Drop in classes program

We welcome you to join us any day of the week. Further information is available in the “Retreat program” with specific programs for each day and planet.

The retreat is deliberately designed so that you can attend 3–4 days in one retreat, and end up the rest of the missing days during the next retreat.

Sunday Sun:

Light, Soul, Consciousness and Ego.

Sunday is the day devoted to the Sun and the sign of the Lion. The sun is the source of all light and represents the soul because the soul represents the light. What is light, anyway? Light is that which illumines all that you see. The soul places light in the world so that you experience life. The soul is consciousness, the consciousness is light. Your soul, your consciousness, is the lotus from which you shine your light to the world to see it, and you see it with your own eyes. Consciousness is the chest of your identity, it is your perspective on the world, a unique viewpoint of existence etc…

Monday Moon:

Mind, opinions, desire and emotions.

Moon is a Vata and Kapha dosha planet with a Sattvic character, it reflects Sun’s light as a specific point or viewpoint; Symbolizing subjective consciousness.
There are two characteristics of subjectivity: the first is that it changes and fluctuates, and the second is that it’s subjective.
The Moon is the astrological entity in charge of thought processes. The Moon, commonly known as Chandra, is the most significant planet because of its continuous movement, allowing the mind to continuously change shape. Regardless of whether it is full or new, waxing or waning, or in a quarter (Krishna and Amavasya), the woman’s menstrual periods are intimately associated with the lunar cycle etc…

Tuesday Mars

Energy passion ambition

Mars describes our strength, and thus it shows our ability to deal with competitors. Mars wants to conquer, dominate, master forces, and control resources and properties. Eagerness, enterprise, ferocity, defiance, dedication, discipline, battle powers, weapons, power, might, self-importance, thievery, treachery, lust, libido, unrest, and the desire to enjoy people and things that belong to others, the willingness to harm others, and the desire to disturb the peace—Mars propels the energy for the mind, the emotions, and the body. The core symbol of Mars is Prana, and the energy fuel of a human being is passion and/or ambition etc…

Wednesday Mercury:

Intellect, discrimination, communication and languages.

If Moon is the mind Mercury is the intellect, the Buddhi, the reason, it is not the thoughts but the ideas.
Ideas can be too many or too few (Gemini zodiac sign), can be highly discriminative and/or analytical.
Gemini and Virgo are assigned to Mercury, the planet of communication. In Vedic astrology, Virgo rules over Dinacharya, the daily routine that Ayurveda gives so much importance. etc…

Thursday Jupiter:

Good luck, optimism and growth.

Jupiter rules the zodiac sign of Sagittarius and of Pieces. Representing wisdom and higher knowledge (Sagittarius related to the 9th house) and the oceans of immortality (Pieces related to the 12 house of Moksha).
As the snow is a white blanket, a straightforward metaphor for “luck” may be a person walking down the street with their head up, dazed by phantasmagoria. On the other hand, take a person who is hunched over, reviewing events from the past, and reflecting on them. Neither the past is bad nor the future is good, the key word for luck is “Presence”. Being present, walking firmly yet loosely, looking forward, and being attentive like a snake while noticing life’s signals seem to be methods for bringing luck and optimism into your life. By being focused, you’ll be more suited to grasp the chances and unexpected opportunities that life presents, ect..

Friday Venus:

Beauty, love and receptivity.

Keywords for Venus is femininity,
Two zodiac sign are assigned to Venus, Taurus, which represent both the strongbox of your bank account and your material assets. Taurus is the original sign given to the second House of the Vedic chart, it will show your face, the family you were born, and your speech. The other sign that belongs to Venus is the Libra, the balance of relationships, the Shiva-Shakti of the 7 house in the Vedic chart, Libra represents marriages, married life, spouse, husband or wife and business partnerships as well.
Beauty involves two things: an object and a sense to perceive it. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, beauty it is not only in the object, but it is in the person perceiving the object. Beauty is in the sense and in the sense object. The sense objects (colors, sounds, scents, flavors, shapes), etc…

Saturday Saturn:

Negativity, time, obstacles and death.

Saturn’s symbolism is precisely the opposite of Jupiter’s symbolism, it is all about negativity.
Negativity is a symbolic root with three trunks growing from it to produce the symbolic tree of Saturn. Negativity refers to restriction (holding things down), pessimism, and bad luck.
Bad luck involves scarcity, poverty, a sense of stinginess, of not having enough luck.
Pessimism is complex and signifies criticism, it basically means rejection; I dislike this, I do not want that, it also incarnates the feeling of being rejected, such as a feeling of alienation or loneliness. Both alienation and loneliness can lead to abnormalities, perversion and strangeness, etc…

Rahu and Ketu:

(no specific days for them)

Chaos, transformation, amplification and liberation.

Rahu and Ketu are one planet with two projections that have the dragon head and the dragon tails, or the north and south nodes of the Moon. They are two parts of the same entity. In Vedic mythology, there are two parts of the same entity; one entity was cut in half and thrown into two different parts of the sky. So, Rahu and Ketu symbolize the same thing, but in opposite directions. They represent the same subject, but each has a contrasting flavor.

Rahu and Ketu are planets because they create eclipses and move like planets and follow the gradual movement of the Sun and Moon. If you think about what eclipses are and what they are alike, you understand what Rahu and Ketu are. An eclipse is a sudden dramatic change; it’s daytime, and all of a sudden, it’s nighttime, and back to daylight again in half an hour! An unexpected, scary, shocking change, full Moon is in the sky and suddenly turns red, black, and it’s back! Etc…

Additional info:
Module 1 retreat in Italy will start on Friday, October 6, in the afternoon with the group meeting, and will end on Sunday, October 15, at noon.
On the 13th day/night, Rahu and Ketu will be studied during the Solar Eclipse.