RETREAT—Dream Yoga (In Person)

Practicing Dream Yoga regularly will improve your nights and brighten up your days. In this two-day in-person retreat, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche will share key points to this daily practice, accessible to all, which opens the doors to lucid dreaming and proves to be powerfully liberating.

The great Dzogchen master Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche will teach precious, essential practices of the Dream Yoga teachings from the Bön tradition to enable us to access the restorative power of a good night sleep, resting in our natural state, our true nature. “You may avoid facing your emotions now, but they will resurface in the future in your dreams or waking life.” – Ababa [Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche] 05/14/2024

DREAM YOGA
Since very ancient times, Tibetan yogis have practiced dream yoga, in order to make this period of rest a time of well-being and spiritual awakening.

If one falls asleep in one’s pain body, without awareness, the pain and fear stay active throughout the night. In this tradition, the waking state is perceived as dreamlike as dreams themselves, so dream yoga actually applies to all experiences, to the dreams of the waking state as well as those of the night.

THE RETREAT
During this two-day retreat, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche will explore the relationship between the dream and the waking states, as well as the relationship between dreams and the Bardo stages. We will learn how to prepare ourselves to go to sleep, resting in our natural state, our true nature.

Rinpoche will explain the different types of dreams that can occur and he will teach us how to bring clarity into our dreams.

Recognizing a dream as a dream has the power to transform every aspect of our waking life, opening us to the infinite good qualities and creativity potential effortlessly available within us, anytime, anywhere.

THE BENEFITS OF DREAM YOGA
The quick results of this practice, if cultivated regularly, are a better quality of sleep, increased well-being and vitality in daily life: calm, confidence, health, energy, creativity.

On a psychological level, these practices bring greater clarity, a sharper awareness of our conditioning, illusions, clutter and other obstacles.

On an even deeper level, they open the door to liberation, for this life and at the time of death. Dream yoga is a powerful accelerator of spiritual awakening.

« If we enter into our dreams and react to the images of the mind as if they were real, we should not expect to be free during our waking state and then in the state after death. Examine your way of sleeping, and you will find out if you are free, awake, or not. » Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, Tibetan yogas of dreams and sleep, Claire Lumière editions

PRACTICAL INFORMATION
– The retreat is in-person only.
– It is open to everyone, beginners and experienced practitioners, with no prerequisites.

SCHEDULE
Saturday morning: doors open at 8:30 a.m.
– Saturday, August 31: 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.-5 p.m.
– Sunday, September 1: 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Please be on site 10-15 minutes before the start of each session.

LOCATION
Pierre Chambaud village hall
450 rue de la Grange Magnien
01960 Péronnas (near outskirts of Bourg-en-Bresse)
– The venue is located 10 minutes by car from the center of Bourg-en- Bresse: take the RN, direction Lyon.
– Large free parking area in front of the entrance to the village hall.
– Bus n°3 Bourg-Péronnas on Saturday (not Sunday).
– Free shuttle: can be organized from the town center to the venue and vice-versa upon request. Contact: Dominique and Roland, tel. 06 45 37 52 88.
– During lunch break, possibility of picnicking on site (everyone is expected to bring their own meal)

LANGUAGE
Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche will teach in English, with consecutive translation into French.

CONTACT
– This retreat is organized by the Ligmincha Bourg-en-Bresse team, led by Christelle, Sylvia, Véronique and Roland. Many thanks to them!
– For any additional questions about the retreat, contact Dominique and Roland (French only): roland.cadoz@orange.fr