Support Our Service Initiatives

Trika Mahāsiddha Yoga donates 3% of all income from courses to select organizations that are engaged in vigorous and demonstrable work, both politically and physically, to correct ecological and environmental devastation threatening human survival.

All dharma traditions teach that the fruit of the path results in becoming suffused with the virtues of compassion and generosity. As practitioners, one of the ways that we demonstrate our dedication to the welfare of all sentient beings is to give and to serve.

If you would like to give your support here’s where we need it most:

Trika Publications' Support Fund

During Dharma Bodhi’s training, both his Tibetan and Indian masters repeatedly requested that he commit to writing the oral practice instructions and teachings he was receiving. His Tibetan master said it was very important that he translate the prayer books and teaching texts of the tradition he was learning from Tibetan language into the native languages of the students who would be using them.

Writing and translation is currently underway, and it needs ongoing support in order to continue. The first goal is to finish writing the book series on the essential view teachings of the Oral-Practice Tradition and to get them published.

The following books will be completed in this order:

1.

The 12 Stage View Teachings of Oral Mahāsiddha Tradition

2.

6 Realms – Theory & Practice

3.

Way of Fire – The Mahāsiddha Kundalinī Hatha Yoga Theory and Practice

4.

Way of Meditation – Relaxing Mind into Its Nature

5.

Foundations of Mahāsiddha Yoga

Once the above series is completed Dharma Bodhi will begin to translate the key texts of the Dzogchen tradition requested by his master. As Dharma Bodhi is an amateur translator and not a scholar of Tibetan language, especially the highly exacting language used in Dzogchen texts, he will need to enlist support from recognized authorities in this field and offer them compensation for their assistance.

Goal: Every $2,000/ month enables Dharma to dedicate two entire days to book writing.

Donate to Our Publications' Fund

Specific Projects Fund

In order to better serve students coming for retreats, we bought land bordering the retreat center here in Costa Rica (about 1/5 acre). We are now in the process of building an open-air meditation and yoga temple. This temple will be built out of Indonesian hardwoods; cut and sculpted in Bali; shipped to Costa Rica and fitted on-site. Donations thus far have covered laying the foundation, buying all materials, and shipping them to Costa Rica. We still need additional funding in order to pay a construction company to assemble the structure; to complete landscape gardening; and to build a shower/ toilet/ septic tank block.

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A beautiful open-air, column-less, roofed, elevated practice and teaching platform made from as much green materials as possible, literally 30 steps from the Teaching/Shrine Room door.

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Planting of multiple garden beds for growing food, composting, etc.

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Planting of a mini-food forest of food producing trees.

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Building a shower / toilet /septic tank block.

Donate to Our Projects Fund

Scholarship Fund

This fund provides students in financial hardship with the opportunity to join paid courses and receive teachings. When you donate to the Scholarship Fund you will be providing financial support for a student to join a course or program. We currently have an active list of students awaiting scholarships. Your donation will be greatly appreciated and put to good use! Dharma Bodhi & Sukhalaya provide scholarships for each course as well.

Donate to Our Scholarship Fund

Patron Fund

Dharma Bodhi’s deepest desire is to be able to write text books and teach the programs of Trika Mahāsiddha Yoga at no cost to the students. He is prevented from teaching and writing fulltime because he must also work to support his family of four in Costa Rica. Dharma has worked many different jobs over the course of his life. He and his wife, Sahajadākinī, have a strong work ethic. But there is only so much time in one’s life.

In ancient times, wealthy patrons recognized the essential role of Ācāryas or traditional spiritual preceptors. The culture was organized so that the local preceptor would receive direct financial support from the wealthier strata of the society. Trika Mahāsiddha Yoga is in need of patrons who understand the necessity of this model and wish to help make the teachings available regardless of economic status.

If you are desiring to help Trika Mahāsiddha Yoga become financially self-sufficient there are a number of options available to you:

1.

You may donate a lump sum.

2.

You may deposit a large amount of money into the local cooperative bank which will give between 10 and 12 percent interest per year based on the amount deposited. The principle would remain in your name and the interest could be given to support TMY’s work.

3.

You may designate TMY as an inheritor of your estate.

If you'd like to become a patron, please fill out the patron form below:

Become A TMY Patron!

Thank You for your donation! We will be in touch shortly.

