Fall 2019 Programs

FALL 2019 PROGRAMS

Meditation, Tibetan Yoga, and Well-being

Nyingma Institute, 1815 Highland Place, Berkeley, CA 94709 A NOTE FROM THE DEANS

August 8, 2019 Dear Friends,

It is well known that the Buddha taught a universal love and compassion that had a profound effect on all who met him, but he was also modeling a revolutionary way of caring for our mind at the deepest level, in order to resolutely pursue and come to know reality. The path he opened did not lead to some other transcendent dimension free from suffering. Instead, he offers us the possibility of a journey straight into the heart of reality, into an unfailing operability of knowing, shining and pulsing within each present moment. September & Fall His proclamation of reality as the ultimate medicine of liberation remains as startling today as it was two and a half millennia ago. We stand, just like the Buddha’s first disciples, astonished at his invitation to en- 2019 Catalog ter reality as it is, and begin the ultimate journey that lies before all beings: to awaken from the dream of the self to a freedom that has no derivation, no point of reference in our limitations, and no reversibility.

The “how” of how we get there has been taught by the Buddha as an exacting process of study, contemplation and meditation. Not merely cleansing and cultivating the intellect, this training aims TABLE OF CONTENTS at total embodiment of wisdom and compassion through a deep form of caring for the endlessly creative producers of experience — mind, body, speech, the sensory fields, and the subtle energies.

We live in a culture and an age of self-improvement, where we are always trying to “fix” ourselves, September 4-week Classes ...... 4 - 5 and worship at the altar of the ever-elusive perfect version of ourselves. What would it mean to expand our imagination, to relinquish attachment to all “image”, and journey inward instead, into Fall 10-week Classes ...... 6 - 7 the depths of mind, where experience gets prepared, cooked, and consumed with the convincingly impenetrable feel of the “real”? Weekend Workshops ...... 8 - 9 Here at the Institute, in a holistic way, we can practice the teachings of the Buddha, Padmasam- bhava, and other enlightened, extraordinary masters of this wisdom-lineage, including our founder Week-Long Retreats ...... 10 - 11 and my father, Tarthang Rinpoche. Thanks to Rinpoche’s great skill and compassion, we have a rich array of secular and traditional dharma teachings that provide accessible, incisive lines of inquiry Two-Month Retreat ...... 11 that can help us unfold our own unique manifestations of wakeful humanity.

Lama Palzang and I, our faculty and our staff are here to support you, ready to share our own curiosity, joy, and experiences on the path as we hold the space for your own discovery. Please know that when you step into the Institute as a student, you enter a place that is connected to an authentic lineage of enlightenment. This lineage does not seek worldly power or many followers. It exists in order to keep alive the sublime pathways to the heart of what it means to be human. Its treasures are available today because its masters were passionate lovers of knowledge, tena- cious practitioners of merit, and deeply devoted servants of universal awakening. Together, we can follow in their footsteps. Together, we can do our best to cultivate the same passion, tenacity, and devotion on our own journey.

With all best wishes,

Pema Gellek and Lama Palzang Learn more or register online at www.nyingmainstitute.com or call (510) 809-1000 3 September Term (9/2/19 - 9/28/19)

