Residential Booking Form for Ashram: Thurs 30th June – Sat 30th July 2016
This residential Ashram experience will take place in Stella Maris Retreat Centre, Howth.
It will run each day from 6.30am-8pm with vegetarian breakfast, lunch and dinner included.
As places are limited booking is essential.
Please fill in the form below indicating the dates you would like to attend.
Note that participants should arrive at 7pm the night before their first day of retreat.
Completed forms to be returned by email to or by post, marking it “Ashram”, to: the Sanctuary, Stanhope Street, Dublin 7. We will then make contact with you to confirm your booking and to organise payment for the event. Payment must be made in full to confirm your place. Our telephone number is 01-6705419.
More information is available on www.sanctuary.ie and www.stellamarisretreats.ie
Residential cost: €85 each day
€80 a day if staying for 5 nights or more
€500 for seven nights.
Name:Address:
Home Number:
Email Address:
Contact name and tel. number in case of emergency:
Date of Evening Check-in
Date/s you would like to attend Retreat
(NOTE: attendees arrive at 7.00pm in the evening and stay for the following day’s retreat.)
Do you have any special dietary requirements?How did you hear about this event?
Please note that unfortunately Stella Maris is not wheelchair accessible.
For Office Use Only / Date Received:Entered Ashram Booking Record:
Paid? / Confirm Email sent?
Residential Information Sheet for the Ashram Experience
The Ashram experience starts on Thursday 30th June and runs until Saturday 30th July 2016 at Stella Maris Retreat Centre, Howth. To book please fill out a booking form and return to Once you have paid for your booking an email will be sent to confirm the dates booked.
This community experience, within the natural beauty of Stella Maris, will offer you an opportunity to experience meditation, silence, simplicity, peace and inner stillness, to enrich your spirit and enliven your faith. It will be led by Korko Moses, a Jesuit priest from India who founded Dhyanavanam, an Ashram in India inspired by both Christian & Eastern spiritual traditions. He is a spiritual guide, counsellor, teaches meditation and yoga, leads retreats, and has worked with people with addictions. He also offers spiritual guidance for the L'Arche communities. Ashrams are places where people of any faith, gender or nationality can stay and practice intense meditation, taking up an inward journey under guidance to realise the truth of themselves as divine, created in the image and likeness of God.
Practical Details - List of things to bring
_ Comfortable clothing (gentle yoga exercises are part of each day)
_ Yoga mat if you have one (some provided)
_ Meditation cushion/stool/shawl (some provided)
_ House slippers/socks
_ All weather clothing
_ Sun hat/sunscreen
_ Two single sheets and a pillow case for your bed
_ A towel
_ Please do not bring valuables
_ Please do not bring highly scented toiletries / perfumes
Please note that you need to bring two single sheets and a pillow case for your bed and also a towel– these are not provided.
As the Ashram is a simple, silent space we suggest that you do not bring books or use mobile phones or laptops.
Arrival Time 7pm – Departure Time 8pm
Please arrive between 7pm and 7:30pm. When you arrive make your way to the welcome desk just inside the main reception door where you will be greeted. If for any reason you have a problem gaining entry please phone 086-0613213. Please note there will be no evening meal on arrival, tea and coffee will be available. Departure time is 8pm.
Karma Yoga/Mindful Work
As part of the Ashram experience time is set aside for mindful work for all participants. This is a core element of the Ashram experience.
The word karma is derived from the Sanskrit kri, meaning 'to do'. In its most basic sense karma simply means action, and yoga translates to union. Thus karma yoga literally translates to the path of union through action. It is a liberating activity serving humanity mindfully without any attachment or egoism. So, Karma Yoga is a path of ‘mindful action’, of putting in 100 percent effort, without being attached to the outcome. Karma yoga can be applied to everything you do: from the most trivial ordinary tasks, to greater more challenging works.
During the ashram experience there are opportunities each day to engage in Karma Yoga of the more ordinary kind. These tasks will be assigned to you by one of the ashram volunteers with extra possibilites available on the NoticeBoard. Tasks will include helping in the:
o Kitchen – cutting vegetables, washing/drying dishes, cleaning, emptying and filling dishwashers
o Garden – weeding, sweeping, painting
o General areas – taking care of heating, cleaning and airing conference rooms
o Dining room – setting tables, clearing tables, ensuring enough food is available
o Toilets/Bathrooms – cleaning and stocking when necessary
When action is performed selflessly and mindfully, with full focus and attention, it brings fulfillment and freedom.
Outline for the day:
6.30 Yoga-asana (conference room)
7.30am Prayers/chants and meditation (meditation room)
8.15am Breakfast
9am Karma Yoga 1: service in awareness
10.15-11.30am Meditation/Input session 1
12.00pm Deep relaxation
12.30-2.30pm Lunch/rest. Personal sadhana (personal spiritual practices)
2.30pm Meditation/Input session 2
3.45pm Karma Yoga 2: service in awareness
4.45-5.15pm Break
Check out of room on departing day
5.15pm Bhajan singing, meditation, arati
6pm Evening meal
7pm Satsangh: sharing on day’s experiences and time for questions and answers
8pm CLOSE – personal sadhana (personal spiritual practices)
Stella Maris Retreat Centre, Carrickbrack Road, Baily, Howth, Co. Dublin Phone: +353 1 8322228
Directions to Stella Maris
By Bus (from Eden Quay) – Please check bus times in advance add link to bus timetable
_ Bus 31a stops at gate of Stella Maris.
_ Bus 31 to Howth Summit (10min walk – walk past the Summit Shop and proceed straight down the hill, Stella Maris will be on your left).
From the Airport
_ Taxi is an option although expensive.
_ Airport bus into city and 31b bus to Stella Maris gate.
_ The Dublin Bus number 102 goes from the Airport to Sutton Dart Station (please see below).
By DART (Greystones to Howth) – Please check dart times in advance
_ Please note exit is at Sutton Station
By Car (From Dublin)
_ Coming from the city, look out for Sutton Cross junction which has the Marine Hotel on the right hand side.
_ Veer right at Sutton Cross and continue on the Carrickbrack road (leading to Howth Summit) for approx 4KM.
_ Look out for a car layby on the left and a bus layby on your right. There is a low wall running along this section of the roadway on your right hand side.
_ Stella Maris is situated on the right hand side immediately after the bus stop.
By Car (from M50/N32)
_ Pass through Baldoyle and proceed straight through at Sutton Cross and continue as above. Limited car parking space is available at Stella Maris. Additional parking is available outside the gate. Please note that parking is at your own risk.
Unfortunately Stella Maris is not wheelchair accessible.
the Sanctuary, Stanhope Street, Dublin 7. Tel: 01 670 5419 Fax: 01 672 8086 Email: Website: www.sanctuary.ie