Hi, I’m nicola.

For many years I have integrating Healing Relaxation into my life - the initial stages of a method very carefully developed by Dr Akong Rinpoche, a Tibetan doctor and Buddhist teacher.

Tara Rokpa Therapy is one aspect of Dr Akong Rinpoche’s vast compassionate activity and is based on the principle that the human mind carries its own dignity and healing capacity which can never be permanently damaged or destroyed. No one is a stranger to momentary experiences of calmness, stillness and tranquillity. However, for a calm state of mind to become a stable part of our day to day experience, relaxation and awareness practices are generally thought to be helpful.

This is a stand-alone course presenting a series of exercises where the benefits of developing calmer states of mind and body are explored and experienced. Although the basis of these exercises originate from a Buddhist perspective, all are welcome regardless of your faith and beliefs. I am very fortunate to have received guidance from Akong Rinpoche during his life and very happy that I am able to share these exercises with others.

There exercises can be delivered in various ways: in person, 1:1 sessions and to groups online, in corporate environments and at events.

The course itself comprises of exercises that will aid the connection of mind and body, including some guided relaxation and visualisation and also a little gentle self massage.

To learn more about the lineage of these exercises and the work of Tara Rokpa Therapy you can visit: tararokpa.org/

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TARA ROKPA THERAPY

Healing Relaxation can be done as a stand alone course, however it is also the first stage of a process called Tara Rokpa, a method developed by Dr Akong Rinpoche for working with the mind to free oneself from personal constraints that prevent the development of compassion and a greater awareness.

The Tara Rokpa Therapy process requires personal commitment, the first stage is an accredited therapy programme called Back to Beginnings, which lasts approximately two years and keeps the methods taught by Dr. Akong Rinpoche as its core.  The therapy also draws on Constructivist and Existential Psychotherapies that hold a compatible philosophical view and it seeks to build a bridge between these eastern and western traditions across time and space.                                                                                                               

Healing Relaxation and Back to Beginnings together create a pathway to an optional seven or eight year follow on programme of Tara Rokpa that is both radical and enriching.  A deep exploration of limitless compassion as the key agent of healing remains as the basis throughout.

 
 

  • [Tib] Dolma. Tara is a Sanskrit word referring to feminine/mother aspect, having the ability to hold and carry everything through love and compassion with a sense of spaciousness and limitlessness.

  • This Tibetan word means to help, to bring coordination and harmony between the inner and outer environment according to when and where it is needed.

  • The Tibetan term Sowa means to prevent or heal a wound. According to Akong Rinpoche the capacity for healing is already within us, but we don’t realise it. This means that with the right guidance and right action, we can mature our understanding and develop the wisdom to know how to heal ourselves.

    It was his view that therapy is a way to simplify rather than complicate our life, “In therapy we take the time to digest everything that is happening within ourselves and in our environment, and understand how it comes about, we see how our own activity can create further difficulty and cause unhappiness.

    In therapy we take the time to train ourselves, to develop patience.” The foundation for this process he says, is compassion.