is a restricted practice only to be engaged by the senior spiritual practitioner under appropriate spiritual guidance. This practice is considered conducive for navigating the bardo at the time of death and for realizing the rainbow body. The traditional dark retreat requires stability in the natural state and is only suitable for advanced practitioners. Ayu Khandro and Dilgo Khyentse are examples of modern, if not contemporary, practitioners of significant periods of dark retreat sadhana. Ayu Khandro performed the Yang-Ti (Tibetan), an advanced practice of the Dzogchen Upadesha, a version of the Dark Retreat. See also Aaron Rodgers Quarterback for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League Notes References Allione, Tsultrim (2000). Women of Wisdom. (Includes transcribed interview with Namkhai Norbu) Source: (accessed: November 15, 2007) Dymakova, Silvie (2014) Week in the darkness. Lowenthal, Martin (2003) Dawning of Clear Light: A Western Approach to Tibetan Dark Retreat Meditation Hatchell, Christopher (2014), Naked Seeing The Great Perfection, the Wheel of Time, and Visionary Buddhism in Renaissance Tibet, Oxford University Press Religion articles needing expert attention Consciousness studies Meditation Spiritual retreats Tibetan Buddhist practices Dzogchen practices Nyingma