Getting Deep Rest and Restoration in Our Overstimulated Lives
A Free, Live Learning Session
WITH ANDREW HOLECEK AND HOST TAMI SIMON
Thursday, August 27, 2026
8 pm ET | 5 pm PT
Come Home to the Dark
Somewhere along the way, we became a wake-centric world: always on, artificially illuminated, always doing. Yet, many of us sense, at a felt level, that something is missing—without ever being able to pin it down.
What if that yearning were for … darkness?
As surprising as this may sound, Andrew Holecek teaches, the restorative benefits of darkness practices have been known for centuries—and are now being studied at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and other research labs where Andrew is contributing to the science.
Here, this inspiring teacher of dark retreat practices invites you to join him and host Tami Simon for a fascinating live learning session to explore:
- Why darkness restores us: how even a few skillful minutes can begin to reset an overstimulated nervous system
- Coming to your senses by giving them a rest: how reducing what you see awakens a richer and more complete sense of the body
- The simplest way to begin at home, with nothing more than an eye mask.
- Rest as a doorway (not laziness): the art of doing less, and doing it well
- Breaking through artistic and meditation-practice plateaus: how time in the dark can help those who've hit ceilings in their creative or contemplative lives
- Lucid dreaming, expanded states of consciousness, and more: How darkness practices complement these and other domains of spiritual exploration
- Answers to your own questions - submit them to Andrew and Tami during the live session
Curious? Join us, live, on August 27th.
Plus: Read a Free Chapter from Andrew Holecek's New Book
When you register, you’ll also receive a complimentary chapter from Total Eclipse of the Mind: Unleashing the Power of Darkness for Creativity, Healing, and Transformation.
It’s the perfect way to enrich your experience when you join us live on August 27.
Andrew Holecek
… is an interdisciplinary scholar-practitioner in Tibetan Buddhism and other nondual wisdom traditions who has spent more than thirty years helping people transform life’s greatest challenges into opportunities for awakening. A dedicated meditation practitioner who completed the traditional Tibetan Buddhist three-year retreat, Andrew is known for making profound contemplative practices accessible and practical. As one of the West’s foremost teachers of dream yoga, the spiritual dimension of lucid dreaming, he guides students in using the night to transform their waking lives.
He is the Resident Contemplative Scholar at the Institute for Advanced Consciousness Studies, and a Research Consultant for the neuroscience lab at Northwestern University. Dr. Holecek is a member of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, and is currently involved in five dark retreat studies, with several more in development. He is the author of Total Eclipse of the Mind, Reverse Meditation, Dream Yoga, and many other books.
Tami Simon
Tami Simon founded Sounds True in 1985 with a clear mission: to disseminate spiritual wisdom. What started as a project with one woman and her tape recorder has grown into a multimedia publishing company that features hundreds of leading teachers and visionaries of our time. Sounds True has produced over 3,000 titles, including events, certification programs, and transformational online learning experiences, and is North America’s leading publisher of spoken-word spiritual teachings. Tami hosts the popular Sounds True podcast, Insights at the Edge, which has been downloaded more than 15 million times. She is also the founder of the Sounds True Foundation, which is dedicated to bringing spiritual education to people who would otherwise not have access.
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