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

Advanced Meditation: Evening Chant In the Words of the Buddha Guide to Chanting Tibetan Advanced Tibetan Tutorial Please view Pages 8 and 9 for Cultivating Self-Understand- 6:15 - 6:45 PM (DHS101) 7:00 - 8:30 PM Prayers (DHS113) (TIB301) 4:30 - 5:45 PM Saturday workshops ing Through Shamatha and Tibetan prayer, chanting, and 4 Classes, 9/4 - 9/25 1:30 - 3:00 PM 4 classes, 9/6 - 9/27 4 classes, 9/5 - 9/26 Vipashyana (MED313) meditation for spiritual growth. An introduction to the essential Ongoing Tibetan translation Open to all. Cost: Free. sutras in the Buddhist tradition. Practice chanting traditional and study at an advanced level. 7:00 - 8:30 PM Tibetan prayers without prior We examine first, second, and Knowledge of Tibetan or con- SUNDAY 4 Classes, 9/2/ - 9/23 knowledge of the Tibetan Four Foundations of sent of the instructor required. Lama Palzang highlights tech- third turning teachings in order language. Practice materials Mindfulness (DHS204) to give a general overview of Instructor(s): Barr Rosenberg. 9:00 - 9:45 AM niques for stabilizing and deep- 7:00 - 8:30 PM show the Tibetan text, phonetic the Mahayana approach to the Cost: $72. Meditation ening meditation in order to 4 Classes, 9/3 - 9/24 pronunciation, and English trans- sutras. Through recitation, reflec- Drop-in: $5 continually renew one’s com- Mindfulness of body, feelings, lation. Instructor(s): Lama Palzang, mitment to cultivating wisdom mind, and phenomena estab- tion, and study of these sutras, we Mark Henderson. Cost: $72 Kum Nye Dancing (KNR108) on the path. Instructor(s): Lama begin to understand the Buddha’s 7:00 - 8:30 PM 10:00 - Noon lishes a basis for the growth of Surveying Dimensions of Palzang. Cost: $72. wisdom and has served as the startling vision of reality. Instruc- 4 classes, 9/6 - 9/27 Kum Nye Tibetan Yoga (NPS205) 7:00 - 8:30 PM tor(s): Pema Gellek, Hugh Joswick, Mind This drop-in class is an intro- Drop-in: $15 basis for Buddhist practice and 4 classes, 9/5 - 9/26 and other faculty. Cost: $72. duction to yogic and Kum Nye Beginning Kum Nye: Heal- understanding for over two mil- Challenge your usual ways ing and Invigorating Energy lenia. Instructor(s): Mark Hender- of thinking about meditation dancing. It includes instruction 5:00 - 5:45 PM son. POL program. Cost: $72. and practice. Kum Nye Dancing (KNR115) 7:00 - 8:30 PM Beginning Meditation: and the nature of mind. In this Chanting is based on ancient Tibetan 4 Classes, 9/2 - 9/23 Meditation for Healing class, we explore exercises from Cost: Free Advanced Kum Nye: Gener- movement systems for healing Explore foundational Kum Nye (MED105) 7:00 - 8:30 PM Dimensions of Mind that open the ating Happiness from Within treasures of mind and awaken and is an opportunity to develop practices that activate positive 4 Classes, 9/4 - 9/25 6:00 - 7:00 PM (KNR304) 7:00 - 8:30 PM knowledge of inner freedom. a vibrant knowledge of our indi- healing processes and nurture Learn tools to deepen relaxation Dharma Talk or 4 Classes, 9/3 - 9/24 Instructor(s): Pema Gellek, Hugh vidual embodiment. Instructor(s): body, breath, and mind. This se- so that the body can heal itself Sunday Gathering Advanced Kum Nye practices Joswick. Cost: $72. Lama Palzang. Cost: $20/class or ries works closely with the theo- naturally and cultivate positive This program varies each week, attune body, mind, and spiritual $72 for all 4. ry and nitty-gritty aspects of the path. In this class, we enliven energy through expanding Kum Nye Joy of Being: please visit website for details! Guiding Practice section of the contact with the energy cen- awareness of feelings, thoughts, Relaxing Deeply, Healing and Cost: Free first Kum Nye book.Instructor(s): ters located in the head, throat, and emotions. Instructor(s): San- Tuning Our Physical Senses Intermediate Tibetan Abbe Blum. Cost: $72. heart, and navel area. Instruc- tosh Philip, Olivia Hurd. Cost: $72. (KNR208) 7:00 - 8:30 PM (TIB204) 7:00 - 8:30 PM tor(s): Santosh Philip. Cost: $72 4 classes, 9/5 - 9/26 4 classes, 9/6 - 9/27 ONLINE: The Four Main Vital channels into the heart of Translation of selected readings Insights from Buddhist our being, the senses can func- Psychology: Learning to Care Intermediate Meditation: Schools of Tibetan Buddhism with grammar instruction for Deepening Understand- tion as gateways to healing and translating classical Tibetan texts for Ourselves (NPS107) (DHS220) 7:00 - 8:30 PM insight, nourishing body, breath, ing Through Meditation at an intermediate level. Instruc- 7:00 - 8:30 PM 4 Classes, 9/4 - 9/25 and mind. Instructor(s): Abbe (MED213) 7:00 - 8:30 PM An introduction to the history, tor(s): Mollie Hughes. Cost: $72. 4 Classes, 9/2 - 9/23 4 Classes, 9/3 - 9/24 Blum. Cost: $72. main figures, and characteristics Attitudes, aspirations, emotions, Learn to look directly at the of the main schools in Tibetan Beginning Tibetan: Level V and concepts shape who we patterns of thought that trap (TIB105) 6:15 - 7:45 PM are and determine what we do us in tension and frustration. Buddhism. This knowledge is essential for placing the teach- 4 classes, 9/5 - 9/26 more than any outside influence. Opening to feeling and working Continuing reading and study of Recognizing their power and dis- with practices that loosen and ings in historical context. This class will be conducted online and grammar in Tibetan scriptures. covering their inherent change- relax old strategies of coping, Beginning Tibetan: Level 1 starts we open to a new way of being. will require a Zoom connection on ability are keys to truly caring in Fall Quarter. Instructor(s): Mark Instructor(s): Bob Byrne. Cost: $72. a personal computer. Instructor(s): for ourselves. Instructor(s): Hugh Henderson. Cost: $72. Joswick, Pauline Yu. Cost: $72. Richard Kingsland. Cost: $72.

