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Geshe Sonam Teaching For new or experienced students • 7.30pm Tuesday evenings • 7.30pm every second Wednesday from April 6 • 2.30pm Sunday afternoons >> see page 3

Shakyamuni Buddha Introduction to meditation A little bit about Ngawang Sonam Great chance to explore useful Resident teacher at Hayagriva Buddhist Centre meditation techniques

The title Geshe is a monastic • 7.30pm Thursday April 14 & 21 degree awarded after many • 7.30pm Thursday June 16 & 23 years study and practice. In Geshe Sonam’s case, he >> see page 3 became a monk at 12 and studied for 22 years at Sera Jey Monastery in southern India. Improve He studied and rigorously mental debated the great Tibetan in the Gelugpa (yellow hat) tradition including balance the Paramitayana (or Secular presentations mixing path) in which he came third out ancient skills and modern of 100 students who took the science final exam. • Genuine happiness Geshela was the Disciplinarian of • Buddhist Ideas for Everyday his Khamtsen which had 1,300 Life monks (a khamtsen is section of • Walking the walk the monastery with monks from a particular region of Tibet). Geshe Sonam with his house teacher Geshe Pema Wangchen >> see page 4 who lived at Kopan for many years “The more you learn in the monastery, their whole life (Kyabje is a mark of respect studying Buddha’s teachings reserved for the senior most Holy day , the more of the tradition whose realization and the commentaries by the Sakadawa on Saturday May 21 great pundits, so you are and powers are extraordinary.) sun shines in your >> see page 4 studying from them which they life, in your heart” have done their whole life. So then you have great, great, great, great, great opportunity to learn Holy relics Our Spiritual Director, Kyabje the teachings of the Buddha Zopa , said: “When you without mistakes. The more you visit Perth learn Dharma at the centre from learn Dharma, the more sun qualified teachers, the shines in your life, in your heart”. >> see page 2 who have studied their whole life Relics of High in Perth His Eminence Choden Rinpoche’s relics at Thanks Ven Hayagriva Buddhist Centre Dekyi! 9am - 5pm Saturday April 2. 9am - 5pm Sunday April 3.

His Eminence Choden reincarnated lama at age three. Any donations will go towards Rinpoche was a highly realised At eight he entered Rabten building a in Bodhgaya, master, scholar and yogi who Monastery and at 15 went to India, for Kyabje Choden passed away last September. He Sera Je Monastery, where he Rinpoche. visited Hayagriva Buddhist studied the five main texts. Centre several times giving Rinpoche became an expert on teaching and tantric initiations. the teachings on – monastic discipline. He was a As is common for highly realised A talk by Geshe Gyalten who highly respected scholar and practitioners, precious relics was chosen as one of two Sera was Rinpoche’s attendant will were collected following his Je monks to debate with His cremation and will be on display be given each day at 11.30am Holiness the during at our Centre. They are said to at Hayagriva Buddhist Centre His Holiness’ geshe exams. empower blessings on those who view, make prayers to, or Many benefited from Venerable circumambulate them. Dekyi's warmth and wisdom during her six week visit over The relics are considered a summer while Geshe Sonam was result of the master’s special away. Her down-to-earth compassion and wisdom. approach forged by her life Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche said: “It experience and long period as a will be very powerful if you nun studying and practicing fortunate ones coming to receive gives her a special blessings from the relics make ability to connect with people. strong requests to actualize the During her visit Venerable Dekyi complete path to enlightenment, visited the Catholic Ursuline especially loving kindness, sisters in Fremantle and compassion, , and discussed the similarities of the clear light from the highest two traditions. They included , secret , and the living in vows, confession and resultant two kayas, in this very daily meditation. The two nuns lifetime, without delaying for a she met were from the second”. Philippines and teach in Catholic Kyabje Choden Rinpoche was schools. Venerable Dekyi born in 1933 in eastern Tibet and described it as a wonderful was recognized as a encounter.

