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Live Meditation and Q&A with Peter McEwen
đ„ RSVP for a live event on Saturday, October 4 at 10 a.m. PT, where weâll do group meditation and discuss how Tummo yoga supports widening the critical interval between stimulus and response. Through embodied yogas like Tummo, we meet our habitual patterns and contractions as workable energy, transforming clenching into clarity and open-hearted awareness.
đ„ Exploring Embodiment, Breath, and Inner Fire
Tummo Cohort enrollment is open. Weâre offering two modules, rooted in the Zabmo Nangdön, a 14thâcentury treatise by Rangjung Dorje on channels, winds, and inner fire, adapted for modern practice.
Guest instructor Lama Karma Justin Wall brings deep yogic and teaching experience to our instructor team.
â If youâd like to get a feel for practice in the Tummo cohort, join our information session on Saturday, October 4 at 10 a.m. PT.
âModule I: Foundations (October 22 â November 12, 2025): An accessible entry point for both beginners and experienced practitioners looking to strengthen their foundation before moving on to the more intensive completion-stage methods of Module II. Gentle tsa lung and Lu Jong movements steadily build breath retention as preparation for innerâfire practice.
âModule II: The Practice of Union (January 21 â March 28, 2026, with a 2âweek break): An eight-week intensive on completion-stage Chandali: igniting inner fire, blazing and melting cycles, and subsidiary yogas of day and dream. Open to those whoâve completed Module I or have a strong foundation.
đïž Featured Conversation: Deconstructing Yourself with Michael Taft
I recently joined Michael Taft on Deconstructing Yourself to talk deity yoga (Mahayoga). We riffed on the choreography of identity and its paradoxes, explored visualization methods, discussed working with panic in practice, and considered why deity yoga might be an essential technique for stability in groundlessness.
đ Writing
My next essay explores the apparent contradiction between the wild, electric, undulatory world of appearances and meditation practiceâs unsustainable preference for detachment. Although basic mind-training provides an appropriate foundation, the compulsion to withdraw from human messiness isnât sustainableâespecially in relationships, where we must navigate the delicate dance between autonomy and connection. If our goal is to recognize the intimacy of embodied experience, we will train ourselves to hold both connection and agency simultaneously, not as opposing forces but as one living experience.
This is where Tummo practice reveals its transformative powerâit shakes us out of the cozy cocoon of synthetic equipoise and convenient formulas, and introduces vitality and raw aliveness into our meditation practice.
Curated
đ¶âđ«ïž Bringing Death Into Clear Light: New Field instructor Lama Justin Wall and Mariana Restrepo lead immersive VR group experiences for those facing life-threatening diagnoses or curious about mortality. Their program, Clear Light, offers sessions for families and cohorts, aiming to bring death into conscious awareness, reduce fear, and foster connectionâespecially for those separated by distance. Read more at Lionâs Roar.â
đ The Bright Sword: A whimsical and imaginative retelling of Arthurian legend. If you were captivated by The Mists of Avalon with its nuanced portrayal of indigenous pagan traditions in tension with both Roman Christianity and the arrival of the Saxons, this engrossing fantasy novel will likely resonate. Its offbeat style and fresh perspective set it apart in the genre. A perfect bedtime read!
Living Line
âPerhaps you are fighting to develop love and peace, struggling to achieve them. Okay proclaim it, do it, spend your money, but what about the speed and aggression behind what you are doing? Why do you have to push us into the acceptance of your love? Why is there such speed and force involved? If your love is moving at the same speed and drive as other peopleâs hatred, then something appears to be wrong.â - Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche