THIS RETREAT IS BEING REGISTERED ON A LOTTERY BASIS. Registrations will be received over a 10 day period from February 2 – 12. The lottery will be drawn on Wednesday, February 12.

The maximum group size will be capped at 32 participants due to the intensive interview schedule with Tina. Both the fee schedule and the cancellation policy have been adjusted specifically for this retreat to ensure stability of the registration list. See below for details.

This retreat is set in the larger context of awakening. The first few days include the overall “view” of enlightenment, and the basis of Bodhicitta (a wish for awakening for oneself and all beings) in the heart for a full practice and larger intention for practice.

The next week of the retreat will focus on the Samatha practice, developing laser-like awareness that has the potential to lead to the meditative absorptions known as jhanas.

For the last five days of the retreat, participants will have the option to continue to deepen on the Samatha track, or move to the Dzogchen track. (Talks for both tracks will be available to all participants.) The Dzogchen track provides the possibility of non-dual awareness without the level of concentration required for jhana. In the Dzogchen track, we will build upon the foundation of Samatha with its powerful and stabilizing concentration, to include the open awareness of Vipassana, and then explore the non-dual practice of Rigpa, which enables the possibility for one to be present with a deeper reality with eyes open, awake to the world.

Participants will have the option to either go deeper with the Samatha practice, or to branch into the Tibetan Dzogchen practice and the possibility of realizing Rigpa. Both paths provide the possibility of cutting through conventional reality to realize the deeper truth of non-duality.

To hear more about Luminous Mind retreats, you may follow this link to a 9-minute YouTube video by Tina.

Experience Prerequisites:   Successful completion at least two 6-night/7-day silent, residential meditation retreats, at least one of which has been with Tina. Please be sure to note details of your experience on your registration form so we can verify that you fulfill this prerequisite.

Fee Schedule:
Generosity Tier:   $2130 plus dana
Base Tier:   $1620 plus dana
Subsidized Tier:   $1375 plus dana

Cancellation policy:
With notification to FOCM more than 6 months prior, you will receive a full refund, less the cancellation fee of $300.
With notification 4 – 6 months prior, the fee for cancellation is $600.
With notification 1 – 4 months prior, the fee for cancellation is $1000.
With notification less than 1 month prior to the start date of the retreat, the full amount of the retreat fee is forfeited.

Partial attendance is not offered on this retreat. Additionally, please consider attending this retreat only if your current life circumstances allow you to engage in an important modern renunciation practice of staying offline and off phone/text during the entire course of the retreat (exceptions related to pressing family situations may be granted.)