July 8, 2016
Dear Shang Shung Institute of America Friends and Supporters,
2016 MEMBERSHIP REMINDER
Thank you so much for your support, energy and time over the many years. Your efforts for the Shang Shung Institute of America are crucial to accomplishing the mission of deepening the knowledge of and preserving Tibetan culture here in the U.S. Please make a donation or renew your membership today.
As you know, we are currently celebrating the tenth anniversary of the Shang Shung School of Tibetan Medicine in Conway, Massachusetts, and we have updates about many other recent and upcoming activities below.
Join or Renew Your Membership Online:
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OPEN HOUSE
About 60 participants and volunteers joined organizer Lauri Denyer at Shang Shung’s July 2nd Open House. The even took place at the yellow schoolhouse in Conway, Massachusetts. Participants came together to learn about mindfulness and meditation, Yantra Yoga, the Dance of the Vajra that Benefits Beings, and Khaita* Joyful Dance, and to enjoy a lunch of traditional Tibetan food prepared by Yeshe Tsomo. Dozens of community members made the event possible, and participants came from as far away as New Jersey and Buffalo, NY.SUMMER 2016 EVENTS
Here are the upcoming events that we are looking forward to in the Summer of 2016:
- Dance of the Vajra that Benefits Beings with Bodhi Krause – July 16-17
- Introduction to Yantra Yoga with Naomi Zeitz – July 23-24
- Khaita* Joyful Dances: Practice of Presence in Joy & Movement - August 9-13
- Tibetan Language with Tenzin Norbu – August 25-30
We hope you will join us for these events, and spread the word about them. More information can be found here: http://www.shangshung.org/home/events/calendar/and interested individuals can always contact Shang Shung at (413) 369-4928 orsecretary@shangshung.org for more information.
NEW INTERN
This summer Shang Shung is fortunate to haveIntern Grace Engelman with us! Grace is a freshman at Brown University, and served as the student liaison to her high school’s Board of Directors. She is working with us on the process to seek accreditation for the School of Tibetan Medicine, and to publicize our many cultural events, as described below.NEWS ABOUT THE SCHOOL OF TIBETAN MEDICINE
A new class just started the Four-Year Tibetan Medicine program. With this new class, we have a full house - a class of students in each year of the Four-Year program. In addition, preparations are underway for the start of the Three-Year Advanced Tibetan Medicine Program.
Menpa Phuntsog Wangmo has been much in demand this year. Amid her rigorous schedule of live teaching and recording lessons for the Shang Shung School of Tibetan Medicine, Menpa Wangmo recently gave these public talks:
· Public talk at the Conway Historical Society in Conway, Massachusetts on March 22, 2016, as seen in an online video from our partners at Frontier Community Access Television;
· Public talk at the Chesterfield Council on Aging in Chesterfield, Massachusetts on April 10, 2016;
· Keynote address and panel presentations at the annual Integrative Medicine Conference in Barcelona, Spain on April 15-17, 2016, on Cardiovascular Diseases: A Dialogue between Conventional, Homeopathic, Tibetan, Chinese and AyurvedicMedicines;
· A well-attended week-long seminar on Hospice from the Traditional Tibetan Medicine perspective in April 2016, as seen in The Mirror;
· A well-attended Master Class entitled Tibetan Medicine: Theory and Practice, on May 10, 2016, at the Cultural and Scientific Center of the Universidad Peruana CayetanoHeredia in Lima, Peru
SPRING 2016 EVENTS
Steven Landsberg - Shang Shung Institute of America hosted Steven Landsberg May 14,, 2016 for a public talk in Northampton, Massachusetts, called Beyond Hope & Fear: The Application of Presence, co-sponsored by SSI and the International Dzogchen Community in America.
Yeshe Tsomo – Continuing our efforts to provide opportunities for people in the area to experience traditional Tibetan culture, Yeshe Tsomo gave a wonderful two-day seminar on Tibetan cuisine at the United Congregational Church in Conway, Massachusetts in May, 2016. This session featured a rare, traditional baked momo or dumpling.
Khaita – A contingent of Khaita* dancers fromKundrolling and Tsegyalgar participated in the 10th International Dance Parade in New York City on May 21, 2016. As reported in The Mirror, “…there were dancers from 147 organizations representing 81 distinct dance styles from the US and other countries, totaling over 6,000 participants.” This was a wonderful opportunity to bring Khaita to a larger audience in the U.S., and the spark that was lit continued online, as the video posted on the Shang Shung Institute’s facebook page now has 12,000 views!SUMMER 2016 EVENTS
Here are the upcoming events that we are looking forward to in the Summer of 2016:
· Dance of the Vajra that Benefits Beings with Bodhi Krause – July 16-17
· Introduction to Yantra Yoga with Naomi Zeitz – July 23-24
· Khaita* Joyful Dances: Practice of Presence in Joy & Movement - August 9-13
· Tibetan Language with Tenzin Norbu – August 25-30
We hope you will join us for these events, and spread the word about them. More information can be found here: http://www.shangshung.org/home/events/calendar/and interested individuals can always contact Shang Shung at (413) 369-4928 orsecretary@shangshung.org for more information.
Your support is crucial to continuing the dissemination of Tibetan cultural traditions in the United States. Through your membership, we are able to provide invaluable programming like Traditional Tibetan Medicine, Khaita, Vajra Dance, Yantra Yoga, Tibetan language and arts.
Join or Renew Your Membership Online:
or call us at 413-369-4928
or email us at secretary@shangshung.org
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With many tashi delegs,
The Shang Shung Institute of America
*Khaita is promoted by the Shang Shung Foundation – International Institute for Tibetan Culture, in collaboration with Shang Shung Institute of America
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