The 17-Day Hridaya Silent Meditation Retreat is a unique opportunity to spend a longer period in silent Self-Enquiry, diving deeper into the teachings of the Spiritual Heart while being held in a supportive group atmosphere. Led by senior Hridaya Yoga teachers Sahajananda and Claudiu Vaduva and presented in Longeval only once per year, this retreat will bring your practice to a new, more profound level. It creates the conditions in which you can experience penetrating insights into Awareness, Compassion, Beauty, Love, Bliss, and Freedom.

The retreat begins with participation in a 10-Day Hridaya Silent Meditation Retreat. As it progresses, the meditation sessions become longer, the energy builds, the mind starts to quiet, and the ever-present background of Stillness begins to reveal itself.

The final 7 days of the retreat bring even more gifts, including special teachings and practices that are only shared in this format.

To participate, all you need is the aspiration to spend 17 days in silent communion with your inner self. This extended period of practice offers revitalization, inspiration, and lasting spiritual transformation.

No previous meditation or yoga experience is necessary. 

This retreat is presented in English.

In addition to the content of the initial 10-Day Hridaya Silent Meditation Retreat, this retreat features:

• Tonglen, a Buddhist practice of compassion
• Presentations about Advaita and Christianity: the wisdom of Jesus considered from the non-dual perspective
• Walking meditation
• St. Teresa of Avila’s inspiring teachings on the degrees of contemplation
• More commentary about mental void, Stillness, and nirodha parinama (“the transformation of cessation”)
• Stories and narratives that detail the enlightenment of great masters: insight from inside the process
• The 3-2-1-0 Method
• Beauty as a means and Reality
• Selected practices from the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra, a sacred text of Kashmir Shaivism

Morning Sessions

Afternoon Sessions