Artist, Poet and Author: Tempa Dukte Lama to Lead Two-Day June Retreat in Saratoga Springs

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Artist, poet and author Tempa Dukte Lama will lead a two-day in-person retreat in June focusing on the Tsa Lung Practice from the Tibetan Bon Tradition. Events take place Saturday and Sunday, June 28-29 at the Saratoga Senior Center, on West Avenue in Saratoga Springs. 

Tempa Lama will demonstrate and give detailed instructions on a set of simple and effective Tsa Lung practices of body, speech, and mind. This teaching will be combined with an introduction to healing according to the ancient Tibetan Bon tradition. 

Tsa Lung is an ancient Tibetan Bon Yoga (Thrul Khor) practice. It is a contemplative practice that employs breathing, gentle physical movement, vocal sound, visualization, and deep meditative awareness as a path of harmonizing the body, mind, and energy, and ultimately attaining awakening. 

Among the cycle of Bon Trul Khor, the Tsa Lung practices are particularly accessible as they are simple and gentle and do not require a lot of flexibility. No familiarity with Trul Khor or yoga is required for attending this weekend.

Tempa Lama studied at Menri Monastery, India and is an ordained Tibetan Bon lama. He is the founder and spiritual director of Olmo Ling Bon Center and Institute in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and has authored eight books and several Bon practice manuals. Through his teachings, writings, and translations he works to make the ancient Bon wisdom teachings available and accessible in the West. 

For more information registration information for the retreat, go to: https://www.olmoling.org/events/thrul_khor_saratoga_springs