Tibetan Nyingma Institute Ancient Wisdom for the Modern World

Continuing Education for Therapists and Social Workers

The following classes and workshops are qualified for continuing education (CE) credit for MFT’s and LCSW’s as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (provider: Nyingma Institute #2513). They present innovative techniques that help manage physical and emotional pain and enhance overall well-being. Unless otherwise noted, Saturday workshops run from 10 AM to 4:45 PM and include a vegetarian lunch. A full refund is given if a program is cancelled or a student is unable to attend.

Please register in advance and inform us if you will be attending a course for continuing education credit so that we may prepare the appropriate paperwork for you.

Summer Classes:

Transforming Negative Emotions (evening session), 15 hours of CE credit

Mondays, 8—9:30 PM (June 7—August 9)

Introspective practices and insights from the Buddhist tradition can transform the destructive power of “everyday” negative emotions. Based on Tarthang Tulku’s Openness Mind, this course gives specific antidotes for anger, fear, anxiety, and attachment.

Cost: $180. Instructor: Sylvia Gretchen. For all levels of students.

Transforming Negative Emotions (daytime session), 15 hours of CE credit

Thursdays, Noon—1:30 PM (June 10—August 12)

The daytime program mirrors the Transforming Negative Emotions evening course, with introspective practices and insights from the Buddhist tradition that can transform the destructive power of “everyday” negative emotions.

Cost: $180. Instructor: Robin Caton. For all levels of students.

Heart Practices for Daily Life, 7.5 hours of CE credit

Tuesdays, 6:15—7:45 PM (June 8—July 6)

We can expand the heart’s capacity to give and receive unlimited love through meditation and analysis. This five-week course is about how to bring the positive qualities of love, equanimity, joy, and compassion to life.

Cost: $90. Instructors: Robin Caton and Santosh Philip. For all levels of students.

Beginning Kum Nye: Releasing Tension and Restoring Balance*

Wednesdays, 6:15—7:45 PM (June 9—August 11)

Kum Nye movement and awareness exercises help release physical and emotional tension. Practices in this course will focus on giving students tools to restore balance to their lives and deepen their spiritual awareness.

Cost: $180. Instructor: Jack van der Meulen. For all levels of students.

Spring Workshops:

Revitalizing Inner Energy, 5 hours of CE credit

June 12, 10 AM-4:45 PM

Increase your energy level and zest for life through Kum Nye (Tibetan Yoga) practice. Gentle movement exercises restore vitality as they release physical and mental tension.

Cost: $64. Instructor: Jack van der Meulen. Based on Tibetan Relaxation.

Embodiment of Beauty, 5 hours of CE credit

June 19, 10 AM-4:45 PM

The human heart thrives on wonder and the light of beauty. Tarthang Tulku, Mandala Gardens.

Our physical senses are capable of receiving great beauty, bringing us moments of exquisite feeling and deep satisfaction. To activate this capacity for beauty, we must clear confusion and repressed anger out of the pathways of the senses. The Tibetan Yoga (Kum Nye) practices in this workshop initiate a stream of inner feeling that cleanses each sense.

Cost: $64. Instructor: Donna Morton. Based on Joy of Being and Mandala Gardens.

Healing and Pain, 7 hours of CE credit

August 13-14

Through penetrating pain, we have the chance to open experience, cleansing appearance of the residues of ordinary awareness. We open the eyes to space and light, open the mind to silence, and open awareness to intimacy. Tarthang Tulku, Dynamics of Time and Space.

No matter who we are or what we do, we experience physical and mental pain. This workshop offers four introspective exercises that provide important tools for alleviating pain. The first exercise uses creative imagination to shift our relationship to pain. The second helps us bypass the entangling stories that tie inner sensations to suffering. The final two exercises help us connect with the vitality that underlies pain.

Cost: $76. Instructors: Sylvia Gretchen and Jack van der Meulen. Friday, 7—9 PM; Saturday, 10 AM—4:45 PM. Based on Dynamics of Time and Space.