4 Learn more or register online at www.nyingmainstitute.com or (510) 809-1000 Learn more or register online at www.nyingmainstitute.com or call (510) 809-1000 5 Fall Quarter (10/7/19 - 12/14/19)

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

Advanced Meditation: Evening Chant In the Words of the Buddha Guide to Chanting Tibetan Advanced Tibetan Tutorial Please view Pages 8 and 9 for Cultivating Self-Understand- 6:15 - 6:45 PM (DHS101) 7:00 - 8:30 PM Prayers (DHS113) (TIB301) 4:30 - 5:45 PM Saturday workshops ing Through Shamatha and Tibetan prayer, chanting, and 9 classes, 10/9 - 12/11 1:30 - 3:00 PM 10 classes, 10/11 - 12/13 meditation for spiritual growth. 9 classes, 10/10 - 12/12 Ongoing Tibetan translation and Vipashyana (MED313) An introduction to the essential Open to all. Cost: Free. sutras in the Buddhist tradition. Practice chanting traditional study. Knowledge of Tibetan or 7:00 - 8:30 PM Tibetan prayers without prior consent of the instructor re- We examine first, second, and knowledge of the Tibetan SUNDAY 10 classes, 10/7 - 12/9 Who Owns Mind? (DHS203) third turning teachings in order quired. Instructor(s): Barr Rosen- Drawing from his background and language. Practice materials 7:00 - 8:30 PM to give a general overview of berg. Cost: $180. 9:00 - 9:45 AM training in Nyingma studies and show the Tibetan text, phonetic 10 classes, 10/8 - 12/10 the Mahayana approach to the pronunciation, and English trans- Meditation practices in Tibet, Lama Palzang Using classical insight medita- sutras. Recitation, reflection, lation. Instructor(s): Lama Palzang, Kum Nye Self Massage: The Drop-in: $5 highlights techniques for stabiliz- tions, students will be guided in and study of sutras. Instructor(s): Mark Henderson. Cost: $162. No ing and deepening meditation in a search for an independent self class on Thanksgiving (11/28). Healing Power of Touch Instructor(s): Pema Gellek, Hugh (KNR106) 7:00 - 8:30 PM 10:00 - Noon order to continually renew one’s who controls and owns the mind Joswick, and other faculty. Cost: Skillful Means . . . Caring 4 classes, 10/25 - 11/15 Kum Nye Tibetan Yoga commitment to cultivating wis- and experience, glimpsing how $162. No class on 11/27. dom on the path.Instructor(s): Lama mind, free of the confines of (NPS116) 7:00 - 8:30 PM A four-week hands-on class in Drop-in: $15 9 classes, 10/10 - 12/12 Kum Nye self-massage. You will Palzang. Cost: $180. self, might function. Instructor(s): Beginning Meditation: Hugh Joswick, Mark Henderson. Caring invites us to cultivate a be led through slow massage 5:00 - 5:45 PM Quieting the Mind (MED101) POL program. Cost: $180. fresh attunement and deeper routines that promote relax- Chanting Listening to the Body: 7:00 - 8:30 PM connection with self and others, ation and deepen your sense of 9 classes, 10/9 - 12/11 and points us towards inhabiting Cost: Free Healing Body and Mind Advanced Kum Nye: physical presence. Instructor(s): (KNR105) 7:00 - 8:30 PM Traditional meditation practices, pure being. Instructor(s): Pema Transforming Inner Energy Gellek, Hugh Joswick. Cost: $162. Santosh Philip. Cost: $72. 