22nd Khalsa Ladies Camp 2013

AUGUST 21-25, 2013

5 DAYS TO LIVE AS A CONSCIOUS WOMAN

Do yoga, meditate, laugh and grow in nature. Filled with great classes by local and international teachers, learn more about yourself through yoga, meditation, relationship teachings, dance, martial arts and more.

Khalsa Ladies Camp Experience

YOU ARE THE CENTER!

The challenge and delight of a woman’s life is to find her center, to balance herself in the sacred, and in the joys and challenges of life. She is the center of so much, for so many. From her center, love and power, confidence and harmony flower. Khalsa Ladies Camp is dedicated to this fulfillment. The activities are designed to help the woman nurture and develop the areas of her life which facilitate this process.

Women of all ages and levels of experience attend this retreat each year, honouring the wisdom, sacredness, and strength of woman.

Registration Costs

PRICING SCHEDULE

Pre-registration until August 7 | $375

Regular Registration after August 7 | $400

Work Exchange | $225

Weekend Rate (Fri. Lunch - Sun) $225

Onsite Registration add $50

Youth/Child Discounts

Youth (13-18 yrs) | $100 less

Child (7-12 yrs) | $200 less

YOUNG WOMEN’S PROGRAM

This program is opened to young women 7-17 years old. This is an especially powerful experience for these young women as they transition into womanhood.

WORK EXCHANGE

A number of exchanges are available in various areas of camp including kitchen, sound, and grounds. This is a great way to participate in camp while serving. Work exchange participants receive a substantial discounted price. Work Exchange Application Deadline: July 30.

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CANCELLATION POLICY

BEFORE AUGUST 14 - $75 ADMIN FEE RETAINED

AFTER AUGUST 14 - NO REFUNDS

U.S. checks accepted at par with Canadian dollar. VISA/MC is accepted.

For more information:

Email: info@yogawest.ca

Telephone: 604 732-YOGA (Yoga West)

Camp Activities

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF KLC

Aquarian Sadhana: Morning Meditative Practice. The core of every woman’s life is her daily spiritual practice - sadhana. We hold the Aquarian Sadhana practice every morning during ladies camp from 4-6:30am. This practice includes reading from a sacred text, a yoga set, and chanting meditation to set the vibration for the day.

Gurdwara: Touching the Sacred. Sing the praises of the Infinite, and satisfy your longing for the connection to the Divine. You are divine. Bow to your divinity.

BREAKFAST

Morning Activity: Gatka or Dance! Gatka is the graceful martial art of Indian sword fighting. Awaken your graceful steel core, necessary for facing the challenges of life. Self-empowered.

Yoga of Dance: Whether it’s Bangra or Goddess Dance, we have had a tradition of Sacred Dance at KLC.

Kundalini Yoga: Spiritual Fitness & Radiant Health. With Kundalini Yoga and Meditation, we experience authentic energy management, to keep us vital in mind, body and spirit to become truly relaxed, radiant and centered.

LUNCH

Themed Workshops: Understand & Deepen. Each year, our program features special topics. Past workshop topics include Yoga of Relationship, Art of Yogic Diet, So Purkh – a guided meditation, Introduction to Bound Lotus, Bowing Jaap Sahib, Sat Nam Rasayan – a meditative healing practice, Celestial Communication – a choreographed moving meditation, and other great topics.

Rebirthing: Heal & Overcome. Heal the pain of the past and overcome the obstacles which keep you from living your best life—awakened, rejuvenated and present to your purpose.

FREETIME - RELAX AND ENJOY

Connect to Mother Nature:Take a walk on the land, carpool down to the beach and have fun!

Bazaar: Shop and Sell your wares!j At Khalsa Ladies Camp we have a Bazaar in which are sold CD's, Books and other products to benefit women.

Healings: Heal your body, mind and soul! You are welcome to book healing sessions with the certified healers who register with KLC.

DINNER

After Dinner Gathering: Goddesses in the Moonlight. Throughout time, women have gathered to forge bonds of sisterhood, acknowledging each other’s strength and depth, and connection to Mother Earth. We carry this ritual on through group meditation, dancing together, or walking the sacred labrynth on the land.

YOUNG WOMEN’S PROGRAM

Claiming Your Power

The young women of this time and space can heal the world, as they step into their power and grace!

Young women participate in all the regular activities at Khalsa Ladies Camp. They stay together as a group and participate in other activities. These include music, group discussions, swimming, and general fun!