“In my experience, Cut attachment and be free what we need is a by Lama Zopa Rinpoche calm mind and The whole life, busy with peace. We have no worries, suffering, the easier it is to attachment and anger, is like an nothing. develop compassion for others. warm-heartedness elephant caught in a quagmire. It Before developing bodhichitta, It is so much easier to develop provides a basis for cannot get out, it is completely we have to have preliminary bodhichitta, so much easier to caught in a quagmire of mud. that. That’s how we renunciation of samsara. Before enter the path, so Life is like that, we are renunciation of samsara in the much easier to achieve make ourselves completely caught in the next life, we need renunciation to enlightenment for sentient quagmire of attachment and happy as individuals this life. The mind has to be beings, so much easier to anger, like a hallucination. living in Dharma, otherwise we enlighten sentient beings. in families, local Therefore, if we are really can’t have bodhichitta. Without communities and practicing Dharma, we can cut renunciation, we can’t have attachment and be totally free. bodhichitta. We can’t jump nations. I believe that As much Dharma as we practice, ahead, thinking, ‘Oh, I don’t have if we can train those the less attachment is possible. renunciation, but I will jump.’ Even though problems, worries who are young today Many people do meditation, but and fears are not completely cut they don’t like renunciation. The in these qualities the off, they become much less in more we meditate, the more we our life. Therefore, there is much world will be a more learn Dharma, the more we see peace in our heart; there is great our suffering, samsaric suffering, peaceful place later peace, because we are living our then it’s so easy to generate life in Dharma without in this century.” compassion for others, who attachment. Even when death have been suffering since comes, any time, we die in great His Holiness beginningless just like us. the Dalai Lama The more we see our own Lama Zopa Rinpoche Please check the calendar on our website at www.hayagriva.org.au or our weekly eNews for updates and changes to Teachings with the program Geshe Sonam Information

Tuesday Sunday Afternoon Teachings Evening Mind Training Like the Rays of the Sun Teachings 2.30pm Sundays (not on 3, 17 April) Letter to a Based on the essential sayings of the no-nonsense King meditator/scholar Kadampa masters, this text deals 7.30 pm - not on with the erroneous minds of self grasping and self last Tuesday of cherishing. This is one of the great texts dealing each month with the elimination of these disturbing emotions. This text by the By donation. great Indian master, , is as Wheel of Sharp Weapons relevant today as when he sent it as a letter of 2.30pm Sundays starting 5 June advice to his friend, a King, 2,000 years ago. The If you want an answer to the “why me?” question, King was healthy, wealthy and very busy yet this short text by the great 9th Century yogi, profoundly dissatisfied. The letter, a summary of the Dharmaraksita, has all you need to know. It shows Mahayana Buddhist path, sets out the reasons for how the force of karma plays out in our everyday this unhappiness and how to conquer it. life revealing many specific effects and their About Hayagriva Hayagriva Buddhist Centre is a By donation. causes, but the overall message is one of hope and optimism. Centre for Buddhist learning and practice in Kensington following Commentary on the Yamantaka Sadhana By donation. (restricted class) the Tibetan Gelugpa Buddhist tradition. 7.30pm last Tuesday of each month. Other Events with Geshe Sonam It is affiliated with the Foundation Finishes 24 May. for the Preservation of the Q&A and Cake with Geshela A Yamantaka Initiation is a prerequisite to attend Mahayana Tradition (FPMT) these teachings. 3.30pm Sunday 27 March, 24 April, 29 May, 26 which was founded by the late June. Lama Thubten Yeshe (1935 – By donation. 1984) in 1975 and is under the Join Geshe Sonam for a cup of tea and cake in an spiritual guidance of Kyabje informal setting to ask any questions or raise any Zopa Rinpoche who consults issues you may have. Q&As are generally held on Wednesday Evening Teachings closely with His Holiness the the last Sunday of each month. An Evening with Geshe Sonam Dalai Lama. All welcome. 7.30pm every 2nd Wednesday commencing 6 April Our resident teacher is Geshe Suitable for new or experienced students Ngawang Sonam, a fully ordained monk who has In these easy to digest classes, Geshe Sonam will (photo Geshe Sonam with HBC member Ben completed the entire monastic teach from the heart addressing key points of the Herzog) training in India’s Sera Jey Buddhist path he feels are most appropriate to the Monastery. lives of people today. The teachings will not follow a text but be directed at the most immediate needs Our Centre has been operating of students. There will also be plenty of time for for more than 25 years, is a non- questions and answers. profit organisation incorporated under the Associations By donation. Incorporation Act 1987 (WA), is financed by donations, and run by volunteers. Office Hours Contacting Geshe Sonam 10am - 2 pm Mon - Sat subject to volunteer availability. Please Please only make appointments to see Geshela or phone 9367 4817 before visiting request visits from him through our Spiritual Program to confirm the Centre is open. Coordinator, Susan di Bona. This ensures there are no double bookings, that our translator Matt Whiston Contact details is available, and that events can be organised in Address: accordance with protocol. Appointments with 64 Banksia Terrace Geshela are available each week at 6.30pm Tuesdays Kensington WA 6151 and from 5pm Sundays. Other times can be Ph: (08) 9367 4817 arranged. E: [email protected] Web: www.hayagriva.org.au Contact Susan at [email protected] or 0431 679 Find us on Facebook 246. Twitter: #HayagrivaBC

