Community Registration: The Five Stages of the Heart

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“The heart’s natural love (shraddha) is the principal requisite to attain a holy life.”

~ Sri Yukteswar

We invite you to this special extended retreat, Thursday through Sunday, allowing for a deeper immersion into how to cultivate the heavenly gift of love innate in every heart. To many, meditation is a practice of the mind. But the spiritual heart is vital in meditation. The retreat will focus on Sri Yukteswar’s teachings about the five stages of the heart, the removal of the eight meannesses of the heart, and the ultimate goal of the “magnanimous heart”, as well as Paramahansa Yogananda’s teachings on the development of devotion, intuition and divine love.

 “Heart’s lotus will blossom forth, darkness will steal away!”

~ From Cosmic Chants

Led by Naren K. Schreiner and Lopamudra Bose, the retreat will give opportunities to explore the illuminating and practical teachings of great Gurus, enjoy devotional chanting, and most importantly meditate deeply and heartfully with a group of sincere and committed souls. Experience Nature’s temple and meaningful personal reflection. Receive the grace flowing from the Divine with the gathered devotees on this sacred land that has been a spiritual sanctuary for over 50 years.

This Meditation Retreat is part of an annual three-part series. Guests are welcome to join for one or all three in 2026, taking place in March, July and November. Each Meditation Retreat is suitable for beginners and long-time meditators alike, and will focus on a specific theme to help participants deepen their practice in a new way. 

What to Bring for Retreat:

• Journal and/or notebook
• Meditation shawl and meditation cushion
• Write down any questions or doubts you have about your meditation practice
• Bring inspirational quotes or passages about meditation and devotion that you might share with the group

Registration Details:

• Meals: If you wish to join for meals, that option is available during registration. If you need a reduced cost for meals to make attending possible, please reach out and we can arrange that!
• Retreat Fee: The Retreat and Naren are working together to make it possible for those who are here helping to build and grow SOM to participate in these retreats. There is no cost for joining the program! We don’t want cost to be a limiting factor, and want it to be as easy as possible to join. For logistical purposes, we do need folks to register through this page, which requires no payment (unless you add meals.)

Hearts Aflame Retreat Schedule

Please pick up a schedule during check-in at the Mainhouse. Times may vary slightly.

THURSDAY, JULY 16
2:00 to 4:00 PM – Check in
5:00 PM – Dinner
7:00 PM – Welcome and Talk on “The Five Stages of the Heart”
8:00 PM – Guided Meditation and Chanting

FRIDAY, JULY 17
8:30 to 9:45 AM – Guided Meditation and Chanting
10:00 AM – Brunch
11:30 AM – “Removing The Eight Meannesses of the Heart”
1:00 PM – Snack available in Mainhouse
2:00 PM – Golden Lotus Hatha Yoga, Domes (90 min.)
3:30 PM – Personal time, journal, walk in Nature
5:00 PM – Dinner
6:30 to 7:45 PM – “The Magnanimous Heart”
8:00 to 9:30 PM – Guided Meditation and Chanting

SATURDAY, JULY 18
8:30 to 9:45 AM – Guided Meditation and Chanting
10:00 AM – Brunch
11:30 AM – “Yogic Practices to Strengthen Love”
1:00 PM – Snack available in Mainhouse
2:00 PM – Golden Lotus Hatha Yoga, Domes (90 min.)
3:30 PM – Personal time, journal, walk in Nature
5:00 PM – Dinner
6:30 to 7:45 PM – “Anahata: The Heart Chakra”
8:00 to 9:30 PM – Guided Meditation and Chanting

SUNDAY, JULY 19
8:30 AM – Guided Meditation and Chanting
9:45 AM – Closing
10:00 AM – Light breakfast snacks available in Mainhouse
11:00 AM – Song of the Morning Sunday Service
1:00 PM – Sunday Community Dinner

Click the button on this page to register.