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Osho Nirvana is delighted to present this exclusive Women’s Retreat with Vasumati

We are living in an exciting time to be a woman. We are in a new era where we can have a choice and a voice in which we can speak out passionately, tenderly and creatively about things that matter to us inwardly and outwardly and be heard.

Our Longings and Struggles as Women…

1. We desire to engage in deeper dialogues around intimacy and love where we share our deepest feelings and thoughts
2. We often struggle with our sense of worth and value; out of fear and insecurity have held ourselves and our power back
3. We long to share and live our sensuality and passion in safety and respect
4. We long for love but not at the expense of losing ourselves.  We want success and abundance but not at the expense of becoming too masculine, stressed, and outer-focused.
5. We long for meditation, awareness, and having an open heart

What you can expect from the Workshop…

In this workshop we will deepen our connection to our bodies and our inner feminine essence while finding a more mature dimension of self-love and acceptance.
The word “Tantric” refers not only to sexuality, but to the totality of ourselves as open, alive, intelligent and wise women.

In the company of other women, we will create a powerful energy field where we will explore the deeper dimensions of being an empowered embodied fully alive and compassionate woman.

• We will discover our hidden strengths and resources that are intrinsic to our being and will support each other to confront what holds us back and limits us
• We will heal the parts of us that carry wounds from past relationships that have hurt our ability to trust and our capacity for deep intimacy.

We will work with breath and dance, meditation, enquiry and awareness, and deep sharings in pairs or in the circle as a whole!

It will be a dynamic, creative, and fun experience!

Event Date: Nov 29, 6PM – Dec 1, 1PM

Event fees: $399 – all inclusive (2-nights shared accommodation, meals and course materials)

Registration: here – Google form where you provide details, arrival info (for carpool if needed), and food preferences.

Payment:
Cards: here (select your ticket and then you can do 0$ for platform support fees -optional):
Paypal: [email protected]

Facilitator:   Vasumati Sharon Hancock

Vasumati has been a psychotherapist and counselor for the last 30 years, specializing in the areas of co-dependency, relationships, Essence, and Tantra. After completing a psychology degree at the University of Cape Town in South Africa she moved to London where she completed further education in Somatic Psychotherapy. She studied Reichian Bodywork with Gerda Boyesen, and completed a 2-year professionalcourse. While in London she studied the humanistic psychologies that were emerging from Esalen Institute in California. These included Psychodrama, Gestalt, and Family systems.

In 1976 Vasumati went to India to meet the Guru Bhagwan Rajneesh and spent many years in India learning meditation, working in the commune, and practicing therapy in individual and group settings. This experience in India brought her to the understanding that there is a new type of therapy emerging called the Psychology of the Buddhas. This approach understood that the traditional therapies of analysis and later of emotional discharge could not promote change and healing on deeper levels if meditation was not brought in.  And up to the present day, Vasumatis work is based on the interface between psychotherapy, spirituality, and meditation. In 1990 she became interested in Co-dependency and trained in couple counseling at the Couples Institute in Palo Alto California. Today she works in a group, training, and individual setting in Couple, Relationship, and Family Therapy.

Her work takes place in a gentle and non-invasive space, clients are supported to compassionately enquire into the issues and conflicts, fears, and tensions that hold us back from living at our full potential. Self-understanding and communication skills provide the basis for deepening our intimate connections with each other.  This will lead to respect, appreciation, and a healthy mature love.

To know more about Vasumati, visit www.vasumati.info

Osho No-Mind Retreat Dec 28 – Jan 1

Namaste friends,
After good response from last years no mind retreat, we bring you yet another opportunity for a no-mind experience at Osho Nirvana Ashram.

In group energy when we meditate together in the Osho Buddha field for 5 days a lot can happen.

We will also be welcoming New Years 2025 and Starting our Jan 1 with Dynamic meditation and no-mind!

Important reminders:
Duration:
*5-day retreat – Arrive by the evening of Thursday, 27th Dec. Start NO-MIND from Dec 28th-Jan 1th.
*Cost: $499 per person/$849 per couple ( All inclusive food, lodging, and meditation. ***Free accommodation on Dec 27th.)

Please register and make a payment to secure your spot.
*Registration link : https://forms.gle/8aDagRZkhAa8mgNE9

Contribution
Cards: here
Paypal : [email protected]
Note: Two weeks prior to the event we will send you all the details of the program with schedule, direction, what to bring, etc.

Description
No-Mind is one of the Therapeutic Meditative Processes that Osho created.

