Programs
Personal Retreat
Dorje Denma Ling offers space for individual and small group retreats during the program season, as accommodations allow. In 2025, the season runs from May 1 to December 15.
The Healing Power of the Mind – How to Transform Suffering into Strength (ONLINE)
with Alain Beauregard
This event has been moved to an Online Only format. According to some spiritual traditions, serious illnesses like cancer can be a wakeup call. When we look at some of the deeper aspects of our being – such as spirituality, and decide to radically change the way we have been living so far, it may be possible to heal our entire being.
Embodied Listening®
with Hope Martin
The Tibetan Buddhist Path: Glimpses of Awakening
with Damita Brown, Daniel Nguyen, Emilia Volz, Jean Marie Robbins, Mark Nowakowski, Pamela Bothwell and Rhea Colmar
The Tibetan Buddhist Path Glimpses of Awakening Through the Three Yanas Fall 2025 to Spring 2026 • Live Online Take your seat on the path of wakefulness. Based on the Teachings of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche This online program begins with the Hinayana, the first of the three yanas or "vehicles" of the Buddhist path. Yana […]
Mahamudra Retreat 2025: Discovering the Nature of Mind
with Nancy Huszagh, Andy Karr and Scott Wellenbach
When mind is without reference point, that is mahàmudrà. When you are accustomed to and familiar with this, unsurpassable awakening is attained. - Tilopa; Mahàmudrà: The Ocean of Definitive Meaning[…]
Kyudo: The Way of the Bow 2025
with Kanjuro Shibata Sensei XXI
Join us for a 3-day weekend of Kyudo Intensive. This program is open to experienced Kyudo students. "Through Kyudo one can learn to live beyond hope and fear, how to be" -Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche This program will be taught by Kanjuro Shibata Sensei, kyudo master and the XXIst heir to the title of onyumishi, the emperor’s bowmaker.
[Online] Child of Illusion: Contemplative Art, Yogachara Mahayana Buddhism and Liberation
with John McQuade
The Sun of Wisdom: Pith Instructions of Chögyam Trungpa
with Ringu Tulku Rinpoche
[Online] The Transformative Power of Kindness: A Six-Week Online Exploration
with Christine Heming
[Hybrid] The Kalapa Conference: Terma, Transmissions and Command
The Three Pillars of Self-Care: An Enhanced Qigong Retreat (Level 1-2) with Taoist Meditation & Lifestyle Practices | Special Talk with Eva Wong on Zoom
with Donna MacKenzie
When body is relaxed and peaceful, energy will flow. When mind is still, it will embrace qi and strengthen the body. In the Chinese arts of health and longevity, qigong simultaneously cultivates a peaceful body and a peaceful mind.…]
Qigong 3 - The Gourd and Cauldron: Chinese Medicine and Qigong
with Donna MacKenzie
Chinese Medicine and Qigong enjoy a long history of relationship, mutually influencing each other in their approach to health and longevity. The Gourd is the symbol of Chinese medicine, and the cauldron is the symbol of the Taoist arts of health and longevity…]
The Wisdom Weapon of Compassion: A Vajrakilaya Retreat
with Loppon Lodro Dorje and Karen Porterfield
Diamond Sky Dancer - Vajrayogini Retreat
with Rhea Colmar and Mark Nowakowski
Practice and study your sadhana in the circle of the sky, surrounded by earth, water, fire, and all the elements. Rhea and Mark will lead practice, and point out some things they have learned along the way. We will practice four sessions a day, with an open conversation at lunch.
Finding Refuge in the Mandala of the Five Wisdoms
with Susan Lorraine
Like a beam of light passing through a prism, our true nature expresses itself as a magical display of colours, emotions, qualities and wisdoms. The mandala is a symbol, an archetype, inviting us to return to the wholeness within separation, and the wisdom within confusion. It invites us into healing, playfulness and joy. Please join us for a feast of practice and community, as we deepen our shared understanding and experience of refuge.