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28-days of rest, relaxation and yoganidrā

12 January - 8 February

6am Pacific

9am Eastern

2pm England / Canary Islands

3pm Italy

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Leaning into our tradition's systematic, yet highly spiritual approach to yoganidrā, WE REST sleeping beauty is an opportunity to drop deeply into a state of consciousness in which the Tantric tenet that 'reality and everything in it is beautiful because it is all an expression of the most beautiful one' becomes your truth. This process is slow, steady, and sweet - a dissolution of the lingering impacts of suffering while slowly awakening to the joy that emanates from within you.

Mantra

Throughout our 28-day journey of yoganidrā, we will be invoking the śakti of four mantras, one per week. Each of these mantras play a significant, specific, and powerful role in the development of our humanity and our spirituality.

In mantra shastra, the science of mantra, phonemes are called akshara, indestructible, non-degradable expressions of eternity. Just as the essence of the flame is contained in each minute shade of light, eternity is contained in every nook and cranny of the phonemes. Words are made of phonemes. Thus words, like the phonemes of which they are made, are containers of eternity. Eons may pass. The cyclical creation and annihilation of the universe may repeat its course, but the relationship between the word and its meaning remains intact. Every human being is innately endowed with the power of intuiting the relationship between the meaning and the word corresponding to it. 

Tritari

Like all mantras belonging to the tradition of Śrī Vidya, the mantras of Śrī Sūkta originate from the primordial pool of tritari. Tritari means 'the three who help people cross.' In this context, tritari refers to three bija mantras that give us the ability to cross from this shore of life to the next, from the undesirable to the desirable, from that which binds to freedom. These bija mantras are aīm, hrīm, and śrīm. 

Aīm, hrīm, and śrīm connect us powerfully to the śakti of the Śrī Sūkta.

Pranava

Any mantra imbued with illuminative power is pranava. The literal meaning of pranava is 'that which is precisely, astoundingly, or uniquely new.' Pranava refers to the power that breathes a notable newness into us. According to mantra shastra, the infallible transformative power of the divine is pranava. Phonemes and those words, which by their intrinsic nature emit their transformative power, are pranava. In short, mantras of the highest caliber leading to enlightenment are pranava.

Om is one of these highest caliber mantras, and will be included in our journey of yoganidrā. Working with Om, thus invoking pranava, prepares us for the second stage of Vishoka Meditation®.