Using the unique technique of speaking only Gibberish for one hour at a stretch we can release the stress in our mind and unburden ourselves by expressing the blocked repressed energies.

All tension is based on inner conflict. And all inner conflict is based on a misunderstanding between the conscious and the unconscious mind.
Someone insults you. You become angry and react, perhaps damaging them and/or yourself. Or you become sad and only damage yourself. The reality is different. The anger is sitting there waiting for a chance to be expressed and the insult provided the trigger by touching an old wound.
Then the mind jumps in and puts subtitles on the anger movie: “You are right to be angry – you have been insulted.”
Gibberish when done with absolute intensity, takes us out of our logical mind and into the realms of the mysterious and spiritual.
It supports participants to move beyond their usual boundaries of expression and daily structures, to experience an exalted state of No-Mind.
The second part is silence and witnessing. For the next hour, we are just witnessing the body, the mind and anything that is happening within us. Besides this process, there will be some other meditations throughout the day supportive of this intense process.

Osho No Mind is an energetic process, that work on an individual in group dynamics with no intervention from the therapist. You are your own surgeon and patient.

Osho describes this phenomenon: “Your mind is nothing but gibberish. Put it aside and you will have a taste of your own being. Use gibberish and go consciously crazy. Go crazy with absolute awareness so that you become the center of the cyclone. Simply allow whatever comes, without bothering whether it is meaningful or reasonable. Just throw out all the mind-garbage and create the space in which the Buddha appears.”

Program Highlights:
* Once a day: 1 session of 120-150 minutes everyday for seven days
* Osho Dynamic meditation
* Osho Kundalini meditation
* Evening celebration and Osho Video
* Vegetarian healthy meals

Extras
* Make fresh organic juices from Orange grove
* Swim meditatively
* Contemplation, reading books, spontaneous celebration, quiet place

Benefits of this retreat :
· Be more relaxed and refreshed than you’ve ever been
· Get a rare opportunity to really unplug
· Have a wonderful time learning a different practice than your own
· Drop out of “normal life” for a period
· Have a wonderful time learning a different practice than your own
· Peace and quiet for the mind, refreshing energy for the body
· A chance to get away and step aside from all the hustle and bustle of city life
· Rediscover yourself after too long of feeling disconnected
· The ideal place to unplug, slow down that fast pace and get back in touch with nature
· Balance hormones through ancient practices
· Feel calmness, openness, and increased relaxation
· Reduce stress and enjoy a better sleep

Safety Protocol:
*If you have physical limitations this retreat is not suitable for you.

Join us for a weekend of Satsang, Meditation, Live Kirtan, and Celebration with Swami Gopal Bharati at Osho Nirvana.

Swami Gopal Bharati was initiated into sannyas in 1976 by Osho. He has been conducting meditation retreats all over India and Nepal.
He has created more than 500 songs and recorded about 100 of them. A collection of 200 songs is published as a book.

The retreat is designed to cater to individuals at all stages of their meditation journey, whether you are new to Osho’s teachings, a seasoned meditator, a sannyasin, or a devoted Osho follower. Together, we will immerse ourselves in a transformative experience guided by the profound wisdom of Osho.

In today’s fast-paced world, meditation has emerged as a potent tool for managing thoughts, emotions, and overall mental health. Scientific research has unequivocally shown its potential to decrease depression, mitigate distraction, alleviate anxiety, curb rumination, and enhance emotional resilience, among numerous other benefits. At our retreat, you will have the unique opportunity to delve deep into meditation practices, fostering inner clarity, and nurturing your overall well-being.

Come and find more clarity about yourself and find ways to improve your overall well-being!

Retreat Highlights

• Diverse Meditation Techniques: Experience a harmonious blend of active and passive Osho meditation techniques
• White Robe Brotherhood/Osho Video
• Sannyas Initiation / Mala Ceremony: For those seeking a deeper connection, we offer optional sannyas initiation and a mala ceremony.
• Nourishing Meals: Delight your palate with delectable, healthy vegetarian meals prepared with love. We also provide refreshing snacks throughout the retreat.
• Comfortable Accommodation: We understand the importance of rest during your retreat. Therefore, we offer two nights of comfortable accommodation, ensuring you fully absorb the retreat experience.
• Free Orange plucking at the orange grove.