Our SPC, Susan A Journey so far Hayagriva Buddhist Centre student Serge introduces himself

Living in Mandurah with his wife, While doing the “Discovering Fiona, and two children, few Buddhism” modules in late 2014 students travel as far to attend he visited Hayagriva one teachings at Hayagriva as morning when Geshe Sonam French-born Serge Teillagorry. and our translator, Matt Whiston, The trip is even more tiring for came in. Serge said Geshela the shift worker when he’s doing kindly spent some time with him dayshift on as he gets up at which helped answer a number 4.30am to start a 12-hour shift in of questions. Kwinana then has to make the “Geshela said while it was good decision to head north to Geshe to do teachings online you didn’t Sonam’s teachings at Hayagriva get the blessings that came from or head south to home. coming to teachings but that it “I usually head north and feel was my choice.” much better after teachings,” he As he was new to Buddhism, said. Serge started coming to the Serge feels he has had a long Sunday afternoon teachings as connection with Tibetan they were more general but later Buddhism. As a 10-year-old also became a regular at the growing up in Paris, a TV Tuesday night teachings. documentary showing Tibetan He has established a practice at Buddhist monks praying always home, set up an altar, does water stuck with him. There was also a bowls and prostrations every connection through his step day. mother who when she was “I particularly tried to practice younger spent some time with avoiding the 10 non-virtuous the sister of His Holiness the actions as it made life easier not Dalai Lama in India and in to lie, steal, slander others or Ladakh where covert others’ possessions.” is widely practiced. “Before Buddhism I used to get He came to Australia in 1997 to upset easily but now my family learn English, met his future wife and work mates say I’m calmer. and married. Serge said My wife is supportive of my something changed for him after Serge on his journey practice as she can see the the death of his father from beneficial effect it has had”. cancer in Paris in 2014. Serge has noticed a change in “I started to think what am I his outlook on life. He put his Wheel of Life doing with my life, is it altar away when the relatives meaningful, so started to take an came over for Christmas and interest in Buddhism?“ Before didn’t meditate for a few days. Volunteers from the ‘Wheel of Life Palliative Care Support Group’ offer leaving Paris his step mother “The meditation session I did companionship, emotional and spiritual support for the very sick and gave him a Buddhist book by after putting my altar back was dying and their carers. They run seminars, discussion groups and Ven Brahm from the most meaningful.” training courses, and make home visits. Bodhinyana Monastery in He also said he bought three The main activity in recent years has been the running of training Serpentine. kilograms of prawns for the courses on the emotional and spiritual aspects of dying, death, grief Back in Perth he went to a family Christmas and he could and how to prepare for these inevitable experiences. Buddhist group in Mandurah but tell his mind was changing from felt no connection so started The group is a social outreach initiative of the Hayagriva Buddhist his attitude to that. “I didn’t want googling Buddhist groups. He Centre. meat or fish for a few days after came across the FPMT Christmas,” he said. It intends to also create a centre for the dying that has a focus on International website and emotional and spiritual care. completed the introductory Serge hasn’t taken yet but “Buddhism in a Nutshell” course will do so “when the time feels over the internet. right”. Busy bee 10am Saturday 26 March and 30 April eNews Hayagriva is our spiritual home and like any home it needs a clean-up and a garden trim once in a while. We publish a free electronic Your time is the most precious thing you have to give and just a couple of hours can help create a newsletter weekly which conducive environment for not only your own spiritual development, but that of the hundreds of people contains updated details of who visit and benefit from our Centre. our program and news about 10am Saturday 26 March: Special clean-up ahead of relics exhibition next week. our Centre. Sign up on our webpage at 10am Saturday 30 April: Gardening blitz ahead of Council green verge pick up next week. www.hayagriva.org.au or contact the Centre to be included on our email list. Please check the calendar on our website at www.hayagriva.org.au or our weekly eNews for updates and changes to Special Events the program

