Chef Monica Patino - Workshop to Benefit TW - December 28th!

Please join us for this great opportunity for a one day Cooking Class with Chef Monico Patino!  This will be during the holiday retreat time in the Tsegylagar West kitchen, San Jose del Cabo. 

Please email for more information or registration: Tsegyalgarwestsecretary@gmail.com

Dzogchen Community members receive 50% discount, or are welcome volunteer hours and skills to help the Holiday Retreat staff in exchange for tuition.

Bio en Español 

Su carrera comenzó con prácticas profesionales en La Hacienda de los Morales. La teoría vino más tarde como alumna de L´Ecole de Cuisine de la Varenne, en París.

En 1978 abre las puertas del que fuera su primer restaurante “La Taberna del León”, ubicado en Valle de Bravo, Edo. de México. Realizando el desarrollo del concepto e implantación de menús y recetas

Imparte cursos de cocina internacional de igual manera en Valle de Bravo.

Participó en la apertura del restaurante La Galvia, en donde diseñó el concepto y menú; en los años siguientes continuó como chef y asesora de su cocina.

Hace 11 años junto con la inauguración de Plaza Loreto, Mónica Patiño se instaló en la casona que se ubica en el centro de la antigua fábrica de Loreto y Peña Pobre, bautizando al lugar con el mismo nombre de su primera incursión restaurantera, 15 años antes en Valle de Bravo; La Taberna del León.

Años más tarde abrió Bolívar 12, con un concepto basado en recetas de cocina mexicana  con influencia cubana.

Ha participado en diversos festivales gastronómicos en Portugal e Inglaterra representando a México.

Mónica Patiño ha dedicado su tiempo a consolidar la cocina de La Taberna del León, durante los últimos años.

Receiving the New Year

Holiday Retreat at Tsegyalgar West

December 20 to January 3, 2014

Take time for relaxation and reflection as we bring in a New Year. The retreat land is green and full of life. Come to celebrate together with an opportunity to practice in such a beautiful wild place. We added one day workshops this year!

• Download a retreat registration form (PDF), fill out, and return totsegyalgarwestsecretary@gmail.com 
• Register using our online form - you may pay online or via check / money order

Retreat Activities and Information

Choose retreat activities such as:

• Vajra Dance and Yantra Yoga
• Personal Retreat Time
• Group Dzogchen Principal Practices
• (Ganapuja days, Monlam, Chod, and Mandarava)

Enjoyable one day workshops:

Invite your freinds who may be curious and want to come up to the center!

• YOGA of the VOICE with Silvia Nakkach - The Experience of Outer -Inner – Secret Sound 

• NATURAL COOKING with Monica Patino - A day in the kithcen with Chef Monica. All ingredients, food and drinks included. 

Also time for:

• Hiking
• Stargazing
• Exploring
• Camping
• Garden
• Cool Springs
• Evening Fires
• Tibetan Song and Dances

Retreat Costs

Retreat is by donation/dana. (Without a guest teacher).
Food plan $20 usd per day for three nutritious meals. 

(Separate charge for single meals. $8 breakfast $12 Lunch or dinner)

 

*Lodging costs discounted 50% !

(Choose from: private casita $20/day, shared $10/day, dorm or camping $5/day usd)

 

*Volunteers are given free camping throughout the retreat, please come a day early to help set up.

 

Note about Dana: 

Suggested donation $10 – 20 per day. No one turned away for lack of funds. ‘Dana’ is important to help with costs of upkeep, salaries, utilities and maintenance. We need your support for the everyday running of the gar, to maintain this special place of refuge. Thank you for your generosity!

 

Schedule Details

Alfonso Monfort, as well other older Dzogchen Community members’s will lead various practices each day, with ample time for the rest and relaxation that we all need. We will also have some fun days( a group picnic at the beach, etc…) and ‘One Day Workshops’ that are open to the public. You are very welcome to participate in these opportunities to learn from some very talented people in the DZ Community!

For more information, contact the Secretary at tsegyalgarwestsecretary@gmail.com

Yantra Yoga in BCS - December 2013

Josephnia will be at the Holiday retreat to teach and practice!

She is also giving an introductory course near Todos Santos.

 December 22nd at  "Baja Zen Yoga"at Cerrittos.

Yoga of the Voice - December 23rd 2013

Save the Dates! Holiday Retreat - Two Weeks of events in December 2013

 Come for some or all of the Holiday Retreat in the mountains of San Jose del Cabo. 

The Sierra Laguna's are so green and beautiful and the weather quite nice this time of year! 

We will post a schedule soon of days for different practices or workshops. 

Many auspicious wishes to all!

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Fall Retreat starts soon! Español Version

Taking time to learn and practice helps evolve ones spiritual dimension.

Sign up and more info at: tsegyalgarwestsecretary@gmail.com 

or www.tsegyalgarwest.org

Elio Guariso - Outer Rushen and Mandarava! OCT 30, 2013

Retreat with Elio Guarisco on Outer Rushen and Mandarava Long Life Practice October 30 - November 4 Register Now for the Retreat! Leer en Español We are pleased to host a wonderful Dzogchen Instructor at Tsegyalgar West, our secluded retreat center in the San Jose del Cabo mountains. Rushen or Korde Rushen (Tib.) means “Separating Samsara from Nirvana” i.e., distinguishing our natural state from the neurotic and dualistic states of mind that stem from conditioning habits. Outer Rushen —a unique method of the Dzogchen teaching—is one of the best way to experience one’s natural state of self-perfection. Elio will also teach the Mandarava Long Life practice, a terma of Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche. Yantra yoga sessions and Vajra dance will also be available. There will be two sessions of teaching a day with ample opportunity to practice. About Elio Guarisco Elio Guarisco grew up in Northern Italy, received a M.A in Art, and travelled to India to study Buddhism.  He spent ten years in Switzerland, studying Tibetan and deepening his knowledge of Buddhist philosophy. At the invitation of the late Kalu Rinpoche, Elio spent another 20 years in India working on theEncyclopedia of Indo-Tibetan Knowledge (Sheja Kunkhyab) authored by Kongtrul the Great.  He was the main translator for several books related to this project, all published by Snow Lion Publications. Elio joined the Dzogchen Community in 1986 and received teachings from Chögyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche. Since then, he continues to actively collaborate with the Dzogchen Community and especially with the International Shang Shung Institute for Tibetan Studies in Italy, of which he is a founding member. To register for the retreat, you can (1)  Go online to tsegyalgarwest.org/upcoming-retreat/ and sign up, paying in advance; or register with our secretary tsegyalgarwestsecretary@gmail.com (2)  Tuition: early bird (before 10/25) $175; $200 if paid after October 25th (3)  Register the first day of the retreat (regular rate $200), payable Oct 30th - During 10am - 2pm registration (4)  Day rate $30 usd  (Calculate 12.25 for exchange rate into pesos) (5)  Meals and lodging are separate. Please register early! (6) Camping and casitas available on first come first serve basis If you are a member of TW, please apply the standard discount of 40% to the tuition (80% for sustaining members and 50% for new and reduced members). Meals and lodging are not discounted. Scholarships available, please contact the secretary.