Meditation Experience of a Lifetime

I'd say, do your homework. Read the Karma Yoga website page attentively and ask questions. This program is an intensive learning and skill development experience, and not one of leisure in the field (although there is a magnificent land with time to integrate all the incredible teachings on it)!

Make sure you are wanting this kind of immersive experience and are ready to transform who you think you are. You need to know you want spiritual transformation and evolution. You need to know this transformation will happen if you put your heart into it and really seek the truth.

A day in the Karma Yoga Program starts around 6 - 6:30 am with a group meditation for around 50 mins. After that, there is a communal breakfast where everyone helps to prepare and clean up.

Once brekkie is over, there is usually a group connection where a Karma Yoga contemplation is proposed to guide the day. Teachers onsite are guides to support the discussion. Some specific tasks/projects are assigned to you for the day like cooking, working on the field, cleaning, preparing for retreats, etc. Lunch and dinner are also in the community, lots of time to exchange about self-awareness, mindfulness, new insights, astrology, Dharma, etc. There can be a sit in the evening too.

Some fun nights are in the schedule and you usually have one day off / week.

I was freaking out to the idea of traveling alone. I reached a point where I knew I would stay in a cage unless I met this fear, so that's what I did. Going into a meditation center to study and live with a community, I was also afraid to lose «myself» and be obliged to deal with people that I don't like and be stuck. All that happened and it became the best and most transformative experience of my life. Can't recommend it enough :)

Meet your fear. This is the only way you'll realize it's not true and it just holds you back from your true potential and life meaning.

Freedom.

The realization of mine and others' true potential that is far beyond our imagination. The power of meditation and conscious community is just unrealized unless you really get your teeth into it and taste through real experience.

One of our return students left to be an entrepreneurial catering business. Now he is a resident at Clear Sky, running a catering business and creating food products from the food forest at Clear Sky. He shared with me how he has never been around such bright, clear and wise people. He loves to contact and study with the co-founders, trainers and onsite community. He moved his life to the centre where he grows himself, business and Clear Sky. Clear Sky's kitchen and farm have never done better. Win-win!

I would choose the Mindfulness and Beyond Program. It is like a deep 3 month retreat. The power of this length of time is that you can integrate the learnings very deeply into your life. Science tells us that it takes 30 days or more to re-wire unconscious or no longer useful habits. When you are in an environment geared specifically for depth work like this, you can co-create habits that you want. It's a life changer giving you life-skills for your career, relationship and long-term happiness.

Clear Sky is a modern day monastery. In years past, this required devoting your life to solitude. In today's world we can do this with internet, high integrity and world class teaching. Activities at Clear Sky incorporate how to bring deep care and attention into our study, meditation and daily activities- together; in the kitchen, on the farm, online and during play time too. I've never experienced anything like it anywhere else.

The desire to grow, paired with a willingness to listen and look deeply at challenges, is what I think is the key to our success. Many people today feel lonely and crave community. When we come together with shared motivations and goals, this gives us fuel and wisdom to make changes as individuals and as a team. It allows us to change and ride on the momentum of each others energy, making it easier together. It also makes learning way more fun and interesting! That alone is cause to celebrate.