Awakening the Body, Awakening the Mind: Tibetan Yoga (Lujong) and Meditation
Join us for a morning of Tibetan Yoga (Lujong) and Buddhist meditation practices as we explore the relationship between body and mind on the path towards the realization of our true nature. Buddhism and yoga share many foundational elements that make them highly complementary practices. As students or teachers of yoga, you already understand the transformative power of physical practice, breath, and meditation. In this workshop the teachers will present two forms of meditation that integrate the body as well as the mind: a quiet sitting meditation and the exploration of how Tibetan Yoga awakens the body and strengthens the capacity for one to be grounded, centered and present. This form of yoga (Lujong) is an enlivening practice designed to uncoil the knots of our energy system and open the energy flows of the body. As an active form of movement and meditation, it offers an effective way to bring meditation into our everyday lives in ways that work with the subtle, physical, and most profound dimensions of our body/mind system.
We invite you to explore how these practices can enhance the meditative aspects of one’s yoga practice or yoga teaching. Our morning together will include insightful discussions and experiential sessions of shamatha (calm abiding) meditation and Tibetan Yoga that are suitable for all levels of experience.
Saturday, October 26
10 AM - 1 PM
Led by Trinity Sipila and Ian Albert
Join us in person at Wisdom River Meditation Center (7110 Redwood Blvd, Suite B., Novato, CA) or Online via Zoom
Fee:
$85 (base)
$108 (benefactor)
$70 (Sukhasiddhi Members)
About the Teachers
Trinity Sipila has been a student and practitioner of yoga for over 30 years. She is also an Ayurvedic Practitioner, Massage Therapist and teacher of Yoga and Qi Gung. She has studied with Lama Palden and other Sukhasiddhi teachers since 2006 and has completed the Community Dharma Leaders program. She has been leading the weekly Lujong and Meditation class at Sukhasiddhi with Gitte Dobrer since 2014. Trinity delights in and is dedicated to sharing the rich potency and value of these beautiful wisdom traditions that help us awaken to our deeper living truths, and enable us to live with greater integrity, wellbeing, and joy.
Ian Albert has been a practitioner of yoga and meditation for more than 25 years. Under the guidance of Lama Palden Drolma, he completed the six-year Bodhi /Shangpa intensive practice program at Sukhasiddhi Foundation as well as the two-year Community Dharma Leader training program. From 2003-2013, he was the co-founder and CEO of Pranamaya, Inc., a yoga media company that produced educational programs with many master yoga teachers. He enjoys sharing the foundational principles of Buddhist meditation in workshop and small group settings.