University Open Air: Training for the Body: Tibetan Five Movements for Balancing the Five Elements

Fri, Feb 24 2023
11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Central Library, Dweck Center

BPL Presents humanities and art University Open Air yoga and meditation


Learn standing yoga movements that release blockages in our subtle energy body channels, creating openness. Physical movement, breath, and awareness are coordinated to harmonize our body, energy, and mind. These five movements especially open the heart and naval chakras, and energize the earth, water, fire, wind, and space elements. These five movements are simple and easy to do, and appropriate for all ages. They are incredibly beneficial for overall balance and well-being - we can feel the benefit right away!

*Participants should bring a yoga mat or blanket—something to sit on.

Dr. Chok Tenzin Monlam has dedicated his career to the continuance of Tibetan Buddhist culture and language in modern society. Ordained by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, he studied and practiced as a Tibetan monk for ten years. Having advanced his studies through institutions for two decades, Dr. Chok has obtained multiple degrees in Buddhist and Tibetan studies, including his PhD from the University of Delhi. He has studied and trained for decades in Buddhist studies, Tibetan yoga, healing, and meditation under the direction of many renowned Tibetan teachers of the major and minor Tibetan Buddhist traditions. An author, translator, and language instructor, Dr. Chok served as the Head of the Research and Translation Department at the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in Dharamsala for thirteen years before relocating to the United States in 2019. Dr. Chok has taught prolifically in India, the United States, and over a dozen other countries, offering diverse and inclusive teaching series on meditation, Tibetan yoga, healing, Buddhist philosophy, and Tibetan language

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Add to My Calendar 02/24/2023 11:00 am 02/24/2023 12:30 pm America/New_York University Open Air: Training for the Body: Tibetan Five Movements for Balancing the Five Elements

Learn standing yoga movements that release blockages in our subtle energy body channels, creating openness. Physical movement, breath, and awareness are coordinated to harmonize our body, energy, and mind. These five movements especially open the heart and naval chakras, and energize the earth, water, fire, wind, and space elements. These five movements are simple and easy to do, and appropriate for all ages. They are incredibly beneficial for overall balance and well-being - we can feel the benefit right away!

*Participants should bring a yoga mat or blanket—something to sit on.

Dr. Chok Tenzin Monlam has dedicated his career to the continuance of Tibetan Buddhist culture and language in modern society. Ordained by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, he studied and practiced as a Tibetan monk for ten years. Having advanced his studies through institutions for two decades, Dr. Chok has obtained multiple degrees in Buddhist and Tibetan studies, including his PhD from the University of Delhi. He has studied and trained for decades in Buddhist studies, Tibetan yoga, healing, and meditation under the direction of many renowned Tibetan teachers of the major and minor Tibetan Buddhist traditions. An author, translator, and language instructor, Dr. Chok served as the Head of the Research and Translation Department at the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in Dharamsala for thirteen years before relocating to the United States in 2019. Dr. Chok has taught prolifically in India, the United States, and over a dozen other countries, offering diverse and inclusive teaching series on meditation, Tibetan yoga, healing, Buddhist philosophy, and Tibetan language

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