Sache: Tibetan Geomancy
A PRACTICAL WORKSHOP with Dr. Nida Chenagtsang
May 11 - 14, 2023 at Pure Land Farms
SCHEDULE
THURSDAY MAY 11
3 - 6pm: Check in for Residential Guests
6pm: Dinner
7 - 8:30pm: Introductory Talk with Dr. Nida (Livestreamed)
FRIDAY MAY 12 & SATURDAY MAY 13
8am: Breakfast
9:30am - 12pm: Teaching with Dr. Nida (Livestreamed)
12:30: Lunch, rest and opportunity to receive healing therapies in Pure Land Farms Clinic
3 - 6pm: Practical Sache workshopping at Pure Land Farms (In Person participants only)
6pm: Dinner
SUNDAY MAY 14
8am: Breakfast
9:30am - 12pm: Teaching with Dr. Nida (Livestreamed)
12:30: Lunch & Check out
IN PERSON REGISTRATION
View pricing, accommodations and book your in person retreat at Pure Land Farms:
BOOK YOUR IN PERSON RETREAT HERE
ONLINE REGISTRATION
Approximately nine hours of livestreamed teachings with Dr. Nida. Includes one year access to video recordings as well as additional resources to support your sache study.
ADDITIONAL ACCOMMODATIONS
We have partnered with the nearby Best Western in Woodland Hills to provide a discounted rate for our guests. Free breakfast, wifi, and ample parking are included.
Sa Che or Tibetan Geomancy is the analysis of the earth — including water, space, air, light, trees, garden and home. The principals of Sa Che are to bring harmony and equilibrium, both in the natural environment and within the being, affording good health, wealth and enjoyment. These benefits flow on to our relationships and lifestyle.
In this three day practical workshop, Dr. Nida will teach the principles of Tibetan geomancy and provide tools for analyzing one’s own home or work space, as well as remedies to correct problems that could potentially cause obstacles or disharmony in one’s environment.
Morning sessions will be livestreamed.
In the afternoon sessions we will study geomancy through the lens of our Topanga retreat center, modeled after Medicine Buddha’s Pure Land, Tanaduk, exploring the main principles of land geomancy in this real life environment. We will study the landscape, the directions, the buildings, the gardens, and the plants and work as a group on the land to connect with the natural elements.
Please bring a hat, good walking shoes and a bottle of water.
Born in Amdo, in North Eastern Tibet, Dr. Nida Chenagtsang began his early studies Sowa Rigpa (Traditional Tibetan Medicine) at the local Tibetan Medicine hospital. Later he was awarded scholarship to enter the Lhasa Tibetan Medical University, where he completed his medical education in 1996 with practical training at the Tibetan Medicine hospitals in Lhasa and Lhoka.
Alongside his medical education, Dr. Nida trained in Vajrayana with teachers from every school of Tibetan Buddhism, especially in the Longchen Nyingthig of the Nyingma school from his root teacher Ani Ngawang Gyaltsen and in the Dudjom Tersar lineage from Chönyid Rinpoche and Sremo Dechen Yudron. He received complete teachings in the Yuthok Nyingthig lineage, the unique spiritual tradition of Tibetan Medicine, from his teachers Khenpo Tsultrim Gyaltsen and Khenchen Troru Tsenam, and was requested to continue the lineage by Jamyang Rinpoche of the Rebkong ngakpa/ma (non-monastic yogi and yogini) tradition.
A well-known poet in his youth, Dr. Nida later published many articles and books on Sowa Rigpa (Traditional Tibetan Medicine) and the Yuthok Nyingthig tradition both in the Tibetan and English languages which have been translated into several languages. He has extensively researched ancient Tibetan healing methods, and has gained high acclaim in the East and West for his revival of little known traditional Tibetan external healing therapies.
Dr. Nida is also the Founder and Medical Director of Sowa Rigpa Institute school of Traditional Tibetan Medicine Co-Founder of the International Ngakmang Institute, established to preserve and maintain the Rebkong ngakpa non-monastic yogi/ini culture within modern Tibetan society.
In addition to his work as a physician, he trains students in Sowa Rigpa and the Yuthok Nyingthig tradition in over forty countries around the world.
