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ABOUT
THE STONE DOOR YOGA RETREAT
Our Mission | Our
Philosophy | Our Teachers
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Door Yoga Retreat is nestled in the picturesque historic
district of Beersheba Springs about a mile from the
scenic Stone
Door entrance to the Savage Gulf Wilderness. Here amidst
the silence and clean air of “the mountain” we
find the perfect place to practice yoga. Classes are conducted
in an historic |
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(circa
1860) log house or outside on one of the cedar decks. The
center has a library with more than a thousand volumes
relating to yoga, ayurveda, and vedanta making in
an ideal place for research or advanced study.Our teachers
are professionally certified , from a long lineage of yoga
masters , and are full time yoga practitioners. |
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OUR MISSION
The Stone Door Yoga Retreat holds classes
and hosts high quality low cost retreats each weekend to:
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- Promote awareness of the
benefits of yoga as a universal science (non- sectarian)
of self development for body, mind, and spirit
- Provide a supportive environment
for serious aspirants of all levels to meet, practice and
study the ancient science of yoga and related disciplines.
- Encourage yoga teachers to
advance their practice and understanding of yoga techniques
and philosophy.
- Practice meditation as an
integral part of yoga sadhana.
- Connect asana practice with
the deeper aspects of yoga.
- Find inner peace.
- Preserve the integrity of
yoga, meditation and related vedic sciences as the oldest,
most complete, integrated, and synergetic system of holistic
health.
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OUR
PHILOSOPHY
"Yoga is for all. Yoga is universal.
It is not a sectarian affair. It is a way to God and not
a creed. The practice of Yoga is not opposed to any religion
or any sacred Church. It is purely spiritual and |
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universal.
It does not contradict anyone's sincere faith. Yoga is not
a religion, but an aid to the practice of the basic spiritual
truths in all religions. Yoga can be practiced by a Christian
or a Buddhist, a Parsee, a Muslim, a Sufi or
an atheist. To be a Yogi means to abide continuously in God
and to live at peace with men. Yoga is union with God. Yoga
is union with all. God dwells in all."
-Yoga
is Universal, by Swami
Sivananda
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OUR TEACHERS
Dattatreya (Michael
Poulos), Yoga Acharya, BM, MM, Sivananda Affiliate Teacher,
RYT 500, has been practicing yoga since 1965, became
a certified yoga teacher in 1983, and yoga acharya (master)
in1984. Dattatreya has taught yoga to thousands of people
of all ages and levels in India, Europe, Canada, Bahamas, |
and
USA. He is a senior disciple of Swami Vishnudevananda
and holds a certificate in Ayurveda from the American
Institute of Vedic Studies.
Initially
Dattatreya studied Zen Buddhism with a student of D.T.
Suzuki, various styles of yoga (Iyengar for more than
10 years), and at the Tibet Center in New York City.
In addition to teacher training, advanced teacher training
and other intensive yoga courses; he underwent many
years of rigorous training living and working with
his guru (Swami Vishnudevananda) in accordance with
the ancient guru-kula system. He founded the Stone
Door Yoga Retreat in 2002 in order to provide a place
for all to study and practice the ancient science of
yoga.
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| Rhonda
Johnson (Sita Lakshmi), BSN, CRNA, assistant director
of Stone Door Yoga Retreat, holds teacher certification
from Om Yoga, in New York City, and International Sivananda
Yoga Vedanta Centers. Sita Lakshmi began practicing yoga
in 1974, and practiced Buddhism for 8 years. She has studied
Power Yoga with Bryan Kest , Ashtanga Yoga with Doug Swenson, and Iyengar
based Vinyasa Yoga with Cyndi Lee. |
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She taught Power Yoga
in Memphis, TN and Tupelo, MS before undertaking advanced
studies at the Stone Door Yoga Retreat, where she now resides,
practices and teaches classes and workshops.
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The SDYR, is affiliated
with the Sivananda
Yoga Vedanta Centers, a non-profit, worldwide network of
ashrams and centers founded by Swami Vishnudevanada to
spread the teachings of yoga. Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers
have Ashrams in Val Morin, Canada; Woodbourne, NY; Grass Valley,
CA; Paradise Island, Bahamas; Neyar Dam, India, and Netala, India,
and centers in India, South America, and most major cities in
Europe and North America. They have affiliated teachers
worldwide. Dattatreya and Sita Lakshmi are affiliated teachers
with Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers, and are disciples of Swami
Vishnudevananda.
Email: yoga@yogadoor.com |
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