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My Personal Journey with Gestalt Therapy
Amely Becker talks about her experiences and discoveries through working with Gestalt therapy and how it has reshaped her life
Merigar East Autumn-Winter 2023
Although the Merigar East Gar remains in “hibernation” during the autumn-winter months, the practice is keeping active with both online and onsite programs.
Ten Days of Vajra Dance to Celebrate the Twenty Years of Dejamling in France
To celebrate the twenty years of our garden of Infinite Bliss, we had the great honor to welcome Prima May, International Teacher of the International Dzogchen Community, for the Vajra Dance in May 2018.
The Tale – A Film by Jennifer Fox
A film like The Tale shows us how we can allow that grain of sand to awaken our full potential. Be brave – that’s the message of this film and look into the mirror of your mind. Review by Jacqueline Gens.
Memories of Latvia
It was decided to hold a retreat in a coastal resort town called Jurmala, on the Baltic Sea beach, in a former military sanatorium. The sessions took place in the so-called Winter Garden.
The Spiritual Odyssey of Freda Bedi – Norma Levine
Alexander Studholme reviews Norma Levine’s book on the fascinating story of this remarkable woman’s life and work. Shang Shung Publications.
Sheryl Jaffe – Artist, Art Teacher and Master Paper Maker
After traveling to Japan, I understood that paper could become anything, shelter, doors, balloons, and scrolls. Drawings and writings, ideas, thoughts and images from the 9th century can be here with us in the present, because of paper as their vehicle.
Dzamling Gar Gönpa Inauguration & Chögyal Namkhai Norbu’s Birthday Celebration
In December 2018 the 1st phase of the Gönpa will be completed and it will be time to celebrate this momentous occasion with Chögyal Namkhai Norbu’s birthday
SSI Russia School of Tibetan Medicine Internship in Tibet
This year a group of 16 graduates of SSI Russia’s four-year course on Tibetan medicine went to Sinin (Qinghai) for three months’ practice
About the Supervisions of Yantra Yoga, Interview with Laura Evangelisti
Rinpoche wrote a letter to the Gakyils and also guidelines on how to proceed with this system of training prospective teachers of Yantra Yoga and Vajra Dance. Rinpoche advised Fabio and me to lead teacher trainings for all Yantra Yoga practitioners and to make sure that Yantra Yoga continued to be communicated and taught without changes or modifications.
Interview with Catherine Simmonds – Actress and Director
It’s now 25 years on and my work has helped to powerfully engage diverse communities in addressing some of the most pressing issues of our time, including; intercultural relationships, changing values across the generations, public and private violence, trafficked women, changing futures for indigenous people, mental health, addiction, the asylum seeker story and the potential of an intercultural world. One of my performances ‘Journey of Asylum – Waiting’ was published in an anthology of plays about asylum seekers.