Public Program
(Online) New Moon Sadhana of Mahamudra Practice
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.
[Online]: The Six Realms: Exploring Emotional Patterns and How to Get Unstuck
with Rhea Colmar, Pamela Bothwell and Daniel Nguyen
The Practice of Being Alone Together: A Teacher Supported Retreat June 8 - 19
with Eve Rosenthal
Reconnect deeply with your path. Guided personal retreat with Eve Rosenthal, offering clarity, community support, and dedicated practice space. Runs from June 8 -19. 2 night minimum.
Unconditional Beauty – When Heart, Mind, and Eye Meet
with Tejumo Ogouma
Ikebana - the Japanese art of flower arranging - can convey emotions, tell a story, or spark a sense of wonder. Join Tejumo Ogouma to discover and delve into the magic of Ikebana and what makes it a compelling art form. In the beautiful natural surroundings of Dorje Denma Ling, we will explore the intersection of meditation practice and creativity. […]
The Shape of Awake®: Meditation and the Alexander Technique
with Hope Martin
Discover how to be fully present and at ease in your body. This will transform your practice and your life! This experiential retreat offers a safe, supportive and caring environment to learn about and befriend yourself, and to deepen your meditation practice. Learning to be more embodied, to let go of excessive tension and allow your nervous system to settle, provides a powerful foundation for navigating the challenges of this time of uncertainty and change..
The Shape of Awake®: Weekend
with Hope Martin
In this weekend workshop, Hope Martin, a master teacher of the Alexander Technique, will help you discover ease and non-striving in meditation and other activities. Her hands-on work makes subtle adjustments to the head, neck and back to help you access an effortless, balanced posture - both light and grounded.
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.
[Online] 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 we […]
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.
[Online]: A Spiritual Approach to Healing
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.
[Hybride] Une retraite sur l’approche spirituelle de la guérison Du 11 au 16 juillet 2025
with Alain Beauregard [French]
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
[Online] Heaven and Earth: Contemplative Landscape Photography
with John McQuade
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. […]
Embodied Listening®
with Hope Martin
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 Three Pillars of Self-Care: An Enhanced Qigong Retreat (Level 1-2) with Taoist Meditation & Lifestyle Practices
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.…]
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.