Tuesdays, 6:00 – 7:30 PM, PT (January 7th – January 28th, 2025)
Online & In-Person at the Nyingma Institute
This class is for beginners and anyone looking for support to restart and refresh a regular daily meditation practice. through cultivating body, breath and mind awareness, we will learn to relax tension and quiet busy mind by applying gentle movements (Kum Nye Tibetan Yoga), guided meditations, silent sitting and breath practices. This will allow us more calm and clarity as we develop a sense of mind/body balance and integration, both in meditation and in daily life. We may find ourselves to be on a journey of self-transformation through self-knowledge.
Instructors: Olivia Hurd & Caz Verde.
Wednesdays 7:00 – 8:30 PM, PT (January 8 – January 29, 2025)
Online and in person at the Nyingma Institute
This January we will engage the Four Immeasurables following recently translated meditation practice instructions of Longchenpa himself, as well as his classic textual presentation in Finding Rest in the Nature of Mind. Consciously cultivating the four immeasurable qualities with courage and commitment purifies our mindstreams, creating an open field for the arising of bodhicitta, the precious mind of enlightenment. This four-week class is an open invitation to all. The practices presented will also be of particular interest to those engaged in the ngondro (preliminary practices) of the Longchen Nyingtik lineage.
Instructor: Mark Henderson.
In this meditation group, we will engage simple but effective practices for relaxation and healing, with rotating topics for contemplation and sharing each week. Each class will start with gentle movement, and ease into guided meditation followed by a period of silent sitting.
These practices can be helpful for accessing qualities of relaxation, healing, and balance. They can be part of a path of inner knowing and transformation.
Suitable for beginners and those at all levels seeking to reconnect and practice in a supportive group setting.
This group will be held Mondays, 6:30-7:30pm, on 11/04, 11/11, 11/18, & 11/25.
In this meditation group, we will engage simple but effective practices for relaxation and healing, with rotating topics for contemplation and sharing each week. Each class will start with gentle movement, and ease into guided meditation followed by a period of silent sitting.
These practices can be helpful for accessing qualities of relaxation, healing, and balance. They can be part of a path of inner knowing and transformation.
Suitable for beginners and those at all levels seeking to reconnect and practice in a supportive group setting.
This group will be held on Tuesdays from 8:00-9:00am, on 11/05, 11/12, 11/19, & 11/26.
Body, language, and mind are like lotuses rising from the muddy waters of our experience. For our journey to be meaningful, we can cultivate them well and encourage them to open fully, with the aspiration to be of benefit to all beings.
Tarthang Tulku’s Lotus Trilogy offers searching, novel explorations that reveal a profound vision: how ordinary structures of body, language, and mind can be deconstructed and recognized as the luminous vehicle for our liberation.
This experiential program guides you in playful and direct ways to recognize and take refuge within the intrinsic radiance of your own being. Our study and discussions of Lotus Trilogy will emphasize the importance of understanding the deep structure of ordinary experience, complemented by potent, unrestricted practices, contemplations, and prayers connected to Padmasambhava, the Lotus-born Guru.
Our journey will unfold over three successive years, focusing on one volume of the trilogy each year – Lotus Body, Lotus Language, and Lotus Mind. Designed as a progressive curriculum, the course features weekly classes, regular weekend intensives, and an annual retreat – providing ample opportunity to integrate these teachings into your daily life. Immerse yourself in thought-provoking dialogue, mantra recitation, Kum Nye (a Tibetan relaxation practice), meditation, and insightful inquiry.
We can reclaim the innate freedom and luminosity at the heart of our own body, speech, and mind. This program calls forth wonderment and appreciation of our shared potential to manifest the lotus from the boundless, open field of our being.
Body, language, and mind are like lotuses rising from the muddy waters of our experience. For our journey to be meaningful, we can cultivate them well and encourage them to open fully, with the aspiration to be of benefit to all beings.
Tarthang Tulku’s Lotus Trilogy offers searching, novel explorations that reveal a profound vision: how ordinary structures of body, language, and mind can be deconstructed and recognized as the luminous vehicle for our liberation.
This experiential program guides you in playful and direct ways to recognize and take refuge within the intrinsic radiance of your own being. Our study and discussions of Lotus Trilogy will emphasize the importance of understanding the deep structure of ordinary experience, complemented by potent, unrestricted practices, contemplations, and prayers connected to Padmasambhava, the Lotus-born Guru.
Our journey will unfold over three successive years, focusing on one volume of the trilogy each year – Lotus Body, Lotus Language, and Lotus Mind. Designed as a progressive curriculum, the course features weekly classes, regular weekend intensives, and an annual retreat – providing ample opportunity to integrate these teachings into your daily life. Immerse yourself in thought-provoking dialogue, mantra recitation, Kum Nye (a Tibetan relaxation practice), meditation, and insightful inquiry.
We can reclaim the innate freedom and luminosity at the heart of our own body, speech, and mind. This program calls forth wonderment and appreciation of our shared potential to manifest the lotus from the boundless, open field of our being.
