I have just returned from the AYP Retreat in PA, USA and the experience has brought me to joyous tears both during and after. So much was learned, so much was experienced and the sharing was beautiful. My gratitude towards Yogani and the leaders of the retreat is unbounded. Thank you for all you have done for us.
About half way through the retreat, I found within me a knot in my heart which i had been ignoring for so long, always turning from my own pains with the idea that i was too busy helping all the others around me in life. The pain of this was intense and I went to be alone for a bit to draw (and got nicely lost in the process), after a while one of my new friends found me to tell me the next set of meditations was starting and I Woke. At that moment it was as if a bell had sounded deep within me and i ran off to rejoin the group. Later I found myself weeping and my heart melted, the knot within my heart collapsed and was replaced with an inner quiet and stillness that transformed itself into a tremendous joy and freedom I have never felt before. All my Love became unconditional and pure, my world had become clear and open before me. Looking around I found the faces of so many that I realized I now Love and were so kind, caring and loving.
I still hear the songs we sang in my head, my morning meditation was much easier to attain and it filled me with stillness and silence. My busy schedule no longer daunts me and I know that this experience at the retreat is the main cause for so much healing within me. I would encourage everyone to join in and be part of an AYP retreat, it surprised me and I am sure it will surprise you too.
almost brought tears to my eyes reading, you are blessed!
I hope to make the Malibu Retreat in November…
namaskar
Great to hear your experience WoodDragon.
I hope the Los Angeles Retreat does the same things to me and everyone else
Divine WoodDragon,
Thank you for sharing Heart melting is being experienced here as well. Stillness and Love at the retreat and here now was and is beyond awesome!
Much Love and thanks to all my new friends and to Yogani 
Om
awesome
Hey Roomie!!! 
All i can say, is that my heart melted with yours this weekend. And it was beautiful to watch you unfold as the weekend progressed. The inner change that occurred in you was visible…I saw a lightness and love and a comfort level with yourself that was revealed…and it touched something inside of me as well. I am humbled by the experience of it all…
I’m very grateful to have met you, and very grateful to have been in your Presence this weekend. Very much looking forward to the next time
What I feel toward you is Love
Thank’s for sharing this here WoodDragon. There were so many hearts that opened this weekend… and yours was beautiful to share… the tears, the vulnerability, then the trust and letting go… it was/is all so beautiful to experience and share.
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That is so, so wonderful, WoodDragon! I found myself tearing up as I read.
For me the inner experience of the retreat was marked by a new level of stillness, a clear still emptiness of sensation in the center of my spine and flowing outward through my body. The friction of conductivity evaporated when the stillness flowed. The outer retreat was filled with so many lovely, warm encounters, sometimes silly, sometimes deeply serious, insightful human encounters. It might have been overwhelming except for the stillness Heartbreaking joy with an odd absence of ache.
Thank you for sharing the stillness with us Bewell.
Bewell,
Great to hear… I knew I should have stayed longer…
This whole post is inspiring and beautiful and …i cant wait until i can experience a retreat!!
I wish you could have stayed longer… but your short and sweet presence was deeply appreciated Jeff.
Thank you.
This retreat was filled with stillness and heart. amazing how many hearts opened. I am truly blessed to be a part of this beautiful unfolding. Thank you, All!!!
Thanks, WoodDragon – a beautiful and inspiring overview; I feel privileged to have participated in the retreat with you, and with everyone who attended. I also very much enjoyed our conversations over the course of the weekend.
And thanks to everyone else who has commented so far, as well – and to everyone else who attended (and, of course, to Yogani, who has made all this possible) - it takes all of us to celebrate the One That’s Us (or however that goes … 
).
There was much depth and silence, and also much fun; thankfully, in AYP, we know that these are not at all mutually exclusive.
Something very powerful happens at retreats – and specifically at AYP retreats, in my experience. And, while the “flavor” may vary a bit, retreat-to-retreat, the underlying power is there at each retreat.
My sense of it is: openness, sincerity and simplicity are part of what attracts us all to AYP, and when people with that sense of things gather for the purpose of opening further — “magic ensues” – in reality.
Thanks very much to all; I just wanted to “Say Hey”, and say Thanks!
Wow that’s beautifull WoodDragon
Some photos to remember this Retreat:
http://snipurl.com/aypretraet
Many thanks to those who were there, many thanks to those who posted replies here. My heart is open and Love flows forth in stillness and peace. Beyond words. Beyond meaning. Beyond thought.