Dates: January 21 and 22
Time: 10am-4.00pm Saturday and Sunday
Venue: Yeshe Nyima, 49 High St, Harris Park (Parramatta)

Course description: Many Buddhist texts describe the different realms including the
hell realm. This course will discuss the meaning of these descriptions and the light
they shed on our physical and psychological well being. A variety of addictions and
habitual patterns can be the ingredients for the creation of difficulty in our everyday
life. This will be discussed along with the Buddhist teachings on working with and
overcoming the various demons and difficulties that we can create for ourselves.

Samuel Bercholz

Samuel Bercholz is a senior teacher in the Kagyu, Nyingma, and the Shambhala lineages of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. He has taught Buddhist meditation and philosophy courses and Shambhala Training courses throughout North America, Europe and Australasia since the early 1970s. He is the founder of Shambhala Publications, the leading publisher of Buddhist books in the English language, a founder trustee of the Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, and co-editor of The Buddha and His Teachings.  Samuel has been making annual visits to Australia to present aspects of Buddhist teachings since 2003.

Course description: The "Shedra Study Group" classes provide a unique opportunity
to receive comprehensive teachings on the traditional texts of Tibetan Buddhism from
Traleg Rinpoche. To attend it is a requirement to make a long term study commitment.

To enquire about commencing the Shedra classes please contact the Yeshe Nyima
office. Online study options are also available. The Shedra Study Group will be closed
off to new students around the end February 2012. So there is still time to join. If you
are interested please contact the Yeshe Nyima Office YesheNyima@live.com.au or
Felicity's Mobile: 0449 579 509. The current area of study is "Gateway to Knowledge"
by Mipham Rinpoche.

Spiritual Director of Yeshe Nyima: Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche

Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche was born in Eastern Tibet and enthroned as the Supreme Abbot of Thrangu Monastery by His Holiness 16th Gyalwa Karmapa. He has undergone rigorous scholastic and meditative training under various Tibetan Kagyü and Nyingma masters in India and came to Australia in 1980. Rinpoche is the spiritual director of E-Vam Institute in Melbourne; Maitrepa Centre in Healesville, Victoria; Yeshe Nyima: Indo-Tibetan Yoga and Meditation Centre in Sydney, Australia; E-Vam Institute, New York in USA; Nyima Tashi in Auckland, New Zealand; and other affiliated centres. Rinpoche has become well known for his erudition, fluency in English and background in western psychology, comparative religion and philosophy. He inaugurated the annual Buddhist Summer School, now in its 28th year, and the bi-annual Buddhism and Psychotherapy Conferences, which have been hosted for more than a decade. He is the author of a number of books including The Essence of Buddhism now in its third printing.

Date: Sunday January 29, 10am-4pm
Time: 3.00-4.30pm
Venue: 193 Hat Hill Rd, Blackheath

Times 1st Session: 10am-12 noon: Focuses on Yoga and Meditation
2nd Session: 2.00pm – 4.00pm Focuses on Pranayama and Visualisation

Course description: The classes are suitable for beginners and more experienced
students in both Yoga and meditation.

Please bring a friend if possible and lunch to share.

Felicity Lodro

Felicity is the resident teacher at Yeshe Nyima. She has been a student of Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche for over 25 years and has done a number of long meditational retreats during that time. Felicity has been teaching Yoga for around 20 years. She received her qualifications from the International Yoga Teachers Association in 1986. Her style is strongly influenced by Iyengar and Desikachar. In more recent years under the guidance of Traleg Rinpoche Felicity has been training in LuJong (Tibetan Physical Training) and combining these practices with Hatha Yoga. She has been conducting Indo-Tibetan Yoga classes in Melbourne and more recently in Sydney for around10 years. Her range of Yoga classes from the pure Hatha Yoga classes, Breath and Gentle Movement classes and the LuJong: Indo-Tibetan Yoga and Meditation classes present a unique combination body mind work. Each class has a different focus and all are designed to promote balance, energy and a general sense of well being. Felicity has a Degree in Psychology.

Venue: Yeshe Nyima, 49 High St, Harris Park (Parramatta)
Dates: Feb 6,13,20,27, Mar 5,12
Time: 6-7.30pm

Course description:

The Hatha Yoga classes combine the techniques of Indian Yoga Masters Iyengar and Desikachar. The classes are gentle but challenging building both strength and flexibility to create a healthy balance for body and mind.

Felicity Lodro

Felicity is the resident teacher at Yeshe Nyima. She has been a student of Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche for over 25 years and has done a number of long meditational retreats during that time. Felicity has been teaching Yoga for around 20 years. She received her qualifications from the International Yoga Teachers Association in 1986. Her style is strongly influenced by Iyengar and Desikachar. In more recent years under the guidance of Traleg Rinpoche Felicity has been training in LuJong (Tibetan Physical Training) and combining these practices with Hatha Yoga. She has been conducting Indo-Tibetan Yoga classes in Melbourne and more recently in Sydney for around10 years. Her range of Yoga classes from the pure Hatha Yoga classes, Breath and Gentle Movement classes and the LuJong: Indo-Tibetan Yoga and Meditation classes present a unique combination body mind work. Each class has a different focus and all are designed to promote balance, energy and a general sense of well being. Felicity has a Degree in Psychology.

