Kashmir Shaivism Intensive Practice
Course Details
Kashmiri Shaivism is is the foundation of the teachings of Agama Yoga. In this workshop, students have the opportunity to understand the true nature of Agama’s Tantric tradition through a
Course Details
Kashmiri Shaivism is is the foundation of the teachings of Agama Yoga. In this workshop, students have the opportunity to understand the true nature of Agama’s Tantric tradition through a profound transmission from Swami Vivekananda Saraswati on one of his most cherished subjects. Not only has Swami carried out many of his own translations of these teachings in his capacity as a minor Sanskritologist, but he is also one of the few remaining experts in this system, which is one of the world’s spiritual treasures.
What you will learn:
- the original prana ucchara
- the use of emotions (bhavana)
- the fundamental monistic meditation (“I am”)
- the use of the mandala of the trident
- and many others
How you will benefit:
- Experience one of the world’s spiritual treasures from one of the few remaining experts
- Receive a powerful transmission of non-duality and initiations into advanced spiritual practice
- Understand the foundation of the teachings of Agama Yoga
What people saying:
“I have found this workshop very spiritual and inspiring on the spiritual path. It has opened up many doors for me.” – Niwla, 44 years
This KS made me understand what is behind Agama’s teachings. I had some of the strongest meditation experiences and my yoga practice already is showing positive effects .I really felt supported by Swami.” – Girisha, 41 years
“It was brilliant! I love it when Swami talks about KS, because he is so enthusiastic about it. It was 3rd time I took this workshop and it was the best.” – Yogita
“Very grand, uplifting, and soul opening philosophy.” – Irina, 38 years
What you need to join this course
As this course is mostly practice and doesn’t contain any new initiations, in order to join this course you need to have completed the “Kashmiri Shaivism Workshop” either in this or a previous year.
Schedule
Mon-Fri 17:00-20:00
We are very happy to provide video recordings for most of our workshops, but we strongly recommend attending them LIVE and using the videos as support. As the method used for the recordings is Zoom, we don’t guarantee high-quality performance. Recordings are available during the course and for one month after the workshop has finished.
Location
Blue Hall + Zoom
Teachers
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Dharmananda
Dharmananda
Dharmananda was born in 1977, in Israel. In 2001, he started practicing Yoga and Tantra. In 2005, he also began teaching. His main passions are Kundalini Yoga & Meditation. Since 2008, he has led meditation retreats at Agama, focusing on cultivating concentration of the mind, awareness, and the attainment of high states of consciousness.
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Muktananda
Muktananda
Since 2003, Muktananda has been teaching Agama Yoga. He became a Yoga teacher to inspire other people, and to help them evolve on their spiritual path. Yoga teaching is an evolutionary path for him, too. He prefers an action-oriented spirituality and believes that, amongst many such actions, teaching Yoga is very noble, good, and beneficial to all beings.
Teaching Yoga is a part of his Dharma, in terms of service to humanity and Shiva. Thousands of people have greatly benefited from his love, light, care, and no-nonsense style of teaching. He transmits his profound knowledge and experience in an accessible way, and is beloved for his humour, playfulness, and dedication.
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Swamiji
Swamiji
The founder of Agama Yoga, Swami Vivekananda Saraswati, or “Swamiji” to his students, is a passionate and dedicated teacher of the authentic lines of Indian and Tibetan Yoga, which are rapidly becoming lost in today’s “spiritual marketplace.”
In 1998, Swami Vivekananda took full sannyasa vows at the Kumbha Mela in India, at which time he was ordained; his diksha guru bestowing upon him his new and famous name, which means discriminating insight.
Although restrained by a modesty that usually prevents him from discussing it, Swamiji has reached high states of spiritual realisation and samadhi. From this place of knowing, he offers a proven path to spiritual accomplishment in well-articulated concepts. He is one of the few Western Tantric Teachers well-versed in Kundalini Yoga and Gnostic Christianity, and he specialises in the intensely spiritual Tantra Yoga of Kashmir Shaivism.
Swamiji’s guidance is felt in many ways at Agama: from in the classroom, presenting Yoga as a living science, based on common sense and joy; to administering various healing techniques, as a practitioner of chiropractic and other healing methods; to lecturing on esoteric Yogic subjects in weekly Satsang; or discussing personal life problems with pupils, possibly in their own language (as he speaks five).
Swamiji inspires by personal example and examples from history, quoting uninterruptedly from scores of ancient texts and spiritual masters – all with a great sense of humour and unmatched character.