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Ancestral Karma Prostrations Practice Intensive

Join Kara-Leah and a small group of students and learn a powerful practice for dissolving ancestral karma.

What Ancestral Karma Prostrations Practice is all about

We call it trauma, the yogis called it karma. It’s those invisible patterns that play out over and over again despite our conscious desires to do something different. This Practice Intensive offers Tantrik Yoga practices designed to dissolve ancestral karma plus a supportive and loving environment to do this work with more ease and joy.

The Tantrik tradition says that glimpses of one’s true nature (awareness) will start unfolding for a student after 6 months to 3 years of dedicated practice and aligned View teachings. The reason for that time span – 6 months to 3 years – depends on the intensity of the ancestral karma that a student is carrying. Tantra lineages developed practices to support the dissolving of this karma to make it easier for students to awaken to their true nature. We’ll be learning one of those practices on this Intensive.

The emerging field of Epigenetics is now scientifically backing up what the yogis knew thousands of years ago. When a person experiences trauma, it changes their gene expression, and that is passed down to the children, and children’s children. Whilst it might sound fanciful to us, the yogis discovered that mantra ‘eats’ karma. That is, with correct focus, intention and attention, the use of specific sounds can impact the energetic body, which then impacts the mental/emotional and physical body.

What’s Involved in the Ancestral Karma Prostrations Practice Intensive

This will be a practice-focused Intensive. We’ll learn a specific ancestral karma dissolving practice and do this twice a day, working up to 108 rounds of this practice on the final full day. The intention is that students become familiar enough with the practice that they can go away and continue every day for a minimum of 40 days.

We’ll work with other complementary practices that strengthen the energy body, and invite the dissolving of trauma within the body.

There will also be related View Teachings, in the Tantrik tradition, that support students to approach their practice in the most beneficial way possible.

Numbers will be limited to ensure that every student can be seen and held in their process. There will be time each day for every student to check in and share where they are at in their process and what is coming up. Kara-Leah will work 1:1 with students in the group as needed.

Practices will include prostrations, mantra, meditation, pranayama and visualization.

Who is the Ancestral Karma Prostrations Practice Intensive for?

This Intensive is suitable for anyone on the spiritual path who is interested in using practice to dissolve karma (trauma) and conditioning. Participants will be encouraged to do a Forty Day practice after the Intensive, so some experience in daily practices is beneficial, but not necessary. The curiosity, commitment and desire to explore and show up to the practice is what is most important.

It’s particularly useful for those who have been walking the spiritual path for awhile, but feel stuck. It’s also useful for those who know they are carrying a lot of heavy family karma (intergenerational trauma).

Upcoming Dates & Location for 2022 • TBC

PRICING TBC • FIXED COST + DĀNA*

How the Pricing Model Works. FIXED COST + DĀNA

The fixed cost amount reflects the costs of having a participant on the retreat – accomodation, food, graphic design, teacher’s petrol, accomodation & food costs. No money is charged for the teacher’s time in handling registrations, preparing for the retreat, including admin, or holding the space for five days, and offering the teachings. Students are asked to pay the fixed costs in full before the Retreat (unless other arrangements are made). After the Retreat, they are invited to offer dāna to the teacher for the teachings, taking into account the time and energy invested by the teacher to bring these teachings to the students. This can be paid in cash, or by bank transfer, in one lump sum or in instalments. Invoices or receipts can be given for both the fixed costs and dāna payments.

Why use this Pricing model?

The heart of this Retreat is offering a particular spiritual teaching from the Tantrik lineages – that of the Ancestral Karma Prostrations Practice. It didn’t feel aligned to market or commodify this teaching. It feels like this teaching needs to be freely gifted, with space for that gift to be reciprocated by the student. There is trust that the teachings will be received and valued, and that value honoured.

Dāna, which means giving, generosity or charity is one of the ten Niyamas in Tantrik Yoga. They are outlined in Śāradā-tilaka-tantra (chapter 25).

More on why this pricing model in this 9 minute video.

How much should I offer as dāna?

That depends on your individual means, and level of income, and whether you want to offer dāna as a lump sum, or as instalments over a period of time. It depends on how much value you feel like you received from the work. Of course, the value you received may not match your level of income! It can be useful to do a meditative practice after the Retreat, and to inquire within for guidance on the appropriate level of dāna. Recognise that it’s a collective, community offering – so those with higher levels of income and means often give more, which supports those who value the work as much, but don’t have the means to give as much.

