Deity Yoga: Classical Kriya Tantra

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Welcome to the ancient practice of Deity Yoga. During this course you will discover what a deity really is, and how to engage these primal forces through your practice.
 
Beginning with the foundations of the tradition, you will immediately embark on a journey of discovery, gaining clarity on the meanings of mantra and mudra (sacred chants and hand symbols), the non-dual view, and meditative engagements designed to bring you to a still point and activate your higher consciousness for the work to come.
 
This program will explore ancient texts like the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra, introduce deities of the eastern and western traditions, and explore the intricacies of dealing with energy patterns in order to overcome afflictions of mind, emotional reactivity, and ignorance. You will cultivate awareness and learn how to work with images, ritual and desire itself. You’ll learn how to incinerate self-limiting mind constructs, and rebuild those constructs into forms that serve your purpose.
 
We’ll take a broad look at the deities personified forms, examine the Yoga Sutras and what the sage Patanjali taught about the afflictions of mind in his Yoga Sutras, and dive into the Tibetan Tantric teaching of the Six Realms.
 
And finally you will learn how to approach your own personal deity affinity, and practice a guided meditation that will introduce you to the Tibetan Goddess of Healing and Nature, Green Tara.
 
Video Time Stamps
 
00.00.00 ~ 00.04.55 Introduction to Worship and Impressions on the Energy Field; Anjali Mudra (Namaste), and the Meaning of the Guru Mantra
 
00.04.55 ~ 00.06.45 Non-dual Invocation (Shiva Mahimna Puja v.4)
 
00.06.45 ~ 00.18.30 Still Point Meditation; Breath-Pause (Hamsa Mantra); Practice, Guru Gita, & Heart & Crown Chakra Meditation
 
00.18.30 ~ 00.22.35 Intro to Deities, Archetypal Forms, and the Energy Patterns of Consciousness
 
00.22.35 ~ 00.26.40 Dealing with Afflicting Emotions; Intro to Vajrayana Tantra
 
00.26.40 ~ 00.30.00 Preliminary Cultivation of Awareness for Deity Yoga (Generation Stage)
 
00.30.00 ~ 00.33.00 Similarities of Practices (Completion Stage)
 
00.33.00 ~ 00.35.47 Ritual and Desire
 
00.35.47 ~ 00.41.03 Kriya Tantra and the Six Elements of Practice (1st Kriya: Deity as Emptiness)
 
00.41.03 ~ 01.08.12 Guided Meditation (Deha Shuddi) Incinerating and Rebuilding Mental Constructs
 
01.08.12 ~ 01.10.46 Students Sharing the Experience
 
01.10.46 ~ 01.16.14 2nd and 3rd Kriyas (Deity as Word & Sound); Invocation of the Deity’s Seed Mantra
 
01.16.14 ~ 01.19.44  4th Kriya (Deity as Form) Shiva and Shakti 
 
01.19.44 ~ 01.21.42 5th and 6th Kriya (Deity as Seal) Mudra; Generating Ourself as Deity
 
01.21.42 ~ 01.24.45 Yoga Sutras (Concentration Ch. v. 5 & 24; Practice Ch. v. 2-3); Transforming the Reactionary Nature with Inner Alchemy; Feeling Into Reality; Attenuating the Afflictions of Mind
 
01.24.45 ~ 01.26.16 Ignorance
 
01.26.16 ~ 01.32.47 Yoga Sutras (Practice Ch. v. 4 & 10-12; Liberation Ch. v. 1-2, 4-8, 11 & 17) Overcoming and Attenuating the Afflictions and Reactionary Nature of Mind
 
01.32.47 ~ 01.47.25 The Six Realms
 
01.47.25 ~ 01.52.40 Your Deity Affinity; Tibetan Goddess of Healing and Nature – Green Tara
 
01.52.40 ~ 02.01.34 Guided Meditation: Green Tara Practice

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Deity Yoga
David is a classically-trained yogi of the Himalayan Saiva-Shakta lineage traditions, a scholar-practitioner presenting the living language of classical wisdom traditions to students around the world. He holds a bachelor’s degree in comparative religion, a master’s in semiotics, and devotes his time to developing science-based tools and programs designed to help humanity reach its fullest potential. David is a professional meditation teacher and life coach with a mission to help people experience reality 'as it is', overcome existential suffering by cultivating awareness, and abide in a recognition of an essential human nature characterized by innate freedom and joy. UmaMaYA is the legacy of Uma Maheshwara Ashram.