PRACTICE
The Eightfold Path | DHĀRANĀ
Live Recordings | Four Cumulative Pranayama & Meditation Practices Guided by Kevin Courtney
Experience the power and subtlety of this sacred four-part journey, captured live during the Eightfold Path DHĀRANĀ retreat in March 2024.
DHĀRANĀ Live Recordings guide you step-by-step through the art of focused attention—from grounding the mind in the body to ushering conscious awareness into the transcendental depths of the soul.
Direct Access to Authentic Practices: Experience the transformative pranayama and meditation sessions designed to deepen your understanding of focused attention and mental clarity
Master the Power of Concentration: Learn practical tools rooted in the yoga tradition to develop concentration, a key principle of dhāranā, allowing you to direct your mind purposefully amidst distractions
Progressive, Cumulative Journey: Each session builds upon the last, leading you through a step-by-step process that starts with grounding the mind and culminates in deeper spiritual awareness
Cultivate Non-Attachment: Through objective witnessing, you'll develop resilience and the ability to allow experiences to unfold without attachment, fostering inner stability
Amplify Heart Energy: As you bring your mind and body into balance, experience the power of the heart center’s energetic frequency increase
Personal Practice for Healing: Gain insight from Kevin’s personal practice, specifically the techniques he used during his healing journey from stage-four cancer, offering a deeply personal and transformative experience
Return for Continued Growth: The practices are designed to deepen over time, and you can revisit them to expand further your capacity for attention, inner listening, and connection to subtle dimensions of being
These practices are designed for all levels and offer practical tools for deep transformation and lasting change. Each live audio session has been thoughtfully edited to preserve the authenticity and timelessness of the teachings.
What is The Eightfold Path?
The Eightfold Path is a multi-year exploration into the eight limbs of yoga anchored in an annual week-long retreat and supported with seasonal digital and in-person events open to all.
The heartbeat of The Eightfold Path is a vibrant and diverse community brought together by a shared drive for a deeper understanding of the Self. This steady and potent revealing of the nature of human consciousness harnesses the ancient power of Vedanta and Tantra to offer a direct path to the wisdom within, with practices designed to integrate and flourish well beyond the mat.
Who is this practice for?
This is for any practitioner with a foundational understanding of pranayama breathing techniques
You have a regular meditation or contemplation practice
You are seeking a new and deeper exploration of the power of the breath
You want to expand the relationship you have with your body and the subtle energies within
This practice includes:
Pranayama breathing practices
Meditation & Contemplation
INCLUDED PRACTICES
Bringing the Mind Home
Experience the transition from a mind untethered and in rumination, to a mind that is steady, stable, and still.
Facilitated By: Kevin Courtney
Duration: 38 Minutes
Connecting to the Witness
Bringing our conscious awareness to the witness strengthens our capacity to observe the present moment from an objective perspective.
Duration: 43 Minutes
Facilitated By: Kevin Courtney
Awakening the Heart Lotus
This session offers a sacred and rare practice that brings us closer to who we are by placing attention at the heart in a true and authentic way. We transcend beyond our thoughts and enter into the heart of the matter.
Duration: 47 Minutes
Facilitated By: Kevin Courtney
Transcending to the Soul
We’ve reached the apex of the sequence as this practice combines what we’ve learned in this series to create an entry point into the ultimate state of quiet and inner listening
Duration: 1 Hour
Facilitated By: Kevin Courtney
Your Facilitator, Kevin Courtney
Kevin Courtney is a meditation, mindfulness, and conscious leadership expert. A life-long student, Kevin centered his 25 years of learning in the teachings of Richard Freeman, Swami Satchidananda, Nikki Costello, and Rod Stryker. Rooted in the teachings and in practice, he founded INSIGHT in 2013.
Kevin currently lives in Santa Monica, CA, and continues expanding his teachings’ reach through mentorship, online meditations, workshops, and retreats.