Skymind - by Charlotte Rotterdam & Pieter Oosthuizen (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Tibetan Buddhist wisdom meets modern life in this powerful guide that teaches you to face inner obstacles with courage, embrace all of life's experiences, and live with clarity and boundless awareness--even amid constant ups and downs.

Amid life's relentless challenges, uncertainties, and endless striving, how do we find a sense of ease, clarity, and connection? Skymind offers a way to step back from life's constant push and pull and discover the spaciousness and wholeness that has always been within you. Inspired by the revolutionary teachings of Machig Labdrön, an 11th-century Tibetan yogini who pioneered a radical approach to inner freedom, this book introduces Skymind meditation--a practice that helps you cultivate clarity, compassion, and resilience by resting in the sky-like nature of your mind.

Through simple exercises, contemplations, and Machig's powerful verses, you'll be guided to meet life's challenges with courage and radical acceptance. These teachings invite you to embrace every part of your experience--even the emotions and thoughts you'd rather avoid--and discover the freedom that comes from including everything in your awareness. Whether you are new to meditation or a seasoned practitioner, Skymind offers profound insights and practical tools to help you live with authenticity, ease, and a heart as vast as the sky.

About the Author

CHARLOTTE ROTTERDAM, MTS, and PIETER OOSTHUIZEN began their Dharmic paths over 25 years ago--Pieter through meeting the Dalai Lama in Dharmsala and later receiving teachings from Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche in South Africa; Charlotte through her graduate studies at Harvard Divinity School. They met while directing Naropa University's School for Extended Studies in the late '90s. As program director, Charlotte invited numerous Buddhist teachers such as Lama Tharchin Rinpoche, Ponlop Rinpoche, Namkha Drimed Rinpoche, John Daido Loori Roshi, and Traleg Rinpoche. They later served as executive codirectors of Tara Mandala, the retreat center founded by Lama Tsultrim Allione, and are now senior teachers in that lineage. In 2016, Charlotte received the title Magyu Lopön from Lama Tsultrim, officially designating her lead teacher and lineage holder of the Mother Lineage at Tara Mandala. They've offered retreats at Tara Mandala and internationally since 2005.