Please Join
His Eminence Kalu Rinpoche and Michele Loew
for a Wisdom Dharma Chat with Host Daniel Aitken
HIS EMINENCE KALU RINPOCHE
AND MICHELE LOEW
JOIN HOST DANIEL AITKEN FOR A SPECIAL EPISODE OF
WISDOM DHARMA CHATS
ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2025, AT 10:00 AM EDT
Join us for a special Wisdom Dharma Chats episode as host Daniel Aitken welcomes His Eminence Kalu Rinpoche and Michele Loew to discuss their new book, The Yoga of Niguma.
During this conversation, Rinpoche will introduce us to the extraordinary teachings of the eleventh-century female yogini Niguma. This tradition has been passed down over hundreds of years by Buddhist yogis in Tibet, and now Rinpoche, the lineage’s holder, has made these teachings accessible to the modern yogi. Throughout the conversation, Rinpoche will share details from his personal journey with these powerful practices, while his long-time student and world-renowned yoga teacher Michele Loew offers insights into how Hatha yoga can complement and support Niguma’s methods today. Together with Daniel, they will also touch on the important role of women in the Shangpa lineage, discuss preparing the mind through meditation, and how these ancient practices can meet the needs of modern seekers.
Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from two inspiring teachers about a rare and transformative tradition that bridges Tibetan yoga, meditation, and modern practice—revealing how the yoga of Niguma can guide us toward balance, clarity, and awakening.
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His Eminence the 2nd Kalu Rinpoche
His Eminence the 2nd Kalu Rinpoche was born on September 17, 1990 in Darjeeling, India. His father, Lama Gyaltsen, was a nephew of the previous Kalu Rinpoche and had also been his secretary since his youth. The 2nd Kalu Rinpoche was recognized on March 25, 1992 by Tai Situ Rinpoche. His Holiness the Dalai Lama has officially confirmed the recognition.
On February 28, 1993, he was inducted into Samdrub Darjay Chöling (Sonada). His father passed away in 1999 and he asked to live in the monastery of Bokar Rinpoche in order to grow and study under his direction. In 2004, he began the traditional three-year retreat, which he completed in 2008. In 2009, he received from Tai Situ Rinpoche all the transmissions of the Shangpa Lineage. On this occasion, he undertook to confer 108 times the cycle of initiations of the lineage from which he is now the holder.
In 2010, Kalu Rinpoche traveled to the West and took charge of the meditation centers created by the first Kalu Rinpoche around the world. In 2014, he returned to Burgundy, in the center of meditation Palden Shangpa La Boulaye, to teach and to resume the tradition of Monlam Shangpa initiated by his predecessor. He has done the same in the United States in 2019.
Each year, Kalu Rinpoche gives initiations and teachings around the world.
Michele Loew
Michele Loew is an international yoga teacher and practitioner of Hatha and Tibetan yogas. She has taught, practiced, & studied avidly since 1998, and ran her longtime beloved yoga studio, The Yoga Space in Portland, Oregon, from 2006-2025. You can now practice with her online or at in-person retreats, yoga immersions, and teacher trainings.
She is known as a teacher’s teacher and is respected for her 200 & 300 hr Yoga Alliance Certification schools and her ability to integrate modern therapeutics and cutting-edge science with lineage-based traditional yoga practices.
She is the co-author of The Yoga of Niguma with H.E. Kalu Rinpoche and shares Niguma’s yoga practices and the dharma around the world.
Her love and commitment to the unexcelled yoga tantras of Varayana and the sister science of Hatha Yoga as paths we can take towards perfect enlightenment, seeing both as powerful interconnected traditions, infuses her work with great joy & commitment towards sharing yoga and spirituality to create a more compassionate and awakened world.
She honors the lineage of teachers she comes from and bows to her longtime Hatha & Classical Yoga teacher Richard Freeman for elucidating the middle path of love with the utmost clarity and compassion and His Holiness the Dalai Lama for sharing the “religion” of kindness. She is on the board of Tibet House US and is committed to supporting and preserving Tibetan Culture and their dharma practices for the benefit of all.
Her Clearlight Yoga school continues to educate teachers around the world on the enlightened sleep yoga practices such as Yoga Nidra and Dream Yoga and the 6 yogas of Niguma and Naropa.
Daniel Aitken
Daniel is the CEO and Publisher of Wisdom Publications, as well as the host of the popular Wisdom Podcast and Wisdom Dharma Chats. In addition to publishing some of the most important books and online courses on Buddhism, he has interviewed over 200 Buddhist masters from a variety of Buddhist traditions. Daniel has a PhD in Buddhist Philosophy. His lifelong interest in Tibetan Buddhism, the Tibetan language, and its literature has taken him across Australia, America, India, Nepal, and Tibet to pursue a deeper understanding of Buddhist theory and practice with some of the greatest masters from the living tradition.
