Weekend retreats at Tekchen Cholin Syracuse provide tools and insights for health and wellness.
Renowned yoga therapist and educator James Bay returns to central New York to host a hands-on weekend retreat. The program, titled “Tibetan Yoga and Medicine for Mental Health: Emotional Wisdom,” will be held from March 29th to 31st at Tekchen Choling Syracuse (109 East Avenue, Minoa City). Space is limited.
For more information on costs ($100-$150), meals, accommodations and more, visit thekchencholingus.com or email tccl.syracuse@gmail.com. The deadline for mandatory registration is midnight ET on Tuesday, March 26th.
Babette Teich Visco, president of the Syracuse-based Buddhist temple, believes Bae’s visit is timely and appropriate. “Everyone is struggling to cope with an increasingly complex world. James Bay offers solutions in the form of old-fashioned habits that can help you rebalance your energy and live a happy, healthy life. To do.”
This retreat is open to people of all ages, backgrounds, and physical abilities and explores meditation, yogic breathing, movement and mantra practices for mental health and physical well-being.
Participants will also uncover Tibetan medicine’s approach to detoxification and rejuvenation, and consider how controlling emotions and stress can impact health and longevity.
“We offer many practical methods for self-healing through yoga, diet, herbs, and self-massage,” Teich Visco said, adding Bae: Sowa Rigpa, an ancient Buddhist medical system that focuses on body, mind, and spirit. “Health care providers will particularly benefit.”
Bae is no stranger to central New York, having led a sold-out retreat at Tekchen Choling Syracuse last summer. A doctor of Chinese medicine, he has been involved in Tibetan, Indian, and Japanese medicine for over 20 years.
“I take an evidence-based approach to mind, body, and self-care practices,” says the world-traveling yogi. He is a certified yoga therapist and educator, trauma-informed care provider, and owner of a thriving acupuncture practice. Brooklyn studio. Bae is scheduled to lead another retreat at Tekchen Choling Syracuse in August (dates to be determined).
Other upcoming presenters include Thomas Edwards, a traditional Tibetan Buddhist thangka painter, and Diane Machiavelli, who specializes in traditional Five Element Acupuncture. Please stay tuned for further information.
Thekchen Choling Syracuse is part of Thekchen Choling, a Buddhist temple with branches in Singapore and Malaysia. The Syracuse-based organization, which will celebrate its 10th anniversary this fall, offers programs and activities and houses many priceless Buddhist artifacts.
