FREE ONLINE PROGRAM: The Essence of Tantra: Awakening Through Direct Experience

September 29th, 6:00 - 7:30 pm Mountain Time

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Program Time: Tuesday, September 29th, 6:00 – 7:30 pm Mountain Time

Tuition: The Drala Online Practice Series is offered free of charge in the spirit of generosity. In the Buddhist tradition, dāna is a heartfelt act to express appreciation, support the teachings, and give from the heart. An opportunity to make a tax-deductible donation of any amount is provided at registration. Thank you for supporting this time-honored tradition of generosity.

Program Time: Tuesday, September 29th, 6:00 – 7:30 pm Mountain Time

Tuition: The Drala Online Practice Series is offered free of charge in the spirit of generosity. In the Buddhist tradition, dāna is a heartfelt act to express appreciation, support the teachings, and give from the heart. An opportunity to make a tax-deductible donation of any amount is provided at registration. Thank you for supporting this time-honored tradition of generosity.

Irini is teaching in-person from December 3-6, 2026. See more about this offering here: Turning Inward: An Autumn Yoga Retreat

About the Program

Tantra offers a radical and deeply compassionate perspective. It reminds us that our bodies, our emotions, our desires, and our engagement with the world are not obstacles to awakening—they are the very ground through which awakening unfolds. Rather than emphasizing renunciation, Tantra invites us into intimacy with experience itself. Every moment, every sensation, every relationship becomes a doorway into the sacred. This ancient tradition speaks directly to those of us who want genuine transformation without leaving our lives behind.

What Will Participants Get Out of This Program?

You will learn core Tantric teachings through direct, embodied practice—moving beyond concepts into lived experience. Through meditation, breath, sensory awareness, and energetic exploration, we’ll learn how to drop beneath the mind’s constant activity and reconnect with an intelligence that has always been present within us.

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Retreat Faculty

Irini Rockwell

Irini Rockwell, MA, is the founder of the Five Wisdoms Institute and a pioneering teacher in the field of human development. Drawing on her roots as a dancer and her training in Contemplative Psychotherapy, Irini brings decades of experience in translating the profound teachings of Vajrayana Buddhism into accessible, embodied tools for transformation. For over [...]

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

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

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