Celebrating 19 New 3 Doors Teachers
June 12 International Practice Day Open to All
2018 International Retreat in Merida, MexicoThe 3 Doors is pleased to announce the graduation of 19 new teachers from around the world from a new yearlong Teacher Training program. This winter they completed the final stage of the training process with 3 Doors senior teachers and received authorization to teach 3 Doors practices.
This is the first program of its kind since the founding of The 3 Doors in 2011, when Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche personally selected, trained and authorized a group of his students, some of whom became the senior teachers of The 3 Doors.
The new teachers hail from countries including Austria, Belgium, Germany, Mexico, the Netherlands, the Slovak Republic, Switzerland and the United States. Many have been practicing meditation and guiding practices for years, some for decades.
Their multiyear journey began with participating in a 3 Doors Academy, a two-and-a-half-year program open to all interested in transforming their lives through meditation and integrating its benefits in daily life. A hallmark of this program is the development of a community of practitioners who support each other in meditation and in giving voice to the process of personal transformation. Academies have been held in the U.S., Mexico and Europe, and the sixth North American Academy is currently under way.
Upon completion of an Academy, with an expressed interest in sharing the practices with others, these graduates were invited to join the Presenters Path, a one-and-a-half-year program that provides further training and mentorship to share the 3 Doors view and practices. Finally, early last year, this group of 19 Presenters was invited to join the one-year Teacher Training, where they worked with 3 Doors senior teachers to learn to become 3 Doors teachers themselves. The 19 new teachers are now authorized to teach 3 Doors meditation practices with sponsorship from the organization.
Starting this summer, members of this international group will offer 3 Doors courses, many in their native languages. With an expanding group of teachers, The 3 Doors will be able to serve more people around the world, to help them benefit from the warmth of community and the depth of personal practice.
June 12 International Practice Day for Everyone
On Sunday, June 12, 2022, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m., The 3 Doors will host an online International Practice Day, titled Opening the Doors of Body, Speech and Mind to Benefit Others. Participants will have the opportunity to meet three of the new teachers, who will guide the practices. Meditations will be led in English by Tonny Maas from the Netherlands and Phil Tonne from the United States, and in Spanish by Rosario Arellano Rocha from Mexico. In addition to English and Spanish, translation will be available in Portuguese and Hungarian.
Along with practicing together as an entire group, participants will have opportunities to reflect upon and share their experiences of the practice in smaller breakout groups.
All are invited to join this free event, to be held on Zoom, and experience the joy and power of meditation within the warmth and support of a worldwide community.