Saka Dawa Improve mental balance Saturday 21 May with Corey Jackson

Saka Dawa is the most significant holy day in the marking the day of the Buddha’s conception, enlightenment and All the way from Sydney, Corey passing into paranirvana. The effect of positive and negative actions Jackson will run two programs to on this day are said to be amplified hundreds of millions of times so, train participants in skills for to help create good karma and avoid creating negative karma, it is reducing harmful emotional common to take the Eight Mahayana Precepts. These are eight vows responses and enhancing positive taken before sunrise for 24 hours with an altruistic motivation to ones. benefit others. The program at our Centre is: Genuine Happiness • 6.30am Precepts given by Geshe Sonam. Attention to the details • 2.00pm Set up extensive water and light offerings. Overview 7.30pm Thursday 12 May • 7.00pm Light offerings and Shakyamuni Buddha Puja. Workshop Saturday 14 May 1-4pm • By donation. We will be collecting packaged and dry foods offered at and prior to In the course of a normal day, our attention is captured countless the puja and donating them to the local charity, Food Bank, which times. Research has shown that we are more likely to notice things we will distribute it to those in need. Please place your donations that are consider negative, even prone to see threats that aren’t actually there. suitable for this purpose in the marked box at the Centre. This can cause us to focus too much on upsetting things and to see neutral events and people as sources of anxiety and unhappiness. Attention training has been a part and parcel of many contemplative traditions as a tool for achieving human flourishing. In recent years, Introduction to Buddhist modern psychology and neuroscience have been researching these techniques and found some of them to be extraordinarily effective in Meditation enhancing well-being and combating conditions such as anxiety and depression. In fact, we can take control of our own well-being by 7.30pm Thursday April 14 & 21. June 16 & 23 understanding and training in attention. Learn Buddhist meditations to better understand yourself, develop Being skilled in attention gives us the power to transform , relieve stress and better relate to others. These two relationships, take control of our well-being and increase our short courses are commitment free and assume no background of resilience to adversity. Join us for this interactive workshop where we Buddhism or meditation. use modern research and ancient contemplative practices in a Please register at www.hayagriva.org.au beforehand comprehensive approach to achieving happiness. By donation. Register on our website www.hayagriva.org.au

