How to Use Symbols of Liberation
Meditative Drawing Workshop with Tiffani Gyatso
The Tibetans, through centuries of embodied Buddhist practice have mastered the skill of working with imagination in order to transform their minds and experiences. Through the discipline of visualizing and meditating on Buddhas and deities and their qualities, they are able to transform their minds and ultimately fully awaken to these energies within themselves.
In this practical mini-worksop, traditional Tibetan thangka painter and artist Tiffani Gyatso will guide us through simple drawing exercises that teach us to connect with, understand, and express the symbols of liberation portrayed in Tibetan iconography. Through this practice we begin to consciously shape our inner and outer worlds, rather than be unconsciously influenced and shaped by the multitude of images that bombard our daily life. This is a profound practice for getting in touch with deeper aspects of our own being and elevating our consciousness during these challenging times.
About the Teacher:
Tiffani Gyatso is a Brazilian artist specialized in Thangka: icons of Tibetan Buddhism, where she studied at the Norbulingka Institute, India (2003-06) and graduated in Visual Arts in Brasilia. She enrolled in several courses on Islamic Geometry at the Prince School in London and completed a training in Graphic Design in Germany. Her largest project which took five years for its completion was to coordinate and paint the murals of the Buddhist temple in south of Brazil (2007-12) at Lama Padma Samten’s community. In 2016 she founded the Atelier YabYum, an art retreat center in the mountains of Extrema, MG. She offers workshops throughout Brazil, Peru, Chile, USA and India, where annually she guide art groups to. In addition to the traditional sacred arts, she develops her own paintings related to the intuitive and contemplative process. Learn more: www.tiffanigyatso.online