Welcome to the Lama Yeshe Ling Tibetan Buddhist Group Community

Visit the Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archives - photo by Merry ColonyLama Yeshe Ling Tibetan Buddhist Group is an open-hearted community that empowers people to discover and develop their inherent potential for compassion, wisdom and inner peace. Here you can get in touch with what is happening in our community, meet friends, learn about Buddhist Philosophy, and most importantly discover methods that may help you to overcome suffering, develop compassion and gain insight. We are a collection of FPMT study groups in Central Ontario, meeting in Kitchener/Waterloo, Oakville, Burlington, Hamilton and Toronto.

The Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition ('FPMT') transmits the Mahayana Buddhist tradition and values worldwide through Tibetan Buddhist teachings, meditation, community service, retreat centers, and projects that support the Inspiration and Guide of the FPMT His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The FPMT is based on the Gelugpa tradition of Lama Tsong Khapa of Tibet as taught by our founder, Lama Thubten Yeshe and spiritual director, Lama Zopa Rinpoche.

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  • FIVE TIBETAN YOGAS - 4-WEEK SERIES - June 2-23 - with Lori Goldblatt & Shelley Urlando

    This series is for people of any age and ability who are looking for a simple and efficient way to increase mental clarity, energy, physical flexibility and strength. This flow yoga is easily adaptable and can complement any daily exercise routine. This workshop provides an excellent opportunity for beginners, as well as allowing those familiar with these yogas a chance to deepen their experience with them.

    This version of these yogas is the only Five Tibetan Yogas taught in Canada that is based on the transmission directly from the Tibetan master, Za Choeje Rinpoche, to former Tibetan Buddhist nun, Dekyi-Lee Oldershaw. They differ from a similar yoga practice taught in books on the subject as they include the correct order of postures according to our energy centres and provide added levels of understanding and depth of meditation.

    Cost:  $60 for 4-week series

    What to Bring: Please bring your own mat, as we have only a few, and a bottle of water.

    Registration: Advance registration is required by May 25th. To register, please email Katie Keenleyside at centreforcompassionandwisdom@cogeco.ca or phone 905 296-3728 and leave a voicemail. Please note space is limited and a wait list will be initiated.

    Payment:   You may pay by cheque or cash at the door at the first session - June 2nd.

    Lori Goldblatt has been facilitating the Five Tibetan Yogas since 2005, with a variety of age groups from young children, to high school age students, to adults of all ages and abilities. She finds this practice for herself and others to be a profound and simple tool for connecting with self in a way that deepens awareness and growth on all levels.

    Shelley Urlando has been a qualified 5 Tibetan Yoga Facilitator since 2005. Within the first month of learning and practicing the 5 Tibetan Yogas, she experienced the power of their unique nature to transform the mind and purify the body.  She finds them an invaluable complement to her daily meditation practice.

  • DEEPEN PRACTICAL MEDITATION: A Tibetan Buddhist Perspective of Healing - 4-week series June 7-28th with Dekyi-Lee Oldershaw & Shelley Urlando

    Learn how to gently increase your health, energy and happiness focused on five levels of healing that restore balance from your physical level through to subtle underlying causes of problems within your mind. You will also experience effective methods for self-healing gently guided by Shelley and Dekyi-Lee, who have 28 collective years of experience with these meditations.

    Cost:  $60 for 4 week series

    Advance registration is required.   Please register by May 31, 2012. To register, please email Katie Keenleyside at centreforcompassionandwisdom@cogeco.ca or phone 905 296-3728 and leave a voicemail.

    Payment:   You may pay by cheque or cash at the door on the first night - June 7, 2012.

    Dekyi-Lee Oldershaw is a former Tibetan Buddhist nun, developer and international trainer of Transformative Mindfulness self-healing methods, offering telecourses and facilitation training internationally. She is co-author of 16 Guidelines for Life, now in six languages.  She is the Founding Director of The Centre for Compassion & Wisdom and also a former director of Lama Yeshe Ling Tibetan Buddhist Group. www.transformativemindfulness.com

    Shelley Urlando is a seasoned meditation facilitator who has a passion for personal inner transformation. She is wholeheartedly dedicated to facilitating that change in others as well, especially as it relates to family. Her weekly series and workshops incorporate the distinct set of very simple yet profoundly beneficial Transformative Mindfulness techniques. Shelley is a certified facilitator of Transformative Mindfulness and creator of Mind Blast for Kids and Teens.

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  • Prayer Circle

    Motivated by a wish to help others, a small group of volunteers have formed a prayer circle. Spread out geographically, we do not meet as a group, but rather say prayers individually, based on our own particular spiritual background. If you would like the group to pray for you, for someone you know, or for a group, please contact Judy at mhorsley@cogeco.ca and she will pass the information on to the members of the group. All we need is a name and the nature of the request and/or circumstances. We will then say prayers for that sentient being (human or otherwise) for a month, or longer if you so indicate. All information is treated confidentially. If you are interested in joining the prayer circle, please contact Judy at the above email address.