6:00 - 7:00 PM 10 classes, 10/7 - 12/9 (KNR305) 7:00 - 8:30 PM including body movement (Kum Nye Tibetan Yoga), breath No class on Thanksgiving (11/28). Dharma Talk or This is the first semester of a 10 classes, 10/8 - 12/10 awareness, chanting, and visual- Intermediate Tibetan Sunday Gathering year-long introduction to Kum Intensity in the practice of Kum Kum Nye Joy of Being: ization, begin to quiet distracting (TIB205) 7:00 - 8:30 PM This program varies each week, Nye Tibetan yoga, a gentle heal- Nye loosens inner blockages How to Change the Pattern 10 classes, 10/11 - 12/13 thoughts and movements of mind, please visit website for details! ing system adapted by Tibetan so that vitality circulates freely Through Relieving Busyness Translation of selected readings opening mind to a clearer experi- Cost: Free lama Tarthang Tulku for the through body and mind. This and Attuning to What with grammar instruction for West. We learn to listen to our intermediate/advanced course ence. Instructor(s): Santosh Philip. Supports the Whole of Our Cost: $162. No class on 11/27. translating classical Tibetan texts bodies, opening our senses and introduces exercises that chal- Being (KNR208) 7:00 - 8:30 PM 9 classes, 10/10 - 12/12 at an intermediate level. Instruc- touching our feelings directly. In- lenge and inspire. Instructor(s): Big Space, Open Sky (TSK111) Asking how to change the tor(s): Mollie Hughes. Cost: $180. structor(s): Abbe Blum. Cost: $180. Santosh Philip. Cost: $180. 6:15 - 7:45 PM pattern of what limits beauty, Transforming Negative 9 classes, 10/9 - 12/11 clarity, and ease, the second year Intermediate Meditation: Space welcomes us each mo- of this ongoing Joy of Being class Emotions (NPS102) continues to tune and deeply Unfolding Meditation ment of our lives. Without its 7:00 - 8:30 PM relax body, breath, and mind. In- (MED214) 7:00 - 8:30 PM 10 classes, 10/8 - 12/10 presence, how could we move structor(s): Abbe Blum. Cost: $162. 10 classes, 10/7 - 12/9 Introspective practices and from chair to door or, more No class on Thanksgiving (11/28). Through meditation practice, we insights from the Buddhist subtly, from thought to thought, gain inner confidence to handle tradition can transform the or sound to recognition? Come Beginning Tibetan: Level I whatever comes our way. This destructive power of ‘everyday’ explore new options and new (TIB 101) 6:15 - 7:45 PM class develops the meaning of negative emotions. This course ways of being and human being 9 classes, 10/10 - 12/12 meditation as a practice for gives specific antidotes for anger, as presented in Tarthang Tulku’s Introduction to basic Tibetan for reading and translating classical every moment. Instructor(s): Bob fear, anxiety, and attachment. visionary path of Time, Space, Tibetan texts. Instructor(s): Mark Instructor(s): Olivia Hurd, Pauline and Knowledge. Instructor(s): Ken Byrne. Cost: $180. Henderson. Cost: $162. No class Yu. Cost: $180. McKeon. Cost: $20/class or $162 on Thanksgiving (11/28). for all 9. No class on 11/27.

