...The unique part of the Nepal TTC is the Philosophy on the Road module where students visit sacred sites, centuries of Buddhist viharas and Hindu temples, hang prayers flags, have darshan with a priest and visit the cremation grounds at Pashupati.
....How could we not be happy when the days were filled with yoga and meditation, hanging prayer flags at a 4,000m pass, wandering through ancient rhododendron forests to a cliff monastery, full moon glamping at a dakini cave, and the magical descent to Taksang (or the infamous Tiger's Nest), where Padmasambhava flew on the back of a pregnant tigress?
....Sara La Rocca shares her thoughts and experiences on the 2019 London Yoga Teacher Training program.
....Rina Modi shares her thoughts and experiences on the 2019 London Yoga Teacher Training program.
...Heather Elton sketches the main historical events of the charismatic tantric master, legendary slayer of demons, creator of terma texts and hidden lands.
...Machig Labdron was an 11th CE Tibetan yogini whose teachings and practices of Chod have profoundly influenced all schools of Tibetan Buddhism.
...In the morning of time, in the golden age of Satya Yuga, when the mountains and plains and forests of the world were newborn, there was a lake – the most beautiful lake the world would ever know. It sparkled like liquid gold. Into it poured the clearest streams from the glaciers of the Himalayas.
...Drukpa Kunley is also known as the 'fertility saint', and Chimi Lhakhang is visited not only by the Bhutanese but by couples from all over the world hoping to conceive.
....Any Yoga Teacher Training, if they’re doing the job properly, are life changing. People who come are usually ready to experience transformation in their lives. For sure, after a month of living in a monastery in Nepal your view/perception of the world shifts.
Fear manifests in many forms, whether it's an insect phobia, things simply not being the way someone thinks they should be, self-loathing issues, or the fear of death – all these have occurred on my yoga retreats have inspired me to look deeper into the psychology of fear.
