Celebration of the Divine Feminine Retreat
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13-23 August 2010
Camp Naue, North Shore
Kauai, Hawaii
 Kauai is one of the most beautiful places on earth. Jagged peaks covered with brilliant green rainforest dive into the brilliant blue Pacific Ocean. Haena is a remote area on the North Shore. Nestled in the neighborhood, right on a golden sand beach is the YMCA Camp Naue. During this ten day retreat Prema Dasara, Anahata Iradah and Guest Teachers will guide the group in celebrating the divine feminine through music and dance, meditation and dharma dialogue. Focus of the camp will be on the 21 Aspects of the Great Mother Tara. |
Our Glorious Teachers
and Guides
For the Retreat
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Prema DasaraOur Spiritual and Creative Guide,
weaves her connection with the Goddess Tara and the profound Tibetan
Buddhist practices of mind training into the ecstatic Mandala Dance
of the 21 Praises of Tara. Lovers of the dance of all levels of
experience are integrated into Tara Dhatu - Realm of the Enlightened
Feminine |
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Anahata Iradah
is our Artistic Director. Her musical arrangements embellish our
Tara Practice. She has many wonderful new dances to share, opening
the wonder of Tara’s vast realm. Mystress of Tara’s Emporium, she
brings all kinds of delights for purchase, CDs and DVDs that embellish
the practice, sarongs, the list is endless. |
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Bonney Meyer
will enchant and entice us to dance expressively, using her vast
experience of dance training from Bali, Nepal, Africa, the Balkans
and the Middle-East. |
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Myri Dakini has been studying Classical Indian Dance in the
Odissi style with Prema for years. She will lead classes in some
of the wonderful dance practices that embellish the Mandala Dance
of Tara such as the Eight Precious Offerings, the 16 Offering Goddesses,
White Tara and the joyful Story of Guru Rinpoche. |
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Phyllis Moses will offer a daily class on the yogic practices
of transformation and deep healing. Working with the subtle energies
of body, mind, spirit she will guide us into activating the dormant
forces within the spine, using the alchemy of the yogic practices
of asana, pranayama, bandhas, and meditation to integrate, embody
and stabilize our practice.
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| Aerie and DechenMo' Bettah Wettah and Luana (their mermaid names) will be leading the Mermaid Shakti Pod in the joys of Mermania. Every mermaid gets at least one ocean name (Prema’s main mer-name - Supremasea, Anahata has a great number of delightful names - The English Channel is one) Enter the spirit of ocean play. Bring fins, mask, snorkle and bathing suit and as the mermaids say….. MAY THE CURRENT BE WITH YOU! |
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August is a beautiful time to be in Kauai. At the camp there are night blooming cirrus, huge, moon like flowers hanging from the trees. We will have plenty of time to swim, the crystal water is home to honua, the island turtles. Brief tropical showers often bring beautiful rainbows. We will celebrate the elements with a fire on the beach, meditation under the stars. |
You can see photos from previous camps at these links:
| 2009 Album 1 - The Elements:
http://www.taradhatu.org/PREMA/Taradhatu/Kauai09_1.html
Album 2 - The Masks, The Music, The Food: http://www.taradhatu.org/PREMA/Taradhatu/Kauai09_2.html Album 3 - Dancing the Mandala
of Tara: http://www.taradhatu.org/PREMA/Taradhatu/Kauai09_3.html
Album 4 - K’e &
the Taras : http://www.taradhatu.org/PREMA/Taradhatu/Kauai09_4.html
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| 2008 Album 1 - Celebrate
the Divine Feminine: <http://tinyurl.com/438wrf> Album 2 - The Dakinis Are Dancing: <http://tinyurl.com/44gqbs> Album 3 - Three Magnificent
Mandalas: <http://tinyurl.com/3utcsj>
Album 4 - Meet the Taras:
<http://tinyurl.com/3gmnk5>
Album 5 - Ke’e, the Kitchen, the End: <http://tinyurl.com/4blfmg> |
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10 Magnificent Days
Camp will start on Friday, August 13th, a day sacred to the Goddess.
Throughout the week we will work with the Mandala Dance of the 21 Praises
of Tara, going deep into the meditations and profound significance of
the dance. We will also work on how to develop ecstatic and profound choreography,
expressing the Goddess Within, developing all of Her qualities, powers
and abilities with our dancing bodies.
Every year we invite the Kauai Sanga to come and witness an offering of
the dance and then stay to join us in some Dances of Universal Peace and
Dinner. This will be on Saturday, August 21st.
Retreatants are encouraged to sign up for all ten days, however we do
have other options for individuals who cannot take that much time off
of work.
7 Day Option
Retreatants wil start the retreat on the 13th but will leave on Friday
the 20th and miss the Offering.
Weekend Option
Residents of Hawaii have the option of joining the retreat Friday, August 20th – Sunday August 22nd and participating in the offering.
$945.00 includes full room and board for 10 days
$790.00 includes full room and board for 7 days
$315.00 includes full room and board for weekend
There are a number of price options. The prices
above are for Tara Dhatu members making a significant deposit before May
15.
For non-members, individuals who will supply their own food, etc. please
contact the registrar
Lilliha Herington is the registrar for camp. |
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Spaces are limited so don't
delay in contacting her if you are interested in joining us. |
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Email: Lilliha |
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Camp Naue is a low cost facility. There are hot showers and clean bathrooms, sleeping is dormitory style or camping. We may be able to find local bed & breakfast style accommodation for those who prefer more amenities and are able to pay the extra cost.
We will be right on the ocean so definitely plan on bringing your swim suit. If you have goggles and fins you may see the turtles and tropical fishes.
We will be adding further information about the camp soon, We look forward to your enquiries!
Felicity leads The White Tara into our Pavilion Temple
- Camp 2007.
Dancing Tara in the beautiful clear Pacific Ocean!
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