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ISKCON North American Medical Professionals Retreat 2016

Thursday September 22Sunday September 25


$200

NAIMPR

2nd Annual North American ISKCON health care professionals retreat will be held in Gita Nagari from September 22-25th, 2016. 

It is open to any professional in the health care field and retreat is meant to promote collaboration and networking among health care professionals in North America. Students/residents/fellows currently in the health care field or simply aspiring to choose health care as a professional are welcome as well. 

Mission statement:

To connect and inspire all devotees within the medical profession; to improve our practice of Krishna consciousness; to assist one another to improve our service to Srila Prabhupada: and to expand Krishna consciousness amongst medical professionals.

Vision Statement:

1. To create a forum for all physician devotees and those within the medical field to meet annually and have fellowship.

2. Through association, to become better devotees and better medical professionals.

3. To equip physicians, medical professionals and students to blend their devotional life with their professional pursuits.

4. To understand how to meet the challenges within their profession as well as maximize their opportunities.

5. To develop Plans and Strategies how together medical practitioners can best serve ISKCON’s mission, Srila Prabhupada and the body of ISKCON devotees within North America.

6. To unite together in effective ways to increase the number of medical professionals who take up sadhana bhakti.

7. Establish a forum to get to know one another and network with one another on many levels throughout the year.

Schedule

Thursday September 22nd, 2016

6:30 pm: Welcome and Opening

Friday September 23rd, 2016

4:30 am: Morning program

8:30 am: Breakfast

10:00 am: Retreat

1:00 pm: Lunch

2:00 pm: Retreat

6:30 pm: Dinner around the campfire and Kirtan

Saturday September 24th, 2016

4:30 am: Morning program same as Friday

8:30 am: Breakfast

10:00 am: Retreat

1:00 pm: Lunch

2:00 pm: Retreat

6:30 pm: Dinner around the campfire and Kirtan

Sunday September 25th, 2016

4:30am: Morning program same as Saturday

8:30 am: Breakfast

Departure anytime thereafter. Lunch packs will be arranged

Accommodation & Registration

To register or to be added to the group for future notices and events, simply send an email to medicalretreat@gmail.com or click here

We would however like to spend some time explaining the  REGISTRATION TYPES  to support you in completing this registration process. We realize that our guests will have varying needs and our goal is to do our best to facilitate all of you.

Therefore we have the following  Types of Registration :
1.  $200  – per adult for  Registration  and on-site  Gita Nagari Dham Accommodation , all inclusive
2.  $150  – per adult for  Registration only  and  off-site Accommodation  at a nearby Motel of your choice  at your own expense  (please visit our FAQs page for the list of nearby Motels)
3.  $150  – concession and subsidized rate for Medical Professionals in Training and Students for Registration  and  on-site Gita Nagari Dham Accommodation .  If you choose to  stay off-site, the rate is still $150 , and the  accommodation  is from  your own expense
4. $100  – Children or youth between ages 6 years to 17 years. The Organizers are very committed to ensuring that our families are supported to attend this event and for this reason, children under 6 years of age can attend free of charge .

Details

Start:
Thursday September 22
End:
Sunday September 25
Cost:
$200
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Website:
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Organiser

ISKCON North American Medical Professionals
Email:
reachsarva@hotmail.com
Website:
www.iskconbma.org

Other

Primary Language
English

Venue

Port Royal – Gita Nagari Yoga Farm

534 Gita Nagari Rd


Port Royal,
PA
17082
United States

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Phone:
+1 717 527 4101
Website:
www.theyogafarm.com