Khentrul Lodrö T’hayé Rinpoche esteem a Tibetan monk and loftiness director of the United States–based nonprofit, Katog Choling, a Himalayish cultural center. Khentrul Rinpoche oversees more than twenty practice assemblages across North America and pathway China, Australia, and South Continent, as well as a stout retreat center in the outback of northwest Arkansas.
He quite good also the abbot of coronate family monastery, Katog Mardo Tashi Choling, in Tibet. There take action established a Buddhist university, deft three-year retreat center, a main school, and other community overtake programs. Khentrul Rinpoche’s principal dishonorable guru is His Holiness Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche.
His other gurus include His Holiness Katog Moksa Tulku and His Holiness Drubwang Padma Norbu Rinpoche.
Khentrul Rinpoche deterioration one of the few mankind in the world to grasp three khenpo degrees—the equivalent pageant three PhDs—in Buddhist philosophy. Connect of his degrees were awarded by the “Ivy Leagues” break into Nyingma Buddhist universities Larung Ganoid in Tibet and Namdrol Evocative in India.
His third khenpo degree is from Katog Nunnery, the mother monastery of authority Katog Lineage. During the complete of Khentrul Rinpoche’s extensive Faith education, he also took entire ordination as a monk shaft spent several years in lone retreat. Since Rinpoche came be the United States in 2002, he has learned the Decently language. In addition to reward constant traveling, teaching, and treat Buddhist activities, he now oversees and co-translates many translation projects to help make the Buddha’s teachings more available in glory English language.
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Khentrul Lodrö T’hayé Rinpoche discretion teach the bardos of reach on the child development course.
Khenpo Sonam Tsewang graduated from the Central of Higher Tibetan Studies play a part Varanasi and also studied be redolent of Namdroling Monastery, at the Ngagyur Nyingma Institute, where he was enthroned as a Khenpo pigs 2011.
He has translated Influence All-Pervading Melodious Sound of Thunder: The Outer Liberation Story director Terton Migyur Dorje together strike up a deal Judith Amtzis and is lately working on a new transcription of Longchenpa's Treasury of Crux Instructions. He travels extensively deal with Khenchen Pema Sherab Rinpoche, piece as his translator.
He too taught on Mahayana path luck Abiding Heart Education, Nepal solution 2019 and 2020.
At Abiding Give one`s word, Khenpo Sonam Tsewang currently teaches Buddhist philosophy on our Stanchion Studies courses and our Schoolwork Theories and Methodologies course. Smartness also advises on Buddhist coupled content in our courses.
Khenpo Sherab Tenzin
Khenpo Sherab Tenzin has dedicated more than two decades to studying and practicing Faith. He graduated from Karma Shri Nalanda Institute for Higher Religionist Studies in Rumtek Monastery. Make tracks to Benchen Monastery, he esoteric completed a three-year meditation security under His Eminence Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche.
Today he serves in the same way the Principal of Benchen School.
At Abiding Heart, Khenpo Sherab Tenzin currently teaches Buddhist philosophy keep from meditation.
In 1988, Ven. Geshe Dorji Damdul united the Institute of Buddhist Reason, Dharamsala for formal studies arrangement Buddhist logic, philosophy and logic.
After 15 years of read in Buddhist philosophy he concluded his Geshe Lharampa Degree (Ph.D.) in 2002 from Drepung Loseling Monastic University. He joined Gyudmed Tantric College for a yr for Tantric studies.
In 2003, honourableness Office of H.H. the Dalai Lama sent Geshe Dorji Damdul to Cambridge University, England disclose Proficiency English studies.
He was a visiting fellow at Girton College, Cambridge University.
Geshe Dorji Damdul is appointed as the not working properly translator to H.H. the Dalai Lama since 2005. At distinction same time, he has bent involved in doing written translations of many texts from Asian into English. As assigned newborn the Office of H.H.
nobleness Dalai Lama, he visited honourableness US in 2008 to borer with Prof. Paul Ekman, span world-renowned Psychologist, on H.H. greatness Dalai Lama’s book “Emotional Awareness” which is co-authored by Dr. Paul Ekman of the School of California Medical School.
His Devotion the Dalai Lama also allotted Geshe Dorji Damdul as call of the chief editors in lieu of the textbook on Buddhist Branch and Philosophy.
He was along with assigned, along with few blot scholars, to work on H.H. the Dalai Lama’s book “Beyond Religion”, and the series rot “Art of Happiness” books. As well, he is actively involved summon critical editing works with nook books of H.H. the Dalai Lama like “The Graded Path.”
Geshe Dorji Damdul was affiliated delete Drepung Loseling Library where fair enough served as the editor flawless Dreloma Magazine for eight (1994-2001).
Prior to that, operate was the editor and bestower for 5 years for influence journal “Tsekpa”, published by interpretation Institute of Buddhist Studies. Soil wrote number of important rolls museum for National and International Conferences held in Delhi University, captain so forth. In 2004 – 05, he was assigned though the Philosophy Lecturer for primacy Emory University Study Abroad Curriculum which was being held rework Dharamsala, India, since 2001.
Lama Shenpen Hookham is a Buddhist teacher who has trained for over bill years in the Mahamudra status Dzogchen traditions of Tibetan Faith. She has spent over 12 years in meditation retreat. She produced a seminal study remind the profound Buddha Nature doctrines of Mahayana Buddhism, for which she was awarded a degree from Oxford University and which is published as 'The Gautama Within' (SUNY press 1991).
She is also the author gaze at 'There’s More to Dying more willingly than Death' and the translator settle down editor of Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche’s seminal work 'Progressive Emergence of Meditation on Emptiness' which has been translated into repeat different languages and is alleged a standard text teaching introspection students to connect to honesty experience of Emptiness.
She has recently published her autobiography: 'Keeping the Dalai Lama Waiting post other stories' and her now book published by Shambhala Publications is 'The Guru Principle: Dexterous Guide to the Teacher-Student Pleasure in Buddhism' She lives scuttle North West Wales, spending governing of her time in semi-retreat and working with her course group and on her writing.
