Be Still and Know Retreat with Swami Sankarananda 2025

Deepen and uplift your experience of Life through silence, meditation, chanting, yoga asana and introspection. On June 7th beginning at 6:30 am through June 8th at 2:00 pm the retreat will be guided by Swami Sankarananda in accordance with the tradition and precepts set forth by the great Yogi Swami Sivananda. All participants will observe & respect silence as guided during the full retreat. The program is specifically developed to aid participants in their evolution from fear to fearlessness, from discord to Harmony, and from pieces to Peace. Join us for this special opportunity for all sincere truth seekers to experience and imbibe in the sacred Silence within.

About the Retreat Leader

Swami Sankarananda is a simple pilgrim of peace and a servant of God in our path of awakening to the One Truth. Living much of his adult life as a businessman in the tech industry, he realized the selfish pursuits were meaningless and through grace came to the pursuit of God, our highest Self. Having given up his old life, he dedicated his new life to service of this Self in all. In 2012, Swamiji renounced his worldly way of life and traveled to the Himalayas, receiving darshan and life guidance at the feet of Swami Premananda and Swami Ramaswarupananda, disciples of Swami Sivananda. He took initiation as a Sanyassi, or monk, in 2013. Starting in 2013, he walked coast to coast, and continued to walk 7,000 miles across the United States over a period of 2 ½ years. He shared parts of the journey on social media and also documented the process in his book “Pilgrimage Home”. When asked about the inevitable challenges that must have been experienced in such a pilgrimage, Swami smiles and shares, “really the only problems which I have ever encountered were in my mind”. Whether it be through pilgrimage, retreats, workshops and satsangs, through providing individual counsel, through gifting spiritual books, or through offering a smile and kind word to a stranger — Swamiji continues to offer his life to do his best at embodying the guidance "Love All and Serve All".