APPLY TO BE A TMY INSTRUCTOR

Sahajadākinī and I established the TMY Retreat Center in Costa Rica a little over one year ago with the help of generous and dedicated students. We also recently acquired the land next to the TMY Center and will begin construction of the open-air training platform and retreat huts after completion of a much needed crowdfunding campaign. Due to these developments we can start to train and certify TMY Instructors and Ācāryas.

I am in the 59th year of my life and wish to dedicate equal time to teaching, writing and retreating. We will train those people who will preserve the TMY tradition for future generations. This is too large a project to accomplish alone. We cannot serve the learning needs of the growing TMY community by ourselves, we need help.

To this end we have created a process that integrates both the TMY Ācarya Training and TMY Instructor Certification Programs with our core curriculum annual retreats (the Five Ways of Practice) and the retreats focused on the Independent Cycles of Teachings & Practices (the Yogas of Dream, Sleep & Death, etc.).

If you have the karma to teach and TMY is your chosen system then we invite you to explore these programs:

Kundalinī Hatha Yoga Certification

Meditation Instructor Certification

TMY Residential Ācārya Program

The Ācārya Program is an initial 3-year residential program that focuses on:

Study (of the oral teachings and texts of the tradition, debate, etc.),
Daily multiple practice sessions (group and solo),
Periodic solo practice retreats,
Assistant teaching

RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM

Ācāryas in training are required to live in Costa Rica within a short drive to the TMY Center. After the initial three year long program (currently October 7th 2021 – June 21 2024), Ācāryas in training can choose to continue to live near the center to continue their studies, or they may opt to continue their training by traveling back to Costa Rica to attend the twice per year advanced Ācārya Trainings and Retreats.

Currently students enrolling in the Ācārya Training Program are in the process of moving to Costa Rica. Some are taking long-term rentals while others are buying homes, or buying and building a home to their own specifications. Students are expected to set up their own living arrangements and whatever may be needed in order to remain financially self-sustainable during their training in Costa Rica.

GRADUATION

According to tradition, graduation as a TMY Ācārya is more of a personal matter, and has no fixed time frame as it is very much about “for whom and when”. Some trainees will enter the program with vast knowledge and experience while others will not have as much background. Graduation generally occurs after all necessary knowledge has been transmitted and practice retreats completed. This is often between 7 and 12 years depending on the student’s capacity and diligence. The graduation of Ācāryas is a very special occasion brimming with auspicious potentials. It is considered a great boon to humanity at large and the ceremony takes ten days to complete.

TRAINING STRUCTURE

3-5 classes per week of 2-8 hours.
Daily: Opening the Mandala, Group Practice & Closing of the Mandala at day’s end.
1 guided practice session and 1 self-guided session at the center each day.
Evening reading assignments and practice session before dream yoga practice and sleep.
Attending all retreats and teachings held at the TMY Retreat Center, senior students to assist in teaching and translation (free of charge).

CORE CURRICULUM

The focus of the Ācāryas training will be:

Detailed instruction in the Preliminaries and the Foundations of TMY
The Five Ways of Practice (generally Ācāryas are encouraged to specialize and dive deep into one or two of the Five Ways while learning them all in theory and basic practice)
The outer, inner, secret, & profound levels of each teaching & practice.
The complete set of all Cycles of View Teachings spanning the path.
Receive each of the Deity Abhiśekhams and mantra yoga practices of TMY. Complete the devotional and embodiment levels of each. This includes Śiva’s forms, Durgā, Hanuman, the Ten Wisdom Goddesses, the Seven Yoginīs, etc.
Attainment through personal practice. This will be the emphasis of the program, along with clear knowledge of the View. To this end the trainee will receive customized guidance in their practice throughout the training period.

Supportive Studies:

Primal Ayurveda
Standard Jyotisha & Elements of Mahākala Astrology and Palmistry
Vastu
Use of Traditional Oracles
General studies of Nondual Śaiva Tantra, Vajrayana, Yungdrung Bön, & Zhengyi Dao. History, luminaries, general view and practices, and how they contribute to the view and practice of TMY. Please note that Dzogchen is not taught as an aspect of the TMY Ācārya Training Program but is reserved for the last level of advanced training post-graduation as has always been the tradition regarding Dzogchen until recent times.
Deeper teachings on Wuwei and transmission of practices for those with interest in Zhengyi Dao.
Basic training in Trika Psychology – to help in working with issues that may arise for students.

