This daylong immersion explores Transcendental Dependent Origination (TDO) as an embodied, lived realization rather than a purely conceptual or metaphysical insight. Situated in the contemporary context of 2026 and beyond—marked by technological acceleration, collective trauma, identity fragmentation, and the commodification of spirituality—the course examines how misunderstood transcendence often becomes a form of spiritual bypassing. Participants will investigate how disembodied interpretations of non-duality, emptiness, or transcendence can reinforce dissociation, ethical disengagement, and unresolved psychological patterns. Through somatic inquiry, contemplative practice, and relational reflection, the training restores Transcendental Dependent Origination as a dynamic, ethical, and nervous-system–aware process—revealing how liberation emerges not by escaping conditions, but by fully embodying their interdependence in thought, body, action, and relationship.
Prerequisites
Beginners are welcome at this daylong!
Teacher Bio
Nana Gyesie, PhD is an ICF certified leadership, life and spiritual coach, and a RYT 200 certified Kemetic Yoga teacher under Master Yirser Ra Hotep. He was precepted by Bhante Buddharakkita. The dharma is a tool for his ongoing liberation, particularly focusing on metta, anapanasati. Nana practices at the Seattle Insight Meditation Center, under the tutelage of Tuere Sala and Tim Geil. He is originally a native of Ghana, and is a proud father of three indigo children, and practices street photography in his spare time, inspired by Gordon Parks; and loves listening to loud reggae music on beautiful Seattle summer days.
Registration & Donation
Please RSVP below to let Nana know you’ll attend this daylong. Dana is a term for generosity, or freely offered giving. You can read more and offer dana to Seattle Insight here. Teacher dana may be offered at the links in Nana’s bio here.
