Nyingma Psychology Programs - Nyingma Institute

1 elective retreat weeks chosen from the following:

Note: the program cost includes nonresidential retreats only;
residential retreats require an additional fee for room and board.

NPS501 Transforming Negative Emotions
(times to be arranged)
In this retreat we will explore and apply potent meditations with both experiential and analytical dimensions that pacify unwanted emotions without suppressing them. First, we balance and clear the mind; then we develop insight into how emotions arise; finally, we apply techniques that help transform the negative aspect of emotional energy.

NPS502 Cutting through Conditioning
(WINTER: February 18-23, 2008)
Much of what we do is bound by conditioning: patterns of action imprinted within our body and mind. Once established, conditioned patterns operate automatically and obscure the fresh vitality -the wonder--of our experience. Through skillfully observing mental images, we can recognize and then release the layers of conditioning that have accumulated throughout our lives. Topics covered include: self-image; the cyclic nature of fascination and anxiety; and Abhidharma analysis of discerning mental events.

NPS503 Loving Yourself, Loving Others
(WINTER: February 11-16, 2008)
We can find unconditioned love for ourselves and for others. Mantra, visualization, meditation, and movement exercises help develop and expand compassion and love beyond all boundaries. Practices and lecture are based on the traditional practice of the "four immeasureables" of love, compassion, joy, and equanimity.

KNR502 Kum Nye: Breath, Energy, Feeling
(SUMMER: June 9-14, 2008)
In this Tibetan yoga retreat, students use breath and movement exercises to stimulate and direct the energy of body and mind, visualization practices to awaken and sustain inner vitality, and meditation practices to foster serenity.

KNR503 Kum Nye: Attuning to the Present Moment
(SUMMER: June 16-21, 2008)
This retreat makes use of the full range of Kum Nye exercises to help each retreatant integrate a rich array of positive feelings into body, senses, and mind.

MED501 Silent Retreat
(SUMMER: June 2-7, 2008 & other times by special arrangement)
This retreat's practices are done in silence with suitable instructions for meditation and study given individually to each participant. The retreat is designed to allow participants to deepen their meditation practice in the protected environment of the Nyingma Institute.

MED503 Developing Clarity
(SPRING: May 26-31, 2008)
The focus of this meditation retreat is insight meditation (Vipassana). Analytic meditation will be introduced along with meditations to calm the stream of distracting thought.

TSK501 Time, Space, and Knowledge: Visionary Inquiry
(SPRING: March 17-22, 2008)
Lecture, dialogue, and practice lead students into the Time, Space, and Knowledge Vision.