Young women over 16 years of age are welcome at Khalsa Ladies Camp. Younger ladies are welcome under the following parameters:

• they must be accompanied by their mothers or another guardian, who will be responsible for their welfare.

• they must be mature enough to want to be at Camp, and participate in the activities of the camp. It is important that they not disrupt activities, or distract their mothers.

If you have any questions as to whether your daughter would be a good candidate for attending Khalsa Ladies Camp, please contact:

Guru Raj Kaur, Director

info@khalsaladiescamp.com

SPIRITUALITY & SIKHISM

This Spiritual Retreat was originally conceived and is organized by Sikh women. We welcome all women for this opportunity for relaxation, strengthening, growth, and bonding with other women, all within the sacred space of the Sikh lifestyle.

We serve the greatness of all people and the unity of all paths. Our purpose for holding this camp is not to give answers or solutions, but rather to create a nurturing environment through which one can grow and heal and find her own way.

CAMP RAJ YOG: Serving Humanity on Sacred Land

The land of Camp Raj Yog is a beautiful 10-acre plot in Half-Moon Bay. It is 45 minutes north of the Langdale ferry terminal.

The vision for this land is to create a beautiful spiritual centre for camps, retreats, and gatherings of all kinds in the Lap of Mother Nature, held by the Sacred Sound Current of music, meditation, and dedication to the upliftment of consciousness into the Aquarian Age. We warmly welcome you to be a part of this exciting fifth year of Khalsa Ladies Camp at Camp Raj Yog!

Directions to Camp:

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BY CAR. To get to Halfmoon Bay, take the Sunshine Coast ferry from Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver to the Langdale terminal. (For ferry details, including getting to Horseshoe Bay Ferry Terminal, see the website: www.bcferries.bc.ca, or call 1-888-BCFERRY.)

To arrive on time you will need to take the 9:40 am ferry on this day. The crossing takes 40 minutes. The site is 45 minutes drive north of Langdale Ferry terminal.

From the Langdale Ferry Terminal: Head straight up the hill on the bypass road to get to Highway 101 North. Keep going through Gibsons and along the highway past Roberts Creek, Wilson Creek and Davis Bay. Stay on the highway right through Sechelt and continue north for about another 20 minutes. You will pass Half Moon Bay. Continue north until you see the road STEPHEN’S WAY on your right. Turn right onto Stephen’s Way and proceed 2 kilometres until see you Camp Raj Yog on your right.

RETURNING ON SUNDAY Plan to take the 5:30 pm ferry from Langdale to Horseshoe Bay.

Accommodations are rustic and humble. There will be some large group dorm-style tents and some new tent hulls ready for you to move into. Or you can bring your own tent. Teaching & gatherings take place in the BIG TENT. We have a great shower building with hot water, and shady gazebo tents dispersed around the Land.

Vegetarian Meals are healthy, wholesome and delicious food. We base our meals on a yogic diet, which includes staples like mung beans and rice with trinity roots, beet & carrot casserole, and plenty of fresh salads. Breakfasts are light, with a cereal, some fruit and toast, and yogi tea. For many women at camp the meals are one of the highlights, very bright nourishing food with a lot of prana and our own KLC style!

vKarma Yoga. As part of the graceful community spirit that is created at camp, each of us serves each other in doing some karma yoga. This is meal serving, dish-washing, grounds crew or other needed activities. This is a way to connect deeper with all of the women and with yourself.

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Teachers

Guru Raj Kaur Khalsa

Guru Raj Kaur Khalsa is the Lead Trainer of the Aquarian Teacher Training and founder and director of 3HO Vancouver and co-director of Raj Yog Nivas / Yoga West. She has been teaching Kundalini Yoga for over 35 years and has been training teachers since 1991. A member of the International KRI Teacher Training Executive Council, and a KRI Certified Level II Senior Trainer, she travels internationally as a guest KY Teacher Trainer inspiring student teachers with her wisdom, sense of humor and her loving and radiant presence. She is also the Director of Khalsa Ladies Camp; Yoga West's annual spiritual retreat for women.

Bir Kaur Khalsa

Bir Kaur has been instrumental in the development of Teacher Training in Vancouver over many years. She is a leader of the new generation of Kundalini Yoga Teachers dedicated to the transformative process of creating teachers. She is a Director of 3HO Vancouver.