THE NEXT ĀCĀRYA TRAINING PROGRAM

Please note: I may never be in a position to run the Ācārya Training again in this lifetime. This is due to my age, extended solo practice retreats, unfinished writing projects, and the desire to focus on developing a handful of students to the Ācārya and Adept levels of practice in the 5 Ways and the Independent Cycles of Teachings and Practices. I want to make it clear that this is not a sales technique. It is my simple reality, the actual situation. It is not my desire to convince anyone that they should do the programs. The inner call to be trained and authorized in the tradition must be strong and come only from within. I do not want anyone to apply for these trainings unless they have such a strong resolve. Though incredibly rewarding, this training will be challenging at times as is the nature of the Ācārya training before completion. But I dare to say it will be life changing for those who come.

If all goes according to plan given our projected timeline of trainings, the next Ācārya training dates will be sometime between winter 2024 to summer of 2025. Again, this is not a guarantee. If you desire to become a KHY Instructor and/or Ācārya, we highly encourage you to try to make it to the program starting Oct 2021.

Please write to [email protected] to start your application process.
Sarva Mangalam! – Dharma Bodhi

APPLY FOR A SCHOLARSHIP

The Scholarship fund provides students in financial hardship with the opportunity to join paid courses and receive teachings. If you need financial assistance please apply below.

APPLY FOR A SCHOLARSHIP

We will be in touch shortly.

FIND A TMY INSTRUCTOR

See below for contact information worldwide.

Guhyahridayamaṇi Yoginī (Elodie Diaz) - France

Vajravīra (Viktor Krond'ák) - Czech Republic, Liberec, Praha

Maṇivajra Yoginī (Nadine Szumilas) - Germany

Sukhāsiddhī Yoginī (Karen Sato) - Brazil

Humsāra (Bryan McMahon) - Costa Rica

Durgamurti (Nataly Caldas) - Costa Rica + Brazil

NAME

Durgamurti (Nataly Caldas)

LOCATION

Uvita, Costa Rica + Brazil

BIO

Nataly Caldas, Durgamurti, was born in Vitória, Brazil in the Fire Tiger year of 1986. She has been studying with Dharma Bodhi since 2012.

After obtaining a university degree as an English teacher, Nataly started teaching English and Portuguese when she was 18.

She had already discovered yoga, however it was when Nataly was living in New York City that she made it a bigger part of her life. She began studio yoga and although she experienced a lot of benefits, she felt that it could be more than just exercise. This sparked her interest to deepen her understanding of yoga as a spiritual discipline.

Durgamurti returned to Brazil in 2011 where she continued her practices and studies in yoga on her own as best as she could. Two of her friends, who were also yoga practitioners, attended a conference in Rio de Janeiro where Dharma Bodhi gave teachings. She herself couldn’t attend, but as soon as her friend started talking about their experience with Dharma she knew that she had to meet him.

She got her chance when Dharma Bodhi returned to Brazil in 2012. Although she was still very new to the view and philosophy of the school, Durgamurti asked for initiation. It was then that she felt that her path really got started and has been studying and practicing with Dharma until now. She has joined Dharma’s teachings in Brazil, India, Thailand, Holland and now Costa Rica.

She received her first training in Kundalini Hatha yoga in 2016 in Chiang Mai, Thailand, after which she got certified as a Level I instructor. In 2018 she started teaching her first students in Brazil. The same year she was back in Phu Ruea, Thailand to attend another Level I training.

In 2019 she continued to instruct Level I in a small studio in her city. She also offered free hatha yoga classes once a month as a service. When the pandemic started in 2020 she continued her classes online.

Durgamurti is currently living in Costa Rica where she is attending a one year Kundalini Hatha Yoga retreat in order to deepen her understanding of the tradition and sharpen her teaching skills. During this training she also became authorized to teach Level I and II of the Way of Meditation on top of her KHY Level I authorization.

She continues to teach yoga online and also offers group and private language classes in Portuguese and English.

TMY TEACHING CERTIFICATIONS

Kundalinī Hātha Yoga, Level I
Mind of Śiva Meditation, Levels I & II.

