Sowa Rigpa Forum 2026
Yoga, Breath & Meditation:
Therapeutic Perspectives
NOVEMBER 27 — 29, 2026
Sakala Cultural Center Viljandi, Estonia
About Us
The Sowa Rigpa Forum is a conference dedicated to the careful study and lived understanding of yoga, breath, and meditation within the context of Tibetan medicine.
Rooted in the experiential knowledge of yoginis and yogis, the forum offers a space for learning, dialogue, and reflection on therapeutic approaches that respect tradition while engaging with contemporary needs.
Find your inner fire and stillness in Viljandi, Estonia
With its long winter seasons and quiet landscapes, Estonia offers a natural setting for inquiry into practices such as Tummo yoga; traditions that cultivate inner warmth, clarity, and capacity for transforming emotional resistance into embodied insight.
Therapeutic Yogic Practices Presented in the 2026 Forum
Healing Yoga refers to the use of yogic movement as a supportive and restorative practice within therapeutic contexts.
During the forum, sessions explore how posture, breath, and attention may be adapted to support balance, recovery, and resilience, with respect for individual capacity.
Healing Yoga is presented as a grounding foundation that complements more specialized practices such as Nejang and Tummo, with an emphasis on simplicity, stability, and continuity rather than complexity or performance.
Healing Yoga
Tummo Yoga (གཏུམ་མོ་)
Tummo Yoga is a Vajrayāna completion-stage practice that cultivates inner heat through the coordinated use of breath, posture, and focused awareness.
Transmitted through traditions such as the Six Yogas of Naropa and the Kalachakra system, Tummo is traditionally practiced within a disciplined meditative framework to support vitality, balance, and the transformation of mental and emotional states.
Within the forum, Tummo is presented in its broader contemplative context, emphasizing gradual development, containment, and understanding rather than intensive or complete practice transmission.
Nejang Yoga (གནས་སྦྱངས་)
Nejang is a gentle healing yoga practice composed of twenty-four simple movements that combine breath, self-massage, and mindful attention.
As a therapeutic system within Tibetan medicine, these practices support circulation, organ health, and energetic balance while calming the mind and opening the channels.
Rooted in the Kalachakra tradition and prescribed by Tibetan physicians for centuries, Nejang is presented in the forum through established texts and publications, including work published in Estonia, offering practical insight into its application as a daily therapeutic support.
Expert speakers from around the world
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Dr Nida Chenagtsang སྨན་པ་ཉི་ཟླ།
Traditional Tibetan physician and lineage holder of the Yuthok Nyingthig.
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Drukmo Gyal
Mantra singer, practitioner of Sowa Rigpa and Buddhism, novice Anthropologist.
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Anu Rootalu-Wachsmann
Sowa Rigpa Practitioner and teacher in Estonia, Buddhist since 1980s
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Dr. Emilio Gallotta
Medical doctor, Sowa Rigpa doctor, translator
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Dr. Olev Poolamets
Senior Andrologist, Sowa Rigpa, Buddhism, in Estonia
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Dr Nyima Tsering སྨན་པ་ཉི་མ་ཚེ་རིང་
Sowa Rigpa Physician in Nepal; Founding Principle of the International College of Sowa Rigpa at Lumbini University in Nepal
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![Dr. Anastazie Holecko at sowa rigpa forum]()
Dr. Anastazie Holecko
MD, Sowa Rigpa practitioner, Functional Medicine, Rejuvenation
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Dr. Marian Majchrzycki
Osteopath, physiotherapist, Sowa Rigpa practitioner
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Udhan Wimukthi ཀ་དག་རྡོ་རྗེ་
Sowa Rigpa practioner, Chemist, Teacher
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Dr. Machik སྨན་པ་མ་ཅིག།
Senior Sowa Rigpa doctor and professor in Amdo, Northeastern Tibet.
Our Tickets
Join the Sowa Rigpa Forum 2026 in Estonia for three days of talks and inquiry into therapeutic approaches to yoga, breath, and meditation, including Tummo yoga.
Includes:
• Full 3-day access
• In-person sessions & discussions
• Cultural program & shared lunches
Participate in the Sowa Rigpa Forum 2026 online with live access to all sessions exploring therapeutic approaches to yoga, breath, and meditation.
Includes:
• Live access to all sessions
• Join from any location
• Suitable for different time zones
Attend the forum for one full day of talks and sessions exploring therapeutic approaches to yoga, breath, and meditation.
Includes:
• Access to all sessions on the selected day
• In-person talks and discussions
• Cultural program scheduled for that day
Hands-on workshops
It is our tradition to host workshops before and after the forum to enrich your experience. More information will be updated in the upcoming months.
Enjoy Tibetan Medicine inspired Estonian cuisine
Nourishing meals inspired by Tibetan medicine will thoughtfully be prepared to support warmth, digestion, and balance during the winter season forum.
Enjoy Estonian sauna Culture
Nourishing meals inspired by Tibetan medicine will thoughtfully be prepared to support warmth, digestion, and balance during the winter season forum.
Discover Estonian folk dance & song
Rooted in centuries-old tradition, Estonian folk dance and song bring people together through rhythm, movement, and shared cultural memory, offering a joyful and grounding experience during the forum.
Launch of the annual Sowa Rigpa Journal
Exhibition & showcase of Chinese water colour art
Find your inner fire this winter
The forum offers a space for personal and professional growth, inviting reflection on how yoga, breath, and meditation support self-understanding and inner change.
Growth & Self-Discovery
The Sowa Rigpa Forum welcomes practitioners, students, and healthcare professionals, as well as those new to these traditions, who wish to learn and inquire together.
Open to all
Sessions examine practices such as Healing Yoga, Nejang, and Tummo, with attention to how inner heat, breath, and awareness support balance and resilience.
Inner heat & balance
The forum brings traditional knowledge into dialogue with modern therapeutic perspectives, emphasizing clarity, care, and contextual understanding.
Tibetan medicine today
“When the outer world is cold, inner heat becomes a path of knowing.”
What to expect?
Kyoto 2025: Chulen & Rejeuvanation
The Japan Forum focused on Chulen and Rejuvenation, exploring traditional Tibetan methods for restoring vitality, longevity, and inner balance.
Through teachings and dialogue, the forum examined how rejuvenation practices support both physical health and contemplative life, drawing on classical sources and lived experience.
Estonia 2024: Mental Health & Sowa Rigpa
The Estonia Forum focused on mental health and wellbeing through the lens of Sowa Rigpa, bringing together perspectives from Tibetan medicine, psychology, and related fields.
It explored dreams, sleep, and medicinal plants through both traditional knowledge and contemporary inquiry.
FAQs
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Accommodation is not included within the ticket price.
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Yes, Estonia is in the European Union and requires a Schengen visa to travel if applicable.
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Yes, we offer payment in installments.