Way of Fire
Kundalinī Hatha Yoga - Level I
Learn the authentic lineage transmitted system of Indian Kundalinī Hatha Yoga.
Immerse yourself in a home-retreat with weekly classes and practice guidance!
Dharma Bodhi Tantrācarya is now teaching Way of Fire – Level I online, which is the pre-requisite for formal entry into the path of the Way of Fire! Make no mistake, this is not a program in modern postural yoga (nor is it a form of postural yoga with a veneer of Tantra). This is a thorough, authentic and classical training program in the YOGA OF LIBERATION.
The modern practice of yoga has been severed from its roots as a liberation technology. For the path of Kundalini Hatha Yoga to give the practitioner the lofty goal of self-realization and beyond, the student must:
- Learn from an authorized teacher of an unbroken line of realized masters
- Receive clear and correct instructions in the View & Practice
- Receive and integrate the Ritual Śakti Empowerments (which will be offered in Level II and Level III) *Level I Online serves as the prerequisite for Level II and III.
- Be resolutely committed to their practice
- Have pure motive to realize their nature for the benefit of themselves and all beings equally
Way of Fire - Level I subjects include:
- Cleansing physical and subtle nādīs (energy channels of mind and vitality)
- Strengthening Agni (digestive and spiritual fire)
- Balancing the 5 Elements
- Five Family Āsana - used to connect to and influence the main channels and bindus
- Paśu Tattva Śuddhi (alchemical 5 element purification meditation.
- Chanting – Opening the Mandala to align with blessing force of the Mahāsiddhas and closing with prayers of dedication of merit and wishing peace for all beings
- View Teachings of Hatha Yoga, including oral transmission and relevant text verses
- Bandhas or psycho-physico-energetic “locks’ used to concentrate and direct the inner winds
- Mudras (specific placement of hands and fingers) used for meditation and in chanting to intensify the energy being emphasized
- Meditations – sensory enhancement and classical mind training
- The Awarenesses used in practice & five element theory
- Primal Ayurveda – diet & exercise as relates to Kundalinī Hatha Yoga & one’s specific constitution
*This course is a pre-requisite for Way of Fire - Level II and Level III (In-Person retreats)
**In order to give enough time to the subjects listed above, students are expected to do the FREE Kundalini Hatha Yoga – Intro Course on their own to learn the specific set of sequences dedicated to recalibration of the elemental forces prior to the start of Level I.
Pre-Requisite: Free Kundalini Hatha Yoga Intro CourseDETAILS
Date & Time:
Tuesdays: May 6, 13, 20, 27 & June 3 (2025), 12pm-2pm (Maine, USA Time)
Saturdays: May 10, 17, 24, 31 & June 7 (2025), 8am-11am (Maine, USA Time)
* Recordings will be available in our community platform if you are unable to attend live.
COURSE FEE
$657 / 10 classes (20 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.