TRISTEN CHURN

KARUNA YOGA: 8:00 – 9:15pm, 08.04.2009, Wednesday Find a suitable edge During our yoga practice, as we enter a pose, go slowly and gently into the suggested shape – without holding up a picture of how far you should go in your mind. As a master said: ”There’s no extreme ideal in yoga posture; there’s no end result we are looking for.” Basically, we just need to pause, recognize and listen carefully to the messages sending out by our body. And wait for feedback before moving deeper into the posture. Many modern people, layman especially workers, even dancers and athletes, have lost much of their sensitivity to the signals of the body and tend to overrule those messages. For example, in the case of a dancer, she may be so flexible that she forgets to observe the condition of her body which may leads to her injury. Try to look for a suitable amount of intensity, a balance point between sensation and space. The master also said: ”It is always ...

"I enjoy the yoga class at Malaysia Dharma Drum Mountain Buddhism Information Centre teaches by Tristen. It gives me more energy by relaxing my body especially it helps me a lot in practicing meditation. Tristen infuses the joy of yoga, with discipline of it, creating classes that teach the body and mind connection. He teaches the class with sensitivity, warmth, compassion and style by integrating the class with Buddhism teaching. This makes his yoga classes very invigorating and inspiring. In conclusion, the yoga class is benefiting me in the following ways: · My body's alignment is more elongated. · I am more relaxed and mentally centered. · It helps my sanity and releases my stress. · I have an overall feeling of well-being. I would recommend this yoga class to anyone interested in developing a yoga practice to improve their body composition, tone their muscles, as well as gaining the tools for having greater health and practicing meditation." HC Soo, Lecturer of a ...

Peace . Whenever we mention the word “peace”, what we have in mind is to have peace with others. What about peace with yourself? Having the feeling of hatred, jealousy is not having peace with yourself. When you experience such feeling, you are being controlled by your own emotion. In other words, you are not your own master, you are indeed the slave of your own emotion. We hate slavery. We definitely adore Abraham Lincoln as our hero for freeing the slaves. When are we going to free ourselves from the emotional slavery that we experience from day to day, from minute to minute, from second to second? I have been receiving guidance from Tristen for the Zen meditation . The purpose of the meditation is to achieve peace with ourselves ultimately. Bliss will come together with peace. Stillness will come together with peace. Meditation, together with reading on certain books, have a profound impact on my life. It makes me aware of what I experience at this particular moment. Zen meditati...

ASHTANGA YOGA: 7:30pm – 8:30pm, 21.01.2009, Wednesday Team Work On the day we were born, we came to this world as an individual being. Back then, we do not have any attachment except for the physical body. Throughout our growing process, we recognize that sometimes being alone is necessary for our inner reflection towards a peaceful mind. In some way, we cannot deny that working in a group or a team is also an important part of our life. For example our study project in primary school or group work in a corporate company. Team work could help us both externally and internally. External effects may cover the building of human relationship and the award of such relationship. While most of the time, internal effects are focusing on the emotions and thoughts of responding to a team work. In yoga, team work exists in several ways especially on your own being. Team work is about synchronizing the hands with the legs. Team work is also about integrating the postures on your intern...

If you think yoga is for lady only and yoga is not a form of exercise, perhaps you should seriously consider paying one-time fee by joining Tristen for one session and you may realize that what you have perceived is different from what you may experience. The experience is much more better than any body message. For me, body message only relax my body and it doesn’t relax my mind. Asthanga yoga is different – it relaxes my mind. Experience is worth more than a thousand words, please do yourself a favour. Isaac Tho, Lawyer, Damansara, Kuala Lumpur

Eventually we grow weary of seeking treasures outside ourselves and we begin to look within. There we discover that the gold we sought, we already are. Alan Cohen Inspirational Author, Speaker and Teacher source: inspiration peak

"The channeling session with Tristen is an eye opener. I would say I am very impressed with the messages channeled. I feel much more secure and certain in the direction I am heading now. I found guidance and solutions to the issue that has been bugging my mind for years. At least I see light at the end of the tunnel now. I must say thank you to Tristen for his patience and wit to make the entire session so relax and comfortable." Crystal Tee, Company Secretary, Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan