"Meditation is learning to tap into the wisdom, inspiration and unconditional love of the body. All we need to do is let go and let the body show us our true life."
~ Reggie Ray
An Online Course with Reggie Ray
Our body is the most direct and perfect path to profound spiritual transformation. Through our body, we connect with the inherent, self-existing wakefulness that is already present within it.
In this online immersion, Reggie leads us in exploring the view and practice of somatic meditation and how it reveals the joy, altruism, and creativity that reside at the core of our being. Designed for beginning and advanced students alike, the training focuses on a series of powerful somatic meditation practices drawn from Tibetan and East Asian Buddhism and spiritual Taoism.
This program offers an in-depth guided exploration of the practices presented in Reggie’s book, The Awakening Body. We’ll be learning how to uncover the full fruition of the guided practices in both our formal meditation and in our daily life. For those of you who have already worked with the practices in The Awakening Body, the course will allow you to deepen your experience with the practices through Reggie's direct oral transmission which is so essential for the life of these teachings.
This is an introductory course and is a prerequisite for further courses in this series. [Learn more about these courses in the FAQ, further down the page.]
Registration closes August 20.
Sacred Unfolding: A Short Video Teaching
Excerpt from Unit 2: Meditation and Individuation. In this talk Reggie discusses how all of the things we've been through in our life, no matter how challenging, have established the framework for our own spiritual development.
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This 10-week online course includes:
- 15 total hours of video teachings and guided meditations, recorded specifically for this course
- Weekly readings
- Discussion forums facilitated by meditation instructors where you can connect with other practitioners from around the globe
- Guidance through the program by assistant teacher Jessika Daniel
- The ability to download recordings of the talks and guided meditations
- Two Livestreams where Reggie will give live teachings and answer questions.
Course Details
For meditators of all levels, this program includes talks and practices centering around:
- The role of meditation as fundamental to human transformation
- Understanding the process of somatic meditation, and how to do it
- The posture of meditation as a practice
- Ways of knowing and moving from ego identification to our true self
- Uncovering the three “kayas” (or bodies) of the buddha, and why this matters
- Working with traumas big and small, through somatic meditation as a path of healing
- The tantric relationship to the body as a part of somatic practice
- The body as sacred journey, and the modern spiritual imperative
- Cultivating a daily somatic meditation practice.
Course Structure
New course materials will be released each Thursday for the ten weeks of the program. Participants may engage with that material at any time during the week, and previous weeks’ materials will be available to stream or download.
Participating in the forums is encouraged but not required, as is any engagement with assistant teacher Jessika Daniel.
The Awakening the Body website will remain open for up to 60 days after the course is finished, so participants may download materials or go through the course again at their own pace.
About the Teachers
Dr. Reginald “Reggie” Ray draws on four decades of study and intensive 
meditation practice within the Tibetan Buddhist tradition to address the unique problems, inspirations, and spiritual imperatives of modern people. He is the founder and Spiritual Director of the Dharma Ocean Foundation, a non-profit educational organization dedicated to the practice, study, and preservation of the teachings of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and the practice lineage he embodied. Read full biography.
Jessika Daniel has been a student of meditation for 23 years. 10 years ago her life was turned upside down by a weekend retreat with Reggie Ray, and she has been immersed in the Dharma Ocean path ever since. She is a practitioner of acupuncture and traditional Taoist medicine, splitting her time between Rochester, NY and Boulder, CO.
Registration
To register for this program, follow the “Register Now” link at the top of this page. Tuition for this online immersion is on a sliding scale and ranges from $379 USD to $289 USD, based on need. When you register, please select the scholarship or the full tuition rate.