Seven day guided group retreat with Christiana Polites
August 29th - September 4th, 2022
(Residential guests check in on August 28th)
IN-PERSON
In order to create an intimate retreat setting for participants, this event will NOT be streamed online.
To view our online programs please visit our CALENDAR.
PRICE:
$900 - $1100 Residential (Includes retreat plus all meals and onsite accommodation)
$750 Commuter (Includes retreat plus all meals)
Limited to 15 residential participants, 20 participants total.
A negative Covid test within 48 hours of retreat is required to attend this program.
View Pure Land Farms current Covid guidelines HERE
The Yuthok Nyingthig Outer Guru Yoga practice, also known as the 'Wish Fulfilling Jewel' is the first of four Guru Yogas in the Yuthok Nyingthig tradition and is a powerful practice for creating a direct link with the blessings of Yuthok in one's own life and practice.
Completion of this retreat also authorizes one to make use of the healing blessings of Yuthok and the four dakinis for the direct benefit of others through visualization healing (this practice, called the 'Yuthok's Healing Activities' will be taught on Monday September 5th for those who would like to extend their retreat). Click here for more details.
Pre-requisites:
In order to attend this retreat, one must have completed a seven day Yuthok Nyingthig ngondro retreat, either alone or in a group, as well as have received the Yuthok Nyingthig essential empowerment (in person, online or via video which will be shared upon request).
Completion of ngöndro in another tradition also fulfills this pre-requisite.
Please note that this is an intensive retreat with approximately eight hours of practice a day.
In order to assess if it is a good fit for you, kindly fill out this brief form. After filling out the form you will be sent a link to register for the retreat.
New students may be requested to have a short Zoom call with facilitator prior to registering.
If you require financial assistance to attend this retreat, please include your request in the form below.
ABOUT OUR TEACHER:
Christiana Polites received her Bachelor of Arts in the Comparative Study of Religion at Harvard University and has been immersed in Eastern spiritual traditions for over twenty years. She has studied both Tibetan and Chinese Daoist healing arts and received a Masters in Acupuncture from the National University of Natural Medicine in Portland, Oregon. She has traveled extensively around the world, seeking out authentic living lineages in both the healing and spiritual sciences.
Christiana is the Executive Director of Pure Land Farms and the Sowa Rigpa Institute. She teaches foundational courses on Tibetan Medicine, yoga and rejuvenation and guides retreats and practices in the Yuthok Nyingthig meditation tradition at Pure Land Farms, online and internationally.
If the supreme teaching of the Guru Sadhana Dharma Cycle of of the Yuthok Nyingthig did not have the blessing of simultaneous practice and accomplishment, then the people of this degenerate age, entangled in worldly desire and weak in determination for long retreats, would not be able to practice.
However, if this, the accomplishment of my life-force itself, is practiced without distraction by a faithful person for seven days, then I vow that I shall reveal well my face to them, and I shall grant them teachings and closely instruct them.
- Yuthok Yönten Gönpo, 12th Century
