Time
The course will take place every day from 10 - 17 (Estonia time).
On-site
In-person participation is immersive and a special food menu to attune one's body and mind.
Online
Zoom webinar stream for those who wish to join online, and free access to all recordings for 6 months.
We have limited space in person, please book soon to secure your spot.
Trained in both Tibetan Buddhism and Medicine, together with the experience of traveling around the world for almost three decades, Dr.Nida Chenagtsang has unique insights into spiritual growth and well-being. Dr.Nida Chenagtsang guides us to a spiritual space to experience a safe and holistic blend of a luminous mind and rejuvenated body.
Upon arrival, you will receive a questionnaire to find out your body typologies according to Tibetan medicine (Sowa Rigpa), our local practitioners will assist you in the process if you are completely new. All meals during the retreat are specially designed according to Chudlen, known as Tibetan rejuvenation principles with local organic food supplies. Special food requirements can be adjusted accordingly upon request, extra costs might apply in certain cases.
During the morning sessions, Dr. Nida Chenagtsang will guide us through Mahamudra teachings with new commentaries freshly published by Dr Nida Chenagtsang in the Tibetan language only so far in the year 2023. During the afternoon sessions, workshops on healing modalities, yoga practices, and medicine sessions will be followed under supervision; you will have amazing company to explore within.
Culminating on the final day, there will be Ngagpa ordination for committed disciples from Dr Nida Chenagtsang, symbolizing the formal induction into the Ngakpa lineage and becoming a practitioner in this special tradition from Tibet.
Ngagpa Ordination
སྔགས་པ Ngakpa and སྔགས་མ Ngakma are the Tantric Buddhist non-monastic/ householder yogi and yoginis of Tibet. Dr. Nida will offer a formal ordination ceremony for committed disciples of the Yuthok Nyingthig, symbolizing the formal entrance into this Ngakpa lineage and a commitment to continuing the path for the benefit of self and others.
To be ordained in the ceremony on the last day of the retreat, students must have completed Yuthok Nyingthig Ngöndro and at least one Guru Yoga retreat. If you wish to be ordained, you must share information about your dharma training and background via the following form below. Upon acceptance, we will inform you of the required ritual items needed for the path of སྔགས་པ Ngakpa and སྔགས་མ Ngakma.
NB: Ngagpa Ordination is only available in person, NOT FOR ONLINE PARTICIPANTS.
Trained in both Tibetan Buddhism and Medicine, together with the experience of traveling around the world for almost three decades, Dr.Nida Chenagtsang has unique insights into spiritual growth and well-being. Dr.Nida Chenagtsang guides us to a spiritual space to experience a safe and holistic blend of a luminous mind and rejuvenated body.
Upon arrival, you will receive a questionnaire to find out your body typologies according to Tibetan medicine (Sowa Rigpa), our local practitioners will assist you in the process if you are completely new. All meals during the retreat are specially designed according to Chudlen, known as Tibetan rejuvenation principles with local organic food supplies. Special food requirements can be adjusted accordingly upon request, extra costs might apply in certain cases.
During the morning sessions, Dr. Nida Chenagtsang will guide us through Mahamudra teachings with new commentaries freshly published by Dr Nida Chenagtsang in the Tibetan language only so far in the year 2023. During the afternoon sessions, workshops on healing modalities, yoga practices, and medicine sessions will be followed under supervision; you will have amazing company to explore within.
Culminating on the final day, there will be Ngagpa ordination for committed disciples from Dr Nida Chenagtsang, symbolizing the formal induction into the Ngakpa lineage and becoming a practitioner in this special tradition from Tibet.
Ngagpa Ordination
སྔགས་པ Ngakpa and སྔགས་མ Ngakma are the Tantric Buddhist non-monastic/ householder yogi and yoginis of Tibet. Dr. Nida will offer a formal ordination ceremony for committed disciples of the Yuthok Nyingthig, symbolizing the formal entrance into this Ngakpa lineage and a commitment to continuing the path for the benefit of self and others.
