University Open Air: Mind Training: How to Deal with Destructive Emotions. Tibetan Buddhist Psychology and Methods
Students will learn some simple and effective methods on how to deal with negative emotions, particularly useful for when we are overwhelmed by those feelings.
Tibetan Buddhist science and psychology teach many ancient methods on how to temporally subside/suppress emotions and how to uproot destructive emotions such as anger, desire, fear, ego, jealousy, sadness, guilt, loneliness, and resentment.
We will learn:
Some breathing techniques: breath and mind inseparable and invisible
Some yoga/exercises: body, breath and mind are interdependent
Some single-pointed meditation techniques
What is the main source of our negative emotions? It is important to know where and how our negative emotions arise. Understanding this concept, we will learn some analytical meditation techniques.
*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.
University Open Air is generously supported by The Morris & Alma Schapiro Fund.
Students will learn some simple and effective methods on how to deal with negative emotions, particularly useful for when we are overwhelmed by those feelings.
Tibetan Buddhist science and psychology teach many ancient methods on how to temporally subside/suppress emotions and how to uproot destructive emotions such as anger, desire, fear, ego, jealousy, sadness, guilt, loneliness, and resentment.
We will learn:
Some breathing techniques: breath and mind inseparable and invisible
Some yoga/exercises: body, breath and mind are interdependent
Some single-pointed meditation techniques
What is the main source of our negative emotions? It is important to know where and how our negative emotions arise. Understanding this concept, we will learn some analytical meditation techniques.
*Participants should bring a yoga mat or blanket—something to sit on.