Service Description

Join Bernadette Clevenger for an evening of learning about the indigenous spiritual tradition of Tibet and it’s relevance to current times! This one hour session will be an introduction to the Tibetan Yungdrung Bon spiritual tradition, which is one of the world’s most ancient religions (dating back 18,000 years). Bon is a rich tapestry of teachings, meditative techniques and rituals that are not well known in the Western world. We will discuss the roots of the Bon tradition in Asia and spread to the Western world. We will cover "the nine ways of Bon," the three paths to self-realization, practices that promote physical and spiritual well-being, and we will experience the "Nine Breaths practice" which calms the mind and purifies the energetic channels in the body. Bio: Bernadette Clevenger has a diverse background in geology, medicine, complementary healing modalities, and spirituality. She is trained as a family physician and has explored many complementary healing therapies during her 30 years of practice in medicine. She works to integrate the best of allopathic and natural medicine in an individualized approach for each client in her practice. She has been a student of yoga, Ayurveda and Tibetan medicine and for the last 10 years she has been practicing in the Tibetan Yungdrung Bon spiritual tradition under the guidance of Nyima Dakpa Rinpoche, a senior Bon monk and spiritual teacher. She is also on the board of the Yeru Bon Center located in Minnesota. She live in River Falls with her husband and her animal family.