Location: Ahmedabad
Duration: --
Our world today faces unprecedented challenges, rooted in multiple forms of disconnection. As divides of ecology, society, and spirituality grow at an alarming rate, many are rising up to forge bridges that reconnect us. In place of one centralized movement, we are seeing an era of distributed and decentralized Gandhis -- like all of you. :)
In January 2025, we invite you to join a unique murmuration of heartful changemakers. While 40+ global love-warriors will be convening from a dozen countries for a 10-day Gandhi 3.0 retreat, in parallel, we are inviting a broader circle of like-hearted friends and inspiring changemakers from across India (and globally!) for a 2.5 days experiential Gandhi Immersion in the sacred space where Mahatma Gandhi cultivated with 78 satyagrahis for 15 years before departing on the legendary Dandi March in 1930.
Mornings: Alongwith local love warriors (like Jayesh bhai), we will visiting the Gandhi Ashram for a historical lens on how inner transformation can prompt social change, do random acts of kindness together on the streets of Ahmedabad, engage in transformative dialogues that expand our hearts and minds, and perhaps do garba with slum children studying in Ashram schools, and lots more!
Evenings: We will be spending our evenigns alongside 40+ global love-warriors will be convening from a dozen countries for a 10-day Gandhi 3.0 retreat. We will start with small group dialogues with global leaders and transition into stage performance featuring some riveting stories and songs. Among those joining us will be celebrity author Gary Zukav, Acumen Founder and CEO Jacqueline Novogratz, one of Forbes Magazine's 50 Greatest World Leaders, Daniel Epstein; Permaculture Visionary Hang Mai; Peace activist and shaman Orland Bishop; Bain Capital India Chair, Amit Chandra; singer Rachelle Jeanty, who toured with Celine Dion and several more.
On 17th Jan (10AM) -19th January (12:30PM), you are invited to join us in Ahmedabad for a 2.5 days immersion During our time together, we will be immersing in the Gandhi Ashram ecosystem, connecting with villagers at a nearby village, engaging in small-group dialogues with global leaders and each other, meeting uncommon ladders like Jayesh bhai, listening to some powerful stories of heartvism and soul-stirring musical offerings, and lots more!
Jan 17 (10AM) - Jan 19 (12:30PM) IST, Ahmedabad
Full 2-day immersion -- experiential mornings at Gandhi Ashram, visit to local villages, walking pilgrimage, and more. And then evenings with Gandhi 3.0 participants in small groups and listening to soul-stirring stories and musical offerings.
(*Our flagship 2.5 days experiential immersion)
Jan 17 and 18, 4pm-10pm IST, Ahmedabad
Small group "heart cafe" dialogues with each other and 40+ uncommon leaders from over a dozen countries, and post-dinner, transition into stories of #heartivism and musical performances that evoke soul force!
(*Recommended for locals if you can’t take mornings off.)
Jan 17 and 18, 7:30pm-9:30pm IST, Virtual
An online live stream of transformative stories and soulful musical performances with global love warriors, live from Gandhi Ashram -- with follow-up option to engage in peer-learning pods.
(*Recommended if you can’t travel.)
To join, simply click on 'Apply for Retreat' button below and submit the application form. Following that, we'll send you a confirmation email, based on how you opted to engage and our local capacity. For the in-person immersions, please also note:
Gifted Offering: Please note that like all ServiceSpace and Moved By Love offerings, this is offered purely in the spirit of gift, and there are no charges to attend this 2-day immersion.
Food: We would be arranging for vegetarian meals for all guests on 17th - 19th January.
Stay: Due to limited hosting capacity, you’d be requested to book your own overnight accommodations. Few weeks before the event, as we confirm your application, we can share a few recommendations for nearby lodging.
We are grateful for your resonance, and look forward to collectively rebirth these eternal values in modern context!
Today's world is designed around cultivating the intelligence of the head and hands, but we have very limited spaces to understand and grow our hearts. If we can tap into the intersection of hands, head and heart and even go a step beyond to lead with our heart's intelligence, we can ignite the 'law of love' that Gandhi said would work with just as much precision as the laws that govern gravity and electricity. In this retreat, we aim to collectively ignite that intelligence of heart and reflect on its skilful application for personal and collective transformation. (For a bit of a flavor of the emergence, here are some visuals from a 2024 Gandhi Immersion, and reflections from a mother with locomoter disability and her 12-year old son who visited from Italy.)
Simply put, we are a group of ordinary individuals, who come alive in doing small acts of kindness. Volunteers behind this particular retreat have hosted thousands of circles and hundreds of Moved by Love retreats; moreover, they have supported many ServiceSpace projects from Karuna News to Karma Kitchen.
During our two days together, we will be immersing in various different spaces, and connecting with different communities -- be it meditating at Gandhi Ashram, or connecting with villagers in nearby villages, or engaging in small-group dialogues with heart-centred global leaders, or listening to some soul-stirring stories and performances.
All Moved By Love retreats are offered as a no-strings-attached gift, made possible by gratitude offerings from past alumni. At the end of all retreats, everyone has an opportunity to keep the chain alive and pay it forward with money, time or other expressions of wealth -- for future guests.
The retreat formally begins on 10:00AM on Jan 17th (Friday), 2025. Please ensure you reach the retreat venue before that. If needed, outstation guests are welcome to arrive on the previous evening.
Retreat ends at Sunday, Jan 19th @ 12PM. Most participants will leave during the evening, but in case you need to stay back for the night, we will be happy to arrange that.
Please note that is mandatory to be present with us for the entire duration of the retreat. And during the retreat, you won’t have space to take other meetings or step out of the campus.
Through our time together, we will sit in circles to learn from each other’s experiments and challenges; hear and engage with some innovative speakers across sectors; engage in many group practices that nurture our collective inner transformation. Plenty of opportunities to engage the head, hands and of course the heart. Plus a few surprises!
Over last twelve years, thousands have joined from a wide-ranging backgrounds. Perhaps what brought them together was a simple organizing principle: We are not merely what we do, but who we become by what we do. If you resonate with the notion that inner change and outer change are intrixicably intertwined, and if you are moved to cultivate deep connections with kindred spirits, this retreat will likely speak to you! Beyond that, we'd recommend leaning in your heart's intuition -- more often than not, 'heart knows today what the mind will know tomorrow.' :)
To facilitate deeper connections, we limit the group size of our gatherings -- and give priority to project initiators who are anchoring local projects in their contexts.
If you have any questions, please contact us anytime. To co-create our sacred field of emergence, we welcome you join us!
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