PUBLIC TALK
Meditation, Yoga and Dance
Tashigar Norte is happy to organize the Public Talk
with Steven Landsberg, Prima Mai, Rosemary Friend and Dina Priymak
ON-SITE in the Univerity of Asuncion, Isla Margarita, Venezuela, on January 15th, 2027.
An open talk introducing the exploration of contemplation through meditation, yoga and dance. Together, we will explore how these practices can support awareness, presence and a deeper connection with ourselves, offering different ways to discover stillness within movement and clarity within everyday experience.
This gathering is an opportunity to meet the presenters, share reflections and open a space for dialogue before the retreat Contemplation Through Meditation.
Prima Mai
Prima Mai was born in Germany in 1962 and studied Communication Design in Hamburg. She left there in 1987 to live and work in Spain as a contemporary artist. It was in that period that she chose her artist name. She met Chögyal Namkhai Norbu in 1989 and moved to Italy in 1990.
Prima learned the Vajra Dance directly from Rinpoche and accompanied him for several years in his travels to assist in making the Vajra Dance known during Rinpoche’s seminars and retreats.
Prima Mai is one of the two main international Vajra Dance teachers appointed by Rinpoche with the authorization to train and create more Vajra Dance Instructors. Since 1992 she has been giving courses worldwide and preparing related materials for publications and the general development of the Vajra Dance. Prima has dedicated her life to Rinpoche’s vision, developing the Vajra Dances in its various aspects.
She speaks German, English, Spanish, and Italian as well as a little French. Her other general interests are alternative healing, new science and technology, music, and art. Prima has lived with her companion in Camogli, Italy, since 2001.
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Steven Landsberg
Steven Landsberg began studying Tibetan Buddhism in 1967. In 1982, he attended his first retreat with Professor and Dzogchen Master Chögyal Namkhai Norbu and began practicing under his guidance.
In 2010 he was authorized to teach the Base of the Santi Maha Sangha (SMS) Trainings. The SMS is a series of trainings on study and practice course created by Chögyal Namkhai Norbu.
For the last eight years, he has been giving courses throughout Europe and the Americas on Santi Maha Sangha and mindful presence.
Dina Priymak
Dina graduated in Linguistic Pedagogy (2002, Russia) and in Osteopathy (2025, Milan). Born in 1981 in Tajikistan, she began practicing gymnastics and diving at the age of four and started Hatha Yoga at six. In 2002, in Crimea, she met her Master, Chögyal Namkhai Norbu. From that moment on, Yantra Yoga became her personal path of practice and study.
In 2010, Dina qualified as a Yantra Yoga teacher. She subsequently obtained certifications in Kumar Kumari Yoga for children (2016), the Respira/Breathe Method (2017), Hatha Yoga and Yoga Therapy (2020), Yoga for the Pelvic Floor (2021), Chair Yantra Yoga (2022). She also completed the Postgraduate Advanced Course “Educational Yoga in Schools” at the University of Padua (2020).
Since 2019, Dina has been teaching Kumar Kumari Yoga in Italian schools through projects developed with ASIA Onlus and Merigar. She continues this work within programs currently funded by the Tuscany Region. She has also collaborated on educational video projects and mobile Apps related to Yantra Yoga.
Dina is currently undertaking Postgraduate Advanced Training in Orthopedic Manual Therapy in Verona (Italy) and also in Pediatric Osteopathy in Rome (Italy) and continues studying Tibetan Medicine in Tenerife (Spain). Her clinical approach is grounded in evidence-based practice, with a strong commitment to continuing education and professional development within an integrative, holistic healthcare approach.
Rosemary Friend
Rosemary met Chögyal Namkhai Norbu in 1988 and is a Level 1 Vajra Dance instructor.
Her professional life was spent as a medical doctor and psychotherapist.
A founding member of the PCTN Tashigar Gar Village project, Rosemary resides in her home there when she can.