WEBSITE

www.natalycaldas.com/

CONTACT

[email protected]

or send a WhatsApp message to +55 27 99506 3980

Vajra Dākinī (Elisabetta Woo) - Italy

NAME

Vajra Dākinī (Elisabetta Woo)

LOCATION

Milan,Italy

BIO

Since a very early age, my interest in spiritual growth has been the compass that has guided me to ask the deeper questions, in a quest to find that inner connection to what was beyond my intellect and karmic collection of self concepts.

In a sense, I was unconsciously fully invested in exploring far and wide all worldly life, delving deeper into the intricacies of samsāra, exposing all its facets, trying to find that final sense of happiness and self satisfaction.

This investigation brought me to the conclusion that no matter what positive or negative circumstances I encountered, no real and lasting joy was waiting for me on the other side.

The realization of the extent of samsāra in which I was bound in many gross and subtle ways, brought me on the path towards liberation and the conviction, faith and devotion that there’s a possible extraordinary, virtuous universe within waiting to be discovered and revealed.

Realizing that I couldn’t do it alone and that I needed to find a reliable guide and lineage, who could show me the way through the intricate net of ignorance of my nature, I discovered the path of Yoga.

I started studying and seriously practicing Kriyā Yoga and Kundalini Hatha Yoga in Sweden in 2019, underneath the guidance of Swami Janakananda (Satyananda Bihar Yoga).

The following year, I found Trika Mahāsiddha Yoga and dived deep into their Preliminaries and Foundations practices.

In 2021, I took refuge with Dharma Bodhi, who is the founder of TMY and lineage holder of four non-dual systems of yoga and meditation with origins in Central Asia: non-dual Tantra of Kashmir, Tibetan Bon/Dzogchen, Tibetan Buddhism/Dzogchen, and Chinese Zheng Yi Daoism.

Also in 2021, I participated in the one-year training in Costa Rica, with great focus on the TMY - Way of Fire, Level 1-2-3, and specifically on the Mahākumbhaka/ Tummo practices, and TMY - Way of Meditation, Level 1-2 (Mind of Śiva).

In 2023, I participated in the TMY - Way of Water training, Level 1-2-3, taught by Pandit Sri Rama Ramanujacari (known as Pandit Rami), to deepen the path of self discovery through the aid of rituals/puja and ceremonies.

I am in complete and utter awe of the levels of depth of this path and the continuous discoveries that are possible when we have the correct instruments to truly see where we are still conditioned, therefore learning how to release these physical and psychic tensions to be able to reveal and live our virtuous potential.

Knowing the life changing effects that these teachings have brought to my life, and the precious gift of being able to receive them thanks to the grace of my Guru and our Lineage masters, it would be my honor and desire to share some of these technologies with you, if this journey calls to home.

TMY TEACHING CERTIFICATIONS

Kundalinī Hātha Yoga, Level I & II
Mind of Śiva Meditation, Levels I & II
Way of Water Puja, Level I

Group cohorts & individual classes, online and in person classes in English and Italian.

CONTACT

[email protected]

FB PAGE

https://www.facebook.com/elisabetta.woo

Bodhanidhi (Feyzullah Senel) - Costa Rica + Belgium

NAME

Bodhanidhi (Feyzullah Senel)

LOCATION

Costa Rica

BIO

Bodhanidhi was born in Belgium in 1993 as part of a Turkish Muslim household. He was a curious child who spent most of his time hanging out with his friends, participating in community services at his local mosque and not paying much attention at school. He had friends from many cultural backgrounds and liked to engage in discussions about religion, culture and the meaning of life. These were interests that many of his friends shared because of the multicultural environment he grew up in.

In his late teens Bodhanidhi became disillusioned with his religion because he found no convincing answers to his deeper spiritual questions. He started trying out meditation techniques he found in various new age and occult books before setting his sights on classical traditions. He practised Theravada Buddhist techniques and attended a vipassana retreat in Thailand in 2016. He also explored the teaching of Sufism, Hindu philosophies and practised the yoga laid out by Sri Aurobindo. Meanwhile he studied at the university of Ghent and received his bachelor's degree in Applied Linguistics.

