Indo-Tibetan Vajra Yoga Training with Dr. Robert Thurman, Michele Loew, Mary Taylor, and Richard Freeman.
Join us for this totally unique yoga studies immersion exploring the philosophical and experiential interface between Hatha Yoga and Indo-Tibetan Vajra Yoga traditions.
This is a deep contemplative investigation into the yogas of Vajrayana & Hatha, with weekly teachings from Professor Thurman & Yoga practices with Michele Loew & special guests Richard Freeman & Mary Taylor.
This Course was originally aired September 2020-May 2021 in 3 part Modules.
This 500 plus hr course is an intensive studies immersion & includes study and contemplation of traditional texts and practices from Indian and Tibetan traditions, including but not limited to The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali and selected Pāli Suttas, such as the Samaññaphala, the Mahāsatipatthana, and the Aggañña Suttas, The Yoga Vasishta and the Vimalakirti and Flower Ornament Sutras, the Bhagavad Gita and the Lalitavistara Sutra, Shankarāchārya’s Yogatārāvalī and Shantideva’s Bodhisattvas Career, the Hatha Yoga Pradipika and the Mañjushrī-nāma-saṁgītī, the Tibetan Book of the Dead, and various works by Jey Tsong Khapa and the Dalai Lama on deity yoga and on the inner science of the Esoteric Community and the Kalachakra.
Module 1: Foundations in Mind and Body Yogic Practice –Sutrayana teachings
Yoga Asana: Standing Poses/Core/Forward Folds; Tibetan NeJang Yoga; Introducing the philosophies of yoga, dualist and non-dualist.
This course originally aired September 7-November 2020.
Module 2: The Creative Art of Re-envisioning Mind and Body – Compassion & The Great Vehicle
Bodhisattva's Way of Life, Bhagavad Gita, Mantras; Prānāyāma; Yoga Asana Mirroring Subtle Body Fluency—Back Bends, Hip Joint/Spine Twists
This course originally aired
December 3rd, 2020 - February 26th, 2021.
Module 3: Expansion into Perfection Stages
Moving Inner Energies within the Subtle Body; Inner Fire; Prāṇāyāma Practices deepened; Yoga Asana Inversions, Shoulders/Head/Neck; Kalachakra Yoga introduced, Tummo fire intro.
This course originally aired
March 15th - May 21st 2021.
Robert A.F. Thurman
This is a rare opportunity to study intimately and extensively, in the context of a yoga training, with Professor Emeritus, Padma Shri Robert “Tenzin” Thurman - Vajracharya in the lineage of H. H. the Dalai Lama, world renowned scholar & authority on Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Science, Indic spirituality, and world philosophy. He will elucidate the Buddha’s teachings and offer inner scientific, philosophical, and spiritual inspiration for our yoga practices.
Michele Loew
Michele Loew—in the Hatha yoga lineage of Krishnamacharya and Richard Freeman and also Kalachakra and Tibetan Trulkhor yoga practitioner—has trained thousands of yoga teachers in her long-established Yoga Alliance certification courses and will utilize the deep investigation of yoga from a classical lineage perspective to build an intelligent foundation that can be applied to any style of yoga. The yoga practices will be built mindfully and progressively from the ground up with deep attention to physical and subtle body alignment.
Richard Freeman
Richard Freeman- world renowned teacher in the Ashtanga Vinyasa method, author of the highly acclaimed “The Mirror of Yoga” and “The Art of Vinyasa”, “Yoga Matrix”, and Mary Taylor, co-founder of the Yoga Workshop in Boulder, and co-author of “The Art of Vinyasa” & “What are You Hungry for? Women Food and Spirituality” and long time practitioner and teacher of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga & faculty member of Being With Dying program at Upaya Zen & Urban Zen will both be giving teachings in yoga practices and philosophy, including the Bhagavad Gita from their forthcoming book.
Mary Taylor
Mary Taylor began studying yoga in 1971, soon after she came home from France with a grande diplôme from Julia Child’s cooking school, L’Ecole des Trois Gourmandes. She continues to study and practice yoga and Buddhist teachings with great enthusiasm and inquisitiveness, with an eye on how the residue that is produced on the mat (and cushion) through these teachings informs and supports all aspects of everyday life.
Mary travels and teaches with Richard and also within the caregiver and hospital setting as part of the core faculty of the Being with Dying program (Upaya Zen Center) and the Urban Zen Integrative Therapy Trainings. In 1988 she co-founded with Richard the Yoga Workshop. Mary is also the author of three cookbooks and the co-author of What Are You Hungry For? Women Food and Spirituality (St. Martins Press) and The Art of Vinyasa (Shambhala Publications).
Curriculum
Live-streams on Zoom with Professor Thurman each Monday & Wednesday 11:00am-1:30pm Eastern
Live-Streams on Zoom with Michele Loew & guest yoga teachers each Friday 11:00am-1:30pm Eastern
Recording of Live-Stream will be uploaded same on our Teachable Platform with self-study guides, simple testing and supportive learning tools, making it possible for those in any time zone, or with previous commitments, to watch at leisure.
(Translations available in other languages upon request)