On-Land Programs & Events

The Wisdom Weapon of Compassion: Vajrakilaya 2026 Save the Dates

with Loppon Lodro Dorje and Karen Porterfield

Open Dates

2026 Vajrakilaya Retreats In 2026, Dorje Denma Ling is offering two concurrent Vajrakilaya retreats, with the option to attend two or five weeks. Tentative dates: October 29 - December 5 Partial attendance will be allowed, details to come. Five Week Offering This is an intensive 33-day practice retreat that follows the traditional four-session daily practice […]

Volunteer at Dorje Denma Ling!

Flexible Dates
Thank you for volunteering at Dorje Denma Ling! We appreciate your dedication and welcome you into our community. Volunteers receive room and board and enjoy the benefits of living in our intentional community.

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.

Vajrayogini Magnetizing Fire Offering

with Mark Nowakowski

April 30 - May 3, 2026
Register before Mar 15, 2026 and receive 20% off the program fee
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.

Mandala of the Empowered Feminine

with Susan Lorraine and Friends

May 12 - 18, 2026
Dorje Denma Ling
Register before Mar 12, 2026 and receive CAD $80.00 off the program fee.
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 - 4 May 2026

with Donna MacKenzie and Suzann Duquette

May 22 - 28, 2026
Dorje Denma Ling
Register before Mar 22, 2026 and receive a CAD $140.00 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. Register for each level or as a bundle.

Limitless Gate Qigong Level 1 & 2

with Donna MacKenzie

May 22 - 24, 2026
Register before Mar 22, 2026 and receive a CAD $50.00 discount.

Limitless Gate Qigong Level 1 & 2 Peaceful Body, Peaceful Mind 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. Physical health and mental well-being […]

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 Save the Date

with Richard John

June 5 - 14, 2026
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."

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.