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Wisdom In Action available to view on UTube!

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Tara Tames the Eight Fears
Healing DVDs or Videos
Tara Dance DVDs and Videos
DVD and Video Projects: Helping the Tibetans in Exile
Videos of Universal Peace

Eat, Dance & Pray Together
Hand to Hand, Heart to Heart


21 Taras
Our Journey Through Life

Produced, Directed, Composed and Edited by Anahata Iradah

Featuring the Work of Prema Dasara

This magnificent documentary manifests three different points of interest:

· Interviews with Prema Dasara about the 21 Taras and the Central Tara out of which they all arise.
In these interviews Prema makes comparisons between each Tara and their correlation to the Major Arcana of the Tarot.

· Extraordinary dance segments set to an original score by Anahata depict women dancing the Praises of Tara from all over the world.
Selected from 90 different source media the elegance and devotion of the women is palpable.

· Interview segments of revered Lamas such as H.H. the Dalai Lama, H. E. Tai Situ Rinpoche & the V. Lama Lhundrup
include their insights into the meaning and value of the Tara Dance and other points of spiritual practice.

This DVD is a MUST for anyone who wishes to know more about Tara, sacred dance or spiritual practice.
Prema has lived and breathed Tara for many years and her wisdom radiates from the DVD.

Anahata’s music and editing add elements of magic.

This surely must be Tara Dhatu - Tara’s pure land!

DVD

$25.00

"The Quiet Revolution"

DVD version of the documentary "The Quiet Revolution" combined with "Others Before Self". Before these documentaries were only available on VHS, now complete with beautiful menus you may enjoy these depictions of the work of Tara Dhatu in India and Nepal.

A Promise Fulfilled:

"Teach the Tibetan women sacred dance," His Eminence Jamgon Kongrul Rinpoche asked his student, Prema Dasara. "Bring a group of western women to India to dance for the Tibetans. Inspire them so that they will want to learn".

Prema had been teaching the Mandala Dance of the 21 Praises fo Tara to women all over the world.

In 1998, fifty dancers, musicians, and videographers from eleven countries of origin traveled to India and Nepal in fulfillment of that request. Led by Prema Dasara and Anahata Iradah they danced for His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the entire Tibetan Community in Dharamsala, India. They danced at the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies in Sarnath and in Bodhgaya where Buddha attained his enlightenment. They danced for His Eminence Jamgon Kongtrul in Nepal. Tibetan women were inspired and joined the dance.

"Others Before Self" is an incredible interview with Mrs. Jetsun Pema, the younger sister of H. H. the Dalai Lama, who is often referred to as the Mother of Tibet. She was the director of the Tibetan Children's Villages, and we interviewed her in Dharamsala. The interview is deep and poignant. It touches the heart and her spirit shines as she tells the story of how the Tibetan Children's Villages flourished amidst adversity in exile from Tibet. Woven into the interview is exquisite footage of Prema, Anahata and the 1998 delegation of Tara's sharing Dharma dances with the entire school. This documentary lifts the spirits and is a great companion to the Quiet Revolution.

 

DVD

$25.00


Mandala Dance of Tara
 

Dance the Goddess Rainbow Essence of Tara
Teaching DVD w/ special feature included:

"Homage to the Rare and Precious"
Anahata Iradah & Prema Dasara


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Teaching DVD $25
Coupled with special feature "Homage to the Rare & Precious," both on one DVD!

Dancing the 21 Qualities of Tara -- This video guides the viewer through a complete dance practice of the Goddess Tara. The simple movements of the dance are based on the essence of the 21 Praises of Tara. This dance is taught as an introduction to the Mandala Dance of the 21 Praises. Skillfully produced by Anahata Iradah, it is a kaleidoscope of dancing women, men and children from all over the world, led through the ritual of the dance. Inspiring! Liberating! Empowering!

Included Special Feature!

Homage to the Rare and Precious
Anahata Iradah & Prema Dasara & Nuns of Kopan




DVD $25

This DVD/video was recorded on Dakini Day as the culmination of our retreat in October 2004 with the Nuns of Kopan. A two camera shoot captured the entire offering to Tara with the nuns dancing in the Mandala and our Western Pilgrims offering their support as Protectors. The video includes Lama Lhundrup honoring the work, and the nuns playing the gaylings to lead the procession of dancers into the Gonpa at the start and close of the dance. This video shows the entire Tara dance offering from the beginning of “Refuge”, through “Bodhicitta” the “Mandala Dance of Tara” and “Dedication”. It will be very useful for all Tara Dance teachers who wish to review the components of an offering or receive inspiration about the transmission of the dance. The individual Praises were all choreographed by Andrea Abinanti and have a particular flavor of the sacred dance styles she has mastered.