6 Learn more or register online at www.nyingmainstitute.com or (510) 809-1000 Learn more or register online at www.nyingmainstitute.com or call (510) 809-1000 7 Workshops September and Fall 2019

Sat, Aug. 31 Art of Sitting Comfortably (KNR420) A half-day of guided self-exploration, sup- Sat, Oct.26 Joy and Spaciousness (KNR406) Tibetan Yoga (Kum Nye) movement and breathing 10 AM - 1 PM portive practices, and practical problem solving. You will be introduced to a vari- 10 AM - 4:45 PM practices enhance a sense of spaciousness and develop joyous feelings. Through Tibetan Yoga ety of sitting strategies. A personal home program of Kum Nye exercises will be Tibetan Yoga contacting the subtle energies in the body through breath, we can expand and fos- tailored for each student to address specific motion limitations.Instructor(s): Donna ter inner joy. Instructor(s): Santosh Philip. Cost: $80, includes vegetarian lunch. Morton. Cost: $40, includes lunch. Sat, Nov.2 Medicine Buddha (NPR406) Tibetan healing mantras and visualizations that evoke Sat, Sept.7 Inner Alchemy (KNR412) Remarkable transformation occurs through Kum Nye, 10 AM - 4:45 PM the blessings of the Medicine Buddha have been used for centuries to cure illness 10 AM - 4:45 PM mobilizing the body’s natural healing as it literally remakes the physical body. The Nyingma and increase well-being. This retreat offers instructions in traditional Medicine Tibetan Yoga movement exercises introduced in this workshop stimulate the flow of subtle Practices Buddha practices. Instructor(s): Lama Palzang, Pema Gellek. Cost: $80, includes lunch. energy that can lead to amazing changes in body and mind. Instructor(s): Santosh Philip. Cost: $80, includes vegetarian lunch. Sat, Nov.9 Healing Sound (MED402) There is an art of deep listening that hears all sounds as 10 AM - 4:45 PM music and recognizes a vast healing silence at the very heart of sound. This work- Sat, Sept.14 Tara the Liberator (DHS413) As we practice vivid visualization and recite power- Meditation shop blends music, mantra, and silence to inspire realization. Instructor(s): Santosh 10 AM - 4:45 PM ful prayers and mantras, we learn how to invoke Tara with deep and urgent devo- Philip. Cost: $80, includes vegetarian lunch. Buddhist tion. We join in an unbroken lineage of enlightened masters who, through Tara Studies practice, found unshakeable confidence, awe, and belonging in the face of ultimate Sat, Nov.16 Activating Joyous Feeling (NPS406) Meditation, awareness, and movement prac- reality. Instructor(s): Lama Palzang, Pema Gellek. Cost: $80, includes vegetarian lunch. 10 AM - 4:45 PM tices awaken and expand joyous feelings. You will learn exercises that distribute Nyingma deep feelings of joy through both body and mind. Instructor(s): Donna Morton. Cost: Sat, Sept.21 Delving Deep into Caring (NPS416) We live in a remarkable time in history when Psychology $80, includes vegetarian lunch. 10 AM - 4:45 PM we have developed massive technical power but are losing our humanity to deep Nyingma routines that control us and dictate where to focus our energy. Through caring we Sat, Nov.23 Transforming Personal History (NPS407) Habits and patterns intertwined with Psychology can experience a greater depth of love for ourselves and others, shift from reactiv- 10 AM - 4:45 PM painful memories often prevent us from enjoying the freedom and beauty offered ity to responsiveness, and awaken to being fully present in all situations. Instruc- Nyingma by our human body and mind. It is possible to skillfully touch memories in ways that tor(s): Pema Gellek, Hugh Joswick. Cost: $80, includes vegetarian lunch. Psychology cut through their power to restrict us. Instructor(s): Olivia Hurd. Cost: $80, includes lunch.

