Buddha & the Yogis: the Divine Feminine (Weekend)

While enlightenment in Mahayana Buddhism and Vedantic Hinduism is described as indescribable, it is evoked as experiencing the infinite universe as your very own body (Dharmakaya), while still energetically maintaining your effortless continuity of wisdom and compassion to help other beings also discover their own liberating oneness. The doorway to such enlightenment is a critical concentrative meditational search for knowledge of the ultimate ground reality, which is described as vajra, or Brahma, meaning adamantine, unbreakable, supremely powerful, or divine, and is equated with bliss-freedom-indivisible being-awareness-bliss.

The yoga tradition evolves through Indian spiritual history as the practical way of full body-mind realization of such exalted insight, gradually, delicately, and inexorably liberating the ordinary body-mind complex from its ego-centrist ignorance and corresponding constrictedness. In this workshop we will explore, intellectually and experientially, some of the texts and practices from the yogic technologies associated with both major nondualist traditions, with the aim of better understanding the potential and actuality of the Vajra or Brahma Body. We will refer to texts from Buddhist and Hindu traditions during the retreat.

Richard and John will teach yoga daily and Robert will join them for all lectures and question and answer sessions (please refer to the schedule below). This year once again we are offering an extended six-day program, split up into two parts, the week-long Intensive and the weekend Retreat. You may attend either part or the entire event.  You need not have attended last years program to register for and appreciate this one.

Join us for this totally unique, absolutely transformative, and very inspiring event!
All levels welcome!

Schedule

Friday  July 21st

3 – 8pm Check-In

6 – 7pm Dinner

7:30pm Program

Saturday July 22nd

5:00 – 7:00am Mysore-style Open Yoga Practice
6:30 – 7:15am Beginner Yoga (Taylor)
7:15 – 9:15am Internal Form Yoga (Freeman)
9:30 – 10:30am Breakfast
10:45am – 12:00pm Chanting, Pranayama, Meditation (Freeman)
12:00 – 4:00pm Free time (Spa, pool, hiking trails)
1:00 – 2:00pm Lunch
4:00 – 5:45pm Afternoon Class (Thurman)
6:00 – 7:15pm Dinner
7:30 – 9:00pm Evening Discussion (Freeman & Thurman)

Sunday July 23rd

8 – 9am Breakfast & Check-Out

9:30 – 11:30am Program

12 – 1pm Lunch & Departure