Articles by Irini Rockwell
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Tibetan Buddhist Yoga: The Practice of the Five Wisdom Energies, a Kripalu article describing the wisdom energies and how posture practice allows us to experience our wisdom.
Embodied Transformation, Shambhala Times article on the unique aspects (energetic, embodied and transformative) of the Five Wisdoms.
Life Inspired by Juilliard, Juilliard Journal, 2011. My training as a dancer and choreographer at Juilliard has provided both inspiration and focus for choices I have made in my life.
Wisdoms@Work, Developments at the Five Wisdoms Institute, excerpted from Shambhala Times, 2011. There is a feeling of harvesting the riches of the last ten years at the Five Wisdoms Institute. This is an invitation to get involved. Join us!
The Five Wisdoms Institute, The Shambhala Times, 2009. The inspiration and development of the Five Wisdoms Institute.
Five Wisdoms and Zen Buddhism, Dharma Thoughts, Clouds in Water Zen Center, Janauary 2009. Reflections on the complimentary practices of zazen and the five wisdom postures.
Embodying Wisdom/Becoming Sensational, Parabola, 2006. Our sense perceptions are an entrance into the five wisdom energies.
The Case of Memory Gone Missing and Other Tragedies and How to Come Home, Unpublished, 2006. Working with the information age and how to bring the five wisdoms into the workplace.
Creative Expression Inspired by Buddhist Practice, Vorm & Leegte, The Netherlands, 2006. Art inspired by Buddhism springs from a certain state of mind. Openness to our existence means we engage freely and dynamically with our inner world of thoughts, emotions and imagination and the energy of the world around us. We experience reality directly and spontaneously, are more present in our being, and more genuine in our actions.
Tibetan Buddhist Yoga, Elephant, 2004. The postures of the five energies and how they work.
Critical Thinking Rubric, David Marshall in consultation with Irini Rockwell, 2004. The five wisdom energies can be used to structure, guide and assess student work.
Five Wisdoms: A Contemplative Approach to Integrative Learning, Going Public with Spirituality, Peter Lang Press, Studies in Spirituality Series, 2003. The five qualities of a fully educated person provide an integral understanding to education.
Understanding who we are through The Five Buddha Families, Shambhala Sun, November 2002. Making the five buddha families accessible and completely relevant to our daily life.
Wherever You Go, There THEY Are/Developing Genuine Relationships, unpublished, 2002. An approach to fostering genuine relationships and meaningful communication.
Five Wisdom Energies: Transforming Confusion into Wisdom, unpublished, 2002. Pith instructions on how to use the wisdom of the energies to transmute our stuck emotions.
A Contemplative Approach to Creativity, Vajradhatu Sun, 1989. Explores the sensibility created by meditation as a ground for creative expression.
