Upcoming Events
Below are all of Andrew’s confirmed teaching events. Keep checking back as others will be added as they are finalized.
If you are interested in hosting one of Andrew’s teachings or would like to have him speak at your event, email Andrew.
april
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Virtual Program The Bardos in Everyday Life class has been totally updated to
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Virtual Program
The Bardos in Everyday Life class has been totally updated to help people deal with the virus situation. The bardo teachings are especially applicable at this time, because we are in one. The rug of our conventional reality has been pulled out from under our feat. How we react to that groundlessness and uncertainty is up to us, but the bardo teachings can really help in this challenging time. New teachings and practices designed for this difficult time will be offered, allowing us to better bring what’s happening to our path.
This course will explore the bardo principle and its vast application in daily life. Once we open our eyes to these principles, we see bardos are everywhere—and the spaciousness of that recognition invites liberation. By discovering the small bardos now, we will be preparing for the big one at the end of life.
Time
April 14 (Tuesday) - June 16 (Tuesday) MST
Boulder Shambhala Center1345 Spruce Street Boulder, CO, 80302
may
Event Details
Virtual Program The Bardos in Everyday Life class has been totally updated to
Event Details
Virtual Program
The Bardos in Everyday Life class has been totally updated to help people deal with the virus situation. The bardo teachings are especially applicable at this time, because we are in one. The rug of our conventional reality has been pulled out from under our feat. How we react to that groundlessness and uncertainty is up to us, but the bardo teachings can really help in this challenging time. New teachings and practices designed for this difficult time will be offered, allowing us to better bring what’s happening to our path.
This course will explore the bardo principle and its vast application in daily life. Once we open our eyes to these principles, we see bardos are everywhere—and the spaciousness of that recognition invites liberation. By discovering the small bardos now, we will be preparing for the big one at the end of life.
Time
April 14 (Tuesday) - June 16 (Tuesday) MST
Boulder Shambhala Center1345 Spruce Street Boulder, CO, 80302
Event Details
The pristine mountain forests of the Catskills provides the ideal
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The pristine mountain forests of the Catskills provides the ideal backdrop for exploring the Buddhist approach to end of life. Led by Andrew Holecek, with Robert Thurman as guest lecturer, this seven-day program is the first in a series of four retreats designed to give you a complete preparation for death. Each retreat is a stand-alone program but also develops the material from the previous retreat. This means that if you are interested in doing the entire series, you can enter any program at any time. If you are interested in just one of the four retreats, each one is crafted as an independent program all its own. Learn what to do before, during, and after death – for yourself and for others – from a spiritual and practical perspective. By the end of this program, you will discover the death of death, and how to step back into this world – and eventually the next – with unshakeable confidence for what lies ahead.
Time
May 29 (Friday) - June 5 (Friday) UTC
Menla375 Pantherkill Road, Phoenicia, NY 12464
june
Event Details
Virtual Program The Bardos in Everyday Life class has been totally updated to
Event Details
Virtual Program
The Bardos in Everyday Life class has been totally updated to help people deal with the virus situation. The bardo teachings are especially applicable at this time, because we are in one. The rug of our conventional reality has been pulled out from under our feat. How we react to that groundlessness and uncertainty is up to us, but the bardo teachings can really help in this challenging time. New teachings and practices designed for this difficult time will be offered, allowing us to better bring what’s happening to our path.
This course will explore the bardo principle and its vast application in daily life. Once we open our eyes to these principles, we see bardos are everywhere—and the spaciousness of that recognition invites liberation. By discovering the small bardos now, we will be preparing for the big one at the end of life.
Time
April 14 (Tuesday) - June 16 (Tuesday) MST
Boulder Shambhala Center1345 Spruce Street Boulder, CO, 80302
Event Details
The pristine mountain forests of the Catskills provides the ideal
Event Details
The pristine mountain forests of the Catskills provides the ideal backdrop for exploring the Buddhist approach to end of life. Led by Andrew Holecek, with Robert Thurman as guest lecturer, this seven-day program is the first in a series of four retreats designed to give you a complete preparation for death. Each retreat is a stand-alone program but also develops the material from the previous retreat. This means that if you are interested in doing the entire series, you can enter any program at any time. If you are interested in just one of the four retreats, each one is crafted as an independent program all its own. Learn what to do before, during, and after death – for yourself and for others – from a spiritual and practical perspective. By the end of this program, you will discover the death of death, and how to step back into this world – and eventually the next – with unshakeable confidence for what lies ahead.
