Death and Rebirth Retreat with Shai Tubali (Katha Upanishad)

Explore the Katha Upanishad in the opening satsang of the death and rebirth retreat, embracing death contemplation as a path to self-liberation under the guru tradition.

Engage death contemplation to awaken awareness of mortality, explore immortality, and invite rebirth through Katha Upanishad study, Hindu yoga practices, and satsang.

Take a 5-minute break, breathe deeply and stretch, then join a brief explanation and taste of the inner cave practice.

Explore the inner cave of the heart across daily practice, uncover the indestructible drop, and awaken the timeless self through the central channel and deep sleep.

Explore the Katha Upanishad's death contemplation as Nachiketa questions renunciation, seeks truth beyond heaven, and learns from Yama about immortality, attachment, and true self-realization.

Practice kriya yoga to awaken kundalini through breath and subtle energies, guiding energy through chakras from muladhara to bindu and crown chakra with mantras and mudras.

Learn a three-stage Aum meditation that pronounces Om correctly, uses deep vibration, and guides inner repetition to awaken the heart chakra and inner cave, aligning with the Upanishads.

Practice the so hum mantra to realize I am that, embracing the divine in all. Learn to treat death as a small death, dissolving attachments through non-dual yoga and awareness.

Practice inner cave meditation to locate the innermost self, expanding it from the heart to fill the room, city, and universe, pervading others’ hearts with a universal sense of I.

Nakikita learns through Yama that true joy endures in the spirit, not in fading senses, as renunciation and self-realization reveal the timeless self beyond perception.

Engage in deep kriya yoga to awaken energy through the chakras, breath, and locks, using mantra recitation and visualization to unfold kundalini from muladhara to the crown chakra.

Practice Aum meditation by correctly articulating the three-part mantra—out loud with music, inner repetition in the heart, and a silent background—awakening energy and aligning with the universe.

Chant hum with intention to reveal the self as the universal identity. Explore the death of the suffering self, renunciation, emptiness, and realization through the upanishadic dialogue.

Direct your meditation to the inner cave of the heart, locate the deathless self, and visualize the radiant drop expanding to illuminate the world and invite rebirth.

Explore the Katha Upanishad's twofold self—the ego and the supreme self—and the chariot of body, mind, and senses. See how meditation and grace awaken the lord of love.

Guide to aum meditation with pronunciation and three stages: loud mantra with live music, inner silent repetition focusing on the heart chakra and inner cave, then reverberation toward cosmic consciousness.

Join the evening satsang at the death and rebirth retreat to explore I am, the cave meditation, tears of remembrance, and the nondual Atman and Brahman.

Experience a guided inner cave meditation that expands the innermost self from the heart to fill the room, pervade others, and unite with the universe before returning to grounding.

Explore the Katha Upanishad part 1 by turning the senses inward to glimpse the deathless self and Brahman behind multiplicity, with gods as manifestations of the self.

Explore the Katha Upanishad's vision of Atman and Brahman, the self beyond fear, and the symbolic 11 gates at death, revealing pure consciousness everywhere.

Explore the self as atman and its unity with Brahman in the Katha Upanishad, revealing light, meditation, and immortality through inner prana and the central channel.