Sat, Sept.28 Transforming Negative Emotions (NPS401) When we quiet mind and calm the Fri, Nov.29 Cultivating Compassionate Love (NPR402) We can learn to love ourselves and 10 AM - 4:45 PM body, we are able to look more clearly and directly at what transpires during an to Sun, Dec.1 others more deeply through actively cultivating compassionate love. This kind of Nyingma emotional experience. We will apply traditional Buddhist meditations to challenge Nyingma love heals the painful divisions between living beings, allowing us to forgive oth- Psychology and transform the hold negative emotions have over us, pacifying them rather Practices ers and to cleanse ourselves of ill-will. The retreat introduces gentle visualization, than suppressing them. Instructor(s): Olivia Hurd. Cost: $80, includes lunch. mantra, and meditation practices given by the Buddha. Instructor(s): Santosh Philip. Cost: $235 Non-residential or $475 Residential. Sat, Oct.12 Meditation in Action: Where Work, Play, and Success Coalesce (SKM409) Engag- 10 AM - 4:45 PM ing transformative exercises from Tarthang Tulku’s Mastering Successful Work, this Sat, Dec.7 The Four Immeasurables (DHS406) Cultivating the “four immeasurable” states Skillful Means workshop will provide practical, incisive tools to enlighten and accomplish your 10 AM - 4:45 PM of mind—love, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity—is a classic Buddhist work. Activating a higher level of awareness, concentration, and energy, we open Buddhist practice that teaches us to transcend our ordinary way of being and our limited up the treasures of meditation in every situation. Instructor(s): Mark Henderson. Studies ways of understanding. Inner serenity can help foster the realization of selfless- Cost: $80, includes lunch. ness. Instructor(s): Mark Henderson, Hugh Joswick. Cost: $80, includes lunch.

Sat, Oct.19 The Question of Identity (DHS405) Who creates, controls, enjoys, defiles, or Sat, Dec.14 Silent Mind, Peaceful Mind (MED409) Mind can become silent, peaceful, and 10 AM - 4:45 PM purifies experience? Experiential exercises will shed light on these questions, while 10 AM - 4:45 PM aware through sustained meditation. This day of meditation practices and instruc- Buddhist lecture will examine the ten kinds of self as described by the Bodhisattva Maitreya Meditation tion shows how to release expectations and find serenity.Instructor(s): Hugh Jos- Studies and the Nyingma master Lama Mipham. Instructor(s): Mark Henderson, Hugh Jos- wick. Cost: $80, includes lunch. wick. Cost: $80, includes vegetarian lunch.

8 Learn more or register online at www.nyingmainstitute.com or (510) 809-1000 Learn more or register online at www.nyingmainstitute.com or call (510) 809-1000 9 Retreats September and Fall 2019

Come stay with us at the Nyingma Institute. You’ll find that we’re a tranquil sanctuary located con- JOURNEY THROUGH MIND: TEACHINGS ON AWAKENING BY veniently in Berkeley, with a beautiful view, caring instructors, and programs designed to help you TARTHANG RINPOCHE (NPS508) 5-Day Retreat / Mon, Nov. 11th - Fri, Nov. 15th reconnect, re-center, and bring more clarity and balance into your life. Tarthang Rinpoche is one of the foremost masters of Tibetan Buddhism alive today, a thinker of tremen- Residential participation includes overnight stays for the duration of the program, plus lunch, dinner, and self-serve breakfast. dous range and originality and a leader who has made a monumental contribution to the preservation Non-Residential participation includes instruction and lunch only. Online registration is available for non-residential partici- of the Tibetan culture. After his arrival in America in 1969, he introduced the Nyingma teachings in the pation. For the residential option, please contact us at [email protected] or (510) 809-1000 to reserve your spot. U.S, and has authored over forty books in English that all speak to the power of mind at the center of the human condition. Retreats must meet minimum enrollment to be held. Registration closes either 2 weeks or 1 month in advance depending on the retreat length. Please sign up early in order to ensure that programs will be offered. If you have any questions, please This retreat is an opportunity to engage a full range of teachings that reveal the extraordinary potential contact us at [email protected] or (510) 809-1000. of mind, including topics such as:

