Friday, Oct. 17th | 7:30pm - 9pm ET 

Saturday Oct. 18th | 10am -1pm ET (Rinpoche Livestream); 2pm - 5pm ET

Sunday Oct. 19th | 2-5:30pm ET 

Hybrid

SINGLE SESSION ADMISSIONS 

Friday night only: FREE ($20 Donation Optional)

 Saturday only: $150

Sunday only: $65

ALL THREE DAYS 

General Admission: $200

Sponsor Admission: $425

Join us in celebration of this year's publication of "The Yoga of Niguma" by H.E. Kalu Rinpoche with co-author Michele Loew. Friday night Michele will give an intro and background to the book along with some basic yoga and meditation practices accessible to all.

On Saturday morning at 10am ET, Rinpoche will share a meditation and introduce the day's teachings via a livestream from his home in Bhutan.

Michele will teach the basic postures of the Niguma sequences, focusing on Niguma's practices to overcome the Kleshas "mental obscurations" and uncover a luminous mind. Sunday's session will introduce Niguma's dream yoga. The yoga of Niguma comes to us from a secret tradition passed down over hundreds of years by Buddhist yogis in Tibet. The practice originated with the eleventh-century female yogini Niguma, who mastered and transmitted a tradition of remarkable practices that culminate in physical, spiritual, and emotional wellness. In their new book, published by Wisdom Publications, His Eminence Kalu Rinpoche, a Tibetan master who holds this lineage for today’s generation, is now opening up the practice to make its extraordinary benefits accessible to the modern yogi. The yoga of Niguma consists of twenty-five sets of yogic exercises. Some are physically challenging while others are quite subtle in nature; all are grounded in meditation on the breath. Kalu Rinpoche illuminates the practice by sharing his own personal journey with the yoga of Niguma and how the lineage came to be. He also teaches us how we can prepare the mind for this practice with meditation and how to balance our emotions. Then, Rinpoche takes us step-by-step through the twenty-five illustrated sequences of Niguma yoga. Coauthor Michele Loew, an international yoga teacher, shares supportive Hatha yoga techniques that will bolster your Niguma yoga practice. The yoga of Niguma is a revered method that integrates body, mind, and breath. Dive in to discover for yourself a gradual, profound groundswell of subtle awakening.

“Niguma, a revered Indian yogini, established the Shangpa Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. Kalu Rinpoche, as a key lineage holder, continues this sacred tradition with The Yoga of Niguma, a comprehensive guide that offers clear and practical instruction on a practice that harmonizes body, breath, and mind to cultivate inner well-being. Rooted in loving-kindness, this transformative approach fosters mental tranquility and the joy of sharing it with others. Here Kalu Rinpoche collaborates with Michele Loew, whose deep expertise in hatha yoga and along with her knowledge of Sowa Rigpa, the Tibetan healing system, enriches the teachings presented. I highly recommend this insightful book to all who seek personal growth, inner harmony, and the well-being of others.” —His Eminence Ling Rinpoche

BIO

 Michele Loew is an international yoga teacher and practitioner of Hatha and Tibetan yogas. She has taught, practiced, & studied avidly since 1998, and ran her longtime beloved yoga studio, The Yoga Space in Portland, Oregon, from 2006-2025. You can now practice with her online or at in-person retreats, yoga immersions, and teacher trainings. She is known as a teacher's teacher and is respected for her 200 & 300 hr Yoga Alliance Certification schools and her ability to integrate modern therapeutics and cutting edge science with lineage based traditional yoga practices. She is the co-author of "The Yoga of Niguma" with H.E. Kalu Rinpoche and shares Niguma's yoga practices and the dharma around the world. Her love and commitment to the unexcelled yoga tantras of Vajrayana and the sister science of Hatha Yoga, as paths we can take towards perfect enlightenment, seeing both as powerful interconnected traditions, infuses her work with great joy & commitment towards sharing yoga and spirituality to create a more compassionate and awakened world. She honors the lineage of teachers she comes from and bows to her longtime Hatha & Classical Yoga teacher Richard Freeman for elucidating the middle path of love with the utmost clarity and compassion and His Holiness the Dalai Lama for sharing the "religion" of kindness. Her Clearlight Yoga school continues to educate teachers around the world on the enlightened sleep yoga practices such as Yoga Nidra and Dream Yoga and the 6 yogas of Niguma and Naropa.

www.micheleloew.com 

IG: @micheleloew

His Eminence the Second Kalu Rinpoche is a world-renowned spiritual teacher and emissary of Vajrayana Buddhism. He is lineage holder of the Shangpa tradition, which originated from two female yoginis a thousand years ago. His face-to-face, published, and online teachings have brought to life these previously secretive practices, offering public access to those poised for profound transformation. He was born in 1990, in Darjeeling, India. His father, Lama Gyaltsen, was a nephew of the previous Kalu Rinpoche and had also been his secretary since his youth. The Second Kalu Rinpoche was recognized on March 25, 1992, by Tai Situ Rinpoche. In 1993, Kalu Rinpoche was inducted into Samdrub Darjay Chöling (Sonada). In 1999, he moved to the monastery of Bokar Rinpoche and in 2004, he began a traditional three-year retreat. In 2009, he received from Tai Situ Rinpoche all the transmissions of the Shangpa Lineage. On this occasion, he was conferred the cycle of initiations of the lineage 108 times. In 2010, Kalu Rinpoche traveled to the West for the first time and took charge of the meditation centers the First Kalu Rinpoche had created around the world. In 2014, he returned to Palden Shangpa La Boulaye in France, and in 2019, he returned to the United States to resume the tradition of the Shangpa Monlam initiated by his predecessor. Having experienced his own challenges along the way, Rinpoche is extraordinarily relatable, kind, and without judgment.