A Personal Transformation Retreat
with Dr. Raj Balkaran

 THE ALCHEMY OF DARK AND LIGHT  

Illumining Shadow Between the Eclipses 

Sept 26-29, 2024
Los Angeles, California


8 Students Max

REGISTRATION CLOSING

Illumine Your Blindspots to Awaken Your Potential.

Free Yourself of Patterns of the Past.

Heal Personal, Familial, Generational Karmas.

"To the Divine Goddess who abides in all beings as Shadow
Obeisance, Obeisance, we now bow down!” 

yā devī sarvabhūteṣu chāyārūpeṇa saṃsthitā |
namas tasyai namas tasyai namas tasyai namo namaḥ ||

 - Devī Māhātmya 5.17

The Alchemy of Dark and Light 

Creation consists of the interplay between Shadow and Light, both inwardly and outwardly.  

Personal transformation involves leveraging Light to illumine what lies in Shadow. This is how we deal with demons, inner and outer.  

What lies in Shadow holds power over you. By illumining it, you reclaim that power and can harness it fulfilling your potential.  

Properly harnessed, eclipses are powerful junctures for just this sort of personal transformation (inner alchemy). This year, eclipse season aligns perfectly with the Forefather Fortnight (Pitṛ Pakṣa) a time to clear ancestral karmas. The Fortnight commences with an Eclipse of the Moon (Sept 17, 2024) and ends with an Eclipse of the Sun (Oct 2, 2024).

And so we gather to harness these powerful auspices “between the eclipses” to engage in the alchemy of personal transformation, leverage the spiritual teachings and practices of ancient India.

Retreat Outcomes

• Gain awareness of what lies in your blindspots
• Reclaim the Power usurped by Shadow  
• Access Untapped Potential
• Lead a more whole, healed, fulfilled life
• Address persistent patterns, compulsions, addictions 
• Breakthrough personal, familial, generational, lineal karmas
• Learn the significance of, and how to observe, Pitṛ Pakṣa, the Forefather Fortnight
• Harness the power of Eclipse Season for personal transformation
• Learn key remedies for Shadow afflictions 
• Prepare for the Goddess Festival (Oct 3-11, 2024)

Highlights Include 

• Arrival, Settling In, Meet and Greet
• Dinner: Delicious, Wholesome Indian Cuisine
• Live Storytelling: Rahu and the Creation of Eclipses 

Highlights 

• Intention Setting
• The Nature and Function of Shadow 
• The Power of Illumining It 
• Strategies Towards Illumining It 
  • What do you (unconsciously) desire?
  • What do you obsess about?
  • To what are you addicted?
  •  What is your untapped potential?
• Traditional Remedies for Rāhu
• Mantic Initiations for
  • Durgā, the Undefeated 
  • Kālī, Mother of Time 
  • Chinnamastā, the Tantric Wisdom Goddess

Activities Include 

• How does ancestral karma work?
• What are your ancestral karmas?
  • What patterns cycle generation after generation?
  • What archaic beliefs yet grip you?
• How do you break free of it?
• Traditional Remedies for Ancestor Karmas
• Traditional Mantras for
  • the Ancestors/Forefathers (Pitṛs)
  • Śiva, Cosmic Consciousness Personified 
  • Hanumān, Awakened Kuṇḍaliṇī Śakti, Son of the Wind

Highlights 

• The Path Forward
• Integration Activities  
• Closing Ceremony
• Private Blessings

The Property

Dining Space 

Private Bedrooms 

Private Bathrooms 

The Grounds 

The Space

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