Envisioning 2021: Celebrate the New Year with Dharma, Yoga, Meditation, and Kirtan
With Dr. Nida Chenagtsang, SIMRIT, Jai Dev Singh, Sharon Salzberg, Krishna Das, Robert A.F. Thurman, Nena Thurman, Andrew Holecek, Michele Loew, Nina Rao and Alexander Mallon
December 29, 2020 - January 3, 2021
Ring in the New Year with friends of Tibet House US | Menla!
Following the 13-year old tradition of celebrating the Roman New Year in the magic garden secret valley of the Deep Blue Medicine Buddha, Menla Retreat and Spa Resort invites one & all to party, practice, and pray with Dharma, Yoga, Mantra, and Kirtan!
Teachings, practices, and musical performances with a stellar lineup:
Dr. Nida, Yungchen Lhamo, Simrit, Jai Dev Singh, Sharon Salzberg, Krishna Das, Bob Thurman, Nena Thurman, Andrew Holecek, Michele Loew, Nina Rao, Alexander Mallon.
Join us all seekers of reality, lovers of Mother Earth, and all her precious sensitive beings!
Schedule
Tuesday, December 29th
- 2 – 3pm EST Panel Discussion – Alexander Mallon, Krishna Das, Jai Dev, Nina Rao, Simrit, Sharon Salzberg, Dr. Nida
- 5 – 6pm EST Astrology Foundations – Alexander Mallon
- 7:15 – 8pm EST Kirtan – Krishna Das
Wednesday, December 30th
- Time TBD EST Morning Yoga – Jai Dev
- 3 – 4:30pm EST Krishna Das & Robert Thurman
- 7:30 – 8:30pm EST Goddess Power Hour – Simrit
Thursday, December 31st
- 12 – 1pm EST Vajra Yoga – Michele Loew
- 3 – 4:30pm EST Dharma Talk – Robert Thurman & Sharon Salzberg
- 7 – 8:30pm EST Kirtan – Krishna Das
- 11:15pm – 12am EST New Year Talk & Meditation – Jai Dev & Robert Thurman
- 12 – 12:05am EST “
Friday, January 1st
- 10 – 11:30am EST 2021 Astrology Forecast – Alexander Mallon
- 12 – 1:30pm EST Yoga- Jai Dev
- 3 – 4:30pm EST Dharma Talk – Robert Thurman & Jai Dev
- 9am – 8pm EST 108 Hanuman Chalisa – Nina Rao
Saturday, January 2nd
- 12 – 1pm EST Vinyasa Yoga – Michele Loew
- 3 – 4:30pm EST Dharma Talk – Robert Thruman & Andrew Holocek
- 7 – 8pm EST Kirtan – Nina Rao & Chandra
Sunday, January 3rd
- 12 – 1:30pm EST Dharma Talk – Robert Thurman & Dr. Nida
- 4 – 5pm EST
- 7 – 8pm EST Clearlight Yoga Nidra – Michele Loew
*Please note that schedule is subject to change.
About the Leaders
Dr. Nida Chenagtsang
Born in Amdo, in North Eastern Tibet Dr. Nida began his early studies Sowa Rigpa (Traditional Tibetan Medicine) at the local Tibetan Medicine hospital. Later he was awarded scholarship to enter the Lhasa Tibetan Medical University, where he completed his medical education in 1996 with practical training at the Tibetan Medicine hospitals in Lhasa and […]
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SIMRIT
Chart-topping and world renowned musician and vocalist, Simrit, has been studying and working with the science of sound and consciousness for two decades. Alongside her bands, Simrit creates vibrationally powerful and healing music to impact both positive internal & external change. Decades of study and experimentation with Kundalini yoga deepened Simrit's relationship to the quantum […]
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Jai Dev Singh
Jai Dev Singh is a renowned teacher of Kundalini Yoga. He is the visionary founder of Life- Force Academy (LFA), a global school for the yogic arts, with students in over 120 countries. His pioneering work encompasses multifaceted training on Kundalini Yoga, Ayurveda, and Yogic Astrology, forming the cornerstone of LFA's substantive approach to dharma […]
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Sharon Salzberg
Sharon Salzberg is a pioneer in the field of meditation, a world-renowned teacher and NY Times bestselling author. She has played a crucial role in bringing meditation and mindfulness to the West and into mainstream culture since 1974, when she first began teaching. Sharon is the co-founder of the first western meditation center in the […]
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Krishna Das
Krishna Das is a Grammy-nominated chant artist and has sung with people all around the world for over 35 years. His music offers the practice of chanting mantras– mostly in the Indian tradition, with some Buddhist and Gospel infusions. By sharing his life experiences on the path in his book Chants of a Lifetime, and workshops with people […]
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Robert A.F. Thurman
Robert Thurman is Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies at Columbia University as well as co-founder and President of Tibet House US and it's Menla Retreat & Spa. A world-wide lecturer on Tibetan Buddhism, activist for the plight of the Tibetan people, translator of Buddhist texts, and writer of popular Buddhist books. He recently has been awarded […]
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Nena Thurman
Nena is the Executive Chairwoman of Tibet House US in NYC and its Menla Retreat and Dewa Spa in the Catskills. She was a successful fashion model in the 1950s and ’60s before becoming a psychotherapist. She has been married to Robert Thurman for over 50 years, and together they have raised four children, including […]
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Andrew Holecek
Andrew Holecek is an author, speaker, and humanitarian who offers seminars internationally on meditation, lucid dreaming, and the art of dying. He is the author of many books, including The Power and the Pain: Transforming Spiritual Hardship into Joy, and Preparing to Die: Practical Advice and Spiritual Wisdom from the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition. Dr. Holecek is a member of the […]
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Michele Loew
Michele Loew is an international yoga teacher & practitioner of Hatha & Tibetan Yogas & the founding director of the Vajra Yoga School of Comparative Buddhist & Indic Yogic Studies where sheco-teaches with Professor Robert A.F. Thurman at Menla & abroad. She has taught, practiced, & studied avidly since 1998, and continues to run her […]
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Nina Rao
Nina Rao learned traditional chants from her grandfather in a village in south India when she was nine years old. The chants quietly stayed with her until she rediscovered chanting with Krishna Das in New York in 1996. For many years Nina has been Krishna Das business manager and assistant, and accompanies him musically. In […]
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Alexander Mallon
A celebrated astrologer and intuitive, Alexander Mallon has practiced for over 45 years, sharing his gifts with clientele spanning the globe, from NY to New Zealand. Alexander has been an avid telescope builder and amateur astronomer for nearly 50 years as well and incorporates his intimate knowledge of the sky and natural cycles into his […]
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