Lama Lhanang Rinpoche is a Tibetan Buddhist teacher of the Nyingma Longchen Nying-Thig order who has studied with many revered masters from different lineages. Born and trained in Northeast Tibet, he practices from an unbroken lineage with warmth, humor, and deep compassion. He is known for his joyful presence, heartfelt wisdom, and ability to make ancient, sometimes obscure teachings accessible for modern life.

He is an accomplished instructor of meditation, Anu-yoga, Tibetan art, Feng-shui, cultural and historical studies as well as a skilled practitioner of Tibetan medicine. Rinpoche addresses the needs of individuals so as to reach them in a gentle and profound way, offering private consultation on business and personal relationships.

At various retreats Rinpoche leads teachings in meditation, Dzogchen ( the Great Perfection), mantra, Tibetan yoga, healing rituals, and sacred art. His sessions are welcoming to all levels and focus on cultivating awareness, inner peace, and compassionate living. At Menla he will be offering Anu Yoga, Guided Meditations, Healing Ceremonies ( Sacred Chod ) and a Fire Puja Circle for World Peace.

Lama Lhanang has appeared in a PBS program on Sacred Art, and he is the author of books on Karma, a general survey of Buddhism, and an introduction to the Tibetan Book of the Dead. He will be offering teachings based on material from these works. The books will be available for sale at the Menla bookstore and will be personally signed by Rinpoche.

Lama Lhanang currently directs the Jigme Lingpa Center in San Diego, where he resides with his wife Tsering and their two children, Rigzin and Pema. He teaches throughout the United States, Mexico and Canada.
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Laraaji is a musician, mult-instrumentalist, mystic and laughter meditation practitioner based in New York City. He attended Howard University, a historically black university in Washington D.C. on a scholarship to study composition and piano. Laraaji’s experiments and exploratons with the open-tuned electric autoharp/zither began with a gentle nudge from his divine guidance. In 1976, in Queens, NY, he had gone into a pawn shop to trade his guitar for much-needed cash, but was guided to instead acquire the autoharp/zither in the store window. Heeding this mystical and startling guidance, he left the shop with a Kentucky Blue Grass instrument he had never touched before. But within a few weeks Laraaji had discovered a new sound vocabulary with this 36-stringed American folk instrument. 

After much open-minded experimentation with altered tunings, Laraaji arrived at a deeply engaging and exotic new age music performance sound, which he sometimes refers to as “Celestial Vibration”, recalling an earlier paranormal sound hearing experience. Laraaji began studying Eastern mysticism and improvising trance-inducing jams on his modified autoharp, processed through various electronic effects.

In 1979, Brian Eno saw LARAAJI playing in Washington Square Park, NYC and invited him to record an album for his seminal Ambient series Ambient 3: Day of Radiance, released 1980. Since then LARAAJI has recorded over 50 solo and collab albums, the latest of which are three solo piano improvisation LPs, SUN PIANO, MOON PIANO & THROUGH LUMINOUS EYES, VISION SONGS Vol 1 (Numero Group). He also conducts healing laughter playshops around the world. See htp://laraaji.blogspot.com/ and follow @edwardlgordon

His latest collaboration with Endel entitled “You are Relaxed” was released August 22, 2022 

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/03/06/the-transcendence-of-laraaji

Arji "OceAnanda" Cakouros is a Sound Healer, Musician, Usui Reiki Master, & Dreamwork Teacher with a private counseling/healing practice based in Niskayuna, NY. Since 2008, she has enjoyed the deep joy and honour of collaborating with Blissmate Sw.Laraaji NadaBrahmananda “LARAAJI”, in many venues worldwide, offering Healing Sound events and Laughter Immersion experiences, as well as a great variety of musical performances, some in conjunction with other artists.

She is included in the Fall 2011 release of "That Healing Feeling", a collaborative recording made with Laraaji and Blues Control musicians Lea Cho and Russ Waterhouse, which received international attention and acclaim, resulting in an eight country tour in 2012:

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16056-frkwys-vol-8/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PitchforkAlbumReviews+%28Pitchfork%3A+Album+Reviews%29

Arji has also served as faculty for both the prestigious international Sound Healers Intensive in Colorado for its final nine years, developed by internationally recognized Sound Healing Pioneer Jonathan Goldman (for which she and Laraaji released a highly acclaimed two Cd set entitled "Laughter & Consciousness"), as well as on the faculty for the Sacred Sounds Institute Intensive held annually at Olympic National Park, Washington state created by the multi-talented pioneer Sound Healer Vickie Dodd.

Other releases with Laraaji include a trilogy of live concert events offered as single CDs or a 3 CD set. They were recorded at DubLab in Los Angeles (Nov. 2013), the historic Bijoux Theatre in Knoxville ( 2014 BIG EARS festival), and most recently at the Indianapolis Museum of Art ( May, 2014). Additionally, her "In a Celestial Cathedral" chant cd with drone by Laraaji, and their "Into the Peace Garden" (July 2016) Colorado concert recording has enjoyed an enthusiastic response. Arji is also featured on a collaborative release with Laraaji and synth trio Dallas Acid entitled “Arrive Without Leaving”... named one of the top ten new releases of 2018 by PITCHFORK. More recently (2022), she and Laraaji are featured on Our Silent Canvas’ release entitled “Circle of Celebration”…a collaborative endeavor under the guidance of Christopher Bono and NOUS.