In the Mind of Śiva Retreat students learn the entire breadth of the Way of Meditation. Teachings and Practice sessions give the experiential learning you need to truly go deeper into your existing meditation practice.In 4 meditation sessions per day you will progressively explore a variety of techniques from each of the four levels of the Way of Meditation.

The techniques will be drawn from these two overarching categories of meditation:
• Sapeksha Dhyanam – Sanskrit for “meditation with form”. These meditations will give the mind andenergy something to focus on so as to create more and more refi ned states of consciousness which canlead to the realized state.
• Nirapeksha Dhyanam – Sanskrit for “meditation without form”. This is classical non-conceptual meditation.
Together, these two categories form the Śakti /Energy and Śiva/Space of our True Nature accessible through our mind. Learning to effortlessly abide in your natural state, without being distracted by discursive thoughts & emotions is the goal of this retreat. Once learned, the experience of abiding in your True Nature can beinvoked when off of the meditation cushion as well as on. This is called Integration Meditation Training, and this will form an important aspect of the retreat as well.