
Body as Holy Grail : Yoga, Breath + Imagination – Ep. 175
In this two part podcast Professor Thurman is joined by Richard Freeman, John Campbell + Mary Taylor for a discussion of the connections between the Buddhist Inner Sciences + the Vedic Yoga Traditions and how the two streams of self-transformation when practiced together can positively affect our relationships, communities and the wider world in unexpected ways.
Sharing the spiritual history of the International Pathwork Foundation’s Phoenicia, New York property before it was donated to Tibet House US to become Menla Retreat, Robert A.F. Thurman reflects on the work of Eva Pierrakos + The Guide contextualizing it within a Yoga or Yogic perspective.
First half of podcast includes a discussion of breathing meditation practices, the subtle body, the place (and value) of secrecy in initiatory traditions and how an understanding of emptiness and the interrelated nature of reality can make one feel responsible for the world we construct everyday through the use of our imagination enough to take compassionate, wise action.
Podcast concludes with an in-depth teaching on Vinyasa, Buddhist Vajra breathing and on the Twenty One Taras mantra practice.
Body as Holy Grail : Yoga, Breath + Imagination Photo by Fares Nimri on Unsplash
This podcast was recorded at Menlaâs Nalanada Conference Center in Phoenicia, New York during the 2016 âBuddha & The Yogisâ Retreat with Richard Freeman, Mary Taylor, John Campbell + Robert A.F. Thurman.
Learn more about the connections between practical yoga, daily meditation & esoteric study at this yearâs âBuddha & The Yogis: The Divine Feminine Retreat with Mary Taylor, Richard Freeman & Robert Thurman please visit: www.menla.us.
This weekâs episodeâs of the Bob Thurman Podcast was thanks to Richard Freeman + Mary Taylor and was brought to you in part through the support of the Tibet House US Membership Community and Menla Retreat and Dewa Spa in Phoenicia, New York.
Body as Holy Grail : Yoga, Breath + Imagination is an excerpt from the archive recordings from the Tibet House US retreat âBuddha & the Yogisâ with Richard Freeman, Mary Taylor, John Campbell and Robert A.F. Thurman recorded at Menlaâs Nalanda Conference Center in Phoenicia, New York, Summer 2017.
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The songs âTrance Tibetâ & âDancing Lingâ by Tenzin Choegyal from the album âHeart Sutraâ (2004) by Ethno Super Lounge are used on the Bob Thurman Podcast with artistâs permission, all rights reserved.