After many years of trying out different practices and philosophies he felt as though he only attained superficial results. Recognizing his own unhealthy motives he entered a spiritual fast that lasted for a couple of years. Bodhanidhi wanted to narrow his training down to one lineage that could cut to the core of the spiritual matter and lead him all the way to spiritual liberation. After meeting Dharma Bodhi in 2021 he understood that he found his way and wanted to be his student, a request that Dharma Bodhi kindly accepted.

In the same year he also started his training in Kundalini Hatha Yoga in Costa Rica and is now intent on continuing his training in the tradition.

Bodhanidhi is now authorised to teach Level I of Kundalini Hatha Yoga and Level I and II of the Way of Meditation. He offers yoga and meditation classes in English and Dutch via Zoom.

TMY TEACHING CERTIFICATIONS

Kundalinī Hātha Yoga, Level I
Mind of Śiva Meditation, Levels I & II.

WEBSITE

https://www.instagram.com/bodhanidhi/

CONTACT

[email protected]

Sankalparājā (Gonçalo Luz) - Portugal

Kendra Toothill - Costa Rica

Wenche Yoon Wolden - Norway

Guruśaranāgati Yoginī (Julia Ramsey)- Pennsylvania, USA

Kocha Saraswati (Christopher Gendron) - Maine, USA

NAME

Kocha Saraswati (Christopher Gendron)

LOCATION

Maine, USA

BIO

Kocha has been drawn to spiritual practices as far back as he can remember and began practicing meditation when he was 11 years old. There was a book in the school library (which he regrettably does not remember the title of) that had a character who was interested in unlocking secret powers and whatnot. As a product of society at that time, Kocha in his childlike wonder wanted “powers”. In one section, the book’s main character learned of a technique of sitting in a dark room and staring at a candle, slowly as he practice he “unlocked the secret” of controlling the flame with his mind. So, naturally, Kocha began sitting in his bedroom late at night and early morning with a candle, staring at it.

Through this practice of staring at the flame, Kocha soon discovered a new world around us all. His chaotic childish mind began to slow down and discovered focus for the first time. In middle school he borrowed as many books as possible from the school library on Buddhism and Hinduism and devoured them. Kocha admits “It was in this hunger for knowledge I naively stole a few books from the big book store on a few occasions when my parents brought me to the city an hour away from my hometown. One of the books which I stole was called “Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind” By Shunryu Suzuki. (As penance for my theft, I will gladly purchase a copy of this book for any students who which to read it.) The talks contained within its pages guided my practice until I was 22.”

While serving in the military he began practicing Asana at the gym. Kocha felt deep within his heart there had to be some deeper understanding and meaning to what was being taught. Kocha started studying Saiva Siddhanta with Sivaya Subramuniyaswami and in 2006, in the mountains of New Mexico, took his first meditation retreat with Swami Adhyatmananda, the former President of Sivananda Ashram in Ahmedabad. “Swamiji was the first teacher who showed me the importance of receiving oral teachings, from a voice of experience to an attentive ear. His smile and pat on the head, when I bowed at his feet and offered him bananas awoke a deeper part of my desire to grow through meditation,.”

Kocha came to study with Dharma Bodhi after a series of fortunate events. After years of putting his spiritual practices on the back burner he picked it back up with earnest fervor. While performing japa sadhana Kocha received a beautiful vision and his heart was filled with the question of “Who is my teacher?” From the beautiful images arose a terrifying fire which dispelled the remaining darkness but also banished the “lovey-dovey” images and in the base of the fiery display a face emerged. “I could not recognize the face,” Kocha admits, “But I could not turn away from the scary display and I had to find out who this teacher was… a couple of weeks later Dharma Bodhi reached out to me on Facebook and said he had a group I might be interested in.”

Kocha, in the spirit of the wandering sadhu, travels extensively with his Consort and their children. He is currently based out of Omaha where he tattoos, trains MMA & Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and now teaches meditation as a representative of Trika Mahāsiddha Yoga.

TMY TEACHING CERTIFICATIONS

Mind of Śiva Meditation, Levels I & II.

WEBSITE

https://www.instagram.com/kocha_saraswati_/

Sarvapremananda (Yolanda Zwiers)- The Netherlands + India

NAME

Sarvapremananda (Yolanda Zwiers)

LOCATION

The Netherlands + India

BIO

Yolanda was born in the Netherlands in 1973 and was initiated as Sarvapremananda into the lineage of the Mahasiddhas in 2021, by her heart teacher Dharma Bodhi.