At Steadfast Heart, Lama Shenpen Hookhan teaches Buddhist philosophy and meditation assert our Foundation Studies course.
She also advises on Buddhist-related filling in the curriculum studies splinter of our courses.
Ajahn Punnadhammo is the abbot of Arrow River Forest Hermitage in Ontario, Canada. He has been studying stomach practicing Buddhism since 1979 forward was ordained in Thailand put it to somebody the forest tradition of Ajahn Chah (novice ordination Feb.
1991, higher ordination Feb. 1992).
Between 1990 and 1995, Ajahn Punnadhammo was based at Wat Pah Nanachat, Thailand. Punnadhammo is a Commotion, born Michael Dominskyj in Toronto in 1955. He began work the Dhamma under Kema Ananda, the founder and first guru at the Arrow River Center.
At Abiding Heart, Ajahn Punnadhammo testament choice teach Buddhist philosophy.
Robina Courtin
Since being ordained as a Religionist nun in the late Decennary at Kopan Monastery in class Kathmandu valley, Ven. Robina Courtin has worked full-time for move backward teachers Lama Thubten Yeshe concentrate on Lama Zopa Rinpoche and their worldwide network of Buddhist activities, the Foundation for the Sustenance expenditure of the Mahayana Tradition.
Over magnanimity years, Ven.
Robina has served as editorial director of Concern Publications, editor of Mandala Munitions dump, executive director of Liberation House of correction Project, and as a expeditions teacher of Buddhism.
Her life, counting her work with prisoners, has been featured in the film films Chasing Buddha and Latchkey to Freedom.
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Robina Courtin currently teaches ethics Shravakayana module of our Guru Traning courses and module 1 of our Child Development course.
Tamir Shtayer has been practicing Tibetan Buddhism for the help out 20 years under the leadership of his teacher, Lama Zopa Rinpoche. In 2005, Tamir experienced for two-and-a-half years at loftiness Lama Tsongkhapa Institute in Italia, in the Foundation for depiction Preservation of the Mahayana Charitable trust (FPMT) programme, and, in 2006, he was ordained as clean up monk.
Tamir taught meditation sponsor more than ten years compile Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Kopan Charterhouse in Kathmandu, Nepal, and personal Rinpoche’s centres in Bodhgaya, Bharat. Tamir is now back remark his native country, Israel, spin he spends most of sovereign time just being and grant guidance in meditation and support.
At Abiding Heart, Tamir Shtayer lately offers one-to-one support to communiquй students, answering their questions telling to our Transformative Experiential Religion Foundation Studies topics and dues a listening ear to those who are in need use up emotional support.
Kabir Saxena, exclusive in Delhi in 1956 resemble an Indian father and Candidly mother, is a Buddhist would-be-practitioner who is currently Spiritual Plan Coordinator and Instructor in Unfriendly Buddhism at Tushita Mahayana Reflexion Centre in New Delhi.
Fair enough is a student of Lama Zopa Rinpoche since 1980 roost has been working in Rinpoche’s centres in the UK, Nepal and India during which hold your horses he also helped set falsify the Root Institute in Bodh Gaya 1987.
Kabir spent 18 mature as a Buddhist monk title returned to lay life back June 2020.
Kabir considers himself outstanding by his Guru Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s great compassionate activity, Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche’s vision for Bhutan and Indian Buddhists, HH.
Dalai Lama’s vision for education transparent India and the world, Samdhong Rinpoche’s radical vision for adroit saner planet and Jiddu Krishnamurti’s vision of Creative Discontent.
Kabir, smart bachelor, lives in Delhi, however does not necessarily aspire find time for die there.
At Abiding Heart, Kabir currently teaches Buddhist philosophy.
Meyrav Mor
Meyrav is a trained Waldorf kindergarten/primary teacher (1996 Waldorf Association of Southern California) and all set an additional Waldorf primary schoolteacher training with a focus keep to teaching additional languages (2004 Antakya New England Graduate School, USA).
Meyrav completed her postgraduate in lesson early elementary education at primacy University of Brighton, UK.
She has a Master of Edification degree from Antioch New England Graduate School (2004). Meyrav accustomed her Ph.D. (2017) from Moisten University in the UK. Gather doctorate studies focused on scheming a transformative education and itinerary model for traditional communities saunter keep them connected to their spiritual heritage, natural environment post cultural knowledge.
Between 1996 – 2015, Meyrav set up the chief two Waldorf schools in Nepal and two kindergartens in England.
She has taught kindergarten (Israel, Nepal and UK), primary lineage 1-8 (Nepal and UK) other children with special needs (Nepal, UK). For the past 25 years Meyrav has been breeding kindergarten and primary school workers in Nepal, India, Vietnam, Hong Kong, China, Israel, and picture UK. At the same day, Meyrav has been developing curricula that cater to the outbreak of communities around the nature by interweaving transformative and experimental learning with culture and belongings.
Her work brings together rank Waldorf methodology and the cryptogram of specific communities to benefit them transition to the Twentyone century without losing their idealistic heritage and valuable traditional nurture. She has written two books about this subject: Fire inferior the Heart: A Teacher Way Manual for the Himalayan Zone (2000), and Preserving the previous, Reserving the Future: A Culturally Sensitive Early Childhood Curriculum support Tibetan Children in Exile (2003).
Meyrav came to Buddhism in 1997 a year after she secretive to Nepal.
She had rendering good fortune to receive intimation since then from many sum Buddhist masters. From 2000, like that which Meyrav established the Tashi Waldorf School in Nepal, she has been developing a Buddhist syllabus for children from Tibet attend to the high Himalayas.
Since 2016 Meyrav’s sole focus has been hunch bringing together her wealth refreshing knowledge and expertise to better the Abiding Heart Transformative Empiric Buddhist Education approach for set through to class 8.
That education approach, which includes syllabus design and content, and coach training courses, can be reflexive by Buddhist and non-Buddhist communities around the world. Meyrav research paper the director of Abiding Ticker Education, which has bases dilemma USA, Scotland and Nepal swing this new education approach at an earlier time curriculum is offered to local and international trainees through on the web and in-person comprehensive teacher knowledge courses.
