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Confidence Beyond Concept: with Craig Warren Smith, Greg Heffron and Vicky Moyle
"Mindfulness" doesn't mean anything without embodiment. What are we mindful of? The Buddha's first 'foundation' for mindfulness was our body. The unique discipline of Mudra Space Awareness challenges us to see that even 'highly trained' people aren't often willing to relate in a raw way with sensory experience. Instead of relating to our actual body, we tend towards what Chogyam Trungpa called "psychosomatic body" -- where we...
Find out more »Mudra Space Awareness: The Shambhala Practice of Going Beyond with Zoey Moyle
This practice connects us to ourselves and the world. It is perfect for those of us who are told, or believe, that we "think too much," those of us who may feel cut off.
Find out more »Mudra Space Awareness: Experiential Mind-Body Workshop by Dr. Craig Warren Smith with Rupa Acharya Suzann Duquette
Explore non-dual perception and mind/body unity through exercises introduced by Chogyam Trungpa Rnpoche, based on his training in Tibetan Monastic Dance. The event continues the long Mudra collaboration between Suzann and Craig that began in Berkeley in the early 1970s. In the early 2000s the duo co-taught a "Mudra Dathun" at Karme Choling Medication Center. Taking advantage of Acharya's Duquette presence in Seattle to teach a weekthun, and Craig's return to Seattle from a decade in Asia, this program is reunion…
Find out more »(Los Angeles Shambhala – Westside) Creativity Lab with Mudra
Come experience this provocative and profound awareness practice that comes from the Tibetan yogic tradition and an intersection with experimental theatre techniques in the 1970s in the West.
Find out more »Mudra Space Awareness: The Shambhala Practice of Going Beyond
Through various exercises, Mudra Space Awareness is the practice in the Shambhala Lineage centered on actively bringing attention to feeling in the body, and conversely refocusing attention away from thinking. This practice connects us to ourselves and the world. It is perfect for those of us who are told, or believe, that we "think too much," those of us who may feel cut off. Often we may find that thinking too much is detrimental to how we engage with others…
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(Nov 16-20, Vermont) Mudra Space Awareness with Acharya Suzann Duquette
Mudra Space Awareness is a mind/body transformation method developed by The Venerable Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Inspired by his education in Tibetan Monastic dance, the Mudra exercises combine intense physical training with focused sensory awareness to unlock our inherent freedom and create a radical shift in our understanding of the mind/body relationship to space. In the early 1970s, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche introduced Mudra practice before he formally conferred Vajrayana (Tantric Buddhist) teachings to his American students. This practice accessed the qualities…
Find out more »(Los Angeles) “Going Beyond Hesitation” with Greg Heffron
This workshop will introduce Mudra to those not familiar with the practice, and deepen it for those that are. Mudra Space Awareness is a method of mind/body training that draws inspiration from meditation master Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche's early education in Tibetan monastic dance. The exercises combine intense physical training with focused sensory awareness to unlock the inherent awakened energy in the mind/body relationship. Mudra trains us to join fully with the intensity of experience. Come experience this provocative and profound…
Find out more »Mudra Space Awareness with Suzann Duquette
Mudra Space Awareness is a mind/body transformation method developed by The Venerable Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Inspired by his education in Tibetan Monastic dance, the Mudra exercises combine intense physical training with focused sensory awareness to unlock our inherent freedom and create a radical shift in our understanding of the mind/body relationship to space. In the early 1970s, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche introduced Mudra practice before he formally conferred Vajrayana (Tantric Buddhist) teachings to his American students. This practice accessed the qualities…
Find out more »Embodying Humanness: Exploring Feminine and Masculine Principles through Mudra Space Awareness and Co-Creativity with Zoey Moyle
Three Mondays in a Row: 6-8:30pm (see link below for details) Gender is a big topic. Often we get caught on a more conventional or relative level of understanding it. According to the Buddhist and Shambhala teachings, what underlies this is that no matter what gender one relates to being, we all contain two principles. These energies can be called Masculine and Feminine. Along these lines, it could be said that we cannot flourish without feeling our connection with both…
Find out more »Confidence Beyond Concept: a Mudra Space Awareness workshop with Greg Heffron
"Mindfulness" means nothing without embodiment. What are we mindful of? The Buddha's 'first foundation' for mindfulness was our body. The discipline of Mudra Space Awareness challenges us to see that even highly trained meditators aren't always able to relate in a direct way with bodily experience. Instead of being mindful of our actual body, we tend towards what Chögyam Trungpa called "psychosomatic body" — where we think about bodily experiences, rather than actually feeling them. This process is one of the main ways we disconnect from ourselves and lose the innate gifts of presence and confidence. To strengthen these, Trungpa introduced…
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