On-Land Programs & Events
Uplifting Dorje Denma Ling -- June Volunteering
In-House Retreats
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 Five Wisdoms: Navigating the Energies of Your Life
with Irini Rockwell
We all have our own style and our own particular nature. We can’t avoid it. The enlightened expression of yourself is in accord with your inherent nature. — Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche Join us to Explore the Yogic Practice of the Five Wisdom Energies The Five Wisdom Energies—also known as the Five Buddha Families—shape how […]
Joyful Heart, Spacious Mind: Singing the Songs of Milarepa and Machig
with Robyn Traill
Explore the brilliance of the spontaneous utterances from the men and women who traversed the Buddhist yogic path in India and Tibet. Experience the mix of open meditation, music, movement, outdoors, and other connections to the dance of energy that continually expresses itself in life.
Path of Warriorship: Brave and Clear
with Margaret Drescher
[Hybrid] A Spiritual Approach to Healing Retreat
with Alain Beauregard
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.
Radical Awakening: A Residential Retreat on The Sharp Vajra of Awareness Tantra
with Anam Thubten Rinpoche
Fellowship Ceremony: Refuge and Bodhisattva Vows
with Anam Thubten Rinpoche
A Month of Meditation: Shamatha-Vipashyana Datun
with June Crow
Retreat is a potent way to deepen in the practice of meditation. In this month-long group retreat (dathün), students will develop a deep familiarity with Shamatha-Vipashyana meditation, which can help us to make friends with ourselves and our circumstances, and re-discover our fundamental awake nature. […]
A Week of Meditation: Shamatha-Vipashyana Weekthun 1
with June Crow
Retreat is a potent way to deepen in the practice of meditation. In this week-long group retreat (weekthün), students will develop a deep familiarity with Shamatha-Vipashyana meditation, which can help us to make friends with ourselves and our circumstances, and re-discover our fundamental awake nature. […]
Two Weeks of Meditation: Shamatha-Vipashyana Half-Datun
with June Crow
Retreat is a potent way to deepen in the practice of meditation. In this two-week group retreat (half-dathün), students will develop a deep familiarity with Shamatha-Vipashyana meditation, which can help us to make friends with ourselves and our circumstances, and re-discover our fundamental awake nature. […]
A Week of Meditation: Shamatha-Vipashyana Weekthun 2
with June Crow
Retreat is a potent way to deepen in the practice of meditation. In this week-long group retreat (weekthün), students will develop a deep familiarity with Shamatha-Vipashyana meditation, which can help us to make friends with ourselves and our circumstances, and re-discover our fundamental awake nature. […]
Limitless Gate Taoism: Qigong Gathering and Level 1/2 Review Session
with Donna MacKenzie
This is an open invitation to all who have completed Limitless Gate Qigong Level 1/2 to gather and re-acquaint, and to review and practice the forms of Qigong Level 1/2. We will meet at noon for a hearty lunch, with time to socialize and wander the Dorje Denma Ling land before our review session from 2-4pm./p>
Embodied Listening®
with Hope Martin
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.
The Sun of Wisdom: Pith Instructions of Chögyam Trungpa
with Ringu Tulku Rinpoche
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 and Guest Speaker Eva Wong
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
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.