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Spring Renewal Retreat: Exploring Eco-Embodiment as Path to Belonging & Resilience

with Josée-Ann Cloutier

May 8 - 10, 2026

Dorje Denma Ling
2280 Balmoral Road
The Falls, NS, Canada

Participants are invited to learn and experience a guided thermal cycle-- immersions of hot and cold for all levels of practice, along with community sauna, cleansing plant and tree rituals, and elemental connection, all supporting integration and community as practice. We will enjoy wholesome, healthy meals, explore a nearby waterfall, and honour the pure water of the land by taking it in.

Mandala of the Empowered Feminine

with Susan Lorraine and Friends

May 12 - 18, 2026

Dorje Denma Ling
2280 Balmoral Road
Tatamagouche, NS, Canada
In this retreat, we will meet the dakinis—the dynamic, free, wise, compassionate, and sometimes fierce energies that dance within open awareness. Dakini literally means “sky dancer.”

Our main practice will be the Mandala of the Five Wisdom Dakinis. Lama Tsultrim will join our retreat remotely, to formally introduce the practice.

Limitless Gate Qigong Levels 1/2, 3 & 4

with Donna MacKenzie and Suzann Duquette

May 22 - 28, 2026
Dorje Denma Ling
2280 Balmoral Road
The Falls, NS
Register by Apr 21, 2026 and receive a CAD $70.00 discount.

Xiantianwujimen is a Taoist lineage that specializes in using qigong to simultaneously cultivate and transform body and mind. Techniques favored by this lineage include self-massage, tendon-changing, calisthenics, marrow washing, and breath regulation. Donna Mackenzie will lead Levels 1-3, Suzann Duquette will lead Level 4. Register for each level or as a bundle.

Approaching Mahamudra: A Weekend Meditation Retreat

with Richard John

June 5 - 7, 2026

Dorje Denma Ling
2280 Balmoral Road
The Fall, NS
Register by May 5, 2026 and receive CAD $35.00 off the program fee
This weekend will include in-depth instruction on shamatha and vipashyana. Shamatha, the training in calm abiding and non-distraction, becomes the ability to rest in and stabilize the natural state of mind. Vipashyana expands into the actual wisdom of emptiness, buddha nature itself. This weekend is open to all.

[Online] Introduction to Koan Practice

with Sarah Bender, Roshi

June 6 - 27, 2026
Get a glimpse and a first experience of the power of KOANS, as practiced in the Open Source Zen lineage. In each session you’ll learn a little more about the tradition and what it’s like to practice within it, but mostly we’ll directly encounter a number of different kinds of koans and have an opportunity to practice with them.

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.

Fully Being Meditation Retreat

with Adam Kane

July 1 - 5, 2026

Dorje Denma Ling
2280 Balmoral Road
The Falls, NS, Canada
Register by May 1, 2026 and receive CAD $100.00 off the program fee.
Fully Being — A path of awareness, healing and insight We are fortunate to welcome Adam Kane, Tsoknyi Rinpoche’s primary translator and a senior Fully Being facilitator, for a 4-day meditation retreat at Dorje Denma Ling. Fully Being draws on Tsoknyi Rinpoche’s uniquely accessible approach to practice — one that helps us cultivate a grounded body, a warm and open heart, and a clear, steady mind. These teachings are practical and direct, inviting us to meet our experience as it is and to integrate meditation into daily life.

Dropping into the Awareness Zone

with Anam Thubten Rinpoche

August 8 - 13, 2026

Dorje Denma Ling
2280 Balmoral Road
The Falls, NS, Canada
During this residential meditation retreat, Anam Thubten will offer teachings on a doha—a song of realization—by Dudjom Lingpa, along with guided meditation. Together we will explore the possibility of opening and stretching the boundaries of our consciousness, discovering a deeper clarity of mind in this age of confusion.

The Wisdom Weapon of Compassion: Vajrakilaya 2026 (Complete Five Week Retreat)

with Loppon Lodro Dorje and Karen Porterfield

October 29 - December 3, 2026

 From HH Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche's commentary: "The wisdom mind of the Buddhas is naturally permeated by all-encompassing compassion, the essence of emptiness. Like a sharp weapon, this great compassion has the power to sever all the obscuring emotions and suffering of sentient beings."  From the Netik Phurba sadhana: "The vajra space of suchness Raging against […]