To be ordained in the ceremony on the last day of the retreat, students must have completed Yuthok Nyingthig Ngöndro and at least one Guru Yoga retreat. If you wish to be ordained, you must share information about your dharma training and background via the following form below. Upon acceptance, we will inform you of the required ritual items needed for the path of སྔགས་པ Ngakpa and སྔགས་མ Ngakma.
NB: Ngagpa Ordination is only available in person, NOT FOR ONLINE PARTICIPANTS.
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Arriving at Väluste School, accommodate yourself at the school space, meet the organizing team, and enjoy a simple Estonian dinner as a welcoming gesture from the local team.
We organize pick-ups at the Viljandi Bus Station on 5th June 2024 upon request.
18:00 - 20:00 Welcoming dinner
20:00 - 21:00 Medicine Protector Practice
18:00 - 20:00 Welcoming dinner
20:00 - 21:00 Medicine Protector Practice
Gathering at the hall before 09:45, the retreat officially starts at 10:00.
07:30 - 08:15 Morning Practice
(1. Meditation, 2. Nejang, Bumpachen or Prostration or Vajra posture)
08:30 - 09:30 Breakfast
10:00 - 12:30 Lecture with Dr Nida Chenagtsang
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 - 15:00 Lecture and workshop instruction with Dr Nida Chenagtsang
15:30 - 17:30 Workshop
18:00 - 19:30 Dinner
20:00 - 21:00 Medicine Protector Practice
(1. Meditation, 2. Nejang, Bumpachen or Prostration or Vajra posture)
08:30 - 09:30 Breakfast
10:00 - 12:30 Lecture with Dr Nida Chenagtsang
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 - 15:00 Lecture and workshop instruction with Dr Nida Chenagtsang
15:30 - 17:30 Workshop
18:00 - 19:30 Dinner
20:00 - 21:00 Medicine Protector Practice
07:30 - 08:15 Morning Practice
(1. Meditation, 2. Nejang, Bumpachen or Prostration or Vajra posture)
08:30 - 09:30 Breakfast
10:00 - 12:30 Lecture with Dr Nida Chenagtsang
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 - 15:00 Lecture and workshop instruction with Dr Nida Chenagtsang
15:30 - 17:30 Workshop
18:00 - 19:30 Dinner
20:00 - 21:00 Medicine Protector Practice
(1. Meditation, 2. Nejang, Bumpachen or Prostration or Vajra posture)
08:30 - 09:30 Breakfast
10:00 - 12:30 Lecture with Dr Nida Chenagtsang
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 - 15:00 Lecture and workshop instruction with Dr Nida Chenagtsang
15:30 - 17:30 Workshop
18:00 - 19:30 Dinner
20:00 - 21:00 Medicine Protector Practice
07:30 - 08:15 Morning Practice
(1. Meditation, 2. Nejang, Bumpachen or Prostration or Vajra posture)
08:30 - 09:30 Breakfast
10:00 - 12:30 Lecture with Dr Nida Chenagtsang
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 - 15:00 Lecture and workshop instruction with Dr Nida Chenagtsang
15:30 - 17:30 Workshop
18:00 - 19:30 Dinner
20:00 - 21:00 Medicine Protector Practice
(1. Meditation, 2. Nejang, Bumpachen or Prostration or Vajra posture)
08:30 - 09:30 Breakfast
10:00 - 12:30 Lecture with Dr Nida Chenagtsang
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 - 15:00 Lecture and workshop instruction with Dr Nida Chenagtsang
15:30 - 17:30 Workshop
18:00 - 19:30 Dinner
20:00 - 21:00 Medicine Protector Practice
07:30 - 08:15 Morning Practice
(1. Meditation, 2. Nejang, Bumpachen or Prostration or Vajra posture)
08:30 - 09:30 Breakfast
10:00 - 12:30 Lecture with Dr Nida Chenagtsang
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 - 15:00 Lecture and workshop instruction with Dr Nida Chenagtsang
15:30 - 17:30 Workshop
18:00 - 19:30 Dinner
20:00 - 21:00 Medicine Protector Practice
(1. Meditation, 2. Nejang, Bumpachen or Prostration or Vajra posture)
08:30 - 09:30 Breakfast
10:00 - 12:30 Lecture with Dr Nida Chenagtsang
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 - 15:00 Lecture and workshop instruction with Dr Nida Chenagtsang
