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Dreaming 2023: Annual New Year’s Dharma, Yoga, Kirtan & Astrology Celebration
December 27 - January 01, 2023
Michele Loew
Krishna Das
Nina Rao
Alexander Mallon
Alberto Villoldo Ph.D
Marcela Lobos
Sharon Salzberg
Andrew Holecek
Jai Dev Singh
Robert A.F. Thurman
Celebrate the New Year with friends of Tibet House US | Menla, a 15 year tradition! This New Year’s marks the first time since the pandemic began when our community will gather in person again to ring in the new year in the magic garden secret valley of the Medicine Buddha, Menla. Party, practice, and pray with us across five days of teachings, yoga, astrology, devotional chanting and more. Join us in letting go of constricting habit-patterns and setting meaningful and expansive intentions for the coming year, all while having much needed fun together!Master astrologer and astronomer Alexander Mallon will kick off the retreat with his “astrological forecast” for 2023, shedding light on cosmic patterns we can expect in the near future as individuals, as a nation, and as a world. Alexander will also offer expert astrological consultations throughout the program and a group chart reading session that will amaze all but the most hardened skeptics.Michele Loew will lead morning Vajrayoga practice sessions and an evening Yoga Nidra, and interesting and inspiring talks will be offered by our dear friends, Sharon Salzberg, Alberto Villoldo, Marcela Lobos, Andrew Holecek, Krishna Das, Jai Dev Singh, and Tibet House US President Bob Thurman. Nina Rao will join KD for a special kirtan on the evening of the 29th, and she will also be chanting prayers to the Goddess and Tara and Hanuman Chalisas. KD and Bob will team up for a very fun session on Hanuman and the Monkey Mind, regaling us with stories and insights, and New Year’s eve will feature a group sound bath before a late night meditation session led by Jai Dev.Together we will revitalize ourselves to deal joyfully and successfully with the challenges of these pivotal times.Open to all levels of experience. We encourage you to register early as space is limited.To register to attend virtually via Teachable, please click here...ScheduleTuesday, December 27
ABOUT THE TEACHERs
Michele Loew
Michele Loew is an international yoga teacher & practitioner of Hatha & Tibetan Yogas & the co-founding director of the Vajra Yoga School of Comparative Buddhist & Indic Yogic Studies where sheco-teaches with Professor Robert A.F. Thurman at Menla & abroad. She has taught, practi...
Krishna Das
Krishna Das is a Grammy-nominated chant artist and has sung with people all around the world for over 35 years. His music offers the practice of chanting mantras– mostly in the Indian tradition, with some Buddhist and Gospel infusions. By sharing his life experiences on the pa...
Nina Rao
Nina Rao learned traditional chants from her grandfather in a village in south India when she was nine years old. The chants quietly stayed with her until she rediscovered chanting with Krishna Das in New York in 1996. For many years Nina has been Krishna Das business manager and...
Alexander Mallon
A celebrated astrologer and intuitive, Alexander Mallon has practiced for over 45 years, sharing his gifts with clientele spanning the globe, from NY to New Zealand. Alexander has been an avid telescope builder and amateur astronomer for nearly 50 years as well and incorporates h...
Alberto Villoldo Ph.D
Alberto Villoldo, Ph.D., is a medical anthropologist, psychologist and shaman, who studied the spiritual practices of the Amazon and the Andes for more than 30 years. While at San Francisco State University, he founded the Biological Self-Regulation Laboratory to study how the mi...
Marcela Lobos
Marcela Lobos has been initiated in the healing and spiritual traditions of the Amazon and Andes. She is the author of Awakening Your Inner Shaman: A Woman's Journey of Self-Discovery through the Medicine Wheel and co-author of the Mystical Shaman Oracle deck. Born and raised in ...
Sharon Salzberg
Sharon Salzberg is a pioneer in the field of meditation, a world-renowned teacher and NY Times bestselling author. She has played a crucial role in bringing meditation and mindfulness to the West and into mainstream culture since 1974, when she first began teaching. Sharon is the...
Andrew Holecek
Andrew Holecek is an author, speaker, and humanitarian who offers seminars internationally on meditation, lucid dreaming, and the art of dying. He is the author of many books, including The Power and the Pain: Transforming Spiritual Hardship into Joy, and Preparing to Die: Pr...
Jai Dev Singh
Jai Dev Singh is a renowned teacher of Kundalini Yoga. He is the visionary founder of Life- Force Academy (LFA), a global school for the yogic arts, with students in over 120 countries. His pioneering work encompasses multifaceted training on Kundalini Yoga, Ayurveda, and Yogic ...
Robert A.F. Thurman
Robert Thurman is Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies at Columbia University as well as co-founder and President of Tibet House US and it's Menla Retreat & Spa. A world-wide lecturer on Tibetan Buddhism, activist for the plight of the Tibetan people, translator of Buddhis...
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