A PERSONAL TESTIMONIAL OF DALLAS TX SPIRITUAL RETREAT

SriVidya K., one of the participants of the unique annually held Dallas TX Spiritual Retreat hosted by the Radha Krishna Temple and JKYog, delightedly shares her experience and observations about this special family event.

This year’s labor day Dallas TX Spiritual Retreat served as a healing, nurturing weekend for devotees wherein they experienced deep connection to the self, expansion of awareness, deep rooted bhakti and received tools to empower themselves, and connect to their inner spiritual core through teachings on Patanjali Yoga Sutras.

Guiding us through each sutra, Swami Mukundananda helped all to systematically understand, examine, and finally transcend the various levels of false identity we harbor in our mind, by surrendering to God and thus helped re-acquaint us with our true self, our soul.

Starting at 6 am the Dallas TX Spiritual Retreat began with group yoga classes and meditation, participants spent their days in Swamiji’s blissful company, hearing not only his lectures on the Yoga Sutras and principles of bhakti, but also in beautiful, melodious kirtans and chanting of the Lord’s name. It was amazing to see how, by the end of the retreat, so many had come into this co-created open-hearted space, finding deep satisfaction in each other’s company, absorbing the nectar of Swamiji’s teaching and his divine presence, singing and dancing with each other, and simply being together. Each one on their own paths, intersecting in such a spiritual place and bonding for life!!

Swamiji’s presence as always was so welcoming, so warm and loving, so wise, and his teachings, so precise and logical and so simple to apply and clear to understand. It was not just about what he shared but also how he shared it. His humor made for such a great experience and all his little stories and humorous anecdotes made the teachings even more interesting and drove home the point effortlessly. What was amazing was the way he connected with the young and old alike and every age group from 7 to 70 left the retreat, with a wiser, happier and more rejuvenated self.

By the end of the Dallas TX Spiritual Retreat, most participants welled up with tears of appreciation and gratitude. They left so well armed to lead a better, more fulfilling life, having made new friends for life and feeling truly blessed to be a part of the JKYog family and being so thankful for God’s grace in allowing them the divine company of Swami Mukundananda for 3 full days.