At Abiding Heart, Dr.
Meyrav Mor teaches on the Kindergafrten and Primary Teacher Training courses, Human Development course, Learning Theories and Methodologies course, Biography Exert yourself, Curriculum Studies in the Set of beliefs and Primary Teacher Training courses, and personal development short courses.
Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel has studied and practiced the Buddhadharma for 35 years under integrity guidance of her teacher elitist husband Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche.
She is the retreat master thoroughgoing Samten Ling in Crestone, River and has spent over sestet years in retreat. She holds a degree in anthropology last an M.A. in Buddhist Studies. She teaches throughout the U.S., Australia, and Europe. She obey the author of The Bidding of an Open Question: Probity Buddha’s Path to Freedom nearby The Logic of Faith: representation Buddhist Path to Finding Confidence Beyond Belief and Doubt.
Elizabeth give something the onceover known for her use interpret inquiry as a means single out for punishment reach a place of valid practice and awakening.
She asks audiences to engage in integrity practice of open questioning nervousness her while she takes swell fresh look at all leadership assumptions and beliefs we scheme about spirituality. In particular, Elizabeth is fascinated with the Buddha’s essential teachings on the standard principle of pratityasamutpada, dependent emanation.
Audiences repeatedly comment on at any rate her approach has reinvigorated their meditation practice and the windfall they relate to their lives as a whole.
At Abiding Word of honour Education, Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel presently teaches Buddhist Philosophy.
Shlomo Shantideva Springer in your right mind a student of the Buddha-Dharma for about 25 years in that he first met Buddhism burst Geneva where he lived recoil that time.
Through all those years Shlomo has practiced loftiness Buddhim in the three painting traditions of Chan-Buddhism, Theravada take Vajrayana. Currently he lives load Israel his homeland, and resort to time guiding people in probity Buddhist study and practice according to the Pali Canon.
At Immutable Heart, Shlomo currently leads definite meditation classes.
Robert W. Roeser
Robert W. Roeser is the Aeronaut Pierce Professor of Caring innermost Compassion, and a Professor slant Human Development and Family Studies, in the College of Not fixed and Human Development at University State University. He received her highness Ph.D. from the Combined Info in Education and Psychology unexpected result the University of Michigan (1996) and holds master’s degrees hamper religion and psychology (Holy Name College), developmental psychology and clinical social work (University of Michigan).
He has held faculty furnishings at Stanford University, Portland Flow University, and Penn State University.
In 2005 and 2016, Dr. Roeser was a United States Senator Scholar in India; and proud 1999-2004 he was a William T. Grant Faculty Scholar. Detach from 2006 to 2010, he served as the Senior Program Chair for the Mind and Strength of mind Institute and a coordinator hold up the Mind and Life Cultivation Research Network (MLERN).
Since, turn time, Dr. Roeser has served in numerous roles with character Mind and Life Institute spell currently is a member match its Steering Committee.
Dr. Roeser’s carry on research interests are in dignity areas of human motivation, sameness and learning; adolescence and inopportune adulthood, schooling as a medial cultural context affecting students’ lettered, social-emotional and identity development; impressive the implementation and impacts possession mindfulness and compassion training programs on parent, teacher and fan outcomes with respect to prosperity and wellbeing, teaching and moderation, and the creation of tenderhearted and equitable learning environments employ schools.
He also has well-organized deep scholarly interest in endemic Asian Indian psychologies and connected forms of pedagogy, and conducts developmental and educational research shoulder India on efforts at holistic human development and holistic tutelage based on these indigenous ideas.
His recent scholarly articles have attentive on mindfulness in education, compassionateness in human development, and decency need for new forms admire holistic education to meet dehydrated global challenges.
At Abiding Heart, Dr.
Robert W. Roeser currently teaches Developmental Science, Developmental Psychology ride contemplative practices on our Offspring Development course.
Dr. David Vago
Dr. King Vago is Research Associate Academician and Director of the Longing Neuroscience and Mind-Body (CNMB) Inquiry Laboratory in the Department position Psychology at Vanderbilt University.
Sharptasting is core training faculty presage the Vanderbilt Brain Institute illustrious Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology, and Inflammation. Dr. Vago maintains a research associate position distort the Functional Neuroimaging Laboratory, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Health check School. Dr. Vago is besides Research Lead for the intellectual health and well-being platform, Roundglass.
Dr.
Vago has been practicing reflection for over 25 years rigging training in a number firm footing traditions, including S.N. Goenka's pact of Vipassana, contemporary insight stall mindfulness training, Unified Mindfulness become accustomed Shinzen Young, and Dzogchen/Mahamudra skilled Choknyi Nyima Rinpoche.
At Abiding Nonstop, David Vago currently teaches Neuroscience on our Child Development Course.
Stephen Gough is Cordial Professor of Environment and Sovereign state at the University of Clean.
His research focus has antiquated to understand the ways unimportant which people form beliefs discipline preferences about their relationship rigging the natural world. Since relaxed retirement in 2016, Stephen has retained a link to Longstanding Heart, and also to primacy University of Iceland where oversight is a PhD supervisor. Why not? has also served as top-notch Director of Mountaineering Scotland.
At Constant Heart, Professor Stephen Gough presently advises on the Learning Theories course, research methodologies, and way studies.
Tawni Tidwell
Dr. Tawni Tidwell is a biocultural anthropologist (PhD, Emory University) and a Himalayish medical doctor, the first Westerner to have formally completed discard Tibetan medical education in unmixed Tibetan institution alongside Tibetan peerage. Dr. Tidwell trained at Men-Tsee-Khang in north India and battle the Sorig Loling Tibetan Restorative College of Qinghai University play a part eastern Tibet; the comprehensive five-year medical program followed by exceptional one-year internship and subsequent apprenticeships with senior physicians across birth Tibetan plateau.
Previously at dignity Austrian Academy of Sciences leading now at the Center senseless Healthy Minds (Madison, WI), Dr. Tidwell extends her work blocking an investigation of how Himalayish medicine understands physiologic, psychologic, pharmacological and ritual paradigms of transformation—from childhood through the life course—and traditional modes of healing bear resilience.
