Maine, USA | Jan 9-18, 2026
Tantrik Yogin's Secret Retreat
Each day unfolds as an unstructured, or rather a “spontaneously structured” sequence of teachings naturally transitioning into practice sessions
The “Yogin’s Secret Retreat” is a special type of retreat that you don’t see much of anymore. A teacher would invite a handful of students to a hidden location with the topic of the retreat to be revealed after they arrive. Each day unfolds as an unstructured, or rather a “spontaneously structured” sequence of teachings naturally transitioning into practice sessions that are inspired by, and arising from the teachings. This is the format for the entire retreat. There are no fixed hours, no fixed schedule, etc. – one thing flows into the next...
The open environment created by the intention of the students and teacher to fully surrender to the timeliness and spontaneity of each teaching and its connected practice session without caring for a specific result, takes the group to a much deeper level than what could be accomplished in a more structured retreat where the pre-selected teachings and its practices must be covered, and done so in a specific pre-set order. The retreats are called “secret” because even the teacher does not know what will arise as the retreat content. It is the unique karmas of everyone present that creates the magical experience of the Yogin’s Secret Retreat.
DAILY CLASS SCHEDULE
*Please arrive at 7:00am on the first day.
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
Jan 9 - 18, 2026
Northport, Maine, USA
The exact address will be sent to you after completing your registration.
COURSE FEE
$1059 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.
