The physical movements of Tibetan yoga offer skillful means for clearing the obstacles to openness and clarity in meditation practice

TIBETAN YOGA FOR HEALTH & WELL-BEING, PART 2 – ON ZOOM with Alejandro Chaoul-Reich

Join us November 11-14, 2021 for the second part of instruction on the ancient practice of Tibetan yoga (Trul Khor), from the Bön A-tri Dzogchen tradition. This course is the second in a series of teaching to take place over the next three years.

Prerequisite: Having attended the 2020 course, or online practice retreat with Rob Patzig, November 6-7, 2021.

Live translation languages to be announced.

Tibetan yoga can serve as a powerful support for all spiritual practitioners, not only those with an interest in physical yogas. In the Tibetan spiritual traditions, body, speech/breath and mind are known as the three doors to enlightenment or the natural state. The contemplative physical movements of Tibetan yoga of the A-tr tradition enable us to enter all three doors through a single practice, offering a powerful, skillful means for clearing the obstacles and obscurations to openness and clarity in meditation practice.

The distinctive movements of Trul Khor arose as the result of deep meditation practice by Tibetan yogic adepts. Traditionally practiced in remote Himalayan caves and monasteries, the Trul Khor movements are now being made accessible to serious Western students. They are a powerful tool for clearing, balancing, and harmonizing the subtle aspects of one’s energetic dimension.

When the channels of the subtle energy body are clear and the winds circulating through them (prana, vital breath) flow unimpeded, the natural state of the mind – spacious, aware and with an unobstructed flow of energy – is revealed. This natural state cannot be created of destroyed; it is universal, unborn and undefiled. Trul Khor also can support meditative awareness on or off the meditation cushion, while helping to reduce drowsiness, agitation and dullness and improve physical health.

All students are warmly encouraged to learn these movements and benefit from practicing them. For those interested in deepening their practice of Tibetan yoga, this retreat will serve as the first in a series for Trul Khor training based on the Bön A-tri Dzogchen tradition. An intermediate training program will be offered over the following two years, followed by an advanced training for two more years.

This retreat will be held online via Zoom. Future trainings may be held at Serenity Ridge Retreat Center once the center reopens.

Ale’s book Tibetan Yoga for Health & Well-Being is available through the Ligmincha bookstore.

Registration opening soon.