We strive to offer our students multiple opportunities to challenge themselves and excel.  To that end, we have provide a number of intensive programs give students an experience of their own tenacious spirit and unlimited potential. 

These intensives are a highlight for our students and keep the spirit of the school elevated throughout the year.  They include:

Humanology

Every year, all students participate in a special course designed to deepen their understanding of themselves, their relationships, their health, and their spiritual practice. 

Instruction is divided by gender so that students can receive the information and training that best suits their needs as they enter society. 

The program includes intensive yoga and physical training, courses on yogic diet, goal-setting, and positive thinking, and training in relationship and communication skills.

40-day Sadhana

Each year our students and staff choose a particularly challenging set of meditations for a school-wide 40-day Sadhana (daily spiritual discipline).  Everyone wakes up at 3:45AM, and the meditation generally takes up to two and a half hours.  A few of our choices in the past several years include long Ek Ong Kars, repetition of the Re-Man shabd, and a combination of bowing Jaap-Sahib and Kirtan Kriya.

40-day Seva

On another occasion, the school as a whole wakes up at 2:30AM to perform the Seva of cleaning the parkarma at the Golden Temple for forty days.  We stay at the Golden Temple for an hour after the service is done, and the students tend to practice their individual meditations during that time.

Goindwal

Every year we organize a voluntary trip to Goindwal, a Gurdwara established by Guru Amar Das, where students participate in the recitation of Japji, the Song of the Soul, on each of 84 steps.  The process takes a minimum of 12 hours, and students who choose to participate in the meditation gain a new experience of Japji and of themselves.

Re-Man

Our 12th grade students attend the Rishikesh course held by Guru Dev Singh, master of Sat Nam Rasayan, which centers around recitation of the Re-Man shabd for 11,000 times in a period of six days.  Each participant has to chant and meditate for at least 14 hours a day to complete the goal. This shabad is said to create deep wisdom and the purity of a Yogi.

Gatka

Once a month the students participate in an intensive practice of Gatka that begins early in the morning and continues until midday.  Our teachers acquaint the students with new concepts, and give individual attention to each student’s progress.