15:30 - 17:30 Workshop
18:00 - 19:30 Dinner
20:00 - 21:00 Medicine Protector Practice
07:30 - 08:15 Morning Practice
(1. Meditation, 2. Nejang, Bumpachen or Prostration or Vajra posture)
08:30 - 09:30 Breakfast
10:00 - 12:30 Lecture with Dr Nida Chenagtsang
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 - 15:00 Lecture and workshop instruction with Dr Nida Chenagtsang
15:30 - 17:30 Workshop
18:00 - 19:30 Dinner
20:00 - 21:00 Medicine Protector Practice
(1. Meditation, 2. Nejang, Bumpachen or Prostration or Vajra posture)
08:30 - 09:30 Breakfast
10:00 - 12:30 Lecture with Dr Nida Chenagtsang
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 - 15:00 Lecture and workshop instruction with Dr Nida Chenagtsang
15:30 - 17:30 Workshop
18:00 - 19:30 Dinner
20:00 - 21:00 Medicine Protector Practice
07:30 - 08:15 Morning Practice
(1. Meditation, 2. Nejang, Bumpachen or Prostration or Vajra posture)
08:30 - 09:30 Breakfast
10:00 - 12:30 Lecture with Dr Nida Chenagtsang
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 - 15:00 Lecture and workshop instruction with Dr Nida Chenagtsang
15:30 - 17:30 Workshop
19:00 - 23:00 Farewell Party with dinner
(1. Meditation, 2. Nejang, Bumpachen or Prostration or Vajra posture)
08:30 - 09:30 Breakfast
10:00 - 12:30 Lecture with Dr Nida Chenagtsang
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 - 15:00 Lecture and workshop instruction with Dr Nida Chenagtsang
15:30 - 17:30 Workshop
19:00 - 23:00 Farewell Party with dinner
We organize drop-offs at Viljandi bus station upon request
07:30 - 08:15 Morning Practice
(1. Shine Meditation, 2. Nejang and Bumpachen or Prostration)
08:30 - 09:30 Breakfast
10:00 - 12:30 NGAGPA ORDINATION and Tsog with Dr Nida Chenagtsang
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 - 17:00 NGAGPA ORDINATION and Tsog with Dr Nida Chenagtsang
18:00 - 19:30 Dinner
20:00 - 21:00 Medicine Protector Practice (for those who stay the night in Väluste house)
(1. Shine Meditation, 2. Nejang and Bumpachen or Prostration)
08:30 - 09:30 Breakfast
10:00 - 12:30 NGAGPA ORDINATION and Tsog with Dr Nida Chenagtsang
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 - 17:00 NGAGPA ORDINATION and Tsog with Dr Nida Chenagtsang
18:00 - 19:30 Dinner
20:00 - 21:00 Medicine Protector Practice (for those who stay the night in Väluste house)
Dr. Nida Chenagtsang is a traditional Tibetan physician and lineage holder of the Yuthok Nyingthig, the unique spiritual healing tradition of Tibetan Medicine. Born in Amdo, in North Eastern Tibet, he began his early medical studies 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 the Medical Director and principal teacher of Sorig Khang International and the 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; and Co-Founder of Pure Land Farms: Center for Tibetan Medicine, Meditation and Rejuvenation in Los Angeles, California.
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.
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 the Medical Director and principal teacher of Sorig Khang International and the 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; and Co-Founder of Pure Land Farms: Center for Tibetan Medicine, Meditation and Rejuvenation in Los Angeles, California.
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.
Dr. Nida Chenagtsang
Additional information
Dear ones, our local volunteer team is excited and busy working to make your stay as comfortable as we can. We might not be able to offer you luxury experience, but we will do our best to adjust to your needs.
- If you are coming from outside of Estonia, we suggest you fly a day or two prior to the training to Tallinn airport. From there you can get a bus ticket on www.tpilet.ee from Tallinn to Viljandi. Tallinn bus stop is very close to the airport.