Working with dāna is a spiritual practice in and of itself, and can flush out all kinds of vikalpas (mental constructs or beliefs) around money, grasping, scarcity, lack, abundance and flow.

Prefer an Online Immersion?

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What People are Saying

“I’m able to drop into joy, peace, and ease more often than before. I feel more connected to my whānau going back and forward in generations, which also has me feeling more connected to everything and everyone in life in general. I have more hope for my whānau.”
Emily MasonAncestral Karma Prostrations Participant
“I didn’t think I could do 108 rounds of the full standing prostrations then leaned into the resistance and completed and realised my own capability. I am also noticing a concrete shift in being able to easefully sense and stay with physical sensation in the body without going into story.”
Cindy SaundersAncestral Karma Prostrations Participant
“I feel as though I now have the skills to work through my emotions as they arrive in my body, feeling them just as they are, detaching from any labels of good or bad, and unhooking from the stories and thoughts that arise. The prostrations practice was particularly powerful for me, I feel like I’ve been given a superpower to go through life with!”
Holly BowenAncestral Karma Prostrations Participant
“For me, this course was like opening a door that now I don’t want to close. It is a door filled with much more than just the beauty of the Ancestral Prostration Practice, it is a door filled with wisdom and life practices that are helping me expand into what or who I really am.“
Laura XirinachsAncestral Karma Prostrations Participant

Interested in a South Island Intensive? Let us know!

We don’t currently have a South Island Intensive scheduled, but we would love to do one if enough people were interested. You can let us know you’re keen by filling out the Expression of Interest form below and we’ll put you on the Waitlist.

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FAQs

Is this a physical practice? I’m pregnant/have a bad back/have other physical limitations.



There is a physical component to the practice, however the practice can be easily modified to suit the needs of the person who is doing it – there are multiple variations that people can work with. That means that we can take account of your needs, and how you can best approach the practice. For example, it can be done on a chair, it can be done from kneeling, it can even be done in stillness. Everyone will learn all the physical variations of the practice and then choose to work with the variation that best suits their physical needs.

Are you running an Online version?

Yes! I am… click this link to register your interest. I’m in the process of finalising dates for that.

Tantra is all about sex, right?

Nope, it’s not. Tantra is an approach to Yoga, which is a path of self-realization or liberation.
Tantra is inclusive of all aspects of living, including working, parenting, relationships and sex. And there were (VERY complex) rituals aimed at merging with unity consciousness that included sexual practices. However, this has nothing to do with modern sexual techniques, or conscious sexuality, which is often (erroneously) taught under the name of Tantra.
Suffice to say, there won’t be any sex on this Retreat.

Are instalment plans available?

Yes, these are discussed and agreed upon on an individual basis.

Do you offer scholarships?

Yes, on the application form you can apply for a scholarship.

Cancellation Policy

Cancellation Policy – All deposits are non-refundable, but can be transferred to another body of work with Kara-Leah within a year. If the participant cancellation occurs within 7 days of the event for any reason, all fees are forfeit. If the participant cancellation occurs between four weeks and seven days of the event for whatever reason, only 50% of the total fee paid is refundable. If the participant cancellation occurs more than four weeks before the event, all fees are refundable except for the deposit. Should the event be canceled by Kara-Leah Grant, all fees will be refunded back to participants. In the event of a Lockdown that prevents this Training going ahead, all participants can choose whether to receive a full refund, or transfer to another Training. Kara-Leah reserves the right to make exceptions this policy for extenuating circumstances.

About Kara-Leah

Kara-Leah began practicing yoga in 1995, started teaching in 2006, and was introduced to Direct Realization Tantra by Christopher Tompkins in 2010. She has immersed herself in practice and the path of liberation since 2000. In 2015 she started a 1000 Day practice of a Daily Tantra Sadhana. She lives, breathes and embodies the teachings of Tantra. In the last four years she has taught 20+ retreats and worked with 100s of clients using The Empowered Means. Practice has been the foundation of her life since 2000 and she knows first-hand the power of practicing in community, and committing to daily practice.

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