This three-day vacation will help you explore voluntary simplicity as a means of living a more fulfilling and self-sufficient life. We will discuss the reasons people are not content with life in the fast lane and the rewards of voluntary simplicity. We will also look at the practical aspects of simple living: living within your means, growing more of your own food, using less energy and practices that can lead to a more sustainable and self-sufficient life style. The seminar will be held over the fourth of July weekend.
Over night accommodations are available. For local residents, a reduced day rate of 35 USD per day is available and participants can sign up for one, two or three days.
Additional instructors for this course will be:
Ken Henry. Ken is a certified Permaculture designer and currently works in the Reno area designing and implementing sustainable landscapes. He will focus on wise water use design.
Jen Henry. Jen is a certified Permaculture designer and herbalist. She specializes in creating landscapes that are edible, useful and attractive.
Betsy Lemons. Betsy is a certified Permaculture designer and master gardener. She operates her own landscaping and gardening business.
Keith Crabtree. Keith is a certified Permaculture designer, farm and ranch consultant and soil specialist.
Larry Fisher. Larry has his master's degree in international agriculture. But his real passion is reusing and reconfiguring materials that would otherwise go to the landfill. He will share some of his creative ideas to make useful items out of other people's junk.
Simple Living Program Tentative Schedule - July 4 weekend
Friday, 7/2
4pm Yoga Class
6pm Dinner
7pm Orientation Tour
8pm Satsang with Sarada on "Wanting what you Have"
Saturday - 7/3
12:00 - 1:00 Introductions and expectations, discussion of Yoga Farm and program schedule
1:00-1:55 Arriving at a working definition of "simple living"
What is simple living and why do we want it?
Reference: Bliss Divine by Swami Sivananda
1:55-2:10 Break
2:10-3:30 Energy conservation-and options for personal energy production as an aspect of living simply
3:30-7:00 Asana class and dinner
8:00-10:00 Evening Satsang: Distinguishing between what we need and what we want. Reference:How to want what you have by Timothy Miller
Sunday - 7/4
6:00-8:00 Morning Satsang
8:00-10:00 Aquiring and preparing food- How to establish a food buying club, low energy food preparation including solar ovens, hay boxes, pressure cookers, avoiding prepared foods, using simple, basic ingredients , Yoga diet is a whole food based simple diet. (Participants in the class will help cook a few dishes for brunch and dinner this day so they get a chance to use a solar oven, hay box, and pressure cooker.)
10-12:00 Karma yoga and brunch
12:30-3:30 A Permaculture approach to growing your own food- the garden and orchard. [including sheet mulching, organic fertilizing and pest control, soils, water conservation tanks, swales, intelligent irrigation, gray water systems, plants and plant selection, how animals fit in, - etc.
4:00-7:00 Asana class and dinner
8:00-10:00 Evening Satsang: Money as a tool to achieve a simple life style. Reference:Your Money or Your Lifeby Vicky Robin; Bliss Divine by Swami Sivananda
Monday - 7/5
6:00-8:00 Morning satsang
8:00-10:00 A Permaculture approach, continued, Permaculture design approaches appropriate for urban and suburban areas
10:00-12:00 Brunch and karma yoga
12:30-2:00 Reuse and reconfigure before you recycle - how to save money and the environment
2:00-2:30 Review and wrap-up
The cost of 2 nights accommodations (see below) plus $15 per day of the course.
There are no prerequisites
None. Please see Meditation Course and Yoga Teacher's Training Course for Certification
The course will begin at 7pm on Friday, July 2nd with orientation, and will end at 3pm on Monday, July 5th.
Please plan to arrive at the Yoga Farm at least one day before the start of the course and to leave at least one day after the course completion.
We recommend that you spend at least a few days at the Yoga Farm before the start of your course. This allows your body and mind to rest, re-energize and be nourished by the ashram environment. You can then bring your study feeling relaxed and refreshed. You may also wish to stay for some days after the end of the course to allow the learning from your study to integrate more fully into your consciousness within the supportive environment of the ashram. If you decide to arrive early and stay longer, please register for the Yoga Vacation Program for those additional days. Please see the calendar of events for guest programs on offer around the time of your visit.
Textbooks:
How to want what you have by Timothy Miller
Your Money or Your Lifeby Vicky Robin
Bliss Divine by Swami Sivananda
Other: slip on shoes, loose comfortable clothing, writing materials, meditation shawl or blanket, yoga mat, flashlight.
Some books and materials are available in our boutique.
To reserve a place for this course, please register online or email yogafarmregistration@sivananda.org. Then please call to give us your credit card deposit and confirm your reservation.
A deposit paying for your first night's stay is required for your reservation. Please note that in case of cancellation, no refund will be given. A credit note for other programs at the Yoga Farm (valid for one year) will be given.
TTC graduates 10%
Seniors (60+) 10%
Accommodation options for the 3 night stay, per person:
Tent - $150
Dorm (4 person) - $195
Cabin (2 person) - $255
Cabin (1 person) - $420
Deluxe Cabin (2 person) - $360
Deluxe Cabin (1 person) - $585