Related CD $18Kathmandu Mandala Dance of the 21 Praises of Tara

Recorded with 6 of the nuns of Kopan in Kathmandu immediately following our 2004 pilgrimage. The Praises are sung in Tibetan with the nuns and the rest of the Sadhana is in English. A delightful mixture of sincere devotion to Tara and a landmark in the interweaving of Eastern and Western expressions of the Dharma. There are three tracks on this CD:

1. Refuge & Bodhicitta 4:01
2. 21 Praises of Tara 34:42
3. Dance of the Qualities 12:27



Children's DVD or Video

Tara Tames the Eight Fears
Children Point the Way to Emotional Health

Anahata Iradah & Prema Dasara

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DVD (80 minutes) $25
Wind Horses (companion) CD $13
Wind Horses (companion) Songbook/Coloring Book/Text
includes the music and words to Tara Tames the Eight Fears. $7

How do you deal with the Fire of Anger? How do you handle the Snake of Jealousy? In this video children dance, sing and dialogue their way through a Tibetan Classic that dramatizes eight emotional challenges including the Demon of Doubt and the Ocean of Desire.

Prema Dasara has been teaching this Dance Drama to children for sixteen years. Filmed during a one week residency with the staff and students of Mountain Road School at the Abode of the Message in New York State, the images are cuteness itself as children from the ages of 3-11 candidly talk about their feelings and learn the simple movements. We also hear from the parents and teachers who immediately noted the influence of the dance in their family interactions.

Healing Videos

Medicine Buddha Movement Meditation
Anahata Iradah & Prema Dasara

Blue Buddha

DVD $25
coupled with "The Dancing Nuns of Kopan" on one DVD
Companion CD $10

The sacred dance practice invokes the power of Medicine Buddha for healnig afflictions of body and mind. Presented as a complete practice, based on Tibetan Buddhist wisdom teachings, Prema Dasara guides the viewer through the intricacies of sacred movement and meditation. Accompanied by Anahata Iradah's exquisite music, the viewer is led into a powerful experience of healing.

Dances included are:

  1. The Prayer of Shantideva, "With The Wish To Free All Beings".
  2. Medicine Buddha, "Song Of Praise" & "Mantra"
  3. "Offering Goddesses" Classical Nepali Vajrayana Dance
  4. Dedication of Merit, "Champa Nyingje" also known as "Metta, Karuna". The CD contains all of the music that accompanies the video.

May the Medicine of the Great Lapis Lazuli Buddha Move Through the World, Bringing Balance, Healing and Liberation to All.

101 Miracles of Natural Healing
Luke Chan


DVD $25
Companion Book $15
 
In this video Master Luke Chan demonstrates step-by-step instructions of the three basic practices of Chi-lel. It includes actual footage of cancer being dissolved through the sending of chi. It shows the Center in China, a medicineless hospital where there are no patients only students, there is no other form of treatment other than the practice of self healing and group healing through chi. See our Chi-lel page for more information.

The book includes 101 stories of individuals who miraculously recovered from cancer, diabetes, arthritis, paralysis, heart disease, severe depression and many other chronic illnesses. It gives detailed instruction in the three basic practices as well an an overview on the philosophy of the method. Deeply inspirational.

Dances of Universal Peace

Eat, Dance and Pray Together
Anahata Iradah

DVD edition - $25

With Special Feature:
River of Guidance with Pir Shabda Kahn

And Beautiful Menu Options

Murshid Moineddin Jablonski enjoying Anahata's video, "Eat, Dance and Pray Together"Anahata worked for over five years to create this beautiful history of the Dances of Universal Peace. Giving a detailed and inspiring history of the Dances through dance, interviews and narration, it also highlights many areas of global activity.

In the words of Murshid Moineddin Jablonski, “There is so much actual baraka and peace transmitted through this video that I wept for joy at seeing that the seeds Murshid S.A.M. planted and nurtured are now growing as fruit and flowers in the gardens of the world.“

Hand to Hand, Heart to Heart
The Dances of Universal Peace in the Holy Land
Anahata Iradah

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NTSC VHS Video $30

Produced and narrated by Anahata Iradah, this beautifully produced video tells one story of how the Dances achieve citizen diplomacy and global peacemaking. Join the pilgrims as they journey through Jordan, the West Bank, Israel and Syria. Each stage of the journey is highlighted with Dances as they link hands with Bedouins, Jews, Christians and Moslems. Accompanied by inspiring music and interwoven with many interview segments.

Om Tare!! Om Tare!!


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