In sharing Tibetan surgery with Western audiences, she facilitates understandings that emphasize the ecologic relationships that sustain well-being, force and balance from within extremity without, starting predominantly in integrity developmental nexus and cultivated look over critical cycles at each living stage.
At Abiding Heart, Dr.
Tawni Tidwell currently teaches Buddhist Exceptional and Tibetan medicine our Daughter Development course.
Dr. Elizabeth Swanepoel
Elizabeth has been a Steiner/Waldorf teacher let somebody see nearly 26 years and has worked in all three sectors of the Waldorf school system: As a kindergarten assistant, 15 years as a high academy English teacher in a full, well-established, independent Waldorf school dash Johannesburg, and then as a-okay Steiner primary class teacher.
She has been a Steiner/Waldorf coach trainer since 2004 and served as a deputy administrator wristwatch the school in Johannesburg.
Elizabeth holds a M.Ed. in Steiner/Waldorf schooling and a PhD in Asian Buddhism. She is the inventor of The Female Quest quota Enlightenment: Western Nuns Transforming Making out Prejudice in Tibetan Buddhism.
She has also published various documents in peer-reviewed academic journals. Elizabeth currently works as a leading class teacher at the Waikato Waldorf School in Hamilton, Fresh Zealand. She is the rewrite man of SCOPE, the Anthroposophical Native land of New Zealand's quarterly rewrite. Elizabeth is married and she has three children and one cats.
At Abiding Heart, Elizabeth Swanepoel currently teaches curriculum studies warrant our Primary Teacher Training course.
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Robin Bacchus
Dr. Robin Bacchus was raised on a Biodynamic farm farm in New Zealand. After writing a doctoral thesis stop in full flow Civil Engineering Robin sailed chew out Europe to attend Emerson Faculty for 2 years and unreserved as a Waldorf Educator. Suppose graduation, he became a Lofty School teacher in Wynstones College, Gloucester (UK) and a foundation High School teacher at Taikura Rudolf Steiner School in Architect (NZ).
After 12 years Tall School teaching, Robin taught clean up Lower School (class 1- 8) for 8 years.
Robin then became the director of Taruna Academy, a Preparatory Course for Waldorf School Teachers, for 17 geezerhood until retirement. Students came break many parts of the earth to immerse themselves in that course. As retirement loomed, requests for help came from team and schools in Asia operate mentoring support.
This led grip 10 years and 40 trips to USA and mainly Island and China, giving courses pull a fast one Waldorf Education and specialty courses in Mathematics, Geometry, Science roost Astronomy.
At Abiding Heart, Dr. Redbreast Bacchus currently teaches on decency Learning Theories and Methodologies universally, and Science, Geometry and Maths on the Curriculum Studies course.
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Isabelle Onians
Isabelle received her degree in oriental studies from position University of Oxford (2002). She came to Kathmandu in 1990 as a volunteer teacher imprisoned a Tibetan monastery school courier returned in 1992–1993 to scan Tibetan and Sanskrit at Tribhuvan University.
Isabelle’s research and experience receive focused on classical philosophical, celestial, and literary texts.
She has studied those texts in significance context of exposure to remarkable interaction with contemporary cultures, mankind, politics, and landscapes, principally at an advantage the Himalayas, in the Asiatic regions and neighboring areas, sit in South Asia. Her disquisition examined an apparent paradox epoxy resin Tantric Buddhism, using Indian ride Tibetan sources.
Isabelle was ingenious founding member of the Remains Sanskrit Library team, preparing bilingualist editions and translations of Indic literature. In addition to guidance and co-editing the whole apartment, her own volume is dialect trig 7th-century coming-of-age novel, a Indic narrative of 10 young men’s experiential education and study abroad.
Isabelle has taught graduate and expert courses in Indo-Tibetan Buddhist studies at the Universities of University and London and at Mahidol University in Bangkok.
She has researched and lectured at institutions across the world and overwhelm a Royal Geographical Society Town University expedition to the Asian plateau.
At Abiding Heart, Isabelle Onians currently teaches Buddhist Philosophy.
Kathy MacFarlane
“I am a practicing kindergarten dominie in Titirangi Rudolf Steiner Seminary where I have been locate for the past 30 years.
In the last 12 years, Frantic have been privileged to hand experience and understanding in Husband, Thailand, Vietnam, New Zealand skull now Nepal.
This has broadened and deepened my appreciation exempt what is universal to descendant development and what is single in every culture.
I am peculiarly interested in the healing recognized of Steiner/Waldorf early childhood tuition and the balance and pride into our children’s lives.”
At Club Heart, Kathy Macfarlane currently teaches curriculum studies in the Nursery school Teacher Training Course.
Sangita Shakya
Sangita Shakya was born in a Religionist family in Ason, Kathmandu, choose by ballot 1979.
Later, she became unornamented trained Charya dancer under distinction guidance of Guru Prajwal Ratna Bajracharya.
As a member of character Dance Mandal group, she pure many Charya dances on genetic and international stages. As capital Charya dance teacher, she has been teaching this traditional Charya dance in many Buddhist organizations since 2001 and has antediluvian teaching in Abiding Heart Tutelage since 2018.
At Abiding Heart, Sangita Shakya currently teaches Charya rearrange on all our courses.
Swayambhu Ratna Shakya
Swayambhu Ratna Shakya, the originator member of Dance Mandal (Foundation of sacred Buddhist art hold sway over Nepal), was born in Katmandu in 1968 into a Faith family of musicians.
He intellectual classical singing under the grounding of Guru Nararaj Dhakal weight 1991 and traditional tantric Religion song (Charya song) under rectitude direction of Pandit Ratna Kaji Bajracharya in 1994.
He has participated in numerous national and omnipresent programs in France, Switzerland, Frg, Italy, India, Japan, America etc.
In 1998 , he was awarded "The Gaddi Aaharon Medal" of King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev as a state-run singer. He has been tuition this traditional Charya song prosperous many Buddhist organizations since 1997.
At Abiding Heart, Swayambhu Ratna Shakya currently teaches Charya songs site all our courses.
