Yogāsanam & Saṅkrānti:
Vinyāsa Yoga & Śakti Transmission

Taught by Ācarya Nityani (Jenn Chiarelli) and Swami Khecaranatha

Maui Immersion:
September 13-18, 2024
(arrival 13th, departure on 19th)
Option to schedule extra days before/after the events.

In person at Nityakash, and live-streaming/on-demand.

When one is deeply immersed in yogāsana, internalizing prana and life force, a spacious openness is discovered wherein the subtle energy of the liberating force of lineage transmitted from the heart of the teacher can be received by the yogin.

Samāveśa: Immersion Into the One Heart

SF Bay Area: 3 Day Retreat - October 25-27, 2024

In person in Richmond, CA and live-streaming/on-demand.

Samāveśa is a Sanskrit word that translates as divine union or immersion into or absorption by Divine Consciousness. It holds a double meaning: to immerse yourself in something and to become that which you immerse yourself into.

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Hṛdayākāśa: The Sky of the Heart
Essential Teachings of Bhagavan Nityananda

Immersion in India: January 8-22, 2025
Ganeshpuri, Fire Mountain Retreat Center

Cost: $1,800 (for the full two weeks)

To register for this event, contact [email protected]. If you are a Vīra member, please indicate that in your email. A $400 deposit is required to hold your space. Full payment due 30 days before the immersion begins. Deposit is non-refundable if you cancel within 90 day of the start.

In this immersion Nathaji will explore the depths of the grace our lineage. Inspired by the Nitya Sutras (the teachings of Bhagavan Nityananda), Nathaji will teach class daily, orchestrate pujas, and sit with everyone in the places Nityananda sat. The entire immersion will be a transmission of the presence of Nityananda as we bask in the Sky of the Heart. As he said, The Heart is the most sacred of all places, go there and roam.

There will be ample time to sit in Nityananda’s samadhi shrine, his bedrooms, and the room in which he took samadhi. You can also visit the many temples in the area, including an ancient Śiva temple, or hike the nearby Mandagani, a sacred mountain that Nityananda frequented. Each week there will be a day-long group excursion to several of the sacred temples and sites in the area.

Pratyabhijñā-hṛdayam: Heart of Recognition

Two-Week Immersion - Begins early February, 2025
Exact dates & location TBA
Luxury Hotel Accommodations

Swami Khecaranatha will explore the wisdom and practices of one of the most significant teaching of Śaiva Tantra.

One thousand years ago a great tāntrika, Rājānaka Kṣhemarāja, wrote his masterpiece: The Pratyabhijñā-hṛdayam. The title means, “The Essence of the Recognition," which is the knowledge of oneself as an expression of the universal Divine Consciousness. 

Kṣhemarāja gives us the secret or “heart” of nondual tantric teachings: the process, by stages, through which Divine Consciousness becomes the world of manifold forms and then delights in its recognition of Itself, as our own individuated consciousness.

Anuttara: All-Pervasive Divine Presence

Immersion on Maui: Attend one or two weeks
March 15-22 and/or March 22-29, 2025

Cost: $1,450/week

To register for this event, contact [email protected]. If you are a Vīra member, please indicate that in your email. A $300 deposit (per week) is required to hold your space. Full payment due 30 days before the immersion begins. Deposit is non-refundable if you cancel within 90 day of the start.

Nathaji will explore what it would mean for you to live in a fully-liberated Heart, also known as jīvan-mukta, or embodied freedom. He will be transmitting teachings and practices for finding, entering into, and becoming established in Sacred Repose — the confluence of the sacred rivers of energy and awareness practices revealing the stillness/repose, bliss, and freedom flooding into and moving through the ocean of pure consciousness.

Longer periods of deep immersion into the practice significantly shift our experience. Swami Khecaranatha has designed these extended retreats as a time to let go of daily life and reside at Nityakash, our retreat facility on Maui.

In-person attendance is by permission and generally requires prior participation in one or more of the weekend retreats.

An Unbounded Presence: The Dimensions of joy and Freedom

Maui: 3 Day Retreat - May 2-4, 2025

In person at Nityakash and live-streaming/on-demand.

In this powerful retreat Swami Khecaranatha will guide you through practices and insights that will bring you into the depths of your own heart, wherein the bliss of Consciousness and freedom is accessed.

When no division of consciousness whatsoever exists within us, we abide in the Joy of Being, which pulsates as everything. This is the direct recognition of those whose awareness is unbroken, perpetually saturated with the supreme nectar of universal bliss.

Resting in this unwavering joy is the fruit of all spiritual practice.

Take up Residence in the Heart

Throughout history, people seeking a deeper spiritual life have gone on journeys to holy sites to immerse themselves in a place of refuge. Setting aside the activities, distractions, and pressures of daily life and engaging in longer periods of daily sādhana has long been a key component of reaching into the depths of one’s awareness.

It would be particularly beneficial to combine an extended stay with one of the immersions (in May, July, September 2024, or Winter 2025). You can come early or stay on afterwards for several weeks. 

We are also looking for people who would like to stay at least 3-6 months, but the minimum period is 1 month.

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Ācārya Training & Initiation

A lineage is an unbroken transmission of a living spiritual force that is passed from heart to heart. The role of the teacher is two-fold: to awaken the creative power of Life already present within each person, and to support that person as this power unfolds. This responsibility cannot be taken lightly. While it is a great honor to teach, it is really a life of work, sacrifice, and surrender. Read more…