1. Deep relaxation of mind, body, and senses by attending to feeling and attuning to our sensory fields (KNR501) TRANSFORMING STRESS INTO RELAXATION AND ENERGY 2. The role of language, its limits and potentials; how mind engages the rules of language; how mind 5-Day Retreat / Mon, Sept. 9th - Fri, Sept. 13th constructs and governs 3. Perspectives and practices that provoke a mind-opening vision of time, space and language Tune into the subtle sensations and tones of mind, body, and senses, and come away refreshed. 4. Accessible and effective practices that transform negativity, deepen caring, activate work as spiritual Slow-moving Tibetan Yoga (Kum Nye) practice opens the senses to flowing feelings that can loosen even chronic tension. In this retreat, we learn to relax so deeply that we can “taste” the healing nectar practice, and open up daily life as a path of awakening dedicated to all beings. of relaxation as it streams through body and mind. Gentle movement, breathing, and awareness prac- Instructor(s): Pema Gellek and Nyingma Institute faculty. Cost: $475 Non-Residential / $965 Residential. Enrollment tices help us to discover this deep relaxation. Instructor(s): Abbe Blum, Santosh Philip, Donna Morton. Cost: $475 closes 2 weeks prior on 10/28. Non-Residential / $965 Residential. Enrollment closes 2 weeks prior on 8/26.

SILENT RETREAT: INTRODUCTION TO SHAMATHA (MED508) HEALING MIND TWO MONTH RETREAT 5-Day Retreat / Mon, Oct. 14th - Fri, Oct. 18th OR Mon, Dec. 9th - Fri, Dec. 13th 8-Week Retreat / Mon, Oct. 21st – Sat, Dec. 14th

Stressed out? Need a restorative pause from a whirlwind of tasks, responsibilities, and cascading con- Discover a lighter, richer way of experiencing mind. This retreat provides methods and tools for opening cerns? Research has shown that meditation and silence can have profoundly positive effects on our up and transforming the layers of identification, negative patterning, and conditioning that limit poten- mental states and overall happiness. Silence, meditation, and Kum Nye Tibetan Yoga usher you into tial and restrict our inner freedom. Through techniques drawn from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, we deeper stages of calm and openness. You’ll return to your life renewed, grounded, and with a sense of examine and go below thought and emotional conditioning to discover awareness, making contact with inner stability and clarity. Instructor(s): Nyingma Institute faculty. Cost: $475 Non-Residential / $965 Residential. an innate sense of the sacred. Enrollment closes 2 weeks prior on 9/30 for the first retreat and 11/25 for the second retreat. The teachings and practices engaged in this carefully structured retreat are given in a beautiful, protected environment that allows space for your own discovery to unfold. Methods and tools are curated by Nyingma master Tarthang Tulku, who has carefully selected and sequenced Tibetan Buddhist practices MEDICINE BUDDHA: HEALING AT THE SOURCE (NPS504) to foster healing, transformation, and insight. 5-Day Retreat / Mon, Oct. 28th - Sat, Nov. 1st You will be guided through a progression of meditative techniques, in a curriculum designed for lasting We can clear and cleanse our mind, body, and senses, tuning into natural healing energies. This retreat impact. Emerge with an expanded understanding of the nature of awareness, a multitude of methods for combines healing practices, relaxation, and meditation with traditional Medicine Buddha prayers, man- working with mind, body, senses, and emotions, and fresh insight into the richness and possibilities of being. tra, and visualization for a transformative experience. These practices can help us release deep knots of suffering, including grief, resentment, and loneliness. The curriculum of this retreat deals with the grounded, human experience of growth and change on a level that does not require a set belief system. Buddhists and non-Buddhists are both welcome. This is Medicine Buddha practice is for healing and releasing all kinds of accumulated negativity or impurities, an investment that will continue to yield benefit across the rest of your life. Give yourself space and time including trauma and long-term illnesses. It also works on a subtle level to help cleanse and purify layers to uncover your full potential. of imbalanced emotionality and confusion, removing all sickness, obstacles, traces of negative actions, and obscurations. Instructor(s): Lama Palzang, Pema Gellek. Cost: $475 Non-Residential / $965 Residential. Enroll- Instructor(s): Lama Palzang, Pema Gellek, and Nyingma Institute faculty. Cost: $4,629 Non-Residential / $6,256 Residen- ment closes 2 weeks prior on 10/14. tial. Enrollment closes 1 month prior on 9/21.

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