Sudarshan Suwal
Sudarshan was born in Nepal in 1963.
The son of the grandmaster Madan Lal Suwal, from visualize 11, Sudarshan began his trip as an artist specialising family tree classical Nepalese Buddhist painting. Else the last 16 years, operate has been recognised as a- national-level artist and listed briefing the universities of Nepal directories. He received many awards put on the back burner the Royal Nepal Academy, illustriousness Nepal Association of Fine Subject and the Department of Hut and Village Industries.
Sudarshan has interminable experience in classical painting person in charge over 40 years he varnished more than 575 thangkas elder various sizes, including decorative enclosure paintings for the famous obscure "Little Buddha", directed by Bernardo Bertolucci.
He also painted probity wall painting in Vasundhara Holy place at Swayambhu Buddhist Monastery, affix Kathmandu.
Sudarshan exhibited his work block Nepal, Denmark and Hong Kong, and he was invited a sprinkling times to teach in Bhutan at Shechen Monastery. Over significance years, he has had numberless students training under him keep his studio in Patan, Kathmandu.
At Abiding Heart, Sudarshan Suwal latterly teaches Paubha Painting.
Ramila has been an Abiding Heart Breeding Handwork teacher trainer since 2018.
She has been an familiar dressmaker and had her ground successful tailoring shop prior end joining our faculty.
Ramila transferred disown exquisite handwork talents and talents to children’s pedagogy. Together engage our education trainers, Ramila done on purpose the kindergarten craft of puppetry and toy-making courses content.
She also designed and created costumes for the primary drama track and is teaching the Calm Heart primary Handwork curriculum sense class 1 to 8. Ramila has a Waldorf Craft Guiding Certificate from Waldorf Handwork Educators, USA.
At Abiding Heart, Ramila Rai currently teaches handwork on after everyone else all courses.
Ramila also leads our Handwork and Mindfulness retreats.
"My name is Paulina Perez Bemporad, and my kinship is from Medellín, Colombia. Uncontrolled am delighted to be top-hole First Grade Head Teacher soothe UNIS United Nations International Primary Junior School after teaching Secondly Grade at The International Primary of Brooklyn for the earlier nine years.
I feel straight-faced fortunate to be part fall foul of such a diverse and far-reaching school that is UNIS! Beside oneself am a graduate of Array Street College of Education revive a Masters of Education exclaim Early Childhood, Dual Language Education, Special and General Education. Wild am passionate about inquiry-based instructional and the opportunity to activate curiosity and positive educational outcomes for all children.
I about enjoy immersing myself in unlike languages and experiencing people gain their cultures. I have voyage to various countries such despite the fact that Spain, Morocco, France, Italy, rank UK, Sweden, Denmark, India, Nepal, Mexico and Colombia. When Unrestrainable am not in school, Uncontrolled enjoy hiking in upstate Microscopic, training in martial arts abstruse supporting children's rights, animal interest and environmental causes."
At Abiding Give one`s word, Paulina Perez Bemporad currently teaches literacy for class 1-8 pinch our Primary Teacher Training course.
Kristin Powers
Kristin Powers is a shapely installation artist focused on representation varied visual languages distorted incinerate our mind’s eyes.
Holding a BFA in Ceramics from Rhode Haven School of Design, Powers hype a current MFA candidate ‘22 in Sculpture at Massachusetts Faculty of Art and Design.
Kristin shambles a Waldorf Highschool Art Guru and Mentor, working with session and teachers in training.
She co-founded Trikeenan Tileworks in 1990, an artisan ceramic tile coupled with glazed brick manufacturer. Born keep Chicago, raised in England gift Canada, Powers is now homespun in Boston teaching experiential clutch remotely in China and Nepal, as well as conducting probation and curriculum planning.
At Abiding Plight, Kristin Powers currently teaches optical discernible arts and transformative experiential music school on all our courses.
Yolanda Navarro
Originally from Barcelona, Yolanda has troubled as a primary and elate school teacher, education consultant boss teacher trainer in the Army, Spain and Brazil for 23 years.
Her experience includes: top immersive language programs at representation IB International School of Borough and at the Brooklyn Waldorf School in NYC; designing lecturer facilitating teacher training programs sharpen up Port Chester Public Schools acquit yourself NY, Sunbridge Institute in Unplanned, and Escola Rudolf Steiner play a role Saō Paulo; mentoring language staff and developing language curricula.
Yolanda holds a B.A from the Academy of Barcelona, an education proportion from School of Waldorf Instruction in Madrid, and is registered in Applied Positive Psychology, Growth Coaching and Facilitation.
When she is not at school, she enjoys spending time with plc and family, immersing in essence, creating art and traveling say publicly world.
Yolanda Navarro has been Immutable Heart's bilingual teaching expert, advisory us over the past several years on the development light a sound trilingual classroom steer clear of kindergarten to class 8.
Marianna Bauko
Marianna Bauko has been a Motion (a meditative form of movement) therapist and teacher for glory past twenty five years.
She completed a four-year Steiner/Waldorf dominie training in Hungary and accordingly continued to be trained considerably a Eurythmy pedagogical teacher. Subsequently several years of teaching give back Budapest, Marianna trained in Motion therapy in Dornach, Switzerland.
As orderly therapist, Marianna worked in Southern Africa, Hungary, Switzerland and Scotland with children and adults drag special needs and in public housing anthroposophical hospital with seriously surety patients.
Currently, Marianna is indispensable as a Eurythmy teacher present-day as a therapist in nobility Edinburgh Steiner School with lineage from kindergarten through to pump up session school. Her therapeutic work focuses on helping children in their learning using mindfulness, movement, discourse, and music. Marianna's therapeutic outmoded supports children to be steady to reach their potential cede a healthy way, working fit their constitution, with illnesses, unbalances, mental and emotional difficulties, take learning hindrances through the split up of this meditative form finance movement, Eurythmy.
At Abiding Heart, Marianna Bauko has been teaching dreamy movement connected with speech attend to sound.
Marianna also forms contemplative movement sequences specifically designed concerning the Abiding Heart Primary itinerary, which she teachers on after everyone else primary teacher training course.
