
We all experience challenges and difficulties we can’t seem to solve with the ordinary thinking mind.
We all also approach powerful thresholds of incredible opportunity to take leaps in growth, awakening and thriving.
The odds are great that if you’re reading this, something in you is called to more. Whether you know clearly what that “more” is, there’s a calling.
Perhaps you’ve been searching and exploring books and workshops for a long time. Perhaps you have had a strong set of practices and feel like you’ve been stuck at a plateau. Perhaps you are a life-long learner and are hungry to grow further and further and be of greater benefit to beings.
The ways we learned to survive earlier in life can form fixations and rigidities in mind and habit that make it difficult to discern the best way forward, to access clarity and beneficial power. Often these amazing opportunities for deep growth are hidden from our view, until they’re not.
May 11th – 15th, 2027 we will gather in the Sivananda Yoga Ashram Bahamas for a very special empowerment and practice retreat.
We’ll be working deeply with the energy of MahaGanapati.
MahaGanapati is a hidden and deeply transformative tantric form of power and consciousness that lives within you and all of life. MahaGanapati is known as the “lord of obstacles”. This power knows how to remove obstacles as well as place obstacles to expedite growth, stability and embodied awakening.
In this retreat you’ll be given formal initiation into the core mantra and practices of MahaGanapati. The initiation unlocks your access to the transformative power in the syllables of the mantras, opening and continually deepening a journey supported by incredible grace and support.
Throughout the retreat, I’ll be guiding you through key ancient Sri Vidya practices for accessing and embodying the transformative power of MahaGanapati along with guided breathing practices and meditations to help you stabilize these powerful energies.
There have been countless masters in the lineage empowering this initiation and the practices who have fully embodied the potential of the MahaGanapati mantra and practices. What that means is that you receive the unwavering support and guidance of their awakened awareness and realization of the fruits of these practices.
While it’s helpful to have some prior experience with mantra and meditation, the most important factor is coming to the retreat with an open mind and heart – open to the great possibilities of you awakening to more of your true nature and stabilizing that recognition into your ordinary life moments for the benefit of all beings.
This practice retreat is an opportunity to take a leap in living from greater compassion, love, equanimity and empathetic joy for yourself and all beings.
We suggest you arrive at least one day prior to the start of this course and stay until at least one day after the course ends for the optimal experience.

Scott Schwenk’s teachings, courses and private mentoring guide leaders, seekers and creatives to explore their deepest selves in service of thriving on all levels of being, both individually and relationally.
Known for his podcast, The Choice to Grow, hugely popular courses and workshops with OneCommune.com, Younity.com, Wanderlust Festivals, and Unplug Meditation, Scott has been catalyzing the inner evolution of others for decades: helping them to grow, transform obstacles into opportunities, and find Love within.
Scott’s teachings support the entire person to not only progressively recognize, stabilize and embody our inextricable oneness with the source of creation (Waking Up), but also to resolve the wounds of the past (Cleaning Up), continually expand our capacities for wider and more inclusive perspectives on any moment (Growing Up) and creatively and joyfully participate and collaborate with all of life as a loving thriving human being (Showing Up).
Daily Schedule (subject to change):
Your course schedule has been designed by the presenter to provide a holistic educational experience, and includes course presentation time, meal times, and free time for you to enjoy the beach and the grounds and participate in the ashram’s daily programs.
Morning and Evening Satsang: community gatherings for meditation, chanting & teachings; sometimes a silent beach walk.
Yoga Asana & Pranayama Classes: available on outdoor ocean and bayfront platforms (beginner and intermediate levels offered twice daily).
Lines in bold type indicate required course times. Other ashram offerings are optional.
DAY 1:
6:00-8:00am Morning Satsang
8:00am Yoga Asana & Pranayama Classes
10:00am Brunch
11:00am Ashram Welcome & History Tour (meets at Reception)
11:30am Inauguration Ceremony
12:00-3:00pm Course session
4:00pm Yoga Asana & Pranayama Classes
6:00pm Dinner
8:00 to 9:45pm Evening Satsang
DAY 2 – DAY 3:
6:00-8:00am Morning Satsang
8:00am Yoga Asana & Pranayama Classes
10:00am Brunch
12pm-3pm Course session
4:00pm Yoga Asana & Pranayama Classes
6:00 pm Dinner
8:00 to 9:45pm Evening Satsang
DAY 4 (Last Day):
6:00-8:00 am Morning Satsang
8:00 am Yoga Asana &Pranayama Classes
10:00am Brunch
12pm-3:00pm Course session
3:00pm Graduation Ceremony
4:00pm Yoga Asana & Pranayama Classes
6:00pm Dinner
8:00 to 9:45pm Evening Satsang
We suggest you arrive at least one day prior to the start of this course and stay until at least one day after the course ends for the optimal experience.
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