This is a residential retreat

Dates: Feb 21, 7:00 am – Feb 23, noon
Suggested arrival Feb 20 by 5PM
Contribution: $299
Location: Osho Nirvana, San Diego
Contribute at: https://www.zeffy.com/ticketing/med-retreat-with-swami-gopal-bharati

Register here | Paypal to [email protected] or use credit card  here

“Its rejuvenating the way Lama ji talks about this, he talks about the dying process and after-death experiences like taking a bus ride. … reduces fear and takes away the dramatic weight of it.“ – Swami Samadhi, Germany

We at Osho Nirvana, heartily invite you this 5-Day Bardo Thodol Retreat With Lama Tenzin.

The Bardo Thodol is the most well-known dying process is the Tibetan Buddhist scripture.
OSHO refers to it as Tibet’s most significant contribution to the world.

The basic message is to:

“simply let go of everything on your own accord. Relax, and accept death without any antagonism as a culmination of life, as a natural phenomenon. It ends nothing. Remain conscious and watch what is happening – how the body starts becoming more and more distant from you, how the mind starts falling into pieces as if a mirror has fallen and broken into pieces, how your emotions, sentiments, moods…everything that made your life starts disappearing. It is the end of a dream. That is the fundamental point in Bardo, that you have lived a dream that you call life, a seventy-year-long dream. It is coming to an end….” Osho 

Death is one of the most misunderstood and mysterious topic.
During this retreat Lama Tenzin will share various dimensions of death and insights that will help us understand this process.

Some of the teachings involve:

• Meditation:
  • Tonglen,
  • Vipassana,
  • Death & Impermanence,
  • Clear light and Visualization
• Death of spiritual masters, spiritual practitioners, general people
• The Six Intermedia states (Bardo)
• Preparation for death
• Helping others who are dying
• Delog and Rainbow body phenomenons
• Peaceful and wrathful Deities
• Phowa practice
• Karma and Rebirth

This is a residential retreat suitable for both new and experienced seekers, no prior experience is needed.

We will start our days with Osho Active Meditation.

Safety is our top priority and we will be strictly following safety protocols.

Dates: July 3rd 6AM 2025 – July 7th 2PM 2025

We would recommend friends to arrive at Ashram  by the evening of, July 2nd so that you can be well rested before the event starts the following morning.

Daily Activities:  Osho Active Meditations | Bardo Dharma Teachings & Meditation | Mindful Walking | Mindful Eating | Osho Discourse

About the Teacher: The Bardo Thodol Retreat will be led by Ven. Tenzin Lama Sherpa.  Ordained at the age of 13, Ven. Lama is a Tibetan Buddhist Monk. He studied Tibetan Buddhism at the Namdroling Monastery in India.

Throughout his monastic life, Ven. Lama has received endless philosophical teachings, transmissions, and initiations from great lamas. Ven. Lama has taught Buddhism and led many meditation retreats in Nepal, India, Chile, Mexico, and the US.

Contribution : Single: $549 | Couples: $999 | $50 dollars per night if you want to stay extra days.The fee covers shared Accommodation, Daily Vegetarian Meals, Tea/Coffee, & snacks.

Limited private accommodation is also available, please email us at [email protected] to book.

Payment options: 

Send us contribution via Paypal to [email protected] (Friends and Family to avoid fees) – Make a note “Bardo Group”

or you can also use Zeffy to pay via cards (Platform support fees go to processor, so feel free to skip click others and type in the amount u wish or 0$): Here

Spaces are Limited – Register here ASAP.

Venue: Osho Nirvana, San Diego

Meditation/Celebration

As with any events, here are some guidelines that will help you to get the best out of the retreat:

• Please feel free to bring any yoga mats or pillows if you have any favorites although some comfortable meditation chairs will be provided.
• Meditations involve sitting, dancing and lying down so it is suggested that you wear loose clothes.
• Since the event will be full of activities, it is suggested that you take plenty of rest before the event.
• In consideration of people with sensitivities, please kindly refrain from using strong perfumes and other similar fragrances during the retreat.
• We plan to do each session at the allocated time, so plan to be at the Meditation Hall 5-10 mins earlier than the scheduled time.

Please make note of the following rules:

• Avoid using cell phones.
  • Let your family/friends know that you will be away for a personal retreat
• You must be physically fit to participate and follow the schedule.
• Do not participate if you have a serious mental disorder or emotional upheaval.
• You are requested to commit to the whole process, partial participation will disturb you and others
• Consumption of alcohol, intoxicants, and smoking is not allowed.

