WAY OF WATER -Level II

Retreat Details

*NOTE – Way of Water - Level II may be attended without having attended Level I.

Way of Water – Level II shifts attention to the entry points of mind and energy as expressed in the practices of Kriya Yoga, Deity Yoga (specifically the Daśamahāvidyās or Ten Wisdom Dakinīs), and the Heart of Devotion.

Devotion is an essential component of human realization and the path of practice itself. Cultivating the Heart of Devotion quickens all spiritual processes through accelerating the bhava of “surrender”, wherein we release the attachment to our “self-story”.  Through Level II practices we discover our capacity as the inner energy (sambhogakāya) of the channels, cakras, bindus, lights, sounds and rays. We come to realize that we are fundamentally the same enlightened energies as the deities, dakinīs and Light-Body Mahāsiddhas.

PART I:

The Daśamahāvidyā Retreat 

Entering the Sacred Mandala of Blessings from the 10 Wisdom Dakinīs   

Oct 2^nd – 9^th, 2023 // Uvita, Costa Rica
$880

The Daśamahāvidyas are a collection of Ten Wisdom Goddesses or Dakinīs of the more recent Indian Tantrik tradition. They are a grouping of powerful female transformational energies of awakened consciousness. Each dakinī is a fully enlightened deity and therefore able to guide the practitioner beyond the mire of their karmic mind, energy and body into the sublime experience of liberation while living.

All ten are different enlightened “flavors” of the One Essence Nature, having different mantras and practices. If you learned about the Mahāvidyās before coming to retreat you may have found yourself instinctively drawn to one or more Mahāvidyas. However, to ensure that the Mahāvidya “chooses us” and is the most efficient path to realization for us, so that we don’t make the mistake of choosing from our own presently impure state of karmic ignorance, Dharma Bodhi and Sahajadakinī will perform an ancient ceremony during which we will enter the Pure and Sacred Mandala of the Ten Wisdom Dakinīs. Once the mandala has been brought into our experience the student will be chosen by the appropriate dakinī through a special oracular procedure.

The first days of retreat will be spent learning about celestial beings of pure non-karmic form in general and the Ten Wisdom Dakinīs in specific, and how working with them is one of the most enjoyable and efficient means of liberation. We will explore the bhava of surrender and opening of the Heart that occurs when performing devotional practice with the Ten Wisdom Dakinīs. Once our Heart-Mind has been ripened we will perform the “ceremony of choosing”, and each student will formalize their relationship with their specific dakinī.

You will receive formal initiation into the practice and mantra (the dakinī’s energy body)  of your dakinī, along with continuing the general classes related to them as a group.

*Note: For those students who have completed The Way of Water – Level I, you may opt to bring your travel pūjā kit with you to begin performing personal puja with your newly acquired dakinī immediately after the dakinī chooses you.

PART II:

Kriyā Yoga Intensive   

Rudi’s Kriya Yoga: Esoteric Science of Mastering our Subtle Energies

Oct 11^th – 15^th, 2023 // Uvita, Costa Rica

$440

Kriya Yoga puts you into direct engagement with your subtle body’s channels, cakras, bindus, winds, elements, etc.  In the practice of Tantrik Yoga nowadays it is more common to learn deity yoga practices without being taught the practices of kriya yoga that are part of the total deity yoga method. The kriya yoga component is like the engine that drives the empowerment of the visualizations and mantras of the deity and manifests their experience in your time/space continuum. Deity Yoga practiced without the Kriya Yoga component relies on sheer willpower and devotion to obtain the desired result. This is an overly strenuous approach that dampens your enthusiasm, joy and pleasure found in the practice of deity yoga, thus resulting in little or no attainment.

Kriya Yoga is also practiced as a stand-alone spiritual technology of liberation. In this mode, the Rudrānanda Kriya Yoga System is an excellent core practice of inner alchemy able to transform all limiting karmas when combined with Pure Motive and the Heart of Devotion to Path and Teacher.

Swami Rudrānanda

ABOUT THE TEACHER

Dharma Bodhi (Kol Martens) began practicing yoga at age seven, and in his teens moved into practices of Chan Buddhism and Daoism. He then went on to study non-dual Śaivite yoga and completed Ācārya training in 1996 under his non-dual Śaiva Guru with an emphasis in Kundalinī Hatha Yoga. Since that time he has been studying and practicing Tibetan Dzogchen meditation and yoga. Settled in Costa Rica, Dharma Bodhi and his wife, Sahajadākinī, dedicate their time to raising their family, personal practice and teaching the Oral-Practice Tradition of the Mahāsiddhas to small groups of students.

PREREQUISITES

1. Optional: Completion of the Preliminaries of TMY (This will give a more comprehensive foundation from which to appreciate the path of the Way of Water within a Nondual tradition)

ACCOMMODATIONS & DAILY TRANSPORT

You will need to organize your own accommodation, transportation and meals during the retreat. Please check out these resources below to help plan your stay. 

• Planning Your Stay in Uvita & Hotel Options

DAILY SCHEDULE

9am - 12pm

2pm - 4:30pm

DATES & LOCATION

PART I - The Daśamahāvidyā Retreat :  Oct 2nd-9th, 2023

PART II - Kriya Yoga Intensive:  Oct 11th - 15th, 2023

 TMY Center  |  Uvita, Costa Rica

REGISTRATION FEE

PART I - The Daśamahāvidyā Retreat :  $880

PART II - Kriya Yoga Intensive : $440

Register for both -Get $100 off : $1220

*meals, travel, & housing are not included.

DISCOUNT CODES (for multiple Fall 2023 retreats):

* If you attend 2 full Fall 2023 retreats (Way of Water II, Awakening the Red Bindu, or Way of Mirror Consorts), purchase together and use discount code, 1000OFF, for a $1000 discount.

** If you attend all 3 Fall 2023 retreats, purchase together and use discount code, 1400OFF, for a $1400 discount.

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