An Advanced Meditation Retreat | December 6-22, 2019

Join us for the final portion of our three-part series on The Six Yogas of Naropa. The final summation of this profound body of work, we will explore Bardo Yoga and Transference of Consciousness Yoga.

Bardo Yoga

There are six bardos, yet you only encounter four during your lifetime. Bardo Yoga is the yoga of the intermediate or liminal state. As it includes aspects of illusory body yoga and dream yoga, it’s recommended that participants have done both of those practices.

 Transference of Consciousness Yoga

Transference of Consciousness Yoga practice helps us prepare for when consciousness leaves this organism at the time of death. Practices include dissolving the sufferings of the six realms into a bindu which travels upwards in the central channel.

Also called the yoga of changing places, this yoga speaks to other worlds and maintaining the light of sleep (as in lucid dreaming) or the light after death. As in other yogas, its successful practice relies on practicing the Paramis.

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Grounded in fundamental principles of Tantra, the Six Yogas of Naropa are one of the central practices of the Tibetan Kagyu lineage. These practices form a path to freedom through the development of deep understanding into the way things and formations arise and pass away.

Prerequisites 

This retreat requires the following three pre-requisites:

• 1 million Chenrezig mantras completed.
• 100,000 long Vajrasattva mantras completed
• 100,000 prostrations completed.
• Or special permission from the teachers (contact them at your earliest convenience as another practice is likely to be substituted/required instead).

Dana 

Our teaching and Clear Sky operate based on the ancient tradition of dāna or generosity. Please learn more about this profound practice before you register. 

Meet the Teachers of this transformative retreat

Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat are Dharma and meditation teachers who founded Clear Sky Meditation Center.

Achariya Doug Duncan received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 1978, and is a lineage holder in that teaching. Known for his direct, humourous and compassionate engagement with students, Doug embraces various traditions, contemporary psychology, and science, to mentor all beings to a more awakened state.

Catherine Pawasarat has trained daily with Acariya Doug Duncan since 1998 in an intensive spiritual apprenticeship that is rare in the modern West. She received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 2003. In addition to Buddhist philosophy and its applications to daily life, Catherine also draws on generative living and the arts. With Doug she is co-founder of Clear Sky Retreat Center in the BC Rockies.

Daily Schedule

This is a meditation focused retreat. Your practice will be in silence with a focus on a combination of walking, sitting and standing meditation throughout the day.   There will be a daily morning classes and evening meditation with Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat, as well as group meditation and personal meditation time.

In order to focus on your meditative work, we ask that participants put away your cellphone, books and digital technologies for the duration of the retreat.

Creating a strong discipline for your practice will make the retreat highly immersive, focused and profound.

Dāna

This course is offered by Doug & Catherine Sensei based on the ancient principle of generosity, or Dāna.  You may have come across this is the form of “pay from the heart”. Dāna is a Sanskrit term meaning “generosity”. With dāna, we give as a mutual exchange of generosity. It’s their joy to offer this course, and we trust you’ll match their time, energy, and passion by giving an amount of money that feels good and healthy.

Location

Clear Sky is a 300-acre meditation cushion nestled in the Canadian Rocky mountains. We are 30 minutes from Cranbrook International airport in Cranbrook, B.C.

Important

You are invited to spend extra time at Clear Sky after the retreat, especially with it being the holiday season. It is important to note that due to their Christmas offering: airport drop-offs are not available December 23-25th. Departures during this time will require your own transportation.

Fees

As a charitable organization, we strive to provide locally sourced organic meals and comfortable accommodations at an affordable price.  Fees vary depending on your accommodation choice and early bird pricing. You can find more information on the course registration page.

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