Meditation and Shaktipat Intensive
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 40 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
If you have not yet taken the Introductory Class,
please arrive at 6:00 pm.
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 & Hatha Yoga 4:45-6:45 pm
Kundalini Transmission 7:00-8:00 pm
Dinner 8:15-9:30 pm
Day 3—Saturday
Meditation, Shaktipat & Talks 9:00 am -12:00
Lunch 12:00-2:00 pm
Meditation & Talks 2:00-3:30 pm
Break & Yoga 3:30-5:00 pm
Kundalini Transmission 5:00-6:00 pm
Dinner 6:45-8:00 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 2:00-3:00 pm
Break & Yoga 3:00-4:00pm
Kundalini Transmission 4:00-6:00 pm
Closing Remarks
Schedule of Intensives and Retreats
Berkeley intensives are $350—which includes the entire program, plus meals (no sleeping arrangements provided). First time attendees may enroll for $295 by phoning 510-486-8700.
Upcoming Retreats:
July 5-8, 2012
Commitment Ceremony, July 9
Click here to download the July retreat flyer.
Click here to download the Commitment Ceremony flyer.
October 25-28, 2012
April 18-21, 2013
July 4-7, 2013
Click here to download a retreat registration form.
— Annual Immersions: Entering Into Stillness —
Longer annual intensives are usually held in Hawaii during the month of January. Participation is for those who have formally engaged Swami Khecaranatha as their teacher, or have been otherwise approved by him. Students may attend for 1-4 weeks.
The next Hawaii immersion will be Jan. 4 - Feb. 1, 2013.
Click here to download the Hawaii 2013 retreat flyer.
Click here to download payment plan information for the 2013 retreat on Kauai.
Click here to view pictures of the Kauai retreat center
The Meaning of the Sacred Shree Chakra
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
performed by Nathaji at a recent retreat