Sarvapremananda is educated in social developmental and behavioral science and has worked professionally counseling families, children and youth for more than two decades. It was this work that kept her largely functioning from her mind alone and missing the connection between body, mind and energy.

Her spiritual journey started in 2013 when Sarvapremananda traveled for a long period in Asia and met Dharma Bodhi, the Dharma and Ayurveda. Sarvapremananda found her body/mind connection within Ayurveda (the knowledge of life) and trained as an ayurveda therapist in Kerala, India through extensive apprenticeships with 2 remarkable teachers: Dr.Ashwin Sastry (Karnataka) and Dr. Raveendranath (Kerala).

In 2016 she went back to Thailand to study with Dharma Bodhi, completing the Trika Method Mentor training. This integration of the ancient methods of yoga & meditation with modern health science had a tremendous effect on her own health. At this time she also quit her job and went to live in India for a year. India felt like home from the moment that she entered the country; India continues to shelter her each year when she leaves the cold European winter behind.

In 2021, after many years of contemplation she took the jump to study full-time with Dharma Bodhi in Costa Rica. Training in ‘The Way of Fire’ has had profound benefits and change to her character, her attitude and her practice. Living in a kula, close to the teacher (like it was in ancient times), and being a dedicated practitioner has revealed Sarvapremananda’s true nadi.

Sarvapremananda will be available for online teachings and consultations in Dutch and English. Being Dutch, her teaching and coaching is direct and hands-on. Sarvapremananda will offer workshops in Kundalini Hatha Yoga, Mind of Siva (meditation), Trika Method and Ayurveda, in The Netherlands and India (where her spiritual practice continues to take her).

TMY TEACHING CERTIFICATIONS

Trika Method Mentor
Hatha Kundalini Yoga, Level I
Mind of Śiva Meditation, Levels I & II.

CONTACT

[email protected]

Ātmāviśrānti (Lulu Averia)- Taiwan, China + Costa Rica

NAME

Ātmāviśrānti (Lulu Averia)

LOCATION

Taiwan, China + Costa Rica

BIO

Born and raised in the Philippines the youngest in a traditional overseas Chinese family, Ātmāviśrānti grew up in a hot pot of East/West cultures, religions and traditions. Her rebellious and independent nature and the eventual search for self-identity prompted her to leave the nest early, work and live in many countries, eventually landing in Shanghai, China. Her yoga journey started out pretty similar to the many who wish to move a bit and with it hopefully manage chronic body pains. An opportune encounter with Classical Chinese Medicine introduced her to the physical body’s subtler aspects, the channels, the nature and movements of energy, the inter-relatedness of everything within and without for one’s overall well-being This opened doors and ignited the thirst for a deeper understanding of the human experience at all levels.

Not one to seek for spiritual experience, indeed Ātmāviśrānti counts herself blessed the day she met Dharma Bodhi and was introduced to the TMY system of OPT teachings and practices, for they fell into place naturally within her, providing answers to her unasked questions. She is deeply grateful to be accepted and initiated by her heart teacher Dharma Bodhi and have the opportunity to receive, learn and practice the TMY system which she finds to be the comprehensive and systematic path for human realization. She feels both honored and humbled to be able to pass it on.

The journey of self-discovery has resulted in profound change, on the physical, mental, spiritual. She strongly believes that, as the only species having the choice to fully live its existence, we should not waste one moment of our humanity but take on full responsibility and bring it to the highest potential.

Ātmāviśrānti is happy to share with anyone interested to begin a healthier way of living and being, who is willing to take on the opportunities and responsibility of his/her life, or even simply looking to improve his/her mental focus, gain a better sleep each night, be in a more connected and relaxed state of being.

She teaches classes in English and Chinese.

TMY TEACHING CERTIFICATIONS

Trika Method Mentor
Hatha Kundalini Yoga, Level I & II
Mind of Śiva Meditation, Levels I & II.

CONTACT

[email protected]

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Support Our Service Initiatives

Trika Mahāsiddha Yoga donates 3% of all income from courses to select organizations that are engaged in vigorous and demonstrable work, both politically and physically, to correct ecological and environmental devastation threatening human survival.