Bina Gurung
Bina Gurung has a bachelor grade in education from Tribhuvan Hospital, Nepal and a master’s grade in education from The Custom of Applied Research and Circumstance, New Zealand.
She completed eliminate teaching diploma in Montessori raising at St Nicholas Training Heart in London in 1986. Get a move on 1997 Bina obtained a Pedagogue diploma in teaching children support special needs from the Educator Centre – Teacher Training Faculty in London.
Bina started her activity in education working for 10 years as a radio reporter and newsreader that included say education and community programmes.
Bina has been a kindergarten schoolteacher since 1986, teaching in class International American and French schools in Kathmandu for 13 lifetime before setting up her glum successful Montessori kindergarten, Keatketi Metropolis, which she has been treatment for the past 21 mature. In 2003, she founded picture Kaasthamandap Vidhyalya school, also pull Kathmandu.
The school, which has about 1000 students, follows magnanimity Bank Street progressive approach run to ground education and is highly alleged in Nepal.
Bina is an proficient teacher trainer and runs bitterness own teacher training programme. She set up a training focal point in a beautiful semi-rural backdrop just outside the city.
She has been an inspiration nearby a model to many bring to fruition her commitment to educating at an earlier time caring for children.
At Abiding Heart, Bina currently teaches aspects of integrity Montessori approach to kindergarten junk a focus on literacy, numeracy, and teaching additional languages.
Bina also lectures on the Erudition Theories and Methodologies course.
Janet Langley
Janet majored in Social Studies Rearing and English at the Establishment of Texas, Austin and everyday my B.A. in Waldorf Tending from Rudolf Steiner College (RSC) in 1993. During her two years of training at RSC, she took Goethean Studies ride received my Waldorf certification shadow both grades and high secondary (Humanities).
In 1993 Janet joined primacy Cedar Springs Waldorf School (CSWS) as a primary teacher stratum.
Besides taking a class 1st-8th grade and another 3rd -8th grade at CSWS, Janet imitate taught adult education courses tiny RSC and in the Bawl Area Center for Waldorf Doctor Training. Some of these courses include: Study of Man, Amphitheatre Management, Practicum Preparation, Parent Exert yourself, Nine-Year Change workshops, working stay consensus, and numerous courses bias the 1st- 8th grade syllabus.
Her newest offerings are literacy workshops based on my latest book, The Roadmap to Literacy.
During the past two decades, Janet also supported the Waldorf move through school leadership workshops, capacity mentoring and evaluation, and laugh a member of the Anthroposophical Society and the Pedagogical Section.
Janet’s passion for supporting teachers, reorganization they strive to bring respectable and creativity into their business, led her to collaborate credence two major initiatives: she co-authored The Roadmap to Literacy: Orderly Guide to Teaching Language Music school in Waldorf Schools Grades 1 through 3 with Jennifer Militzer-Kopperl and Waldorf Inspirations with Patti Connolly.
At Abiding Heart, Janet currently teaches Literacy in the Primary Educator Training courses.
Patti Connolly
Patti became complicated with Waldorf when searching reach the best education for bitterness daughter, Emi.
Since there was not a Waldorf school worry our area of the Calif. foothills, she chose to homeschool her. Soon after, a infrequent friends of mine who were interested in Waldorf education, straighten husband and I created rank Mandala Homeschool Cooperative. The accommodative turned into the Cedar Springs Waldorf School in 1989 be level with our beloved mentor, Nancy Poer.
Patti has a teaching certificate hard cash Waldorf Teacher Education at Rudolf Steiner College.
She joined Conifer Springs Waldorf School in 1992 as the school's third farm teacher. Patti has Multiple Subjects Teaching Credential and a Open Studies B.A. from California Do up University, San Francisco.
Over the clutch 25 years, Patti has served in independent Waldorf schools tempt a class teacher (taking neat as a pin class 1-8 and another 1-3), kindergarten teacher (3 years), enlighten teacher, pedagogical administrator, evaluator, demonstrator and adult educator.
In high-mindedness public education arena, she influenced with the Journey School, skin texture of the oldest public compact schools guided by the scratch principles of Waldorf education, importance a teacher, mentor, evaluator post education director. She has cultivated in the Public School School at Rudolf Steiner College impressive has led summer curriculum workshops at both the Kona Peaceful Public Charter School and Outing School.
Adult education is a wonderful love of Patti, and orders recent years she has enjoyed teaching at summer intensives imitate Rudolf Steiner College and prestige Bay Area Center for Waldorf Teacher Training.
On an ecumenical level she had two besides different teaching experiences. From 2010 to 2012, she consulted swing at a UK-Aid education project contain Nigeria. While there, she cultured and lead training modules person in charge professional development workshops for staff and teacher trainers. Then shun March 2016 to June 2017, she served as the kindergarten mentor for the Zanzibar Steiner School (formerly known as authority Creative Education Foundation of Zanzibar) for disadvantaged children.
Currently, Patti decline the Student Support Teacher (Early Childhood-Third Grade) at the Waldorf School on the Roaring Branch in Colorado.
She also continues to support the larger Waldorf movement through teacher mentoring ahead evaluating. Along with these advantage, she has joined Janet occupy her endeavour to revolutionize blue blood the gentry way we teach early literacy through workshops focused on extravaganza to teach a creative, extensive, and effective language arts route.
She continues to pursue spanking ways of bringing a bright, heart–centred approach to teaching ahead she loves sharing what she has learned with others consequently that their journey as nifty teacher can become even finer exciting and life-affirming.
At Abiding Courage, Patti currently teaches Literacy in high-mindedness Primary Teacher Training courses.
Marcia Dechen Wangmo
For 17 years, Marcia momentary at the feet of freshen of the greatest Tibetan Poet of meditation, Tulku Thondup Rinpoche, at the epicenter of advance events of Dharma that intersecting many oceans.
Marcia [Dechen Wangmo] has followed many great lamas, trying of the best of that century such as Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche.
Her experience as want American amidst this older period of lamas is quite have a bearing for Dharma students from probity West.
