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During this day long retreat Gabriel will introduce and guide the
practices of Tsa Lung and Contemplative Breathing from the
Bon Dzogchen Tradition. Both practices have been introduced and taught in
the west by Geshe Tenzin Wangyal, Rinpoche – author of Tibetan Sound
Healing.
The five Tsa Lung exercises promote the release of physical,
energetic, and mental obstacles. In Tibetan, tsa means channel and lung
means vital breath or wind. Through bringing the focus of the mind, the
breath, and the physical movements together, in each exercise we seek to
open particular chakras or energetic centers in the body and clear
the obstacles that disturb and obscure us from recognizing the pure and
open space of being.
Once the open space and clear awareness of being is recognized, The Contemplative
Breathing Practice develops our capacity to abide in this natural
state of the mind, our true nature – our Buddha Nature.
Gabriel Rocco has studied and practiced Buddhism for over twenty-five years. He is currently a senior student of Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche of the Bön Buddhist dzogchen tradition. Gabriel received his master’s degree in Contemplative Psychotherapy from Naropa University and maintains a private practice of counseling and meditation instruction in Bala Cynwyd. He is the mind-body health specialist at the Wellness Community in Philadelphia for people living with cancer, and a staff instructor for the University of Pennsylvania’s Program for Stress
Management. He is also on the faculty of the Clear Light Meditation Group in Devon, Pa.
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