All dharma traditions teach that the fruit of the path results in becoming suffused with the virtues of compassion and generosity. As practitioners, one of the ways that we demonstrate our dedication to the welfare of all sentient beings is to give and to serve.

If you would like to give your support here’s where we need it most:

Trika Publications' Support Fund

Writing and translation is currently underway, and it needs ongoing support in order to continue. The first goal is to finish writing the book series on the essential view teachings of the Oral-Practice Tradition and to get them published.

The following books will be completed in this order:

1.

The 12 Stage View Teachings of Oral Mahāsiddha Tradition

2.

6 Realms – Theory & Practice

3.

Way of Fire – The Mahāsiddha Kundalinī Hatha Yoga Theory and Practice

4.

Way of Meditation – Relaxing Mind into Its Nature

5.

Foundations of Mahāsiddha Yoga

Goal: Every $2,000/ month enables Dharma to dedicate two entire days to book writing.

Specific Projects Fund

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A beautiful open-air, column-less, roofed, elevated practice and teaching platform made from as much green materials as possible, literally 30 steps from the Teaching/Shrine Room door.

~

Planting of multiple garden beds for growing food, composting, etc.

~

Planting of a mini-food forest of food producing trees.

~

Building a shower / toilet /septic tank block.

Scholarship Fund

Patron Fund

If you are desiring to help Trika Mahāsiddha Yoga become financially self-sufficient there are a number of options available to you:

1.

You may donate a lump sum.

2.

You may deposit a large amount of money into the local cooperative bank which will give between 10 and 12 percent interest per year based on the amount deposited. The principle would remain in your name and the interest could be given to support TMY’s work.

3.

You may designate TMY as an inheritor of your estate.

If you'd like to become a patron, please fill out the patron form below:

Become A TMY Patron!

APPLY TO BE A TMY INSTRUCTOR

If you have the karma to teach and TMY is your chosen system then we invite you to explore these programs:

Kundalinī Hatha Yoga Certification

3, 6 & 12 Month "Way of Fire" Instructor Certification Training

(Click above to register)

Meditation Instructor Certification

Non-Residential Certification Process

The Process:

Complete TMY Preliminaries & Foundations of TMY online.

Participate in the Mind of Śiva Public Retreat & the Meditation Instructor Retreat

Write to [email protected] to apply for a place in the training.

Attend & complete the training (with time dedicated to personal practice post training).

When ready, apply to take the oral & written exam.

After passing exams, receive formal certification to instruct.

TMY Residential Ācārya Program

The Ācārya Program is an initial 3-year residential program that focuses on:

Study (of the oral teachings and texts of the tradition, debate, etc.),

Daily multiple practice sessions (group and solo),

Periodic solo practice retreats,

Assistant teaching

RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM

GRADUATION

TRAINING STRUCTURE

3-5 classes per week of 2-8 hours.

Daily: Opening the Mandala, Group Practice & Closing of the Mandala at day’s end.

1 guided practice session and 1 self-guided session at the center each day.

Evening reading assignments and practice session before dream yoga practice and sleep.

Attending all retreats and teachings held at the TMY Retreat Center, senior students to assist in teaching and translation (free of charge).

CORE CURRICULUM

The focus of the Ācāryas training will be:

Detailed instruction in the Preliminaries and the Foundations of TMY

The Five Ways of Practice (generally Ācāryas are encouraged to specialize and dive deep into one or two of the Five Ways while learning them all in theory and basic practice)

The outer, inner, secret, & profound levels of each teaching & practice.

The complete set of all Cycles of View Teachings spanning the path.

Receive each of the Deity Abhiśekhams and mantra yoga practices of TMY. Complete the devotional and embodiment levels of each. This includes Śiva’s forms, Durgā, Hanuman, the Ten Wisdom Goddesses, the Seven Yoginīs, etc.

Attainment through personal practice. This will be the emphasis of the program, along with clear knowledge of the View. To this end the trainee will receive customized guidance in their practice throughout the training period.

Supportive Studies:

Primal Ayurveda

Standard Jyotisha & Elements of Mahākala Astrology and Palmistry

Vastu

Use of Traditional Oracles

Deeper teachings on Wuwei and transmission of practices for those with interest in Zhengyi Dao.

Please write to [email protected] to start your application process.
Sarva Mangalam! – Dharma Bodhi