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Equine Inspired Mindfulness Retreat
Horses mirror our inner state and offer a perfect compass to us to understand the dynamics of our behaviours including its patterns. The pandemic has thrown up some incredible challenges ever known in contemporary history. For people who are committed to their inner wellbeing, this unique experience would definitely be transformative and elevating. You will enjoy best-in-category instruction, company of Andalusian horses, sumptuous meals, sightseeing of Auroville and Pondicherry, and stay at a tasteful cottage nestled in nature.
12-15th March'22 Pondicherry

past retreats
The focus of this retreat was yantra making (Kanakdhara) in a meditative manner to invoke spiritual and material abundance. Goddess Lakshmi has a golden form known as Kanakadhara. Goddess of overflowing abundance, generosity, and compassion, Sri Kanakadhara’s name literally means “stream” (dhārā) of “gold” (kanaka).
This retreat was a nourishing and joyful exploration of art as meditation, art as a way to see reality more vividly and as a joyful expression of ones’ own innermost wisdom. It offered classes in Thangka, Yantra making, Sumi-E painting, Kolam and an introduction to Sanskrit. The venue was a beautifully restored 17th Century Rajasthani haveli within the buffer zone of the Sariska Tiger Sanctuary.
All art forms in India spring from the spirit of devotion, searching for the many ways to meet with the Divine, which gave rise to many imagery, stories, symbols, songs and names. In Tibetan Buddhist tradition, this art form of picturing awaken beings is a way of meditation and of finding ones own true nature. The Thangka retreat in Dharamshala was a beautiful three week experience of how art is created in Tibet.
![]() The Mystic Art Retreat | ![]() Thangka | ![]() Threads of Culture |
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![]() Gateway to Ganesha | ![]() Kanakadhara | ![]() Planet Medicine |
![]() Planet Medicine II | ![]() Chakra Mandala I | ![]() Chakra Mandala II |
![]() Chakra Mandala III | ![]() Lakshmi Yantra | ![]() Durga Yantra I |
![]() Durga Yantra II | ![]() Tripura Sundari Yantra | ![]() Shani Yantra |
![]() Bhairavi Yantra | ![]() Bhuvaneshvari Yantra | ![]() Krishna Yantra |
![]() Gayatri Yantra | ![]() Saraswati Mandala I | ![]() Saraswati Mandala II |

"I truly enjoyed my experience at this Retreat and thank you for making it all possible. It has been said one never steps in the same river twice, having made this crossing, I’ve come away with so much that will resonate for a very long time."