Buddhism & Breath Summit

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The Buddhism and Breath Summit is an online event that explores Buddhist practices of working with the breath and/or bodily “winds.” Presenters will address how Buddhist presentations of breath, “wind” or “life force” (prāṇa in Sanskrit, qi in Chinese, or rlung in Tibetan, for example) have influenced contemplative, philosophical, and medical theories and practices in Buddhist traditions.

Featuring pre-recorded video presentations by scholars and practitioners, plus supplementary educational resources, the Buddhism and Breath Summit are publicly and freely available online starting in Fall 2021.

Join the Live Webinar on Zoom
Sept. 17, 2021, at 10am EDT
https://psu.zoom.us/j/97973599681
Webinar ID: 979 7359 9681

Co-hosted by Frances Garrett and Pierce Salguero, this event is co-sponsored by the Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation Centre for Buddhist Studies at the University of Toronto and Jivaka.net.

Presentations

• Saskia Abrams-Kavunenko, Troubled Breath: Windhorse, Smog, and the Stagnation of Vital Energies
• Kin Cheung, Blurry Boundaries Between Breath/Qi/Ki and Buddhism: Agency for a Contemporary Chinese American Religious Healer
• David Collins, Experiencing the Theravādin Buddhist Jhāna Absorptions through the Breath
• Susannah Deane, Mind, Wind, and Heart: Tibetan Notions of Wind in Mental Health and Illness
• Nalika Gajaweera, Creating Safe(r) Spaces for Mindfulness of Breath: Non-White Western Practitioners’ Experiences of Race, Racism and Whiteness in American Mindfulness
• Anne Carolyn Klein, Breath: In the Body and Beyond
• Napakadol Kittisenee
• Nathan Jishin Michon, Breath Energy and Healing in Japanese Esoteric Buddhism
• Tom Patton, Buddhist Wizards, Breath Meditation, and Superpowers
• Geoffrey Samuel, Wind and Breath in Tibetan Thought: the Confluence of Tantra and Ayurveda
• Michael Sheehy, Tummo: Fierce Lady of Yogic Heat
• David Wells, Winds in Traditional Thai Yoga, Reusi Dat Ton
• Ronit Yoeli-Tlalim, Winds in Transit: Experiencing Breath in Translation