Tara Sanctuary

04/09/2025

The traditional Tibetan Chö ceremony combines sacred song, ritual instruments, and chanting to purify the five elements which compose the body and mind. It is an approach for clearing the deeper causes of illness believed to be psychological and karmic.

It can be used to resolve stubborn obstacles, either energetic or ancestral, that are difficult to access or unresponsive to other therapies. While resolving these influences, it improves health and generates refreshed spiritual consciousness.

Traditionally, Chö rituals have been offered to achieve numerous purposes:

• severing attachments which hinder our ability to perceive clearly and live freely
• clearing obstacles that impede spiritual progress
• pacifying afflictive emotions
• balancing the five elements that dictate health in the body
• practicing generosity and compassion
• harmonizing land spirits
• supplicating beneficent deities for blessings

While Chö is a Vajrayana Buddhist ritual, you need not be Buddhist to attend, nor will you have to chant in Tibetan. It is helpful to set an intention to direct the focus of the ceremony but otherwise nothing is required of guests but to relax and receive. After participating, most feel light, uplifted and refreshed.

The Chö is offered online and in-person at and performed by Paige Hetherington. Address is sent upon registration.

If you are coming to the sanctuary, please bring a mat/cushion to lie or sit on and arrive a few minutes early to get comfortable. You are welcome to stay after for tea and socializing. If you are attending online, this event is listed in Standard Pacific Time (2:00-3:30pm). Please adjust according to where you are.

If you are unable to attend the live event but would like to be included, please give your birthdate information on the registration form along with any donation you are making. Please note, no recording of the event will be shared.

Register: Paige-Hetherington.com/events

03/03/2025

Pause. Breathe. Feel.

Your body speaks in whispers—tight shoulders, a clenched jaw, the weight of an unspoken thought. It holds stories, tensions, memories waiting to be heard. But we move too fast. We drown it out with noise, with screens, with the next thing on the list.

What if, just for a moment, you listened?
Not to the world. Not to the rush. But to yourself.

Acupuncture is not just about needles. It’s a conversation. A way to remind your body: I hear you. I’m here.

When was the last time you really checked in?

09/13/2024

Greetings Topanga and Los Angeles friends,

Join us for a transformative Breema bodywork workshop at Tara Sanctuary, for all levels on Sunday, October 6. Breema is a bodywork system and teaching based on the unifying principles which govern the body and all life. Its natural movement sequences are profoundly relaxing and energizing. They foster physical vitality and harmony between the body, mind and emotions, for the practitioner as well as the recipient.

Breema is done fully clothed on a padded floor, using stretches with a balance of gentleness and firmness, nurturing holds, quality touch based on the principle of non-judgement, and a variety of playful, rhythmic movements. It is beneficial for anyone who wishes to bring more balance and harmony into their life.
You may come solo or with a friend, and we will be rotating partners throughout the session when practicing a series. All levels of experience welcome.

There are two sessions, 10am-1pm, and 2pm-5pm, with the option to attend one for $60 or both sessions for $100. Optional picnic lunch on the land together.

Space for 10 participants. DM to register.

Led by certified Breema Instructor, Keter Benchimol, and support of Azita Moellef, L.Ac., and Natalie Wilson, FNP-BC.

To learn more about Breema, visit: www.Breema.com

08/28/2024