{"product_id":"vajra-yoga-yoga-instruction-from-the-indo-tibetan-traditions-with-john-campbell-thus","title":"Vajra Yoga: Yoga Instruction From The Indo-Tibetan Traditions | with John Campbell | May","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeekly on Wednesdays \u0026amp; Thursdays\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e7:30am-11:00am ET\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eIn-Person | $25\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e-\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTibet House: Vajrayoga\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCome learn a yoga practice to strengthen your body, enliven your nervous system, and explore your subtle inner world. Classes provide instruction in breathing-and-movement practices as a foundation for seated meditation. Inspired by themes of the Tibetan and Indian tantric and yogic traditions, sessions are designed to increase bodily strength, flexibility, health and wellness, while cultivating intuition of the subtle energetic and neural systems, concentration and mindful awareness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eClasses teach yogic methods designed to remove psycho-physical toxins through awakening the body’s natural intelligence and healing capacity. Through heightened awareness of the energetic body, students further begin to connect with the loving nature of the mind and to find relief from ego-centric rigidity. The synthesis of transformative methods explored in these classes—what we are calling Vajrayoga—is itself the point of departure for the more advanced contemplative practices and energy systems.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e*All levels welcome\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e*Sessions include individualized instruction in contemplative breathing-movement practices followed by guided meditation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e*Vajrayoga at Tibet House is a non-denominational and non-sectarian synthesis of yogic techniques derived from the Tibetan and Indian tantric and yogic traditions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTaught by: John Campbell\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eJohn Campbell has been practicing yoga and meditation for over thirty years. In 2002 he became one of the few instructors worldwide to be recognized as a Certified Teacher by the Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute in Mysore in southern India. He currently runs the Vajra Yoga program for Tibet House in New York City. A scholar of Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, he received a PhD in Religion from Columbia University. He has been a Fulbright Fellow and taught at Columbia University and the University of Virginia, where he co-founded the Contemplative Sciences Center. He is a translator of Sanskrit and Tibetan texts from the yogic and tantric traditions of India and Tibet. His publications include The Esoteric Community Tantra by Vajradhara with the Illuminating Lamp by Chandrakirti (2020), the first in a series of commentaries on the Guhyasamāja Tantra co-translated with Prof. Robert Thurman. He is a native New Yorker and lives with his wife, three children, and various cats and dogs in Newburgh, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/2466\/4855\/files\/smaller_cropped_76e54a9c-2d59-468f-98eb-fd3694a478f3.png?v=1770922270\" alt=\"\" width=\"315\" height=\"316\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Event","offers":[{"title":"May | General Admission | $25","offer_id":52987764277527,"sku":"prog-vymay26","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/2466\/4855\/files\/YogaAndMeditationInstructionFromTheIndo-Tibetanshop.png?v=1761071388","url":"https:\/\/shop.thus.org\/products\/vajra-yoga-yoga-instruction-from-the-indo-tibetan-traditions-with-john-campbell-thus","provider":"TIBET HOUSE US NYC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}