Summer Fundraiser: Heal Your Senses, Sunday, September 10, 2023
The Tashi Lhunpo Foundation, in collaboration with Omni Wellness, invites you to our unique fundraiser at the Cowper Inn, Palo Alto, on September 10, 2023. Omni Wellness has designed an immersive experience to treat your senses through the ancient Vedic healing arts.
In a special 2-hour immersive discovery of HEALING YOUR SENSES you will savor seasonal nourishment, movement and meditation through curated sound, aroma, sight, touch and taste!
Featured in this event are several professionally-trained healing artists. In addition, other generous contributors with their own unique works of art and gift offerings which will be displayed and available at the event for purchase. Please see below the list of participating artists and a few of the gift donors.
For those who are unable to attend but would like to be part of this special event through individual donations or purchase of any of the gift offerings, please email us at info@tashilhunpofoundation.org and we would be happy to help you in making your contributions or purchase. Or DONATE here.
To register, please click REGISTER. If you have any questions, please email info@tashilhunpofoundation.org. Further details regarding the event will be sent to all participants.
OUR GOAL
The Tashi Lhunpo Foundation's mission is to support the global vision of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, toward building a better world. We are committed to raising community awareness about the significance of Tibet's ancient wisdom, traditions and legacy. The Tashi Lhunpo Monastery needs your support in providing for the educational needs of the young monks in order to fulfill their monumental work of building a compassionate world.
AS WE LEARN TO HEAL OURSELVES, WE ALSO HEAL THE WORLD!
We are infinitely grateful for your support and generosity in helping us achieve our goal for this amazing fundraising event.
Your support allows us to create ripples of betterment in our outer world through the transformation of our inner world. Your generosity contributes to nourishing a world that is in dire need of attention.
Omni Wellness has designed an immersive experience to treat your senses through the ancient Vedic healing arts. Join us to savor curated sound, aroma, sight, touch, and taste. Our sensory impressions determine the quality of our thoughts and emotions. If you are looking for greater physical and emotional well-being, expose your senses to Omni's 3 pillars of health: nourishment, meditation, and movement! In this Healing Arts immersive experience, you will awaken your power of transformation and progress to a higher level of manifestation through a natural energy source, your senses. Sumita Vasudeva, Founder of Omni Wellness, has curated this sensory immersion through the ancient lifestyle science of Ayurveda. This event is designed to showcase and reveal this knowledge of life as summer transitions to fall.
Nourish through Aroma and Touch
Aroma creates a domino effect of neurophysiological and psychological responses, and greatly affects our state of being. Healing Artist Sumita will use Ayurvedic marma therapy to balance/pacify the season’s transitional energetics. Sumita Vasudeva is a Clinical Ayurvedic Specialist who helps you enhance energy, reduce stress, and discover peace. Join her online well-being community to benefit from her 20+ years of Ayurvedic wisdom. Start free at www.omniwellness.org
Nourish through Taste
Nature, in her infinite wisdom, grows foods that act as an antidote to the season. Healing Artist Sonali will cater a late summer and early fall offering for our nourishment. Sonali Patwardhan of Adding Spice to Life is a trained chef who has worked at the Taj, a leading hotel chain from India, known for its food and restaurants. Over the past 25 years, she has taught classes in a variety of international culinary cuisines, using local, fresh, organic produce and whole foods. You can connect with Sonali at www.addingspicetolife.com
Move through Sound and Sight
Movement antidotes the qualities of the season. Healing Artist Kavita will perform Bharatanatyam dance to depict the transition between summer and fall. Kavita Thirumalai continues to take workshops and master classes with Smt. Bragha Bessell. She has four solo thematic dance productions to her credit. She was recently nominated for the IZZIES award for her work "Anandam.” She co-curates an annual dance festival through IDIA, whose vision is to bring highly talented artists to the Bay Area to perform, inform, and educate. She can be reached at kavita@gmail.com
Meditate through Sound and Sight
Music has been prescribed as a form of meditation called Nada-Yoga, which translates to “union through sound." Healing Artist Lydia will create a unique mood or atmosphere while surrounded by Buddhist Thangkas depicting seasonal transition colors and energetics. Lydia Hwang is a vibrational healer, using sound, color, and flower essences in her healing practice, sound baths, and retreats. Her main healing tools are gong chimes tuned to specific frequencies, monochord with healing overtones, and tuning forks. Learn more at www.aspirasound.com
Evolve through Giving
Joji Arellano Santos is the current Board Chairman/Executive Director of the Tashi Lhunpo Foundation, a non-profit organization in support of the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery in Bylakuppe, South India. Joji’s study and practice of Buddhism has spanned many years. She is a longtime student of Khensur Rinpoche Lobzang Tsetan, former Abbot of Tashi Lhunpo Monastery in India. You can support her mission by participating in this fundraiser or donating to https://tashilhunposangha.org/donation-causes/
Other Contributors/Donors of Unique Offerings and Gifts
Carin Powers - An acrylic painting that inspires soulful transformation.
Holly Ross & Robby Thompson - Apricot Wine from Brooke Louis. The saying goes "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade." For Holly and Robby, it was apricots!
Jacque Rupp - Capturing Transitions Through Photographic Art.
Mathangi Sundararajan - Meditative Piece of Batik Art.
Silkroad Spaceship - Garments and Gifts from Other Worlds.
Sonali Patwardhan - Ayurvedic Cooking classes by a classically trained chef in India.
Sumita Vasudeva - Premium Membership to Omni Wellness.
We thank you for your generosity!