2022 Serenity Ridge Dialogues
October 11 - 16, 2022
Beginning on Tuesday evening, October 11, and in the afternoons from October 12-16, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche will be joined by researchers and healthcare practitioners of both Eastern and Western medicine. Collectively they will present research, knowledge and their own experiences regarding how connecting to the elements, to the breath, awareness and the body can help us to connect more fully to the joy of life, to heal injury and trauma, and to be more present to each moment.
Our special guests include:
Geshe YongDong Losar is the youngest monk ever awarded the Geshe degree at Nangzhig Bon Monastery. Following his graduation in the spring of 1992, Geshe YongDong escaped Tibet. In India he studied at both Menri and Sera Monasteries. In the fall of 1999, Geshe YongDong moved to British Columbia, Canada. Living on Vancouver Island, he founded Sherab Chamma Ling, the first Tibetan Bon Buddhist Center in Canada. He is the Resident Spiritual Director and continues to teach regularly at his center today.
Menpa Phuntsok Wangmo is director of the Shang Shung Institute School of Tibetan Medicine. Menpa Wangmo organized and instructed the first full-length, traditional Tibetan Medicine training program offered in the Western World. Menpa Wangmo teaches Tibetan Medicine programs around the world.
Lonny Jarrett is recognized worldwide as a leading practitioner, author, scholar and teacher of East Asian medicine. Lonny has been practicing Acupuncture and Herbology in Stockbridge, Massachusetts since 1986. He holds Master’s Degrees in Neurobiology (University of Michigan) and Acupuncture (Traditional Acupuncture Institute) and studied Contemporary Pulse Diagnosis with Dr. Leon Hammer for 10 years.
Sat-Bir Singh Khalsa is a researcher in the field of body mind medicine, specializing in yoga therapy. Originally from Toronto, he earned his Ph.D. at the University of Toronto, where he also began his practice of Kundalini Yoga under the tutelage of Yogi Bhajan.
Alejandro Chaoul-Reich, Ph.D., has studied for nearly 30 years in the Tibetan Bön tradition with LopönTenzin Namdak Rinpoche, His Holiness Lungtok Tenpai Nyima Rinpoche, and Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche. The director of the Mind Body Spirit Institute at the Jung Center of Houston, Dr. Chaoul has taught and researched the benefits of mind-body practices for people touched by cancer for 20 years. Alejandro will host several of the 2022 Fall Retreat dialogues as well as lead practices during the retreat.
The Serenity Ridge Dialogues are part of this year’s annual Fall retreat at Serenity Ridge. The full fall retreat includes morning teachings by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche on the Five Elements, with a special emphasis on the cleansing and healing power of the five tsa lung exercises and the Nine Breaths of Purification. He will be joined and supported by Geshe YongDong Losar, from Vancouver Island, Canada.
If you are interested in attending the full Fall Retreat – click here
Schedule – Subject to change
Tuesday, October 11
7:00 p.m.–8:30 p.m. Dialogue
Wednesday–Saturday, October 12–15
3:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m. Dialogue
4:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Break
5:00 p.m.–5:45 p.m. Guided Practice with Dialogue Presenters
5:45 p.m.–6:45 p.m. Dinner
6:45 p.m.–7:00 p.m. Break
7:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m. Evening Talk with Dialogue Presenters
Sunday, October 16
11:15 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Capstone Conversations with Dialogue Presenters
12:30 p.m.–1:00 p.m. Break
1:00 p.m.–1:45 p.m. Lunch