- We will organise pick-ups from Viljandi. Detailed info will be provided to registered participants. We will assist you to get to Sowa Rigpa Väluste School house or to Vanasauna (if you booked sleeping place there).
- Please be prepared that the local transfer might cost you taxi fare if our volunteers are not free. The taxi fare could be about 25 to 30 euros. However, we will try our best to coordinate a volunteer to pick you up.
- Please note that the sleeping space at the Väluste school house is shared.
- If you have certain sleeping problems and conditions, we suggest getting a cottage at Vanasauna (www.vanasauna.ee) or hotel room in Viljandi (https://visitviljandi.ee/en/visiting/accommodation/). It will cost more but your sleep is priceless! Good sleep will secure a good experience at the teaching as well.
- Clean bed sheets and quilts/blankets are provided for those sleeping inside the Väluste school house. If we have extra, we are happy to share with those who will sleep outside in the tents. Indoor showers and some access to kitchen are accessible for both.
- We have hired professional cooks to take care of your meals, you will receive a menu for a 7-day retreat three weeks before the retreat.
- If you have a food allergy and need special arrangements, please kindly contact us, this might apply extra cost, depending on what you can eat and drink.
- The nearest food shop is in Mustla, 10km from the Schoolhouse. If you want personal snacks and drinks, our volunteers can drive you there upon request.
- The sauna at Vanasauna Guesthouse (www.vanasauna.ee) is right next to a beautiful lake, dipping into the lake after the sauna is a unique Estonian experience. One session of sauna at Vanasauna is provided during the teaching for you. However, If you really enjoyed the sauna and wish to enjoy it more than once during the retreat, you can book the sauna session with us, it costs 40 er for the initial two hours and 10 er for every extra hour added.
- Viljandi has beautiful landscapes and walking trails for 2 to 4 hours, there are also beautiful and delicious restaurants in the county. Before or after the teaching days, you should go and enjoy a bit. Check information here: https://visitviljandi.ee/en/.
Related fees
7-day advanced training (Online)
Half-day lectures by Dr Nida on Dzogchen practices and half-day workshops and rejuvenation sessions, which include making and blessing herbal medicine to rejuvenate your digestive system, skin conditions, and mental stability; healing yoga practices; and meditation sessions; sauna sessions.
7-day advanced training (In-person, food included)
Half-day lectures by Dr Nida on Dzogchen practices and half-day workshops and rejuvenation sessions, which include making and blessing herbal medicine to rejuvenate your digestive system, skin conditions, and mental stability; healing yoga practices; and meditation sessions; sauna sessions.
7-day advanced training ( In-person, housing and food included)
Accommodation in dormitory type rooms. Includes using the indoor showers, some parts of the kitchen and leisure areas; and price for 7 days
7-day advanced training ( In-person, tenting and food included)
You are welcome to park a caravan or sleep in a tent at the Väluste Schoolhouse yard. the price includes using the indoor showers, kitchen, and leisure areas.
Extra Accommodation (Inside School House)
Accommodation in dormitory-type rooms, price includes accessing shower, laundry, and kitchen use.
Extra Accommodation (Tenting)
You are welcome to park a caravan or sleep in a tent at the Väluste Schoolhouse yard. the price includes using the indoor showers, kitchen, and leisure areas.
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We offer two installment plans, and ONLY bank transfers are accepted:
Plan 1) Two payment installments:
335ers before June 1st
335ers before July 15th
Plan 2) Three payment installments:
224ers before June 1st
224ers before July 15th
222ers before August 15th
Bank account name: MTÜ Eesti Tiibeti Traditsioonilise Meditsiini Akadeemia
Account nr: EE601010220215443222
AS SEB Pank, Address: Tornimäe 2, 15010, Tallinn, Estonia
SWIFT Code (BIC): EEUHEE2X
After each transfer, please notify us via email.
After-sales notice:
In unforeseen circumstances where the course needs to be canceled, the organizer reserves the right to retain 5% of the payment to cover event-related costs. Unforeseen circumstances include, for example: visa-related issues and the arrival of the instructor, the instructor's illness, extensive national restrictions on event organization, and the like.