“El Silencio” Sivananda Sadhana Kutir, San Carlos-Uruguay

This is a week where the focus will be the practice of Karma Yoga or selfless service. What follows are some words of Sri Swami Sivananda, definning what is Karma Yoga.

"Karma Yoga is consecration of all actions and their fruits unto the Lord. Karma Yoga is performance of actions dwelling in union with the Divine, removing attachment and remaining balanced ever in success and failure.

Karma Yoga is selfless service unto humanity. Karma Yoga is the Yoga of action which purifies the heart and prepares the Antahkarana (the heart and the mind) for the reception of Divine Light or attainment of Knowledge of the Self. The important point is that you will have to serve humanity without any attachment or egoism."

Activities to do:
The place has to be prepared for the upcoming sadhana retreat, so deep cleaning of the dorms and cabins, painting, gardening and general maintenance has to be perform.

There would be a daily early morning group meditation followed by personal practice of asanas and pranayama and after brunch we will focus on different works.

Requisites
This week of Karma Yoga is open to everyone who wants to have an experience of selfless service in the company of other people doing the same. Great opportunity to open the heart and purify the mind.

Daily Schedule

The retreat is still small and there is a limited capacity. Only small groups will be taken.

Register in advance!!!

Fees :

This Karma Yoga Week will have no cost, but any donation will be welcome according to your possibility.

• Transportation is NOT included (to and from the place)

Your donation is the way for us to maintain the place and keep expanding it to allow more people to benefit, thank you very much!

To register

Contact us at info@yoga-elsilencio.com and information about how to reach the place according to where you are coming from will be sent.

Accommodation
There will be some beds available within the main house or cabins, but we will appreciate if you can bring your own tent so we can take this opportunity to deeply clean the rooms and have them ready for the next retreat.

We have a couple of tents available, only for those who request them first. If you don’t want to travel with your own tent, let us know immediately to reserve one for you if they are still available.

Rules and regulations
El Silencio is not a hotel or hostel . It is a family house where we follow the ancient and traditional "Gurukula" system, where the students live for a while with the teacher, like a family. That´s why we don´t have a housekeeping service. Each person should take care of cleanning his/her own space and we will share the cleaning of common areas like toilettes, kitchen, class room , etc. During the course and stay at "El Silencio" , we ask you to observe the following rules, to help maintaining a Sattvic atmosphere in the place and mind:

* Do not smoke, drink alcohol, or take any drugs, meat or fish
* Very important: It is mandatory (unless there is an emergency) to keep complete silence between 22:00hr and 06:00hr. No talking, chatting or listening to music during this time, to respect all the people that is already in bed
* Observe ahimsa or non-violence towards anybody in body, action, speech and thought
* Do not hunt, kill or harm any animal
* Do not pollute the place by leaving garbage of any sort
* Respect and keep silence as much as possible, avoid shouting, screaming or loud music
* Please participate in the practices as much according to your physical capacity and follow the instructions of the teachers explicitly only
* Do not light any fire, incense nor candles in the whole property including tents or bedrooms
Only authorized staff will be in charge of incense and other fire related items.

What to bring
• Yoga mat
• If you are going to stay in a tent, please bring your own sleeping bag or blankets
• Boots. If you like to walk in the wild nature it is useful to wear boots to prevent thorns and mud especially if it rains
• Toiletries items
• Flashlight
• Bathing suit (there is a river in the property)
•Proper clothing: During this time of the year the weather is usually warm and very pleasant, but nevertheless it can be cool sometimes in the early mornings or evenings, so make sure you have some warm cloths for those times. Also bring some working cloths, we have some extra especially for activities like painting.

How to reach the place
We are 21km away from San Carlos city, Maldonado state, 40km from Punta del Este city and around 160km from Montevideo, capital of Uruguay.

If you are flying to Uruguay:

• Arrive at Carrasco international airport (MVD) and from there take a bus to San Carlos (2 hours long). From San Carlos there are buses that will leave you 1km away from "El Silencio", we will be there waiting to pick you up, if you let us know in advance. You can also come from San Carlos by taxi. After you register for the course we will send you a map and bus schedule to see which one fits better your conexions.

Register in advance!!!