Location: Tsegyalgar East, Schoolhouse Gonpa, Conway, MA
Kumbhaka and the 7th Lojong
with Yantra Yoga Instructor Naomi Zeitz and SMS Base Practice Instructor Lynn Newdome
Transmission and membership are required.
(Also available online)
Naomi Zeitz has been a student of Yantra Yoga since 1987 and was first authorized as an instructor by Chögyal Namkhai Norbu in 2008. She specializes in teaching simple yet profound methods of breathing and working with people of all ages and physical conditions.
Lynn Newdome has been studying Tibetan Buddhism for over 40 years, and as a student of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu for the past 15 years. She is newly authorized to teach SMS base practices, collected and translated as The Precious Vase.
Participation is open to all members who have had transmission and paid and current membership.
Kumbhaka and 7th Lojong
The 7th of the Seven Mind Trainings presented in the Precious Vase are the three trainings in Meditative Stability in the State Beyond Thought. The text presents three types of practice, training in the state through pleasure and emptiness, through clarity and emptiness and training in the ultimate nature of reality (bar rlung).
In order to apply these three practices one must have some mastery of kumbhaka. So to this end, this course will focus on the theoretical aspect of kumbhaka, and more importantly the application of the methods of Yantra Yoga that help us to understand and apply kumbhaka.
In each morning session we will focus on training through basic complete breathing techniques to establish a base, on to some simple application of movements of Yantra Yoga that focus on breathing and holding, and then to the application of a variety of pranayamas that help us understand and apply the holdings that constitute kumbhaka. These pranayamas we will focus on are the pranayama of tsadul, the pranayama of the Four Conditions of the 1st series and the pranayama of the Four Profound Applications (Rhythmic Breathing) of the 2nd series.
Each afternoon we will then take this understanding and experience and together attempt to apply this knowledge to the trainings in Meditative Stability in the State Beyond Thought.
Some experience in Yantra Yoga is helpful.
Transmission and paid and current membership are required.Schedule:Saturday and Sunday morning:
9:30 – noon
Saturday afternoon:
2:30-5pm (Ganapuja at 6pm)
Sunday afternoon:
3-6:00 pm
Venue:
Tsegyalgar East Gonpa, 18 Schoolhouse Rd, Conway MA
Cost:
$120 for early registration of entire retreat in person.
$65 early registration for entire retreat online.
$65 per day in person
$35 per session in person
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Meritorious Members: No Charge
For more information, please contact: secretary@tsegyalgar.org
