Maine, USA | June 18-21, 2026
Way of Water:
Rudrānanda’s Kriyā Yoga
Esoteric Science of Mastering our Subtle Energies
In Kriyā Yoga you work with your own subtle system of:
- Energy channels (nadi skt.)
- Vital centers of energy (cakra skt.), and...
- Spheres of essence-energy with specific qualities (bindu skt.)...
...in order to transform your karmic conditioning and limitations of body, speech and mind. This then allows for truly spontaneous action and the expression of your enlightened Personality Display.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
Kriyā Yoga puts you into direct engagement with your subtle body’s channels, cakras, bindus, winds, elements, etc. Kriyā Yoga can be practiced as a stand-alone spiritual technology of dynamic meditation that leads to liberation. In this mode, the Rudrānanda Kriya Yoga System is an excellent core practice of inner alchemy able to transform all limiting karmas when combined with Pure Motive and the Heart of Devotion to the Path and Teacher.
Kriyā Yoga can also be practiced as an integral part of the traditional method of deity yoga, or union with the enlightened essence of your chosen deity. In the modern practice of Tantrik Yoga it is more common to learn deity yoga practices without being taught the practices of kriyā yoga that are part of the total method. This is unfortunate because it is the kriyā yoga component that drives the empowerment of the visualizations and mantras of the deity and manifests their experience in your time/space continuum. Kriyā Yoga is the engine of Deity Yoga and Devotion is the highway.
Deity Yoga practiced without its Kriyā Yoga component relies on struggling with sheer willpower and devotion to obtain the desired result. This overly strenuous approach dampens your enthusiasm, joy and pleasure found in the practice of deity yoga, thus resulting in little or no attainment. So, whether you wish to use Kriyā yoga as internal alchemy, as deity yoga or both, this retreat gives you a quick entry into this profound and powerful system of practice.
DAILY CLASS SCHEDULE
8:00 – 11:00 Teachings & Practice
11:00 – 13:00 Lunch
13:00 – 16:00 Teachings & Practice
ACCOMMODATIONS & LOCAL TRANSPORTATION
You will need to organize your own accommodation, transportation and meals during the retreat. Please check out the resources below to help plan your stay.
DATES & LOCATION
June 18 - 21, 2026
Northport, Maine, USA
The exact address will be sent to you after completing your registration.
COURSE FEE
$420 USD*
*At checkout, use the full name, e-mail, and mailing address of the person registering for the retreat. (Payment details do not have to match.)
For 20% off teaching fees, enroll in 3 or more In-Person Retreats from the 2025-2026 schedule.
20% off Retreat PackageAbout 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.