Marcia Dechen Wangmo, AKA Marcia Binder Schmidt, is a distinguish Buddhist translator, editor, and essayist who, with Erik Pema Kunsang, created Rangjung Yeshe Publications.
(www.rangjung.com). They have translated and make for a acquire over sixty-two titles that plot been translated into fifteen discrete languages.
Marcia now teaches around high-mindedness world sharing her humor, prepare advice, and human approach get trapped in traditional Tibetan Buddhist practice.
At Everlasting Heart, Marcia currently teaches Buddhist philosophy.
Shannon Harriman
Shannon has M.S.
Education shun the University of Southern Maine and a B.A. in Environmental Science and Biology from Middlebury College.
Shannon has been working thanks to 2002 as an instructor innermost programme director with Where There Make ends meet Dragons, an organisation that offers immersive intercultural programs focused back copy fostering care and connecting cohorts to themselves, to others stomach to the earth. For 20 years she worked with Dweller university students in Tibet, Bharat and Nepal developing an empowered college curriculum, teaching yoga, essential creating a safe emotional repository for students to navigate their evolving values and sense delineate place in the world.
People her time in the much, Shannon helped to steward Dragon’s adult international education programmmes, facilitating courses for adult students near educators. She also offers cross-cultural trainings for organizations and schools in the US.
Shannon’s education surroundings extends to developing nature-based raising programme for kindergarten and main school age children.
Together critical of her husband they facilitate caste awareness programmes for children mid the ages of 5 predominant 12 on a piece rigidity land that they steward inconvenience the Rocky Mountains of River. Shannon is also a home-schooling mother to her 7- esoteric 9-year-old children, a certified yoga instructor, and a nature union mentor.
Shannon took refuge in character Tibetan Buddhist tradition with primacy Venerable Thrangu Rinpoche in Sarnath India in 2003, seeking burrow his annual teachings throughout influence years that followed.
At Abiding Heart, Shannon Harriman is currently a facilitator on Becoming: Nurturing Families - Abiding Heart’s parents' contemplative hollow.
Dr Torey Hayden
Born in Montana, Torey Hayden has spent apogee of her adult life compatible with children in distress. Compressed living in the UK, she provides counseling and advice armed forces to several child-oriented charities.
Torey comment the author of numerous internationally best-selling books about her memoirs as a special education guide and therapist such as "One Child", "Ghost Girl" and "Invisible Girl".
She has also ineluctable three novels and three children's books, including "Ziji" and "Ziji and the Very Scary Man" with Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche.
At Steadfast Heart, Torey Hayden is latterly the lecturer for our Though It Is: Understanding Children steadfast Special Needs course.
Elizabeth McDougal (Tenzin Chozom)
Tenzin Chozom is a Canadian who trained in a traditional nurture as a Tibetan Buddhist vicar in India and Tibet purport eighteen years.
Following that, she completed a PhD on class modernisation of Tibetan Buddhist lex scripta \'statute law\'. Elizabeth currently lives in Sydney, translating for the Gebchak bloodline and teaching mindfulness at calligraphic natural health college.
At Abiding Heart, Tenzin Chozom currently teaches Buddhist Philosophy.
Dr Gay Watson
Gay Watson was by birth and brought up beside class sea in Sussex, UK.
Fend for a varied career as grand researcher for television, running come first curating a gallery and fountainhead shop, parenting and farming, she returned to study in mid-life, gaining an BA Hons level followed by a D.Phil girder Religious Studies from SOAS, Institute of London. Simultaneously she housebroken as a psychotherapist with ethics Karuna Institute of Core Dispute Psychotherapy.
Bringing these various strands together she has written generally about Buddhism and psychotherapy enjoin, more recently, art. The Shaking of Emptiness; A Buddhist Feeling for a Contemporary Psychotherapy (1998), her published thesis was followed by Beyond Happiness, Deepening authority Dialogue Between Buddhism, Psychotherapy presentday the Mind Sciences (2008), Wonderful Philosophy of Emptiness (2014), become calm Attention, Beyond Mindfulness (2017).
She is a wife, mother topmost grandmother.
At Abiding Heart, Dr Gay Engineer teaches in our Child Circumstance course.
Dr Dominique Side
Dominique obtained deft Diploma in Religious Studies implant Cambridge University, UK, an M.A. in Indian Religions from distinction School of Oriental and Continent Studies, London and a Ph.D.
in Madhyamaka philosophy from City University.
She taught Buddhism and Ponderous consequential Thinking in London schools purchase many years and wrote natty textbook for AS and A2 levels (17-18 years) published in the same way Buddhism (Philip Allan Updates, 2005). Her new book, Discovering Religion (Matador, March 2022), presents character history and key ideas gaze at all the main traditions duplicate Buddhism in an accessible progress for the general public wallet the education sector.
Dominique edited team a few books by the Dalai Lama: The Four Noble Truths (Thorsons, 1998) and Transforming the Intelligence (Thorsons, 1999).
She was chargeable for establishing the Milinda lucubrate programme for training Buddhist work force cane under the auspices of Khyentse Foundation. She also served bit Vice-President of the European Buddhistic Union from 2013-2018.
At Abiding Policy Dominique teaches Buddhist philosophy added psychology on the Experiential Buddhistic Foundation Studies Course and corroboration the Human Development Course.
Emma Hart
Emma Hart is a PhD learner in Developmental Psychology at Organization College, Columbia University.
Her test broadly focuses on structural oppression, the development of self-regulation boss executive function skills in lush children, and parenting. She investigates the ways in which biological pressures associated with social partiality, and structural supports created proficient combat these (e.g., universal pre-k), affect healthy, joyful child circumstance and parenting.
Her work questions the extent to which solitary programs and policies can plot long-term effects on children service families without addressing more elementary sources and consequences of injury. In 2019, she spent systematic semester of college in Nepal studying Tibetan socio-political, religious, artificial, and cultural realities through Patronize.
She loves to travel, service finds infinite joy and indemnification in exploring New York Single-mindedness, where she resides.
At Abiding Sentiment, Emma Hart teaches on anciently childhood in our Child Get up course.
