It was the first time for us to operate this type of retreat, so it was a bit of trial and error, but everyone’s shining faces and the improvement in dancing made me feel deep joy and very satisfied. I would like to thank Anna Apraksina, the other Vajra Dance instructor, the participants, the Gakyil, all those who helped and especially to our Master. I am so grateful to all of them.
Then I started to discover playing music. The plays I did were always closely related to music, in fact we did an Rock Opera with friends and great musicians in 1983. But I was always on the other side, directing, staging, or writing. When I turned fifty, my friend Marisa gave me an acoustic guitar and from that moment on I began to study guitar, then sax, then piano and finally the bandoneon [ed. a type of concertino].
At the door, is a pile of stuff. I am looking at it with the eye of measurement. Why? The pile looks paltry. True, it is colorful, a mound of sweaters, and not just any ones, these are all cashmere, some made in Scotland, the very best quality. At the same time, they are not the best because they are second hand, culled from charity shops and thrifting.
Just when you thought the previous dance could not be surpassed, the next group of dancers came on the scene and raised the bar. Charming representations from many lands, opening with the children, to Tarantella from South Italy, moving on to Ukraine, Russia, Japan, India, Hawaiian Hulu, Argentinean folk dance, to the exciting and dramatic local Tenerife folk dance
On behalf of the International Dzogchen Community I would like to wish you, Rinpoche, a very happy birthday. Today is a special day and we are delighted to have the possibility to enjoy it together with you.
Shang Shung Publications is pleased to announce the release of the first book on Harmonious Breathing, called Breathe As You Are. It’s a full-color manual with easy-to-follow exercises, explaining in detail how to fully activate, coordinate, balance, and relax our breathing using various positions as a support.
There will be an Ati Yoga Teaching and Practice Retreat with Chögyal Namkhai Norbu from December 28, 2017 – January 1, 2018.
To celebrate Chögyal Namkhai Norbu’s birthday, Zhenphenling, in Rome, Italy showed off its more creative side.
There was a Mandarava Practice Retreat with Nina Robinson from December 9 – 11, 2017 at Dzamling Gar.
There is a new Gakyil at Tsegyalgar East approved by Chögyal Namkhai Norbu in December 2017.
Schedule of Celebration of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu’s 80th Birthday
Santi Maha Sangha Practices of the Secret Rushen with Fabio Andrico, December 2-5, 2017 at Dzamling Gar.
