

ONSITE PROGRAM
JAN 2025 - MARCH 2025
1-5 January
THE MIRROR
THE BASIS OF DZOGCHEN CONTEMPLATION
EXPLANATION AND PRACTICE
Led by Adriano Clemente
January 1
16:00-17:30 Venezuelan time (GMT-4)
21:00-22:30 CET (GMT +1)
January 2-5
09:00-11:00 Venezuelan time (GMT -4)
14:00-16:00 CET (GMT +1)
ONSITE & BY ZOOM
Suggested Donation
US$ 150*
* Regarding the suggested donation, we ask you to do your best according to your own circumstances, keeping in mind that Tashigar Norte is still on a transition state, we have a very limited flow of Teachers visiting us, a very small membership support, so the main source of income to collect the necessary funds to keep running the Gar are generated with this small season of Teachings. If you can contribute with more, be generous; in the other hand if you have complicated circumstances, contribute with whatever you can. The lack of money should not be a reason to not participate.
TO REGISTER PLEASE WRITE US TO: tashigarnortesecretary@gmail.com and we will let you know how you can proceed with the donations in order to receive the ZOOM credentials to participate.
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16-19 January
Beginners Course of Yantra Yoga First Part
Lead by Dina Priymak
Jan 16-Thursday
14:00-16:00 Venezuelan time (GMT -4)
19:00-21:00 CET (GMT +1)
Jan 17-Friday
14:00-16:00 Venezuelan time (GMT -4)
19:00-21:00 CET (GMT +1)
Jan 18-Saturday.
10:00-12:30 Venezuelan time (GMT -4)
15:00-17:30 CET (GMT +1)
Jan 19-Sunday
10:00-10:30 Venezuelan time (GMT -4)
15:00-17:30 CET (GMT +1)
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23-26 January
Beginners Course of Yantra Yoga Second Part
Lead by Dina Priymak
Jan 23-Thursday
14:00-16:00 Venezuelan time (GMT -4)
19:00-21:00 CET (GMT +1)
Jan 24-Friday
14:00-16:00 Venezuelan time (GMT -4)
19:00-21:00 CET (GMT +1)
Jan 25-Saturday
10:00-12:30 Venezuelan time (GMT -4)
15:00-17:30 CET (GMT +1)
Jan 26-Sunday
10:00-10:30 Venezuelan time (GMT -4)
15:00-17:30 CET (GMT +1)
On-site suggested donation 30$ for each course
Online suggested donation 40$ for each course
REGISTER HERE
https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLSeN.../viewform...
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13-17 February
RETREAT WITH ADRIANO CLEMENTE
TOPIC TO BE ANNONUCED LATER
On Site and by Zoom
28 February Losar
Mandarava Practice retreat starts
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Accommodation available inside the Gar
For detailed information please contact us at: tashigarnortesecretary@gmail.com

DINA
PRIYMAK
Dina Priymak was born in Tajikistan (ex USSR) in 1981 and since a child practiced gymnastics and yoga. She met her Master, Chögyal Namkhai Norbu in 2002, in Crimea, and started learning Yantra Yoga, which has become her personal practice since then. After attending various courses and Teacher Trainings, she became I Level instructor of Yantra Yoga in 2010, in Merigar. In 2017, Dina is qualified as an instructor of Kumar Kumari Yantra Yoga for kids, and Respira/Breathe method. She was also supervised for the II Level of Yantra Yoga. Since 2019, Dina has been teaching Kumar Kumari Yoga for children in the schools of Amiata (GR, Italy), thanks to the various projects of ASIA Onlus and Merigar, funded by UBI, and she is very satisfied with the achieved results. In 2020, Dina graduated in “Educational Yoga at Schools” (University of Padua) and became also an instructor of other types of yoga (Hatha Yoga Multistyle, Yoga Therapy (Yoga Aliance). In 2022 Dina is qualified as an instructor of Yantra Yoga in a Chair. She had a chance to collaborate for the video projects "The Tibetan Yoga of Movement: Level I and Level II" and for the DVD "The 108 Movements of Vairochana's Yantra Yoga" released by the Shang Shung Publications in 2011 and also for the App Evolve, in 2020. Dina has a degree in Linguistics Pedagogy (English and French). She is currently studying Osteopathy at the International Osteopathic Academy in Milan and is happy to deepen new disciplines and develop her knowledge in the holistic field.

ADRIANO CLEMENTE
Adriano Clemente is the main translator for the project “Complete Works of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu.” Adriano was born in Lecce, Italy, on 5 January 1958 and grew up in Naples. He met Chögyal Namkhai Norbu in 1975, and was part of the original group of students who received the first Dzogchen teachings in 1976 at the Palestra on Via Palasciano in Naples. That same year, he joined the University of Oriental Studies in Naples, graduating in 1983 with a thesis on the Dzogchen Bönpo text Dran pa gser gdams by gShen sras lha rje (13th century). At that time he started working on translations of Tibetan texts, mainly authored by Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, such as Drung, Deu, and Bon, for which he did extensive research in the ancient Bön tradition, and Yantra Yoga: The Tibetan Yoga of Movement. He compiled and edited Dzogchen: The Self-Perfected State, and is the author, together with Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, of The Supreme Source, a pioneer work on the tradition of Dzogchen semde, in particular focusing on the Kun byed rgyal po tantra. He is mainly responsible for translation of the Longsal cycle of teachings and of the Santi Maha Sangha training. Since 2003, Adriano Clemente has also worked for the Ka-ter Translation Project of the Shang Shung Institute Austria.

ROSEMARY FRIEND
Rosemary Friend was born in Gladstone, Australia. She graduated as a medical doctor in 1981 and also worked as a psychotherapist when living in New Zealand in the 90’s. She is currently working as a remote medical practitioner in health clinics serving indigenous, aboriginal communities in Central Australia. She first received Dzogchen transmission from Chogyal Namkhai Norbu in 1988 and shortly after, in 1991, experienced the beauty and joy of Vajra Dance for the first time. In 2015, she presented for her supervision and received authorisation as a first level instructor. She enjoys the profundity of a dance experience that models the perfection of place, position and timing in movement as a metaphor for integration of presence and awareness with her own physical, energetic and mental dimension. It is always a privilege for her to be able to share this knowledge and experience with anyone interested. She speaks English and has enough Espanol to get by.