Courses
Dream Cohort: A Dance of Sun & Moon
Launching soon via Patreon
Focusing on Dao of Dream/Night praxis and theory as originally learned from Liu Ming (R.I.P.), with additional creativity/improvisation methods & somatic/biomechanic methods.
This is a monthly subscription created as a "level 2" to my nightgarden.substack.com premium membership.
What this is & isn't
In this membership, each month I will host various sessions that will be recorded and uploaded for distance learning. Sessions will be hosted on zoom and can be attended live.
One type of session is going over the theory and instructions, month by month, and answering Q&A. This ongoing introduction-and-review is the "transmission" or "initiation" as they say, into your own already always dreaming nature, that will continually align itself with the View as various internalized preferences are witnessed and seen for what they are. (A neuro-decolonization process)
Another kind of session, dependent on member scheduling, will be a "dream sangha" where I will facilitate the sharing of and interaction with our dreams using the appropriate view & methods outlined by Ming. We can also practice some basic nonconceptual meditation here together as a way "back" in.
A third type of activity in this membership will be coordinated dreaming dates in which everyone in the membership will be asked to experience what happens when we all have certain intentions/sleep hygiene on certain nights, and dreams from these nights will be shared in dream sangha sessions.
Additional material may focus on creativity, artmaking, improvisational methods, hygiene, nutrition, somatics and supplementary support for dream praxis as it is required by members.
This membership does not include any of the foundational calendrical information that is supplied in my substack premium membership.
This membership is primarily focused on the practice of dream "yoga" from a Daoist position (which is not about learning lucid dreaming as is taught in many other dream courses).
A practice of zuowang (nonconceptual meditation) is highly recommended but not necessarily required.
Dream Declaration
This dream declaration is a highly useful phrase to say out loud to oneself. Feel your body and mental state before and after speaking it.
"I am dreaming. This is a Dream."
Beginner courses:
Intermediate course
8 module Death Practice Group course i made in 2022.
How to get the recordings
Please Read All Instructions Completely Before Ordering
To request access to a module and all supplemental materials for that module, you will send a donation to www.paypal.me/daresohei (using friends & family option which should automatically be selected if you click on the link) or use venmo @Dare-Sohei.
The minimum donation amount for the first module is $75 USD, and for the remaining modules is $150 USD. You can donate any amount above the minimum. If after you engage with the material, if you feel it is more valuable, you can donate any amount to the paypal link or venmo. I am not able to give refunds.
You will then fill out this FORM completely to order the recordings you want.
For example, if you want June 2022's event, you will write "DPG #01" in the appropriate field and INCLUDE THE EMAIL I WILL SEND THE ACCESS TO. You do not need to write or copy the topics. Please allow up to 48 hours for completion of this action. If you have not received your file access after 48 hours, please email me directly at dariussohei0@gmail.com so we can sort it out.
Media Available
DPG #01 June 2022: Harm Reduction part 1, View & Method, The Nondual Blues, The Obsidian & Jade Baskets, The Five Eyes
DPG #02 July 2022: Harm reduction part 2, Alchemy part 1, Introduction to Pain, Fear & Hunger part 1
DPG #03 August 2022: Harm reduction part 3, Soul Return Alchemy/Shen-Dao Harmonization part 2, Pain, Fear, Hunger part 2: GOING IN
DPG #04 September 2022: Shen-Dao Harmonization Part 3, Parasocial Harm Reduction, Becoming a Peer, Accepting The Job, Being Correctable
DPG #05 October 2022: Ancestors, The Straight Dirt: Going To The End, Death — The Mother of The Mother, A Ritual.
DPG #06 November 2022: The Story That Eats Itself: Introduction to Non-Conceptual, Sleep & Dream Practices: Baking a Death Practice Cake, Waking & Sleeping Practices
DPG #07 December 2022: Further Into the Night: Bardo (Pre & Post-Death) Realms & Practices part 1
DPG #08 January 2023: Coda of the Moon: Death Practice In 2023, “What Bardo Is This?” part 2
DPG LUNARIUM: January '23 this was a community q&a session and will be bundled with the 8th module.
Related Death Practice Resources
These are free resources that intertwine with the above modules
As well there are many posts on this blog that talk more about death practice going back to 2021, and in addition many videos on my youtube/instagram page.