Chod Retreat; Cutting Through Fear

Chod Retreat; Cutting Through Fear

Chod is a dynamic ritual practice of visualization, mantra, song and symbol that centers on facing one’s death and triumphing over dualism through loving-kindness. It focuses on cutting through fear and obstacles immediately by understanding what to cut and how to cut it. This class focuses on the explanation and meaning of the Chod practice and the Tibetan and English liturgy for singing the Chod songs. Because vajrayana musical instrumentation play an important part in this practice, you will train in the meaning and usage of the drum, bell and thigh-bone trumpet.

Class Times
Saturday April 7th, 2012  10am - 6pm

Registration
$165, Members $150

Webcast Available to Members Only $108

All fees are non-refundable. Financial Aid programs available. For questions about registration, please contact our Registrar at register@yogicbuddhism.org or call 888.826.8729.

Our New Location!
Yogic Medicine Institute,
1740 South Winchester Avenue (Upstairs), Campbell, CA 95008

Lodging and Meals
This retreat will be non-residential and meals will not be provided. Retreatants will gather together at the local park for meal breaks. Sack lunches, Whole Foods or the local restaurants down the street are favorite places for picking up meals.

Orientation
Break Times: Lunch will be around Noon, please bring a sack lunch for lunch so we can all eat, digest, and delight together. There will be a short break for dinner, so please make your dinner provisions at lunch time.

Be seated and ready for class to begin at 9am sharp! Before the retreat, be sure to leave yourself plenty of time to find parking, check in at the registration table and get settled before class begins. We suggest not making any other plans on these days so you can feel spacious to stay until the end of the teachings.

What to Bring
Bring clothes to be comfortable for yoga and seated meditation practice, and appropriate to the weather. Bring a pen and notebook. Write your questions down. There will be designated question and answer times throughout the day. 

Volunteers
Volunteers for staffing this event are warmly welcomed:
* Set up, clean up
*** Please contact our Volunteer Coordinator at volunteer@yogicbuddhism.org if you can help!***

Teaching Donation
In accordance with tradition, at the end of the teachings there will be an opportunity to make a financial donation to the teacher/s to support their livelihood. The teachers at our events are supported on a donation basis only. While the course tuition covers the cost of putting on the course, the teachers are only paid through the generosity and gratitude of the students. These donations are usually anonymous, and are completely optional, our teachers would donate their time and service to the dharma even if they were not being paid. Suggested donation is $108.