Ep157: Mountain Yogini - Tseyang Osel
Tseyang Osel is a Buddhist yogini who has spent most of her twenties in solitary retreat in remote mountain areas. Recorded in Tang Valley, Bhutan.
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Tseyang tells the story of her childhood, the beginning of the inspiration to become a yogini, and her attraction to solitary retreat.
Tseyang details the practicalities as well as the dangers of spending months in the remote mountains, and the unique challenges of being a female practitioner in today’s world.
Tseyang also discusses her love of Vajrayogini practice, the effect of kye-rim naljor on the subtle body channels, themes of devotion and attachment, and gives her heart advice to those who wish to practice well.
Topics include:
00:00 - Intro
00:47 - Tseyang’s childhood and upbringing
04:25 - The desire to become a mountain practitioner
06:35 - Searching for female inspirations
12:07 - Solitary retreats and attraction to remote mountain areas
16:05 - Special qualities of mountain retreats
20:25 - Food and provisions on remote retreats
23:28 - Challenges and dangers in the mountains
29:07 - Five elements practice as sustenance
30:43 - Nomad encounters
32:30 - Vajrayogini practice
36:51 -Generation stage and the subtle body
39:33 - Tendrel and devotion
41:34 - Skill in practice
42:37 - Being a female practitioner
44:40 - Long hair and attachment
51:59 - Wearing religious robes
53:51 - Advice to male and female practitioners
59:51 - Tseyang’s upcoming mountain retreat
01:01:20 - What inspires Tseyang’s practice
Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James