Venue Yeshe Nyima, 49 High St, Harris Park (Parramatta)
Dates Feb 8,15,22,29, Mar 7 and 14

Times 7-8.30pm

LuJong is the Tibetan Buddhist term for physical training. The LuJong: Indo-Tibetan classes combine traditional Hatha Yoga postures with Kum Nye
(Tibetan Yoga and Relaxation techniques).

Felicity Lodro

Felicity is the resident teacher at Yeshe Nyima. She has been a student of Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche for over 25 years and has done a number of long meditational retreats during that time. Felicity has been teaching Yoga for around 20 years. She received her qualifications from the International Yoga Teachers Association in 1986. Her style is strongly influenced by Iyengar and Desikachar. In more recent years under the guidance of Traleg Rinpoche Felicity has been training in LuJong (Tibetan Physical Training) and combining these practices with Hatha Yoga. She has been conducting Indo-Tibetan Yoga classes in Melbourne and more recently in Sydney for around10 years. Her range of Yoga classes from the pure Hatha Yoga classes, Breath and Gentle Movement classes and the LuJong: Indo-Tibetan Yoga and Meditation classes present a unique combination body mind work. Each class has a different focus and all are designed to promote balance, energy and a general sense of well being. Felicity has a Degree in Psychology.

Venue: Yeshe Nyima, 49 High St, Harris Park (Parramatta)

Dates February 11 and 12
Time 10.00am-4.00pm Saturday and Sunday

Buddhist terminology can appear to be bound by negative terms.
In this course the meaning and use of such negative terms as non-self, suffering and
emptiness will be explored first from Buddha's discourses and Abhidhama teachings,
before moving on to the analytical approach of the Madhyamaka school, and the
Yogachara understanding of conceptuality. Specific questions will be addressed such
as: what does it mean to know the ultimate nature of things when the ultimate nature
is often described as Emptiness; how is the Buddha said to know the Emptiness of all
things; what is significant about the Buddhist approach to describing "what things are
not" rather than "what they are". This course is suitable for beginners and the more
experienced providing an excellent opportunity to discover how language is used to
uncover the meaning of some of the fundamental concepts in Buddhism.

PRESENTER: DR ANDREW MCGARRITY

Dr Andrew McGarrity is a Lecturer in South Asian and
Indo-Tibetan Studies at the University of Sydney and
has been a Numata Research Fellow at Ryukoku
University in Kyoto. His research and teaching areas are
in Hinduism and Indian and Tibetan Buddhism,
comparative religion and philosophy, and Sanskrit and
Tibetan language study. Andrew is one of the key
speakers at the 2012 Buddhist Summer School in
Healesville, Victoria, 7-12 January.

Venue Yeshe Nyima, 49 High St, Harris Park (Parramatta)
Dates Feb 19, 26, Mar 4 and 11
Times 3-4.30pm

Breath & Movement classes draw on the traditional Pranayama
(Breathing) techniques of both the Indian and Tibetan traditions. Coupled with gentle
movements these classes assist us to strengthen our core muscles with the gentle
muscle work and calm the mind through connection with the breath.

Felicity Lodro

Felicity is the resident teacher at Yeshe Nyima. She has been a student of Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche for over 25 years and has done a number of long meditational retreats during that time. Felicity has been teaching Yoga for around 20 years. She received her qualifications from the International Yoga Teachers Association in 1986. Her style is strongly influenced by Iyengar and Desikachar. In more recent years under the guidance of Traleg Rinpoche Felicity has been training in LuJong (Tibetan Physical Training) and combining these practices with Hatha Yoga. She has been conducting Indo-Tibetan Yoga classes in Melbourne and more recently in Sydney for around10 years. Her range of Yoga classes from the pure Hatha Yoga classes, Breath and Gentle Movement classes and the LuJong: Indo-Tibetan Yoga and Meditation classes present a unique combination body mind work. Each class has a different focus and all are designed to promote balance, energy and a general sense of well being. Felicity has a Degree in Psychology

Venue 193 Hat Hill Rd, Blackheath

Dates Saturday March 3rd, 10am-4pm

Times 1st Session 10am-12 noon: Focuses on Yoga and Meditation

2nd Session 2.00pm – 4.00pm Focuses on Pranayama and Visualisation

The classes are suitable for beginners and more experienced
students in both Yoga and meditation.
Please bring a friend if possible and lunch to share.

