NEWS & EVENTS
Inside The New Medical Clinical at Humla
The clinic is headed by Humli native, Dr. Tsering Norbu. Dr. Tsering Norbu and our volunteers provided free medical care, herbal medicine, and food to over 1,200 community members.
Villagers now have access to consistent, year-round preventative healthcare and treatment, and no longer have to walk days through steep mountainous trails, as many have, to seek medical care.
The establishment of this Tibetan medical clinic strengthens the indigenous culture in the region, which is at risk of being lost as Humla quickly modernizes, and its land becomes a target for economic gain.
A Dream Comes True: The Tibetan Medical Clinic Is Complete!
We are ecstatic to share with you that our dream to complete a Tibetan medical clinic in Humla has come true!
This past September Geshe Tsewang Ngodup, Geshe Dawa, Tempa Lama, a dedicated group of volunteers, and Humli villagers celebrated the opening of the clinic and meditation hall in Simikot.
Special thanks to all who contributed financially and joined us in service through the years.
A Benefit For The Tibetan Medical Clinic In Humla Nepal
Ancient Bon Meditation of the Five Elements
With Tempa Lama
Saturday, 9:30-5:30
At Sruti Berkshire Yoga Center 33 Railroad Street, Great Barrington, MA
According to Tibetan Bon, our bodies are made of the five elements: earth, water, fire, air, and space. While teaching this practice, we will learn meditation and visualization for each element.
Tempa Lama will explain the role of the five elements in our human existence and their relationship to the functioning and wellbeing of our bodies and minds. Each element relates to one of the major organs: the earth, to the spleen; water, to the kidneys; fire, to the liver; air, to the lungs; and space, to the heart. Each element also relates to one of the five core afflictions: ignorance, desire-attachment, hatred-anger, jealousy, and pride.Tempa Lama will explain the benefits of this practice and how we can use it to strengthen our health and energy and to clear the five afflictions. He will also explain how to use the five elements practice to strengthen the La (soul), Sog (life force), and Tse (life span).
Weather Shamanism For Our Times
LEVEL I: Introduction to Weather Shamanism
A form of spiritual ecology - a call to those who care about where our world may be heading, and who sincerely wish to safeguard the health of our planet.
A look at our culture's relationship with weather - including our own - and a critical opportunity to expand our worldview beyond the confines of our mainstream perspectives.
An invitation to resurrect the venerable and respected task of the shaman to ensure good relations among the living communities of humans, beings of nature, and the local spirits of our home realm, all my relations. May we whisper it to the winds?
LEVEL II: Weather in the Middle World
A deepening of our spiritual understanding of the Middle World and our relationship with the spirits of weather. We begin to explore the connection between spirit and form, the whirlwind of chaos and order, and where we fit into that dance of co-creation. We need to know more about ourselves and the True Human Being within us.
In Level II, we aim to approach weather shamanism with high awareness. This quality of deep attention and full-embodied respect is essential for relating with Middle World spirits and powers. It is the "knowing" path of direct experience.
Nan Moss has been a faculty member of the Foundation for Shamanic Studies since 1996. In addition to her training in Core Shamanism with Michael Harner, Nan has also studied with indigenous healers from various cultures, including Siberian, Tuvan, Sami, Chinese, and Native American healers. She authorizes Weather Shamanism and the divinatory card set Cloud Dancing: Wisdom from the Sky.