University Open Air: Tibetan Method of Purifying Negative Energies and Five Pranayamas
City life is confusing, and everyone is busy running here looking for a healthier life! Here is a simple method to stay healthy! In this session, Dr. Chok will teach the most well-known nine-round breathings for purifying the stale energies from our bodies and the five most common breath works for our physical and mental health. Nine-round breathing and the five pranayamas are like washing a dirty cup, wiping it and filling it with delicious coffee! We wash our bodies every day, but we do not wash inside! Dr. Chok will teach how to wash the internal body and fill it with pure energy!
He will end the session with a guided meditation.
Notes: If possible, come with an empty stomach. If not, at least, do not eat a heavy breakfast. Wear light and comfortable clothing, and please bring your yoga mat or something on which you lie down.
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.
University Open Air is generously supported by The Morris & Alma Schapiro Fund.