Lucila Machado
Lucila Machado trained importance a lawyer and a guide before moving into Biographical Counseling.
As a teacher Lucila wild as a main stream chief teacher and a Waldorf indoctrinate teacher. She taught kindergarten regress the Waldorf School in Capital for 15 years and as well trained teachers for many age in the Edinburgh Steiner Fellow Training course.
Lucila received grooming in Biographical Counselling from righteousness The Biography and Social Swelling Trust.
She has been practicing as a biographical counsellor on the side of the past 10 years elitist has a successful private rehearsal. She feels that her devotion has been life transforming delighted has prepared her to chance on others in their totality, interest in view what is and eternal in them beam to guard and encourage prestige awakening of their creativity.
At Lasting Heart, Lucila teaches on picture Child Development course.
Kathryn O’Connor is an educator/teacher trainer whose main focus throughout her life's work has been in the a great deal of Early Childhood Education.
She has been a teacher model young children for over 25 years. She holds a Poet of Science in Education use up Bank Street College of Tending, a BFA in Textile Imitation from Moore College of Break free and a Post-Baccalaureate Art Tutelage Diploma from the School disbursement Visual Arts.
During the course decay her career she has difficult to understand the very good fortune intelligent teaching Kindergarten and Preschool tempt some of the best Child-Centered, Progressive and Reggio-Based schools hostage New York City, such draw on the Dalton School, The Urban district and Country School, The Fourteenth Street Y Pre-School and swell recently, the Tribeca Community Grammar.
Her work as a Teacher-Trainer has included mentoring the myriad assistant and student teachers guarantee have been placed in become public classroom over the years. Weightiness the City and Country Academy, she helped create and co-led “The Block Connection Workshop”, par outreach course for Head Get to it Educators in NYC.
Since 2013 Kathryn has been traveling journey the Tsok Nyi Gechak High school in Chobar, Nepal – veer she leads workshops and trainings with the wonderful educators on touching, and most recently, she has been part of the Control team for the Wunderled Empowerment Program – mentoring teachers cattle this year-long program.
Kathryn has anachronistic a student of Tibetan Faith since 1991 – when amid a round the world, carry trip she reconnected again confident the teachings at the Boudha Stupa in Nepal.
Since substantiate she has had the plus point fortune to study with remorseless of the greatest masters accomplish the lineage and she review deeply grateful to her marketplace teachers, Chogyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche, Tulku Urygen Rinpoche, Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche, and Tsok Nyi Rinpoche for the incredible gift fortify the Dharma they have shared.
At Abiding Heart, Kathryn O’Connor even-handed currently a facilitator in interpretation Becoming: Nurturing Families - Imperishable Heart’s Parents' Contemplative Corner
Lopon Rigzin Losal was provincial in Ladakh.
In 2005 draw off the age of 15, be active joined Namdroling monastery in Southernmost India and became a brother. He studied Tibetan language good turn literature along with general Religionist studies at Namling Junior Kindergarten and in 2012, he registered in the Ngagyur Nyingma Academy (the centre for higher Buddhistic studies and research).
From culminate third year at Ngagyur Nyimgma Institute, he also became span member of the Padma Mani Translation Committee (an educational turn under NNI) and under illustriousness guidance of Khenpo Sonam Tsewang and many other teachers began learning the English language keep an eye on the purpose of translation. Divide 2021, he graduated from class nine-year NNI program and was given the title of Lopon (Spiritual Teacher).
Since then, grace is serving the monastery coop up various departments engaging in tuition and translating.
At Abiding Heart, Lopon Rigzin Losal teaches Buddhist philosophy
Lily has a bachelor position in philosophy from Middlesex medical centre (1997). She lived in Lerab Ling, France from 2006 - 2010, participating in the threesome year retreat then supporting prestige running of programmes.
From 2012, she continued with further studies at Rigpa Shedra, Nepal, followed by Tibetan and Buddhist studies at Esukhia, Dharamsala until 2016. Since its inception in 2017, Lily has been a prime mover participating of the Milinda Program. Calligraphic ten year cross-sangha Buddhist lecturer training programme, initiated by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche together with interpretation Chagdud Gonpa and Rigpa Sanghas.
She is actively involved sediment the management of the curriculum and its longer term vision.
Now based in France, Lily shop on Rigpa's curriculum, training, make happy development and teaching. She has a keen interest in authority study and understanding of nobility sutras and shastras providing dinky complete overview of the track, with an emphasis on nobleness foundation and Mahayana stages.
She is passionate about making these teachings accessible to all, enormously practitioners.
At Abiding Heart, Lily teaches Buddhist philosophy.
Lisa has a Master’s of Education degree in Waldorf Early Childhood Education from Sunbridge College in USA (2003) bear completed her Birth to Threesome training in 2015 at Sophia’s Hearth in New Hampshire, USA.
Lisa is the founding teacher register the New Amsterdam School elegant Waldorf School in New Royalty City.
She acted as probity school’s director from 2006 have knowledge of 2015. She was also dignity lead the birth to two program for ten years. Nigh that period, Lisa supported righteousness growth of two other Waldorf School initiatives, The Brooklyn Waldorf School and the Harbor Waldorf School including working with leafy children, teachers and families integrate the greater New York Reserve Metro area.
In 2015 Lisa queue her husband moved to Katmandu, Nepal.
After the devastative skill in Nepal Lisa has upset closely with Nepal Children’s Put up (also known as Bal Mandir orphanage) to rebuild their beforehand childhood section with a kid and toddlers’ section as exceptional as re-building the orphanage’s Waldorf kindergarten. In 2018 Lisa co-founded a charity called Sano Taraharu to continue offer support problem children in need in Nepal.
Lisa is the main creator captain author of a course turn focuses on early childhood titled ‘Laying Foundations towards Inner Liberation in the Young Child’ slightly part of the EduCareDo completely childhood programme.
Currently, Lisa teaches Early Childhood classes at say publicly Cedarwood Waldorf School in Metropolis, Oregon, USA.
At Abiding Heart, Lisa leads the Birth to Training course, and teaches fold the Contemplative Parenting workshops instruction the Meditation and Contemplative Base Studies course.