Recently I attended the Advanced Meditation Program (Part 2) in Art of Living Bangalore Ashram. Just thought of sharing my experience here.
This is the 4th time I am attending this program. Every time I attend the program the experience is mind blowing.
Reached the Ashram one day before and made myself comfortable. Gurudev makes it special every time I attend the program. This time, since he was away, came in Skype and gave us knowledge live.
On Thursday morning the program started of with Yoga, Pranayama and Kriya session with Chicago.
Later that day we had deep meditation sessions with Dr. Nisha Manikantan. Had a nice food and stay in the ashram.
On the same day, during satsang Kashi Ji performed the Guru Pooja and gave us knowledge on the 9 obstacles in the path of yoga. Encouraged us to read the book "Commentaries by Sri Sri on Patanjali Yoga Sutras".
http://www.artofliving.org/yoga/patanjali-yogasutra/knowledge-sheet-25
On Friday, we had a nice darshan of Gurudev with Devi Pooja. Followed by deep meditation sessions with Dr Nisha Manikantan.
During satsang, people from Chhattisgarh performed various traditional dance performances. It's good to watch the cultural diversity of India from Bangalore.
On Saturday, there were some business delegates to the Ashram. Before lunch, Gurudev himself took a meditation session for all of us.
On Sunday, after the program got over. Gurudev gave darshan to all the course partipants.
To top it all, Rudra Pooja with Gurudev on Monday was an excellent experience.
Two of my room mates were attending the Part 2 program for the first time in the ashram. Throughout the course, I was guiding them to various places in the ashram. It was a nice experience helping someone new to the ashram.
Travel to the Ashram, Stay, Food, Morning yoga sessions, deep meditation sessions, silence, seva at various places in the ashram, Knowledge session with Kashi Ji, Traditional performance from Chhattisgarh, Gurudev's presence on all the days, Devi pooja and Rudra pooja with Gurudev. What an experience. Don't ever miss it.
http://www.artofliving.org/in-en/art-silence-art-living-part-2-course
