FREE ONLINE PROGRAM: The Power of Dark Retreat: A Free Live Session with Andrew Holecek

July 14th | 6:00 - 7:30 pm Mountain Time

Register Now

Program Time: Tuesday, July 14th, 6:00 – 7:30 pm Mountain Time

Tuition: The Drala Online Practice Series is offered freely. An opportunity to donate to DMC will be provided at the end of the session.

Program Time: Tuesday, July 14th, 6:00 – 7:30 pm Mountain Time

Tuition: The Drala Online Practice Series is offered freely. An opportunity to donate to DMC will be provided at the end of the session.

Andrew Holecek is teaching on-land from August 17-24, 2026. Learn more about this offering here: The Power of Dark Retreat


About the Program

Join Andrew Holecek, author of the new book Total Eclipse of the Mind (St. Martin’s Essentials, 2026), for a free 90-minute live introduction to dark retreat: the ancient contemplative practice of meditation in complete darkness. Andrew will explore why our overlit, overstimulated age suffers from what he calls darkness deficit disorder, what actually happens in the dark, and how anyone can begin the practice safely at home with nothing more than an eye mask. Live Q&A included.

This session is the doorway to The Power of Dark Retreat, August 17 to 24 at DMC offered on the land and online.

Retreat Faculty

Andrew Holecek

Andrew Holecek is an interdisciplinary scholar-practitioner in Tibetan Buddhism and Resident Contemplative Scholar at the Institute for Advanced Consciousness Studies. A research consultant at Northwestern University, his work focuses on dream yoga and dark retreat. A member of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, Andrew is the author of nine books, including Total Eclipse of [...]

This program is part of the Drala Mountain Online Practice Series, a collection of tuition-free online offerings. The series takes place on select Tuesdays from 6:00 – 7:30 pm Mountain Time.

To see more offerings in this series, check out the Drala Mountain Online Practice Series here. 

Register Now