DHARMA MAN CULTURE WELCOMES YOU

Being human is an immeasurable gift. We have the potential to connect with the source of all love and wisdom, yet this often turns into an overwhelming challenge because we are missing the right kind of guidance and support.As the great Indian sage Paramahansa Yogananda stated, “Environment is more powerful than willpower.”Being a man in these times, the challenge is enhanced. The pressures to provide and protect with good, safe energy for our loved ones consistently bring us to our thresholds of ego. When times are tough, we are greeted with the parts of ourself in perceived isolation, on a vulnerability-inducing journey of discovery between the glossy appearance of the material success we desire and the shadowy caverns of illusory failure.But hey, guess what?We have everything we need.No, I did not say you have everything you need, and nor did I say I do. Flourishing is a mutual process. And yes, what we need to engage in this way is inside each of us, though in my experience, solid time-tested spiritual knowledge and practices are required for the secret to reveal itself. Considering the times we are in, I do not believe there is anything our Culture Work* needs more than this kind of revolutionary remembrance.Ancient traditions of India and Tibet refer to this collection of illuminating wisdom through the Sanskrit word Dharma. And for millennia, men (and women) not so different from us have been following its way of accessing real love, with its compassion, its understanding, and its power.And yes, it needs to be practiced consciously, committed to faithfully, and shared open-heartedly in order to light up our communities, to provide guidance when necessary, and protection when that is required.If you’re feeling this,DHARMA MAN CULTURE WELCOMES YOU

September 12-14, a beautiful container of men will dive into Divine Praise, Mindful Animism, and Masculine Transformation.Vegetarian meals will be provided. Accommodations include camping, composting toilets, hot showers, cold plunges, walking trails, outdoor kitchen, fire circle, and a community yurt.The potential for the incredible and the magical is high, with good men sharing in the powers and stories of the Gods, practicing Yoga and Meditation, playing and singing Devotional Music and Kirtan.The dedication is for all, for our loved ones and our own selves, for the collective healing and the alchemy of Sacred Masculine and Feminine. We also honor Indigenous perspectives, unscripted heartsongs, and land-based practice in our transformative Grief and Praise Ritual.Each of our parts is welcomed, to be nourished appropriately by jovial companionship and Ayurvedic delights. We will be surrounded by the natural elements, forests and rivers to relate with, in reciprocity and support of our journeys.It is time to come together, with grace and determination to redeem the paradox of our age, that we may level up to a whole new way of divine brotherhood that feels the joy of love, and restores the knowledge of humanity's gift.Sincerely,Taj
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*A note on Culture Work. I want to acknowledge that this is coming from a white man of European and Indigenous heritage, and yet I am claiming the Culture that has claimed me, a student (and occasionally a teacher as well) of Yoga and Sanatana Dharma for over twenty years. In Dharma Culture, we have many in One, and One in many. In this present invitation, we are spending some time and focus with contextual gifts of traditions that have been based in the regions of the Himalaya Mountains, the Ganges, Jamuna, and Saraswati Rivers (originating far before the modern inventions of India and Hinduism), yet the traditional wisdom is clear:These teachings are to be shared with those who seek them in earnest, regardless of body type, orientation, personal faith, or place of origin, with great honor to the Holy Source beyond division, for the sacred purposes of forwarding the creation, harmony, and the liberation process. In this way, we invite a work of Culture to support the Dharma (and vice versa), including the beautiful offerings of the places and ancestral traditions we also come from.

Taj's Bio:Since trekking through the Himalayas over twenty years ago, being fed in ancient villages while immersed in the arts of Yoga and Meditation, Taj has been a committed student of Sanatana Dharma and Indigenous Wisdom. He has been an educator and coach of youths and adults for over a decade, with a focus in Waldorf schools where he taught middle and high school humanities, and transformative health practices with people of all ages.In recent years, he has become a facilitator of Men’s Work, tending to village remembrance, ancestral grief, and spirit-guided human development, where he feels the magical leadership of love sharing in realms of somatic connection and devotional song.He is a grateful beneficiary of many great teachers and mentors, belonging to the Tribe of the Sacred Heart and guided by the internal, eternal Guru. A child of the Cascadia bioregion, Taj honors his Celtic and Métis ancestry, and Salish, Chinook, Klickitat, and Yakama peoples where he resides along the Columbia Gorge near White Salmon, WA.

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