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Introduction to Vajra Yoga: Summer Immersion - Sponsored by Tibet House US
August 07 - August 10, 2025
Michele Loew
Robert A.F. Thurman
John Campbell
Join us for a joyful weekend of yoga, inspiring meditations, and dharma talks with Bob, Michele, and John as we explore the uplifting and transformative practices of Vajrayoga™.Vajrayoga™ is Tibet House US’s school of yoga and Indian inner science, integrating the physical and meditative disciplines common to both Hatha and Indo-Tibetan, Hindu, and Buddhist traditions. Our programs are designed to cheer the mind—from stress to bliss—and to open the body to joyous health, vitality, and the abundance of inner freedom.This retreat sets yogic practices within the context of Indo-Tibetan spirituality and the evolutionary principles of enlightenment. Through this lens, Vajrayoga deepens our understanding of the scientific and ethical basis of being skillful, compassionate, wise, and truly happy.Each morning will include meditation, pranayama, and Tibetan healing yoga, followed by dharma teachings and meditations with Robert Thurman and John Campbell. In the afternoons, Michele will guide alignment-based Hatha Yoga practices to open the physical and subtle-body nervous systems. Each evening will conclude with a deeply restful sleep meditation/yoga nidra for healing and integration.All levels are welcome, and poses can be modified to support those with injuries or physical limitations.Bob and John will teach comparative Buddhist and classical Indian inner science, drawing from Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, and the sutras and tantras of the Buddha, Nāgārjuna, and others.This special summer weekend is meant to highlight the joy and depth of the Vajrayoga approach. While some participants may be preparing for the upcoming Vajra Yoga Teacher Training, the main focus will be on beneficial yoga, meditation, and dharma practice for all who wish to explore these living traditions. Weather permitting, we will also hold a participatory Vajrayana/Vedic fire offering ceremony—or its indoor equivalent—for collective blessing and intention.For those interested in going deeper, this immersion also serves as an excellent introduction to the Vajra Yoga 300-hour Yoga Alliance–certified Teacher Training course, launching in November 2025.Click here to learn more about the upcoming training.All levels of experience are welcome. This is a rare opportunity to study with three exceptional teachers in a beautiful setting, and to deepen your practice within a supportive, wisdom-centered community.THIS PAGE IS FOR IN-PERSON ATTENDANCE REGISTRATION. TO REGISTER FOR ONLINE/VIRTUAL ATTENDANCE, PLEASE CLICK HERE
A Living Wisdom TraditionThe style of these teachings differs from a traditional academic approach. What is offered is not simply information, but an invitation into a living lineage of inner transformation. At the heart of the Vajrayoga experience is the presence of the teachers—and the presence of you, the student. Your capacity to absorb, question, reflect, and relate is your greatest asset in this evolving and sometimes unpredictable learning journey.
ScheduleThursday, August 7
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...
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...
John Campbell
John Campbell is a Dharma and yoga teacher, Mysore yoga school graduate, initiate of senior Tibetan Lamas, and graduate of Columbia University Buddhist Studies. He is a senior Certified teacher in the Ashtanga Yoga lineage of southern India, and a practitioner-teacher of Tibetan ...
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