Walking the walk Yamantaka Self Initiation Aspiration to Action

For initiates only Overview 7.30pm Thursday 26 May • Saturday 19 March Workshop 10am - 12.30pm Saturday 28 May • Saturday 23 April • Saturday 18 June For many of us, everyday life doesn’t always align with our aspirations • 1pm set up, 2pm start and beliefs. Consider the evidence: a barely used gym membership, pristine looking running shoes, and a meditation cushion gathering Students who have received a Yamantaka Initiation can attend the dust. Never mind acting on the really big issues we feel strongly first half but only those who have completed the retreat and fire puja about. We might care deeply about local and global issues, but feel can do the second part of the practice. incapable of making a difference in the world. By donation. Reconciling our desire to do what’s right with the need to be pragmatic has preoccupied contemplatives since ancient times. More recently, modern psychology has also begun to explore this question. Both approaches find that balancing everyday demands with a sense Buddhist Ideas for Everyday of greater purpose is critical to the healthy functioning of individuals and societies. Life We will explore ancient and modern approaches to identify what we with Corey Jackson 7pm Friday May 13 and 27 need from the world and what we can bring to it, in order to cultivate a sense of purpose and wellbeing. We will examine why we don’t always act when we think we should, and learn simple techniques to For those curious about Buddhism or those looking to contextualise help us move from what is limiting to more enabling behaviour that 2,500-year-old traditional Buddhist teachings within a modern benefits ourselves, others and the world around us. scientific perspective. This series will present how to begin to integrate these seemingly contradictory traditions for more engaged Register on our website www.hayagriva.org.au and fulfilling life. By donation. Around our centre Our old house On pilgrimage The old weatherboard house India hit HBC member, Heike that is the residence for our Behrbohm, as soon as she left teacher has become decidedly New Delhi Airport as part of a creaky. The exterior paint is pilgrimage to India and Nepal’s flaking, the stumps are holy places organised by our Have you sagging and the plumbing is former resident teacher, something else. Venerable Dondrub. considered becoming a Thankfully, our irrepressible “There were a lot of people, the handyman, Brian Keegan, has coach trip to the hotel was fixed one serious problem – chaotic, the traffic unbelievable member of leaks in the bathroom resulting in and there was the dust and the tiles falling off the warped wall. dirt,” she said. Hayagriva He installed a kit shower that is Heike on pilgrimage as swish as you will find Buddhist Heike said she had never been anywhere. With water coming Others from Hayagriva on the to India and wanted to do the out from all angles, the shower’s pilgrimage included Susan di Centre? pilgrimage to see the places first beneficiary, Ven Deki, said: Bona, Anita Field, Felicity where the Buddha lived and to Membership is one of the most “It’s the best shower I’ve had in Westcott, Jenny Shipley and see the holy sites. practical ways to support our my whole life.” Jane Taylor. Most of the 25 participants were from the FPMT Centre. Our Members are the Centre in Adelaide, Buddha heart of our Centre and provide a “The pilgrimage helped make me Brian, who has done more House, where Venerable stable financial base to ensure feel closer to Buddhism and to handiwork at our Centre than Dondrub is now resident teacher. the continuation of our work. see where Buddhism originated,” you could count, said he does it Heike said. because it needs to be done. But the three-and-a-half week A number of benefits are offered pilgrimage quickly took a to Members such as discounts She particularly liked a quote “I get satisfaction of seeing religious turn heading to Varanasi on courses, discounts from our from the Buddha which said: something that’s not working and nearby where the bookshop, library borrowing "Bhikshu, after my passing away, and getting it back into a Buddha first taught after rights and invitations to if all the sons and daughters of working state. manifesting enlightenment. Then Members’ events. Once an good family and the faithful, as on to Bodhgaya (where the application has been approved long as they live, go to the four Buddha was enlightened), Rajgir by committee, applicants will holy places, they should go and “For any job you need the tools (where the Buddha taught on also have a say in the future of remember: here at the and knowledge and over the emptiness), then the ruins of the our Centre through voting rights enlightened one was born; here years I have built up a ancient monastery at Nalanda, at our Annual General and other at Bodhgaya he attained reasonable tool collection and (where the Buddha meetings. enlightenment; here at Sarnath renovated my own place. Also, I passed away), Sravasti (where he turned 12 Wheels of Dharma; only live five streets away.” he the Buddha performed a number here at Kushinagar he entered Individual Membership costs said. of miracles), Lumbini in Nepal Paranirvana. $150 a year, families $220. It is (where the Buddha was born) also possible to sponsor the and finally Kathmandu. Membership of someone Thanks Brian. “Bhikshus, after my passing experiencing financial difficulties away there will be activities such for $150. Contact the Centre for Practices including prostrations as circumambulation of these more details. to the 35 Buddhas, Guru places and prostrations to them. Shakyamuni Buddha Puja, the

offering of robes to the Buddha “Thus it should be told, for they To help provide an atmosphere statues at Bodhgaya and who have faith in my deeds and conducive to the study and Kushinigar and a two-day retreat awareness of their own will travel practice of Buddhism, Members at Kopan Monastery in Nepal to higher states. After my must agree to abide by our were done during the pilgrimage. passing away, the new bhikshus conditions of Membership which who come out and ask of the are on our website. Just to make sure time wasn’t doctrine should be told of these wasted the Praises to the 21 four places and advised that a Note: Memberships payments Taras were done on some of the pilgrimage to them will help can now be made through our long bus trips and Heike says the purify their previously website. If you pay your bus trips were long with speeds accumulated negative karmas, Membership by electronic on the crowded, narrow even the five heinous actions". transfer, please email the Centre highways often only 10 – 20kph. on [email protected] to Conditions were trying with most inform us that you have paid. of the group becoming ill at Otherwise, it can take some time some point. to track your payment. Brian and the best shower in my life Please check the calendar on our website at www.hayagriva.org.au or our weekly eNews for updates and changes to Pujas the program

Pujas are traditional chanting ceremonies in English and Tibetan, the of which can be dedicated to help bring about Puja particular goals. There are pujas for meditation practice, purification, removing obstacles, long life, death, illness, Tara is the female manifestation of Chenrezig, the Buddha of business. It is traditional to bring an offering of food or flowers compassion, and helps to quickly bring about requested aims. to pujas. 2pm Saturday 26 March, 30 April, 28 May, 25 June. By donation. White Tara Puja Long Life Practice 4pm Saturday 26 March, 30 April, 28 May, 25 June (follows the Tara Puja). Includes a short meditation and recitation of the White Tara which can assist in countering illnesses and life hindrances. By donation.