Felicity Lodro

Felicity is the resident teacher at Yeshe Nyima. She has been a student of Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche for over 25 years and has done a number of long meditational retreats during that time. Felicity has been teaching Yoga for around 20 years. She received her qualifications from the International Yoga Teachers Association in 1986. Her style is strongly influenced by Iyengar and Desikachar. In more recent years under the guidance of Traleg Rinpoche Felicity has been training in LuJong (Tibetan Physical Training) and combining these practices with Hatha Yoga. She has been conducting Indo-Tibetan Yoga classes in Melbourne and more recently in Sydney for around10 years. Her range of Yoga classes from the pure Hatha Yoga classes, Breath and Gentle Movement classes and the LuJong: Indo-Tibetan Yoga and Meditation classes present a unique combination body mind work. Each class has a different focus and all are designed to promote balance, energy and a general sense of well being. Felicity has a Degree in Psychology

This will be the fourth weekend in the series of Teachings on "Ocean of Certaintly" text by Karmapa
Wangchuk Dorji. Rinpoche will discuss the importance of gaining a deeper understanding of the
mind in order to bring about fundamental change in oneself with the goal of liberation from
suffering. The course will also include instruction on Mahamudra meditation techniques. This
course is part of an 8 weekend series of teachings started in Sydney 2009. Rinpoche will also include
an introduction to Mahamudra for anyone who did not attend his earlier talks in this series. The
course is suitable for beginners and experienced students alike.

Spiritual Director of Yeshe Nyima: Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche

Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche was born in Eastern Tibet and enthroned as the Supreme Abbot of Thrangu Monastery by His Holiness 16th Gyalwa Karmapa. He has undergone rigorous scholastic and meditative training under various Tibetan Kagyü and Nyingma masters in India and came to Australia in 1980. Rinpoche is the spiritual director of E-Vam Institute in Melbourne; Maitrepa Centre in Healesville, Victoria; Yeshe Nyima: Indo-Tibetan Yoga and Meditation Centre in Sydney, Australia; E-Vam Institute, New York in USA; Nyima Tashi in Auckland, New Zealand; and other affiliated centres. Rinpoche has become well known for his erudition, fluency in English and background in western psychology, comparative religion and philosophy. He inaugurated the annual Buddhist Summer School, now in its 28th year, and the bi-annual Buddhism and Psychotherapy Conferences, which have been hosted for more than a decade. He is the author of a number of books including The Essence of Buddhism now in its third printing.

Dates: 14-15 April 2012

Times: 10am-4pm each day (Sessions 10-12noon and 2-4pm)

Venue: Yeshe Nyima Centre, 49 High Street, Harris Park (Parramatta) NSW

Suitable for beginners and the more experienced.

Course Description

Habitual self centeredness, according to Mahayana Buddhism is the root of all our
woes. The teachings of LoJong (Mind Training) show us how to journey from a
narrow, self involved attitude (concerned predominantly with oneself) to an open
and compassionate state of mind that makes others the focus of ones concern. In this
course Norbert will present a commentary on LoJong practises based on Kyabje
Bokar Rinpoche Teachings.


Norbert Bohler

Norbert Bohler has been a Buddhist since 1978 when he took refuge with Tibetan
Buddhist Master Kalu Rinpoche in France. He studied with his principal teacher, the
late Kyabje Bokar Rinpoche from 1991 until Rinpoche’s death 2004. Over the years
Norbert has continued his Buddhist practices and education while working and
raising a family. As well as completing a number of retreats of a few months duration
Norbert also completed a 3 years retreat focusing principally on Kyabe Bokar
Rinpoche's teachings in 2010. Since that time Norbert has lead a number of courses
on Buddhist philosophy and meditation techniques at Buddhist Centre’s in Australia.

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Date: 14 & 15 July 2012

Time: 10am to 4.00pm Saturday and Sunday
(4 sessions, lunch break 12noon-2pm)

Venue: Yeshe Nyima Centre, 49-51 High Street, Harris Park, 2150

(Yeshe Nyima members 10% discount)

Course Description

The course is designed to integrate Buddhist and Western approaches that cultivate personal change and compassion.

Western psychotherapy offers various and diverse theories that can help us to understand the human condition and the reasons we think, feel and act the way that we do. Recently there has been a trend for integrating Buddhist practices of mindfulness and loving-kindness into psychotherapy. Both traditions have something to offer the individual and in this course we will look at how we can draw from both traditions in a holistic approach to self-transformation and our
relationships with others. The weekend will include ample time for meditation practice, reflection and discussion.

Heather Marriott is an experienced psychotherapist, supervisor and educator and
works in private practice in Clifton Hill, Victoria. She has been a practicing
psychologist for twenty years working at some of the largest counseling and
psychotherapy agencies in Melbourne. Heather has been a Buddhist practitioner
under the guidance of the Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche for fifteen years.