Meditation Mandala: A One-Day Meditation Retreat
Celebrating and Setting Intentions from Our Deepest Heart
June 24, 2023
1 pm-6 pm Eastern Time/10 am-3 pm Pacific Time

With Authorized Neelakantha Meditation Teachers Jill Blumenstock
and Heather Wertheimer

The purpose of a Blue Throat Yoga Meditation Mandala is to support you in cultivating growth and depth in your Neelakantha Meditation practice and in your life overall. Learn how to nourish yourself in deep ways through the practice of Neelakantha Meditation.
Enjoy a full day of meditation, philosophy talks, chanting, and other practices that help you connect to your deepest heart and set intentions aligned with what your soul is craving. Intentions from the root of who you are can guide your life in deeply satisfying and profound ways. You will learn powerful new practices that work in harmony with the practice of meditation to enhance your growth. Practicing in a group is so powerful. It is a great way to jump-start and deepen your meditation and get a little taste of what a longer meditation retreat would feel like! This class will be taught online on Zoom.
At this meditation gathering, we will practice Neelakantha Meditation as taught in Blue Throat Yoga. In order to attend, you must have already learned the practice of Neelakantha Meditation. There is still time to learn the practice in a private session with Jill or Heather before the one-day retreat. Email Jill or Heather at the email addresses below. Tuition is $100. Register at: https://jillblumenstock.as.me/MeditationMandalaRetreat

If you have any questions, contact Jill at jillblumenstock@gmail.com
or Heather at heatherwertheimer@gmail.com

About the presenters:
Jill Blumentstock discovered yoga and meditation in 2003 while braving the challenges she faced in medical school. She soon found herself buried in spiritual books instead of her textbooks and after three years of medical school and much soul searching, she withdrew from medical school knowing that she had greater gifts to offer the world through yoga. When something changes your life so profoundly and completely, you want to share it with the world. Nothing has changed Jill’s life as much as the practice of Neelakantha Meditation.
Jill Blumenstock, 500 hour RYT has been practicing and studying Neelakantha Meditation with Paul Muller-Ortega since 2010. She has been teaching about yoga and meditation in workshops, specialty courses, and yoga teacher trainings since 2006 and became an authorized teacher of Neelakantha Meditation as taught by Blue Throat Yoga in 2018. She also has studied Ayurveda and is a Vedic Astrologer who does readings over the phone and on Zoom.
With her extensive knowledge and cheerful sense of humor, she seeks to create a safe, warm, and light-hearted space for her students to peek inside, explore, and connect to the greatest teacher (the teacher within) to help them find guidance and answers themselves.

Heather Wertheimer, MA has been practicing and studying Neelakantha Meditation with Paul Muller-Ortega since 2009. She became an authorized teacher of Neelakantha Meditation as taught by Blue Throat Yoga in 2017.
Heather is a meditation teacher, kirtan artist, singer, and songwriter, who combines her special love of both music and yoga to lead devotional chanting internationally. Heather brings the richness of her healing background as a kirtan artist, therapist, meditator and yoga teacher into her life work.
Heather received her Master’s degree in Psychology, with a focus on Yoga and Mind/Body Health, from Sonoma State University in 2002. She worked as a therapist in Portland, OR, for 20 years and as a yoga teacher for 10 years.
Quote: “Neelakantha Meditation is the foundation of my life. Everything I do, all my life work, is infused with the many blessings I’ve received through my practice.”