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Meditation - Seven Homecomings

25.07.2025 - 26.07.2025

Perjantai 19:30-20:30, Annankatu - alasali

Meditation - Seven Homecomings

This two days workshop is a combination of friendly, accessible, trauma-informed Ashtanga yoga practice and meditation in the tradition of Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism, through the transmission of Lama Rod Owens.

Friday July 25

17:30 - 19:15 Accessible Ashtanga

Feel welcome to join in a softer, slower, gentler quarter primary series with Wambui. This class is suitable for beginners, those with mobility concerns and/or recovering from injury; or those who wish to gain the benefit of the Ashtanga Yoga practice but through a trauma-informed framework.
Drop-in price 20 credits.

19:30 - 20:30 Evening meditation: Seven homecomings (Part 1)

The Seven Homecomings practice, which Lama Rod Owens has written about in his book Love and Rage, is an invitation to explore the depths of self-love and communal care in support of our liberation. It is rooted in the foundational Buddhist teachings of taking refuge in the Three Gems - the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha (referred to as guides, wisdom texts, and community) - then expands to include ancestors, the earth, silence, and self.*
(* Source: www.lamarod.com)
Drop-in price 15 credits.

Saturday July 26

9:00 - 10:45 Accessible Ashtanga
Drop-in price 20 credits.

11:00 - 12:30 Workshop closing and meditation: Seven Homecomings (Part 2)

This is the continuation and culmination of the Seven Homecomings practice that has been introduced in the previous sessions.
Drop-in price 15 credits.

Full workshop price: 70 credits (121 € / 109 €)
Workshop address: Annankatu 29B, Downstairs, Helsinki

Kurssin aikataulu

  • Perjantai 25.07.2025, 19:30-20:30
  • Lauantai 26.07.2025, 11:00-12:00

Kurssin ohjaaja

Wambui Njuguna-Räisänen

Wambui Njuguna-Räisänen took her first yoga class when she was 16. It proved to be the therapy she needed during rigorous, professional dance training. She continued to practice different types of yoga throughout college and graduate school. She came across Ashtanga Yoga in 2008 when she was living in Abu Dhabi. The structure and consistency of the method was the grounded discipline she needed at that time. For the past ten years, Wambui has been immersed in Ashtanga yoga and feels deeply grateful for all what the practice has brought to fruition, both in her personal and professional life. Currently, in the wake of #metoo and the collective shift towards decolonialization, Wambui’s plans involve teaching yoga through an explicitly trauma-informed, anti-oppressive lens. BIPOC and/or LGBTQIA+ communities have been the voices most silenced, and are the bodies most left out of the healing space while simultaneously being the most impacted by systemic trauma. Therefore, creating wellness spaces that feel more welcoming, inclusive and accessible is of utmost necessity and importance. Together with her massage training (Chavutti Thirumal) and meditation advocacy, Wambui strives to work at the intersection of social inclusion, equity and wellness.

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