A 6-Day Sedona Retreat

Leave your stressful life behind and let the natural beauty of the Sedona desert settle your mind and open your heart. At this “Lucid Dreaming & Dream Yoga: Going Deeper” Retreat Sedona, soak up the sun, savor the natural foods, and meet like-minded people while you learn about the deeper aspects of the nocturnal meditations.

A 6-Day Sedona Retreat

Leave your stressful life behind and let the natural beauty of the Sedona desert settle your mind and open your heart. At this “Lucid Dreaming & Dream Yoga: Going Deeper” Retreat Sedona, soak up the sun, savor the natural foods, and meet like-minded people while you learn about the deeper aspects of the nocturnal meditations.

This course will explore the bardo principle and its immediate applicability to life.

Through talks, meditations, and discussion you will learn:

• That bardos are everywhere, and why discovering this instills freedom.
• How the small bardos of daily life prepare for the big one at the end of life.
• Why these teachings ironically bring you more fully into life.
• How the bardo teachings point out the illusory nature of death — the death of death.
• Why these teachings are among the greatest gifts to humanity.
• The meditations that directly prepare you for death.

This course meets weekly each Tuesday at 5 – 7 pm from November 5th to December 3rd, 2019.

Andrew’s Relationship to Shambhala.
With all the upheaval in the Shambhala international community, I want to clarify my history with this organization, and where I currently stand. After being involved with Shambhala for some years, I left the community in 2012. The original spirit of this tradition spoke to me, and I studied the source texts and teachings seriously. But when the Sakyong assumed leadership in the 1990’s, I found myself increasingly disenfranchised. I couldn’t relate to where the community was going, so I left to study with other teachers. I feel deeply for the wonderful students in this community, and therefore continue to teach in Shambhala centers when I am invited to do so as an independent teacher. That is the extent of my involvement. I should also note that Shambhala has been very open in attempting to heal from their upheaval, you can find out more on this page on their website.

This course will explore the bardo principle and its immediate applicability to life.

Through talks, meditations, and discussion you will learn:

• That bardos are everywhere, and why discovering this instills freedom.
• How the small bardos of daily life prepare for the big one at the end of life.
• Why these teachings ironically bring you more fully into life.
• How the bardo teachings point out the illusory nature of death — the death of death.
• Why these teachings are among the greatest gifts to humanity.
• The meditations that directly prepare you for death.

This course meets Saturday 9am – 5 pm and Sunday 9am – 4 pm

Discover the remarkable world of nocturnal meditation, where a wealth of wisdom awaits you every night. Lucid dreaming and dream yoga have boundless potential for rapid psychological and spiritual growth. During this program we’ll explore the science behind lucidity, how to induce lucid dreams, what to do with them, and how to transcend any obstacle. Learn how lucid dreaming leads to lucid living and lucid dying, and how this ancient practice can change your brain, facilitate healing, and spiritually wake you up. Open to all levels.