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Personal Retreat

Flexible Dates
Dorje Denma Ling

Dorje Denma Ling offers space for individual and small group retreats during the program season, as accommodations allow. Our season typically runs from May to December.

[Online] Shambhala Terma Review

with Kalapa Study Group

April 12 - June 14, 2026
The Kalapa Study Group would like to invite you to join us on a comprehensive review of the Dorje Dradül of Mukpo’s terma texts: The Letter of the Black Ashe, The Letter of the Golden Key which Fulfills Desire, The Letter of the Golden Sun of the Great East, and its auto-commentary, Tiger Lion Garuda Dragon Glory.

Vajrayogini Magnetizing Fire Offering

with Mark Nowakowski

April 30 - May 3, 2026

Dorje Denma Ling
2280 Balmoral Road
The Falls, NS, Canada
Join Vajrayogini around the hearth to magnetize all good things for yourself, Dorje Denma Ling, and the world. For this section of the Vajrayogini Fire Offering, we are especially magnetizing the awake relationship between dharma teachers and students.

Limitless Gate Qigong Level 3

with Donna MacKenzie

May 24 - 26, 2026
Register before Mar 24, 2026 and receive a CAD $50.00 discount.

Limitless Gate Qigong Level 3: The Gourd and the Cauldron 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. Your introduction […]

Limitless Gate Qigong Level 4

with Suzann Duquette

May 26 - 28, 2026
Register before Mar 26, 2026 and receive a CAD $50.00 discount.

Limitless Gate Qigong Level 4: Iron and Silk Strengthening the Body, Cleansing the Internal Organs Iron has the quality of hardness, but tempered by fire, will become soft and flexible, ready to form limitless shapes. Silk has the quality of softness, but when the fibers are woven together, they form the strongest bonds. Qigong 4 […]

Mahamudra & Trekchö Retreat

with Richard John

June 5 - 14, 2026
Dorje Denma Ling
Register before Apr 5, 2026 and receive CAD $130.00 off the program fee.
This retreat is an opportunity to go beyond conceptual study to direct personal experience, and to recognize and become capable of resting in buddha nature--the essence of mind. In the famous words of Tulku Urgyen, "Short moments many times--there is no other way."

The full retreat is open to tantrikas, the first weekend includes Approaching Mahamudra, which is open to all practitioners.

Vajrayogini Amending Fire Offering

with Mark Nowakowski

June 18 - 28, 2026
Register before Apr 18, 2026 and receive a $130 discount.
Join Vajrayogini around the hearth to amend any mistakes you may have made during sadhana practice, so you will be more open to receiving siddhi — especially the ultimate siddhi of wisdom.

Vajrayogini Amending Fire Offering Repeaters

with Mark Nowakowski

Flexible Dates
Join Vajrayogini around the hearth to amend any mistakes you may have made during sadhana practice, so you will be more open to receiving siddhi — especially the ultimate siddhi of wisdom.

The Wisdom Weapon of Compassion: Vajrakilaya Save the Dates

with Loppon Lodro Dorje and Karen Porterfield

Flexible Dates

Dorje Denma Ling
2280 Balmoral Road
The Falls, NS, Canada
This fall, Dorje Denma Ling will offer the traditional 32-day Vajrakilaya group retreat, with a concurrent 2-week retreat opportunity for those who would like to begin--or complete--their Vajrakilaya commitment.  The retreat also welcomes those who would like to come for intensive practice but not accumulate time or numbers.