HEART YOGA WORKSHOP &
PRINCIPLE TEACHINGS OF BUDDHISM RETREAT
When: 14-15 July
Where: Mountainyoga's Buddhist Temple Centre
by Rob Hou, a long time student of Geshe Michael Roach and Master Christie McNally.
About Heart Yoga
When you practice Heart Yoga, you use more than just your body. You also work from the inside: using your mind, heart thoughts and your breath. This results in a strong and flexible body, and a happy and healthy heart. It is simple and profound, and anyone can do it--no matter what age or physical condition.
Heart Yoga is an inspiring combination of traditional physical poses of yoga (asana), breathing practices (pranayama) and meditation. The practice offers unique instructions on understanding how yoga really works. This practice works on the physical as well as spiritual level with deeply powerful results.
About The Principal Teachings of Buddhism
Level One of the Steps to Buddhahood (Lam Rim)
This Course is an excellent overview of the entire Buddhist path. This Course is based upon The Three Principal Paths (Lamtso Namsum) by Je Tsongkapa (1357-1419), with the commentary of Pabongka Rinpoche (1878-1941). Topics include: what is a qualified teacher, how to take a lama, what is Buddha nature, what is authentic Dharma, what are samsara and renunciation, the principles of karma, the problems of human life, bodhichitta and its benefits, how to generate bodhichitta, the two levels of reality, what is the correct view of emptiness according to each of the four schools of thought, and the relationship between karma and emptiness.
About the Teacher
Rob Hou has studied with Geshe Michael, who's teacher is Sermey Khensur Geshe Lobsang Tharchin (known to his students as Khen Rinpoche, one of the greatest Tibetan
Buddhist masters of our time) and Master Christie McNally for 10 years. He has traveled extensively throughout the world to study ancient wisdom, spending time at monasteries in India, Burma and the United States. He is a certified yoga instructor and has studied ashtanga yoga in New York City with Christopher Hildebrandt, Shri Dharmamittra, Sharon
Gannon and David Life, and with Larry Shultz in San Francisco.
Rob has worked in the financial services industry for 9 years, most recently serving as a portfolio manager at an investment bank in New York City. He believes that the modern yogi integrates the asana practice into a healthy lifestyle, engages in business acitivities that contribute to society and creates harmonious relationships.
