Judy Arpana is a spiritual care consultant, funeral celebrant, counsellor, seminar facilitator and provides supervision to people in the helping professions

SPIRITUAL CARE CONSULTANT, COUNSELLING & SUPERVISION

As a spiritual care consultant and educator, Judy offers seminars to health care professionals, people with life-limiting illness and anyone interested in learning more about end-of-life preparation.

Judy is available for counselling and supervision. This can be done face to face in Lismore or via Skype. 

In these sessions she draws on her years of experience and Buddhist teachings to bring presence and guidance to people’s queries, address concerns and assist in the development of a resilient understanding of the world.

These sessions, which can include clinical supervision, focus on areas such as: 

  • Grief and loss
  • The challenge of living with uncertainty

Judy provides grief and loss counselling and supervision for medical professionals.

Judy is an experienced and endeared funeral celebrant working in the Northern New South Wales region.

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INDIA PILGRIMAGES & CULTURAL TOURS

Since 1995 she has led small groups of people with Ngakpa Lama Karma Lhundup Rinpoche to the heartland of Tibetan Buddhism in the foothills of the Himalayas and other holy Buddhist places in India.

Between Judy and Karma, they have more than 40 years’ of experience travelling in India and studying Buddhism. Judy first went to India in 1975, and has a wild repertoire of experience under her belt which isn’t exclusive to Buddhism or religious studies – she is a woman who we can really say went to the “school of life”.

In addition to the long-run itinerary to Himachal Pradesh, Judy also offers personally designed tours based on your places of interest.

Arpana’s group facilitation was relaxed and warm, and her breadth of experience and depth of understanding evident. She created a space where I could gently explore grief in the largest sense of the word.

Sarah, seminar participant

My first impressions of India…

New Delhi at dawn; fumes, vehicles, noise, a veritable assault on the senses and we were only 10 metres from the airport!  “Thank heavens it’s Sunday and there’s not much traffic,’ announced Judy Arpana, our pilgrimage pilot, as we thundered through the city in our Mercedes bus/van/thing, exercising the only road rule that seems to exist in India – Biggest Rules!

This was the first of many times I was to be grateful for having Judy as our ‘Fearless Leader’. Left to my own devices, I would still be at the airport curled in the foetal position, whimpering softly and pleading to be left alone. Not for us the 15-hour wait at the bus station, or that undignified screaming match with the unhelpful, smiling bastard at the railway booking office. We had only to make really earth-shattering decisions like should I have ginger tea or chai, or where should we meet for lunch?

This was not a tour for tourists – heaven forbid!

There was a wide choice of activities, but 99% of the time I found myself with Judy and the others doing really boring stuff like meeting and having dinner with the Tibetan State Oracle, or drinking chai with Nuns and Lamas in their dwellings on the side of spectacular mountains, or watching the sun rise over the Himalayas from the roof of the Nechung Monastery while the monks prayed and chanted at their morning puja.

The whole trip was an incredible learning experience. I met some holy men who didn’t do a thing for me, and a leprous beggar who taught me volumes with a nod and a smile.

The main point for me was that we were able to experience India without having to be concerned about travel arrangements or accommodation dramas and could just absorb and enjoy.

Neil Bryant, Himachal Pradesh 1996

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Being a non-Buddhist on a Buddhist pilgrimage

by Lily Anthony, posted in Adventure, Buddhism, Culture, Himalayas, India, Pilgrimage, Tibet, Tour, Travel, Travel Agent, Uncategorised

We frequently get asked: “Do I need to be a Buddhist to go on your pilgrimage?”   In fact, the majority of people who join us on pilgrimage are not Buddhists but people looking to experience India in a different way, those with a keen interest to learn about both Tibetan and Indian culture with … Continue reading Being a non-Buddhist on a Buddhist pilgrimage

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