Dharma Man Culture

Dharma Man Culture welcomes you.

September 12-14, a beautiful container of men will dive into Divine Praise, Mindful Animism, and Masculine Transformation.

The potential for the incredible and the magical is high, with good men sharing in the powers and stories of the Gods, practicing Yoga and Meditation, playing and singing Devotional Music and Kirtan. 

The dedication is for all, for our loved ones and our own selves, for the collective healing and the alchemy of Sacred Masculine and Feminine. We also honor Indigenous perspectives, unscripted heartsongs, and land-based practice in our transformative Grief and Praise Ritual.

Each of our parts is welcomed, to be nourished appropriately by jovial companionship and Ayurvedic delights. We will be surrounded by the natural elements, forests and rivers to relate with, in reciprocity and support of our journeys. 

It is time to come together, with grace and determination to redeem the paradox of our age, that we may level up to a whole new way of divine brotherhood that feels the joy of love, and restores the knowledge of humanity's gift.

Sincerely,

Taj

*A note on Culture Work. I want to acknowledge that this is coming from a white man of European and Indigenous heritage, and yet I am claiming the Culture that has claimed me, a student (and occasionally a teacher as well) of Yoga and Sanatana Dharma for over twenty years. In Dharma Culture, we have many in One, and One in many. In this present invitation, we are spending some time and focus with contextual gifts of traditions that have been based in the regions of the Himalaya Mountains, the Ganges, Jamuna, and Saraswati Rivers (originating far before the modern inventions of India and Hinduism), yet the traditional wisdom is clear:

These teachings are to be shared with those who seek them in earnest, regardless of body type, orientation, personal faith, or place of origin, with great honor to the Holy Source beyond division, for the sacred purposes of forwarding the creation, harmony, and the liberation process. In this way, we invite a work of Culture to support the Dharma (and vice versa), including the beautiful offerings of the places and ancestral traditions we also come from.

Taj's Bio:

Since trekking through the Himalayas over twenty years ago, being fed in ancient villages while immersed in the arts of Yoga and Meditation, Taj has been a committed student of Sanatana Dharma and Indigenous Wisdom. He has been an educator and coach of youths and adults for over a decade, with a focus in Waldorf schools where he taught middle and high school humanities, and transformative health practices with people of all ages. 

In recent years, he has become a facilitator of Men’s Work, tending to village remembrance, ancestral grief, and spirit-guided human development, where he feels the magical leadership of love sharing in realms of somatic connection and devotional song. 

He is a grateful beneficiary of many great teachers and mentors, belonging to the Tribe of the Sacred Heart and guided by the internal, eternal Guru. A child of the Cascadia bioregion, Taj honors his Celtic and Métis ancestry, and Salish, Chinook, Klickitat, and Yakama peoples where he resides along the Columbia Gorge near White Salmon, WA. 

The Paradox of Our Age

by Tenzin Gyatso (the 14th Dalai Lama)

We have bigger houses but smaller families;
more conveniences, but less time.

We have more degrees but less sense;
more knowledge but less judgment;
more experts, but more problems;
more medicines but less healthiness.

We’ve been all the way to the moon and back,
but have trouble in crossing the street to meet our new neighbor.

We built more computers to hold more copies than ever,
but have less real communication;
We have become long on quantity,
but short on quality.

These are times of fast foods but slow digestion;
Tall men but short characters;
Steep profits but shallow relationships.

It’s a time when there is much in the window but nothing in the room.