Ridgely will be open with a retreat given by Swami Sarvadevananda on Life After Death. WITH A HUGE CAVEAT: IF THE WEATHER IS SNOWY OR ICY, WE WILL CANCEL SO CHECK THE WEATHER AND CHECK WITH US IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO ATTEND.
Here is the schedule:
March 28 7:30pm Session 1
March 29
10:30am Meditation
10:45 Session 2
12noon Session 3
1pm lunch
2:30 Session 4
All are welcome to attend. If you wish to stay overnight you must apply via our website application no later than Thursday, March 23.
A winter blizzard dumped more than 2 feet of snow here yesterday, March 14. More snow is forecast for later on this week. There is no chance of the snow melting. Instead it will slowly turn to ice on our roads and make conditions very unsafe for visitors. We will post again when the snow is gone and we are re-opening for the spring.
We have modified our weekly schedule for this year.
Saturdays 9:30-1 VOLUNTEER MORNING
One of the reasons we are doing this is to try to encourage our friends who visit us to consider volunteering on Saturday morning here at the retreat. We will work as a team, usually on one of 2 never-ending projects: prepping and painting sections of the outside of our 3 houses, and working in the various gardens. These are actually simple jobs that anyone can do. Please consider joining us. We are giving so many tours that we are not always able to get to our work here. If you do intend to help, PLEASE come dressed appropriately. That means long pants socks and good shoes, not sandals.If you have helped us that morning then please join us for lunch!
2:30-3:30pm SVETASHVATARA UPANISHAD CLASS
This will be an intensive, verse by verse study of the Svetashvatara Upanishad with Gitaprana, including group discussion and other activities. We may be podcasting this class.
SUNDAYS 9:30-10:30am CHANTING-DEVI MAHATMYAM AKA CHANDI
We will resume our Sunday activity of chanting/reading the Devi Mahatmyam and commentary.
10:30-12 BHAGAVAD GITA CLASS
Our ongoing Bhagavad Gita class is led by Gitaprana. It is a group-oriented study rather than a lecture series that moves verse by verse in an in-depth manner, focusing on what each verse has to say for people living today.
Weather has kept us from opening the retreat. We hope to open on March 11. Please see our calendar section and blog for schedule information. Please remember: YOU MUST CALL US TO SCHEDULE A VISIT. Ridgely is our residence as well as a retreat. It is not a museum where one can walk freely through the buildings. You need one of us to take you on a tour! We are more than happy to do that if tours are scheduled in advance.