This unique course provides a rare opportunity to explore and deepen meditation practice based on two ancient and well established traditions: Yoga and Buddhism.
We will practise and reflect on a wide range of areas including:

• Insight into the function of the mind
• Transformation of heart and mind
• Stillness and relaxation
• Sound and silence
• Reflection and inquiry
• Spaciousness and emptiness
• The mystery of the ‘I’, me and mine
• Wisdom and compassion
• Philosophy and theory of meditation.

The course is oriented toward direct personal experience to allow insight and transformation. Study of key texts will provide a theoretical context to support this process.

The tutors:

• Swami Nishchalananda Saraswati: is the Director of Mandala Yoga Ashram which he founded in 1986. He spent 14 years in India under the guidance of Swami Satyananda Saraswati. He taught Yoga throughout the subcontinent and in 1985 returned to Europe. Since then he has been teaching Yoga throughout Europe and in India.
• Michal Cohen: has studied and practised Buddhist philosophy and meditation for 15 years and has been teaching since 2000. She has spent extended periods in solitude and silent contemplation in different meditation centres and monasteries. Michal is presently living in Mandala Yoga Ashram and teaching in Asia and Europe.

Dates:
There will be a total of 34 days of class tuition starting with an 8 day seminar in September 2008, followed by 7 weekends and culminating in a 12 day summer seminar in July 2009. All programmes are residential.

Fee: £2,300
This covers all tuition and full board at the Ashram for all the weekend and summer seminars. Reduced fees are available for early payment, students and those on low income.

For further information and registration, please contact:
Mandala Yoga Ashram, Pantypistyll, Llansadwrn, Llanwrda, Carmarthenshire, Wales, U.K. SA19 8NR.
Telephone and fax: 44-1158-685170 or