Foundations of Practical Tummo Meditation
Inner fire meditation helps to rewire our conceptual and experiential understanding of the body.
Starting January 15, 2024, Peter will provide practical instructions to establish a daily Tummo yoga practice in this intensive course. I'll be teaching an eight-week course based on the teachings of Rangjung Dorje's "Zabmo Nangdon," (Tibetan: ཟབ་མོ་ནང་དོན) a 14th-century treatise on the workings of prana, bindu, and nadi. This course is open to both beginners and experienced practitioners. We'll focus on practical instructions to help you establish a Trulkhor and Tummo yoga practice that you can integrate into your daily meditation practice.
Course Details
Classes begin on Wednesday, January 15, 2025 and European classes start on Jan 18 at 6pm CEST.
The course will run from January 15, 2025 to March 9, 2025.
Office Hours are held on Saturdays and Sundays at 10am MST (6pm CEST) throughout the duration of the course. Office hours provide an excellent opportunity to seek clarification on practice questions and dive deeper into the course material.
All sessions are recorded and posted to the learning platform.
The course offers eight weeks of 60-minute live Zoom sessions and printed content + exercises (yantra) via pre-recorded videos. We believe that learning is enhanced when participants teach one another, and cohort members will have ample opportunities to connect and share their experiences. While the course is rooted in Tibetan traditions, it does not require any specific cultural or religious affiliation. The only requirement is being a human being with curiosity and a willingness to engage deeply with the practices.
Tummo will not help us transcend our messy human lives. Instead, we aim to dissolve the apparent conflict between messy and transcendent. The confluence of posture, breath retention, and visualization is an arena where we can challenge habitual ways of framing our experience. Tummo supports the practice of owning our disturbance and healing the apparent split of the divided self.
Meet The Guest Teachers
Stephen Zerfas
Stephen Zerfas is an entrepreneur and meditation advocate who co-founded Jhourney, a startup focused on making deep meditative states more accessible. Stephen was recently featured in The Atlantic article "The Meditation Start-Up That’s Selling Bliss on Demand"
He discovered the jhanas (deep meditative states) after experiencing emotional difficulties, which led to a transformative meditation retreat experience.
Michael Taft
Michael Taft will outline the Tantric view of open mind and unconditional kindness. Michael's gentle approach will complement the energetic style Tummo demands.
From Zen temples in Japan to yogi caves in India, Michael has been meditating for over thirty-five years and has extensive experience in Buddhist and Hindu Tantric practices. Michael is a co-founder of the groundbreaking Alembic Center in Berkeley.
"Strong recommendation for Peter, he's based, and a highly accomplished practitioner."
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