Meditation and Shaktipat Intensive
Details on Upcoming Retreats.
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We offer three 3-Day Retreats on Kundalini MahaYoga each year, at our center Rudramandir in Berkeley.
Retreats are ideal environments for deepening our practice and our commitment to spiritual growth. With guidance and instruction from a teacher with 37 years of experience, and through meditation, kundalini classes, lectures, and Q & A sessions, you will begin to find your own inner connection to that Sacred Space which is your spiritual essence. Below is a typical Berkeley retreat schedule:
Day 1—Thursday Evening
Retreat Begins 7:00 pm
Kundalini Transmission 7:15-8:00 pm
Opening Talk 8:00-8:30 pm
Light Dinner 8:30-9:30 pm
Day 2—Friday (Day of Stillness, no talking)
Meditation, Shaktipat & Talks 9:00 am -12:00
Lunch 12:00-2:00 pm
Meditation & Talks 2:00-4:30 pm
Break or Hatha Yoga 5:00-5:45 pm
Kundalini Transmission 6:00-7:30 pm
Dinner 8:00-9:30 pm
Day 3—Saturday
Meditation, Shaktipat & Talks 9:00 am -12:00
Lunch 12:00-2:00 pm
Meditation & Talks 2:00-4:30 pm
Kundalini Transmission 5:30-6:30 pm
Dinner 7:00-8:00 pm
Shree Chakra Initiation & Ceremony 8:00-10:00 pm
Day 4—Sunday
Meditation, Shaktipat & Talks 9:00 am -12:00
Lunch 12:00-2:00 pm
Meditation & Talks 2:00-4:30 pm
Kundalini Transmission 5:00-6:00 pm
Closing Remarks
Schedule of Intensives and Retreats
Berkeley intensives are donation-based, with a suggested donation of $325.00—which includes the entire program, plus meals (no sleeping arrangements provided).July 3-6, 2008:
Heart of Devotion
Oct 2-5, 2008:
The Consciousness of Freedom
We also offer a one-week retreat in Hawaii—
Jan 19-26, 2009:
Merge into the Heart of the Divine
Registration:
You may download the registration form here.
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Sacred Shree Chakra Puja Performed by Nathaji
The Shree Chakra represents the process by which the originally unified Absolute takes on the dual nature of Shiva (consciousness) and Shakti (energy), thus creating the manifest world. Representing the structure of manifestation of the entire universe, the Shree Chakra is composed of circles and lotus petals with nine triangles drawn within each other. The four triangles that point upward represent Shiva and the five pointing downwards represent Shakti.
These intersecting triangles represent the play of creation, maintenance, and absorption of the whole universe by the pure Divine forces. The central point, or Bindu, represents the union of Shiva and Shakti, or the union between consciousness and energy. Just as it represents the manifestation of the entire universe, the Shree Chakra structure also represents the successive steps on the journey of the individual on the inward spiritual path. Each successive aspect of the diagram represents the increasing identification or merging of the individual consciousness with the Absolute Consciousness (the center stillpoint or Bindu).
The Shree Chakra functions on three levels: 1) a visual map of the divine essence of creation, 2) the access to divine power for those who are initiated into the esoteric knowledge regarding its use, and 3) the actual experience of the Presence of the Divine. The experience that is sought during the Shree Chakra Puja is for a person to realize that all powers, energies and manifestation are at the same time consciousness/pure awareness.
Photos of Shree Chakra Puja from a recent retreat:
