Car­los Pomeda in Hong Kong, Vij­nana Bhairava Tantra, March 5–7, 2010
Car­los Pomeda is back in Hong Kong in March 2010 for a full week end retreat.

Any of you who has stud­ied through his Yoga Phi­los­o­phy cor­re­spon­dance course or who has attended his lec­tures at the Asia Yoga Con­fer­ence will know that Car­los teach­ings are invalu­able (check www.pomeda.com for more on Car­los, his teach­ings, and his cor­re­spon­dence course).

The details for the retreat are below, there is a lim­ited num­ber of spaces avail­able for this retreat (because we want every­one to fully ben­e­fit from the retreat and be able to have a direct con­tact with Car­los) which will be allo­cated on a first-come first-served basis.

So this is the way it works:  if you are going to be in HK and want to attend, just click here to REGISTER first to book your space to be on the list. Then we’ll con­tact you for the next step.

A good idea: add the fol­low­ing email address to your white or allowed list helene@themastermindsgroup.com, so you do not miss any communication!

Cheers

Lindzay & Helene

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The Ocean of Nectar:

An Immer­sion in the Vijnana-bhairava Tantra

“That state of the self is inter­nal and filled with the bliss of one’s experience.

One who is estab­lished in any of these meth­ods, what he expe­ri­ences day after day is ful­filled, until he attains com­plete satisfaction”

Vijnana-bhairava 15, 148.

There is a trea­sure trove of med­i­ta­tion in the tra­di­tion of Kash­mir Shaivism, and one of its great­est sources is the revealed text known as Vijnana-bhairava Tantra. In it, the God­dess plays the role of stu­dent and asks Shiva for instruc­tion. The reply, how­ever, does not come in the form of doc­trines, but in the form of 112 meth­ods of med­i­ta­tion. The mes­sage is clear: the ulti­mate answer to the deep­est ques­tions of life lies within.

In this week­end course, we will immerse our­selves in the nectarean ocean of med­i­ta­tive prac­tices selected from this sub­lime text. As we progress through the var­i­ous forms of med­i­ta­tion, the inner state becomes deeper and deeper, sup­ported by our con­tem­pla­tion, analy­sis and dis­cus­sions. If you’ve ever felt like immers­ing your­self in med­i­ta­tion but felt per­haps too busy for a pro­longed retreat, this course is for you! It is designed par­tic­u­larly to deepen our under­stand­ing and expe­ri­ence of med­i­ta­tion, to shift our inter­nal state and anchor it firmly in inter­nal, bliss­ful aware­ness. It will be a true ban­quet for the soul.

Because of the struc­ture and nature of this course, atten­dance to both days is required. Open to all lev­els of expe­ri­ence in meditation.

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When: March 5th (Fri) 6pm — March 7th (Sun) before lunch

Where: Yoga­mala in Wan­chai (non-residential retreat)

Price: HKD1,650 (cheques or cash only)

Reg­is­ter HERE first, we’ll con­tact you for the next step

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Rec­om­mended Read­ing Material:

Lak­sh­man Joo, Swami. Vij­nana Bhairava: The Prac­tice of Cen­tring Aware­ness. ISBN: 81–86569-35–9

Muk­tananda, Swami. Med­i­tate: Hap­pi­ness Lies Within You. ISBN: 0911307621

Dur­gananda, Swami. The Heart of Med­i­ta­tion: Path­ways to a Deeper Expe­ri­ence. ISBN: 0911307974

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Who is Carlos?

With over 34 years of expe­ri­ence, Car­los Pomeda received for­mal, tra­di­tional train­ing in yoga dur­ing almost 18 years as a monk of the Saras­vati order, 9 of which he spent in India, in the Sid­dha Yoga Ashram. Dur­ing this time he learnt the var­i­ous sys­tems of Indian Phi­los­o­phy and immersed him­self in the prac­tice of yoga.

He com­bines this tra­di­tional train­ing with an aca­d­e­mic back­ground as well, hav­ing earned two Mas­ters’ degrees: one in San­skrit from UC Berke­ley and another one, in Reli­gious Stud­ies, from UC Santa Barbara.

As a teacher, Car­los is known for his love of the Indian yoga tra­di­tions, his insight, his humor, his deep empa­thy with his audi­ences and his abil­ity to con­vey the deep­est scrip­tural teach­ings in a way that is clear, mean­ing­ful and applicable.

Study­ing with Car­los is a truly delight­ful and enlight­en­ing expe­ri­ence.

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