Thanks to all who responded to our survey two weeks ago and gave us feedback. Here are the biggest take-aways from the survey:
1. Saturday morning works well for long kriya; so does Sunday evening.
2. Thursday evening also works well for many people.
3. We need to watch more videos of Sri Sri’s talks.
4. We need to have community service activities.
5. We need more short refresher courses.
Based on all the responses we got, we are implementing the following changes:
1. We will change the Saturday morning long kriya start time to 8:30 am on an experimental basis. This will free up more time in the morning after the kriya is over. We will do this for six to eight weeks starting on Saturday April 5th.
2. Starting April 3rd, we will have a long kriya session at 7 pm on Thursday evenings at 1810 San Gabriel St, Austin TX 78701. This will again be on an experimental basis for six to eight weeks. You have the choice of attending this kriya session or the one on Saturday or the one on Sunday (need to attend only one per week).
3. Starting April, we will also have knowledge satsangs where we get together to watch Guruji share his wisdom. Watch this space for the schedule.
4. We will have a quarterly community service project starting May. Again, watch this space for the exact schedule.
5. We just had a great refresher course and mini-retreat at the ashram this past weekend. We will plan on having the next one in Austin, but this will be a few months out.
6. We will maintain a blog at http://aolaustin.blogspot.com where we will post events and news. That way you don’t have to wait for the newsletter to check up a course date or find out what’s happening.
Many survey respondents opined that they have too many family and work commitments, hence they may not find time every week for long kriya. If you are stretched thin, that's the best reason to come back to the sudarshan kriya practice and the stress-reliever knowledge in the first place. :) We are hoping that some of these changes will make it more comfortable for you to reinforce your daily and weekly practice.
