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Along with powerful meditation techniques, the contemplative traditions of India and Tibet developed maps of the mind, body and nervous system to help guide people on their journey from stress and trauma towards inner peace, freedom and happiness. Practicing meditation without some awareness of these maps is like trying to sail around the world with no compass, charts or star map.

This course introduces novices and old hands to three contemplative maps of the body-mind that are used to guide the three main meditation techniques in the Tibetan tradition: deep mindfulness; mind-training and visualization. The introductions are based on the scientific teaching traditions (abhidharma) and psychologies (adhyatamavidya) of Theravada, Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism. Weaving discussion together with guided meditations, Drs. Loizzo and Neale explain these maps and how to use them to get the most healing benefit from your practice.

The retreat will provide an intensive experiential review of the maps of the mind introduced in the class, with special emphasis on how they are linked with and guide popular Tibetan techniques like Great Seal Practice (Mahahumdra), the Seven Point Mind Training and the Sevenfold Mentor-Yoga of the Healing Mother (Tara) and Healing Mentor (Bhaishajyaguru).

Attendance at previous sessions is not required, but suggested.
Drops ins are encouraged.

Mondays March 29,
April 5, 12, 19, & 26; 7-9 PM
Day long workshop : Saturday, May 1, 10 AM - 5 PM
Series: $100 General/ $90 Members
Single Class: $20 General/ $18 Members


Joseph Loizzo, MD, PhD, a Harvard-trained psychiatrist and Columbia-trained Buddhist scholar with over 30 years’ experience studying the effects of meditation on healing and learning, is Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry in Complementary and Integrative Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College and the founder of the Nalanda Institute.

Miles Neale, Psy.D., LMHC is a Buddhist psychologist and meditation teacher, an expert of the health benefits and clinical applications of Buddhist self-healing; he has taught meditation programs in university hospitals including Harvard, Columbia, Cornell, and Albert Einstein. In addition to his psychotherapy practice, Dr. Neale is faculty at the Nalanda Institute for Contemplative Science working on scientific research of meditation and teaching the Indo-Tibetan tradition.

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