Ong Kar Kaur

Ong Kar Kaur has been doing Kundalini Yoga since she was born, as both her parents are Kundalini Yoga Teachers. She has felt drawn by her soul to continue living the practice, attending the Miri Piri Academy in India as a youth. She began teaching after her graduation from Teacher Training in 2002. Ong Kar finds that Kundalini Yoga is uplifting, helps her to strengthen her nervous system, and experience joy on a daily level.

"The experience of Ladies Camp to me... We come together, sisters in consciousness, sisters in peace, sisters of inner beauty and outer radiance. It doesn't matter what make of car you drive or which neighbourhood your from. There's no line up at the bathroom mirror, it doesn't matter if you're having a bad hair day. There's connection beyond the everyday, a shoulder to lean on, a soul to laugh with, nature and beauty, friends, contemplation, relaxation and sweet release. Cradled in safety, allowed to be all, be quiet, be seen, beloved."

Tammy

“Khalsa Ladies' Camp was one of the most enlightening, different and fascinating experiences of my 56 year life. The camp itself seemed ideal for the classes, healing meditations, prayers and chanting. What struck me first was the welcome heartfully given, and the love so gratefully received. I have never been in the company of 100 women before, and the whole Yoga experience was completely unfamiliar to me. However, after just a few hours, I felt I was meant to be with these women. I felt my consciousness grow, encouraged by the group, I met individuals I feel are my loving friends, and experienced their loving healing techniques. The food was incredible, the staff very helpful. I never heard a cross word, a loud voice, or felt any negative feelings the whole time. I'm looking forward to returning again next year.”

Jackie Ross

"Every year at Ladie's Camp gets better, and I felt a greater openness this year with the women attending. Whether we spoke to each other or not, there was a wonderful sense of comradeship and an ecstatic, collective knowing that what we had available to us in those precious few days is as good as it gets!"

Donna Alstad

"Exceptional vibration. Couldn't sleep. Got into the rhythm. Slowly stretching open. Release. Internal shifting. Ahhhhh!!!!".

Raquel

"This camp was even more incredible then previous years. I learned and discovered so much about myself and I met and got to know so many people. I got some turban cloth while I was in little India and i have been wearing a turban while at home. It feels good. I have also been doing Sadhana every single morning before school. That has helped me feel so incredible. Camp is such a great experience. You discover who you are, but you also get to look yourself in the face. All the women that are there with you are mirrors and you realize that we are just human, but that we are women and that is incredible. Every year it just gets more intense, powerful and even more incredible. Thank you!"

Amrit Sadhana

"I arrived at the camp feeling definitively human, and left feeling like a goddess."

Swarn Kaur

"Ladies Camp reminded me of all the beauty, power and wonder I've always had but forgotten. All the garbage I carry around began to evaporate, I physically and mentally felt better. It allowed me to see inside myself again. I wish it was more than once a year."

Marina

"Ladies Camp was pure magic. All the natural elements were there, beautiful sunny days, wonderful food, a gorgeous beach and forest, but the high vibration of this place went beyond all of these things. It was created by women who were so grateful to be there and participate in such an array of uplifting events. The music, the Gurdwara, all the incredible classes. Along with experiencing the pure bliss of the meditative space, there is nothing like sharing food and stories with a group of like-minded women. It has allowed me to bring more of myself back to my day to day reality."

Donna

"Thank you so much for your generosity and ability in leading the Khalsa Ladies Camp! It was a very positive and powerful experience for me, and is with me today. I could go on and on about my appreciation - I will spare you that - know that I really appreciate your gift to all of us!"

Jeanne

"Ladies camp was a fun, yet sacred experience. I am opened up to my "Goddess", and that has changed the way I feel about myself, and how I relate to the rest of the world. I respect my grace and radiance like never before, and feel comfortable and respectful to that of others."

Nirinjan

"The discovery I made at Ladies Camp was that through many years of working in the Corporate world, mostly with men, I had lost "my lady". Being with this group of beautiful, spiritual woman made me feel a strong draw to reconnect with my feminine self. It feels lovely to be soft, warm and cozy yet powerful and centered. This awareness touches everything I say and do. The wonderful environment, deep in the woods, close to the ocean was healing on many levels. The food was so amazing and healthy. Camp changed me in a way that I will always be grateful for, and I will return at every chance I get. Thank you for helping to make this a life changing experience for me."

Ajai

"As I return to my daily life this week, I feel extremely joyous and blessed to have had the opportunity to experience Ladies Camp this year. Now I'm back at the busy pace of work and other commitments my appreciation of this time away increases each day! Thank you for a beautiful 4 days, and for holding the sacred space where I was able to heal and explore."

Theresa