Medicine Buddha Puja and Prayers for the Deceased

Guru Puja The Guru Puja, chanted in Tibetan and English, lays the foundation of the whole path to enlightenment on our mind stream, connects us more strongly to our teachers, allows us to accumulate skies of merit, and purifies eons of negative karma. • 7.30pm Friday 4, 18 March. • 5pm Sunday 13 March (for the long life of our spiritual director, Once a month the Wheel of Life Hospice group conducts a Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche. Same day as a big long life puja in shortened Medicine Buddha puja and prayers for the deceased from Singapore) FPMT Centres around the world, and for friends and relatives of people associated with our Centre. The Medicine Buddha puja is • 5pm Saturday 2, 16 April. said to be particularly effective in helping to cure illness or purify life • 7.30pm Monday 2, 16 May. hindrances. • 7.30pm Tuesday 31 May. 2pm Saturday 5 March, 2 April, 7 May, 4 June • 7.30pm Tuesday 14 June. By donation. By donation. Care of Dharma Materials Dharma books contain the teachings of the Buddha so have the power to lead us to enlightenment. As such they should be treated with respect – kept off the floor and places where people sit or walk – and not stepped over. They should be covered or protected when transported and kept in a high, clean place separate from mundane material. Other objects should not be placed on top of Dharma books and materials. If you need to dispose of written Dharma material, it should not be thrown in the rubbish but burned in a special way as it contains words that can lead to enlightenment. Burn dharma material separate to rubbish and, as it burns, recite the mantra OM AH HUM. As the smoke rises, visualize that it pervades all of space, carrying the essence of the Dharma to all sentient beings in the six samsaric realms, purifying their minds, alleviating their suffering, and bringing them all happiness, up to and including enlightenment. Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche has recommended that photos or images of holy beings, deities, or other holy objects not be burned. Instead, they should be placed with respect in a stupa, tree, or other high, clean place. It has been suggested to put them into a small structure like a bird house and then seal the house. In this way, the holy images do not end up on the ground. Please check the calendar on our website at www.hayagriva.org.au or our weekly eNews for updates and changes to Meditation the program It is easiest to start meditating in a group with an experienced student leading the meditation. A number of different led meditations are held each week. In addition to the well known benefits of meditation, a Harvard University affiliated study has found that participants in an eight-week mindfulness meditation program appear to have experienced measurable changes in brain regions associated with memory, sense of self, empathy, and stress.

Sunday Meditation Please 10am Sundays. A general guided meditation suitable for new or more experienced students. remember By donation.

Tuesday Morning Meditation 10am Tuesdays. Led by Venerable Drolma, these sessions are suitable for new or experienced students and involve relaxation and meditation on Buddhist concepts. By donation.

Our Centre depends Yoga entirely on donations to Regular yoga classes are offered throughout the year by two experienced and qualified yoga teachers who offer a variety of yoga keep the doors open styles to cater for students from beginners to experienced and we face the practitioners.

increasing expenses Hatha Yoga with Jude Carter known only too well by Brings balance between the body and mind as well as freeing the more families across the state subtle spiritual elements of the mind through physical postures (asanas), - electricity, gas, phone, or breathing techniques (pranayama), and meditation. • 8.30am Saturdays property repairs etc. In • 9.15am Mondays (not on public holidays) addition we support • 6.00pm Tuesdays our excellent teaching • 9.15am Thursdays

team. Please remember Yin Yoga and Meditation: with Jude Carter to support the centre A deeply relaxing and inwardly focused practice, working into the connective tissues of the body, with a after teachings, pujas focus on hip and spine mobility. This practice is based on Traditional Chinese Medicine meridian theory and other events. It and is conducive to cultivating mindfulness and a sense of grounding. makes a huge 6pm Wednesdays difference. Vinyasa Yoga: with Lewanna Newman A dynamic flowing sequence of yoga asanas with the main focus on the breath. The practice works towards improved body and mind awareness, correct posture, strength, agility, flexibility and most importantly, a sense of wellbeing. 6pm Mondays

About the FPMT The Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT), with which Hayagriva Buddhist Centre is affiliated, is a grouping of more than 160 centres, monasteries, nunneries, retreat centres, projects and charitable endeavours in 41 countries worldwide. The FPMT was established in 1975 by the late Lama Thubten Yeshe. The spiritual director is Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche.