BLOSSOMING HEARTS | CHANTING RETREAT | WACHAU, AUSTRIA
4-days | April 28 – May 1, 2017
Why We Love It
We love this retreat because it combines tonal singing with mantra chanting and the sacred expertise of Kevin James + the Blossoming Hearts Retreat will guide you on a deep journey into the nature of sound and act as a spiritual pathway to profound emotional expression.
We love this retreat because for its sheer transformational power. It’s no secret that music unlocks a very sacred part of our authentic self, allowing us to fully connect with and express who we are and how we experience world.
We love this retreat because it allow you to enter a more harmonious and graceful state of being by uniting this with the potent illumination that soul-led singing and ancient chanting unleashes, there’s no doubt in our mind that this retreat will reconnect you with universal source and yourself.
Best of all, this retreat is led by one of our favorite spiritual mentors and guides, Kevin James.
Heart + Soul Journeys Exclusive Amenities
- $20 Gift Card to Shutterfly
- $15 offered towards your Travel Insurance
- A Complimentary copy of Kevin james' NEW Album: Heartstrings
Retreat Highlights
- Spend four sacred days tucked away in a beautiful 16th century guesthouse in Austria.
- Explore the profound transformative energy of chanting and discover Kevin James’s own “morning practice”.
- Enjoy daily yoga and tonal chanting designed to heal the chakras and guide you in entering a blissful, trance state.
- Effortlessly cultivate your natural singing voice and reconnect with an expression of your most authentic self.
- Embrace deep healing and self-discovery and experience the radical positive difference daily chanting can have on your mind, body, soul and reality.
- Clear emotional blockages and align your energy centers.
Description
Would you like to experience a more powerful and profound version of you?
Chanting is renown as an ancient yoga technique designed to lovingly guide you back to your center and support you in fostering a relationship with yourself, the universe and source.
In addition to being a sacred form of self-expression, chanting also raises your vibration. Science has shown too that regular chanting can lessen anxiety, reduce depression, support flexible muscles and joints, enhance weight loss, decrease adrenalin and improve heart health.
Experience deep healing with Tonal Chanting
Guiding you through the exact processes he uses to achieve a transcendental state, Kevin James will spend your time together on this retreat helping you understand and unlock the power of sacred tonal chanting so you can experience deep healing in every cell of your body.
Align your mind body + spirit
Featuring daily yoga, chanting and plenty of downtime, this retreat will leave you feeling peacefully recharged and blissfully aligned.
Accommodations | Winjana Seminarhouse
Set amidst a picturesque valley in one of the most popular tourist destinations in Lower Austria, the Winjana Seminarhouse is a former winery drenched in 16th century beauty, located in the heart of the Wachau, on the edge of the picturesque wine-growing village of Wösendorf. An enchanting natural garden with fire and ritual plaza as well as lovely corners invite you to settle down.
Immersed in a green cultural landscape directly on the Danube River, between Spitz and Weißenkirchen, the property offers the right place for activity, retreat and experience.
Teachers
Kevin James Carroll
Kevin James is an experienced Chant leader who travels continuously sharing his presence and heartfelt voice with people from many different cultures and religions throughout the world. Weaving ancient Mantra’s with his own prayers and hearts song, he draws upon influences from traditional Indian Kirtan, Bhajans, Celtic and Sufi chants mixed with western folk sounds and world instruments.
Since 2003, he has been leading chanting circles in and around Byron Bay, Australia as well as many other parts of the world as he travels the globe sharing his vision of heart centered connection and oneness.
Practicing Bhakti Yoga (The yoga of devotion) since his first visit to India in 1990, Kevin James now leads chanting circles and workshops in yoga festivals and studios all over the world.
His intention is to unite people to the heart through the simple act of chanting together in a way that is universal and based on the principles of Bhakti Yoga, to see the “One” or the Divine in everyone and everything. A search beginning, continuing, and ending in love.
“Chanting heart songs, mantra and Kirtan brings us back home, into alignment with the heart, quickly, easily and with so much joy. It connects us, stills the mind and raises our conscious awareness out of our illusionary, habitual thought patterns into the heart, where we can see who we really are. It’s an honor to be co-creating this journey into the heart of one with you…” ~ Kevin
Reviews
Thank you. I am grateful.
“I look forward to having the cd at home. Every time I listen to the sample it takes me to my real self. No past no present no future, it just is. So beautfiul and calming to the worried soul. Thank you. I am grateful to have found this sonic bliss.In Living Light.”
— Phaedra.
I feel such peace and tranquility...
“As I listen, I am in the flow of your beautiful melodic sounds. It transcends my soul to that place where I feel such peace and tranquility. Chanting together unifies us in purpose and reminds us that we are all “One”.
Bless your efforts and may you feel continuedinspiration. Sending blessings of love & light to you! ”
— Sylvia Wasden.
It is healing me, I can feel it...
“Namaste, and thank you, thank you, thank you! I keep crying when I listen to your CD but it is healing me, I can feel it, it is making me strong, helping me to love myself, helping me keep in touch with love and all that is one. you have created a masterpiece of love. This is now my most adored CD ever..I have never heard anything so vibrational and full of love…I wish the whole world could listen to it, all at once! Much love and blessing to you.”
— Tracy.
This retreat is for you if...
- You’ve curious about chanting and would like to experience the profound benefits for yourself … in a destination drenched in beauty!
- You’re longing for another channel to reconnect with your true, authentic self.
- You wish to cultivate your singing voice and express yourself more sacredly.
- You’re willing to embrace self-discovery and journey to a more peaceful and enlightened state.
- You’d like to align your chakras, heal your energy and clear emotional blockages.
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The Small Print
WHAT'S INCLUDED
- Daily Morning Practice with Kevin James
- Daily Yoga Practice with Alexia Kulterer - check www.yogalexia.com for more information
- Accommodation either in a 2-, 3-bed room or dormitory
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner - Vegan meals
WHAT'S NOT INCLUDED
- Flights
- Trip Insurance
- Tips
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
The retreat starts on Friday April 28th, 2017 5.00 pm and ends on Monday May 1st, 2017 after Lunch.
Things to bring: Loose clothing adapted to the weather, torch (if you have), your personal blanket and
meditation cushion + sleeping bag if you choose dormitory (mattresses will be provided)
Getting to Wösendorf/Wachau: The closest Airport is Vienna with is about 84km away (52 miles).
By car: The access is directly from the federal road B3 (Wachaustraße). Parking spaces are available.
Public transport: Train to Krems or Melk station. Then take the bus line WL1. This runs hourly between the two stations and stops in 5 minutes walking distance from the seminarhouse (stop Wösendorf Florianihof)