective (however, it is not a suitable process for those emotional states that calibrate lower than 75, such as depression, guilt, and apathy). A spiritually-oriented person values all of life’s experiences and sees each one as an opportunity to evolve spiritually. The technique of processing out involves very simple steps that all depend on willingness and the capacity to surrender.
Stay with the feeling and stay focused on it unswervingly. Realize that all pain is due to resistance. The suffering of loss stems from the attachment and specialness.
Be willing to become immersed in and surrender to the feelings without avoiding them. Notice that they come in waves and that surrendering to the most intense waves tends to decrease their emotional severity.
Ask God’s help and surrender the personal will to God. (It is helpful to read the Ninety-first Psalm or other favorite spiritual passages.)
Be willing to endure and suffer out the process. If not resisted, it will process itself out and come to an end.
Although the suffering of loss is triggered by a specific event, the painful emotions of attachment have actually arisen from multiple sources over time, and there may be more of it below the surface than was first suspected. Thus, each loss actually represents all loss, for the experience is of loss itself and not just the specific event that brought it up to awareness.
A helpful source of strength during the processing out of painful emotions is to identify with all of humanity and realize that suffering is universal and innate to the phenomenon of being human and the evolution of the ego."

~Dr. David R. Hawkins, From: “Transcending the Levels of Consciousness: The Stairway to Enlightenment” (2006), Chapter 4: Grief, pp. 97–99

Processing out Negative Feelings

"With loss, the spiritual process of nonresistance and surrendering is effective (however, it is not a suitable process for those emotional states that calibrate lower than 75, such as depression, guilt, and apathy). A spiritually-oriented person values all of life’s experiences and sees each one as an opportunity to evolve spiritually. The technique of processing out involves very simple steps that all depend on willingness and the capacity to surrender.
Stay with the feeling and stay focused on it unswervingly. Realize that all pain is due to resistance. The suffering of loss stems from the attachment and specialness.
Be willing to become immersed in and surrender to the feelings without avoiding them. Notice that they come in waves and that surrendering to the most intense waves tends to decrease their emotional severity.
Ask God’s help and surrender the personal will to God. (It is helpful to read the Ninety-first Psalm or other favorite spiritual passages.)
Be willing to endure and suffer out the process. If not resisted, it will process itself out and come to an end.
Although the suffering of loss is triggered by a specific event, the painful emotions of attachment have actually arisen from multiple sources over time, and there may be more of it below the surface than was first suspected. Thus, each loss actually represents all loss, for the experience is of loss itself and not just the specific event that brought it up to awareness.
A helpful source of strength during the processing out of painful emotions is to identify with all of humanity and realize that suffering is universal and innate to the phenomenon of being human and the evolution of the ego."

~Dr. David R. Hawkins, From: “Transcending the Levels of Consciousness: The Stairway to Enlightenment” (2006), Chapter 4: Grief, pp. 97–99

17/06/2017

Deepam festival

15/06/2017

"One can fall into the temptation of feeling sorry for oneself, or angry, or worried. The secret attraction of all these options is that they offer an inner payoff or a secret satisfaction, which is the source of the attraction of the mind’s thoughts.
If these payoffs are refused, it will be discovered that, at all times, behind the thought screen, there is a silent, invisible, thought-free space of joy. This is an option that is always available, but to be experienced, it has to be chosen above all other tempting options. The source of joy is always present, always available, and not dependent on circumstances. There are only two obstacles: (1) the ignorance that it is always available and present, and (2) valuing something other than peace and joy above that peace and joy because of the secret pleasure of the payoff.
The experience of the presence of God is available and within at all times, but awaits choice. That choice is made only by surrendering everything other than peace and love to God. In return, the divinity of the Self reveals Itself as ever present but not experienced because it has been ignored or forgotten, or one has chosen otherwise."

Dr. David Hawkins

"One can fall into the temptation of feeling sorry for oneself, or angry, or worried. The secret attraction of all these options is that they offer an inner payoff or a secret satisfaction, which is the source of the attraction of the mind’s thoughts.
If these payoffs are refused, it will be discovered that, at all times, behind the thought screen, there is a silent, invisible, thought-free space of joy. This is an option that is always available, but to be experienced, it has to be chosen above all other tempting options. The source of joy is always present, always available, and not dependent on circumstances. There are only two obstacles: (1) the ignorance that it is always available and present, and (2) valuing something other than peace and joy above that peace and joy because of the secret pleasure of the payoff.
The experience of the presence of God is available and within at all times, but awaits choice. That choice is made only by surrendering everything other than peace and love to God. In return, the divinity of the Self reveals Itself as ever present but not experienced because it has been ignored or forgotten, or one has chosen otherwise."

~Dr. David Hawkins