A Guide to “Prepping”
Surviving Impending Collapse
The image of the “Prepper” is that of a “backwoods” uneducated and paranoid person obsessed with being ready for the immanent collapse of society and all its comforts and conventions. But, in actuality, learning to be self-sufficient is an important aspect of taking responsibility for the gift of life and the life of others in your care.
It brings a deeply felt sense of connection to your actual situation, to nature, and to the Greater Cycles of Life. Being self-sufficient or resourceful gives you a confidence and wisdom based on reality - understanding that despite any changes in external conditions, you’ll know how to respond and meet everyday challenges without delusion or loss of mental equanimity. This gives a very, very, deep sense of natural ease.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
This class teaches important principles and techniques of survival, and how to be better prepared for environmental, economic or socio-political collapse. It’s not a comprehensive training in urban survival, but will give you a good start and hopefully inspire you to continue on the journey of self-sufficiency as a method of remaining profoundly engaged with your actual situation.
DETAILS
Dates:
Tuesday, Oct 13, 2026
Time:
9am-12pm (Maine, USA Time)
* Recordings will be available in our community platform if you are unable to attend live.
COURSE FEE
$105 / 1 class (3 hours total)
About the Teacher
Dharma Bodhi (Kol Martens)
Dharma Bodhi began practicing yoga at seven years of age. In his teens he moved into practices of Chan Buddhism and Daoism received through his Chinese martial arts teachers in New York. After completing his chiropractic degree he studied in an Oral-Practice Tradition of Non-Dual Śaiva Tantra, taking initiation into one of the Daśnami Orders of practice from India. In 1996 he complete ācārya training under his Śaiva gurus. This training emphasized traditional Kundalinī Hatha Yoga and a progressive system of Meditation, along supportive studies in ritual/pūjā and yoga texts. Since graduating as a Śaiva ācārya, he took refuge with a great master of Bönpo Dzogchen meditation, and studied with him by taking multiple trips per year to his monastery in India for a period of 8 years. He studies both Dzogchen meditation & yoga (trul khor), and Dzogchen preliminary and advanced texts. Both his Śaiva and Dzogchen masters gave him the task of teaching these systems stripped of the unnecessary aspects of the cultures and languages they are found in. His Dzogchen master also gave him the task of translating two Tibetan texts. One of which is finished and the other is in process. He now lives with his wife, Sahaja Dakinī, and their two children in rural Maine, USA. He is developing a practice hermitage in the wilderness of Maine and a European teaching center on the border of Italy and Switzerland.