Time
May 29 (Friday) - June 5 (Friday) UTC
Menla375 Pantherkill Road, Phoenicia, NY 12464
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Lucid dreaming offers unparalleled opportunities for mental, physical, and spiritual growth. During this
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Lucid dreaming offers unparalleled opportunities for mental, physical, and spiritual growth. During this program we’ll explore the science behind lucidity, the latest research in how to induce lucid dreams, the stages of lucid dreaming, and how to transcend any obstacle. Every tip and trick will be explored, from natural agents that heighten dreams, to electronic gadgets that help you wake up in your dreams. With talks, meditations, discussion groups and videos, you will learn about good sleep hygiene, how to transform insomnia, and how to reduce nightmares. Lucid dreaming has been developed for thousands of years in the East, and recently augmented with sophisticated techniques from the West. Learn how lucid dreaming leads to lucid living, and how this ancient practice can change your brain, facilitate healing, improve relationships, heighten performance, and spiritually wake you up. We spend one-third of our lives sleeping, and enter the dream world nearly half a million times – think about how much you could learn if you had even a fraction of that extra time.
Take a look below at some footage of the amazing venue where this event will take place, 1440 Multiversity:
Time
june 19 (Friday) - 21 (Sunday) PST
1440 Multiversity800 Bethany Drive, Scotts Valley, CA 95066
august
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This program will examine the karmic bardo of becoming, which constitutes the majority of our after-death
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This program will examine the karmic bardo of becoming, which constitutes the majority of our after-death experience. It’s a fluid and volatile time, when the winds of habit blow us involuntarily into our next birth. With preparation, it transforms into the bardo of opportunity, where we can become anything we want by waking up to the experience and taking control. This Eastern body of wisdom will be augmented with Western medical, legal, and logistical approaches to the end of life.
A Unique Weeklong Event
The uniqueness of the retreats is their comprehensive nature – no stone is left unturned. Learn what to do before, during, and after death – for yourself and for others – from a spiritual and practical perspective. By the end of this program you will discover the death of death, and how to step back into this world – and eventually the next – with unshakeable confidence for what lies ahead.
Time
august 14 (Friday) - 21 (Friday) MST
Shambhala Mountain Center151 Shambhala Way, Red Feather Lakes, CO 80545
september
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All of life is held within the context of death. By acknowledging and preparing
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All of life is held within the context of death.
By acknowledging and preparing for death now, we will find ourselves living more fully and fearlessly. Join us as we celebrate the preciousness of life, and ready ourselves and others for this final journey. With talks, guided contemplations, meditations, videos, and discussion groups, we will learn how to die a good death, and how to help others die.
As the Buddhist tradition proclaims, “If you die before you die, then when you die you will not die.” With preparation, we can transcend death, turning the greatest obstacle into a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and even attain enlightenment.
The bardo (“gap, transitional process”) teachings lead to the death of death. The journey through the bardos is a journey into our mind, so by exploring the bardos we are exploring ourselves. They also apply to any moment that ends – which means these teachings apply directly to daily life.
Time
september 4 (Friday) - 7 (Monday) EST
Yogaville108 Yogaville Way Buckingham VA 23921
october
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Discover the remarkable world of nocturnal meditation, where a wealth
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Discover the remarkable world of nocturnal meditation, where a wealth of wisdom awaits you every night. Lucid dreaming is the first of five nocturnal practices, which include liminal dreaming, dream yoga, sleep yoga, and bardo yoga. These meditations offer boundless potential for psychological and spiritual growth, and provide a unique “night school” to explore the nature of mind and reality. During this program we’ll examine the science behind lucidity, the breathtaking benefits, Eastern and Western techniques to induce lucid dreams, and what to do with them. Learn how lucid dreaming leads to lucid living and lucid dying. Discover how this ancient practice can change your brain, facilitate healing, and spiritually wake you up.
Time
october 9 (Friday) - 11 (Sunday) EST
Karme Choling369 Patneaude Lane, Barnet, VT 05821
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Leave your stressful life behind and let the natural beauty of the
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Leave your stressful life behind and let the natural beauty of the Sedona desert settle your mind and open your heart. At this Dream Yoga Retreat Sedona: Going Deeper, 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
How do the “awakened ones” see the world? What do they wake up from, and what do they wake up to? How do we co-create our reality? How can we free ourselves and others from the trap of diurnal and nocturnal non-lucidity? What does it mean to see the world as a dream – and how do we attain that awakening? From the exoteric to the esoteric, from theory to practice, from science to spirituality, this program draws on the ancient wisdom of the East and the modern knowledge of the West to penetrate the mysteries of the night — and the wonders of the mind.
Time
october 25 (Sunday) - 31 (Saturday)
Sedona Mago Retreat Center3500 E Bill Gray Rd, Sedona, AZ 86336The Sedona Mago Retreat Center is located 40 minutes southwest of downtown Sedona and 2.5 hours north of Phoenix. It’s nestled among the beautiful rock formations of the Sedona area on a 163-acre stretch of land in the high Arizonan desert.