Personal Reflections Mindfulness
Mixing Your Mind with Space
The power of dropping into open awareness and waking down into the wisdom of the body
Andrew Holecek
Andrew Holecek is an author and spiritual teacher in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition who leads seminars and workshops centered around meditation, dream yoga, and death. He teaches two online courses with Tricycle—Dream Yoga and Living and Dying: Navigating the Bardos—and the workshop Transforming Obstacle into Opportunity in response to the pandemic.
Los dos mayores problemas del camino espiritual
No hay nada que hacer ni adónde ir.
TeachingsMagazine | Dharma Talk, Teachings
The Two Biggest Problems with the Spiritual Path
There’s nothing to do and nowhere to go.
Turning Word
Author and meditation teacher Andrew Holecek talks about a Buddhist book that made a significant impact on his practice.
MeditationMagazine | Practice, Teachings
The Lost Art of Contemplation
How to digest a dharma talk and meditate on its wisdom
TeachingsMagazine | In Brief, Teachings
Be a “See-It-All”
A brief teaching from a Buddhist author
What We Can Discover in the Dark Unknown
Exploring our fear of the dark can reveal truths about death and what comes after.
Is Virtual Reality Getting Too Real?
As VR technology takes the world by storm, two Buddhist teachers and a cognitive neuroscientist debate its spiritual potential and shortcomings.
Online Courses
Online Course
Transforming Obstacle into Opportunity
In this free workshop, Tibetan Buddhist teacher and author Andrew Holecek presents the bardo teachings of Tibetan Buddhism as a lens for understanding what’s happening in the world and within ourselves.
Online Course
Living and Dying: Navigating the Bardos
Everything ends. We know this abstractly but tend to brush it under the rug in our day-to-day lives. But what if we could accept endings with greater ease? What if we could face the future without anxiety and relate to death as an opportunity? Join author and renowned guide Andrew Holecek for a six-part online course that will show you how to live with joy through spiritual preparation for life transitions, death, and beyond.
Online Course
Dream Yoga
Each year we spend at least 720 hours dreaming. In fact, most of us spend about one-third of our lives asleep. Dream yoga is a unique and transformative practice that allows you to explore your mind while dreaming, so that this significant portion of your life is being used to your greatest advantage. Learn about the mental and physical benefits of nocturnal practices and discover how awakening in your dreams can profoundly transform your waking life.
Podcasts
I’m Mindful, Now What?
Meditation teacher Andrew Holecek explores a variety of meditation techniques—from open awareness to dream yoga—that take us beyond mindfulness and lead us to deeper transformation.
Listen Now on Tricycle | iTunes | SoundCloud
Andrew Holecek, The Good Death
In this episode of Tricycle Talks, Tricycle’s founding editor Helen Tworkov speaks with the Tibetan Buddhist teacher and writer Andrew Holecek about how to prepare for what he calls the “once in a lifetime opportunity” of death and dying. Holecek explains how the practices that ensure a peaceful death are vital to a well-lived life. His latest book is Preparing to Die: Practical Advice and Spiritual Wisdom from the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition.
Listen Now on Tricycle | iTunes | SoundCloud
Dharma Talks
Becoming a Child of Illusion
What does it mean to see the world as illusory? One could argue the trajectory of the path is to bring appearance in harmony with reality.
Transforming Our Greatest Obstacle into Our Greatest Opportunity
In this retreat, Andrew Holecek will address our views of death and offer guidance into what to do before, during, and after death.
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