For more details: Visit: www.oshosandiego.com | Call 760.407.6746 or Email: [email protected]

Osho Nirvana is a California based 501(c)(3) Non-profit Organization.

Those who have known death from inside lose all fear of death. – OSHO

Osho Nirvana is delighted to present this Women’s Retreat with Vasumati

Calling at Women! Give your self (or your beloved) a gift of this retreat!

Osho Nirvana, in San Diego is delighted to present this exclusive Women’s Group with Vasumati. Last year we had a beautiful group and we are presenting this again, this time for 3 days.

Tantra is a very deep and complex subject.

It is a science and philospohy and also a psychology with very Esoteric aspects to it.
In this group we will explore some of the deep themes that are touched in the study and practice of Tantra.

Our interest here is about Love and relationship.

In the earlier days Tantra was a practice that was done by Meditators and mostly they were not in intimate relationships,  which on some level made things easier.

Tantra for modern people is more challenging as we are in deep intimacy with our partners and that brings up all the issues that we have to face in a couple relationship. One of the biggest things we have to deal with is Surrender,  how to surrender to Love while keeping our integrity and not compromising,  if we surrender too much ,  we collapse and lose ourselves and if we hang on to our individuality too much we become rigid and incapable of melting.
AS Tantra is about Love and acceptance it means we have to also be honest and reveal ourselves.

We hide when we dont accept ourselves, yet hiding blocks openess and intimacy, so we first work on acceptance, how to love and accept ourselves and each other.  We learn to let go of the Inner Judge and the Negative self criticism that we carry around from our past.

We accept our needs and fears, our masculine and feminine. This finally lets our defences melt and our hearts open.
When the heart starts to open then Intimacy and trust can begin, and when the heart is open, love is no longer split.
Tantra heals the splits in us – the split between heart and sex and the split in us between our masculine and feminine sides.
These splits keep us in tension and conflict and when we are no loner internally divided our life takes on a new color and meaning.

The work is for everyone who wants to grow.

We will do carefuly constructed exercises – enquiries that are very profound and healing
Boundaries will be respected and needs honored.

We will work with Body, energy, breath, sharings, dance,and meditations.
Personal work will also happen

It is fun, challenging, intense, and beautiful what can happen in the space of a few days.

Welcome to “The Psychology of Tantra”

It will be a dynamic, creative, and fun experience!

Event Date: Sept 18, 7 PM – Sept 21, 1 PM (We begin on Sept. 18, after dinner, please plan to arrive by then)

Event fees: $499 – all inclusive (3-nights shared accommodation, meals, and course materials)

Registration: here – Google form where you provide details, arrival info (for carpool if needed), and food preferences.

Payment:
Cards: here (select your ticket and then you can do 0$ for platform support fees -optional):
Paypal: [email protected]

Location: Osho Nirvana Ashram, Valley Center, CA

Facilitator:   Vasumati Sharon Hancock

Vasumati has been a psychotherapist and counselor for the last 30 years, specializing in the areas of co-dependency, relationships, Essence, and Tantra. After completing a psychology degree at the University of Cape Town in South Africa she moved to London where she completed further education in Somatic Psychotherapy. She studied Reichian Bodywork with Gerda Boyesen, and completed a 2-year professionalcourse. While in London she studied the humanistic psychologies that were emerging from Esalen Institute in California. These included Psychodrama, Gestalt, and Family systems.

In 1976 Vasumati went to India to meet the Guru Bhagwan Rajneesh and spent many years in India learning meditation, working in the commune, and practicing therapy in individual and group settings. This experience in India brought her to the understanding that there is a new type of therapy emerging called the Psychology of the Buddhas. This approach understood that the traditional therapies of analysis and later of emotional discharge could not promote change and healing on deeper levels if meditation was not brought in.  And up to the present day, Vasumatis work is based on the interface between psychotherapy, spirituality, and meditation. In 1990 she became interested in Co-dependency and trained in couple counseling at the Couples Institute in Palo Alto California. Today she works in a group, training, and individual setting in Couple, Relationship, and Family Therapy.

Her work takes place in a gentle and non-invasive space, clients are supported to compassionately enquire into the issues and conflicts, fears, and tensions that hold us back from living at our full potential. Self-understanding and communication skills provide the basis for deepening our intimate connections with each other.  This will lead to respect, appreciation, and a healthy mature love.

To know more about Vasumati, visit www.vasumati.info

Watch interview with Vasumati about this retreat! Click here

Click below to watch the amazing feedback we received from some friends who participated last time….