Planetary Dharma:
the Six REalms Retreat
August 1st - 7th
boulder, colorado | shambhala center or online
the Six Realms
John Churchill, PSY.D.
August 1-7, 2022
Join us in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains (or at home, online) at the historic Shambhala Center in downtown Boulder, Colorado from August 1st - 7th for the Six Realms Retreat; a summer contemplative psychology and practice retreat.
Our retreat will be a deep group immersion in the transformative dynamics of Buddhist psychology through the integral ekayana (one vehicle) approach to contemplative practice.
The ekayana integrates healing the reactivity of personal trauma (hinayana), releasing the fixations of mind that obscure clear-light knowing and compassionate interdependence with the collective field (mahayana), and the recognition of ever-present holographic essence (Vajrayana).
The practice will be framed by the Bhavachakra - the Buddha’s Wheel of Life; a dharmic and cosmological map of multi-generational and trans-incarnation trauma, and its resolution. Understanding the Wheel of Life will give your practice greater precision and expand your insight into the conditioning of our collective experience.
We will review the the 12-links of Dependent Origination and deepen our exploration into liberating the six realms that are the holographic basis of samsara.
Hosted at the Shambhala Center, you will spend your days in a contemplative retreat setting, surrounded by the abundant resources of Pearl Street in downtown Boulder.
Location
The retreat will be held at the Boulder Shambhala Center located at 1345 Spruce Street, Boulder, CO 80302. Please plan on booking your own accommodations close to this location, either though Air BnB, VRBO, or any of the hotels located in the downtown Boulder area.
Pearl Street: Downtown Boulder, Colorado
From the loss of recognizing the open wisdom mind comes the fusion with the attentional system. This confusion (pig) leads to aversion (snake) and attachment (bird) which generates positive (white) and negative (black) experience through the six different dimensions of experience (god, Demi-god, human, animal, hungry ghost, hell) driven by the momentum of the 12-links of traumatic mind-body-energy conditioning.
Tibetan Thanka: Bhavachakra, the mechanism of samsara, the traumatic compulsive activity hologram.
Payment
Please read: POLICIES & PAYMENTS
Payment & Cancellation Policy:
Full payment is due at the time of registration. $400.00 of that payment is a nonrefundable AND nontransferable deposit.
Our cancellation policy is strict & firm, and there are no exceptions: If you cancel on or before July 1st, 2022, you will forfeit your deposit of $400.00 plus a cancellation fee of $100.00, and the remainder of your payment will be refunded to you. If you cancel after July 1st, 2022 , you will forfeit ALL money rendered.
Please buy trip/event insurance. Please do not make any travel arrangements before receiving confirmation of registration from Samadhi Integral.
Trip Insurance
In the event that you or the retreat itself needs to cancel because of unforeseen circumstances, and as a general practice, we highly recommend that you protect your investment with travel insurance for your trip. Please be sure to check exactly what your coverage will be and opt for a rider option “cancel for any reason”.
Insurance: insuremytrip.com is a company that has many policies to choose from, including a cancel for any reason rider option.
Another link for travel insurance: Squaremouth.com
airport & Shuttles
denver international
Please fly into DIA (Denver International Airport).
Shuttles:
FAQs
Arrival & Departure Times?
Plan on arriving at the Boulder Shambhala Center, 1345 Spruce Street, Boulder, CO for a 10:00 am start on Monday August 1st. Final session ends 12:00 pm Sunday August 7th.
What Does the Daily Schedule Look like?
9:30-1:00 Morning Session (first day starts 10:00am)
1:00-2:30 Lunch Break
2:30pm-5:30pm Afternoon Session
What about Covid Safety?
All participants will need to sign a Release of Liability Form that Boulder Shambhala Center will provide.
The Shambhala center policy is that participants must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 and have shown proof of vaccination or a medical exemption, OR have shown a negative covid PCR test performed at a certified testing facility within 48 hours of attendance at Boulder Shambhala Center. Please note that policies are ever changing.
places to stay In Walking Distance:
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