[Hybrid] Diamond Sky Dancer - Vajrayogini Retreat
with Rhea Colmar and Mark Nowakowski
November 7 - 15, 2025
Dear Vajrayogini,
You are warmly invited to join us in person or online for nine days of meditation. We will be practicing and studying your sadhana in the circle of the sky, surrounded by earth, water, fire, and all the elements.
Rhea and Mark will lead us in the practice, and point out some things they have learned along the way. We will practice four sessions a day and enjoy one daily teaching on the view and practice.
We welcome both fresh and seasoned yoginis. The teachings will adjust to whoever is attending. We will also have some sessions for (re)learning specific parts of the sadhana, including mantras, mudras, and mandalas.
Thangka by Tara di Gesu: https://taradigesu.com/
Please click on the links below for more information
IN PERSON Diamond Sky Dancer
ONLINE Diamond Sky Dancer
Who Should Attend
This is a vajrayana program restricted to sadhakas who have received the Vajrayogini abhisheka and have the Vajrayogini Sadhana by Tongwa Tonden, Karmapa VI. If you are still completing your Ngöndro you need to have completed the refuge, prostrations, and Vajrasattva mantra, and have begun the mandala and/or guru yoga.
If you have questions about if you can attend, please contact Mark Nowakowski at mnowakowski108@gmail.com
About the Leaders
Rhea Colmar
Rhea Colmar considers herself a student in the lineage of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche as well as other contemporary Buddhist teachers. As a public health nurse, Rhea is interested in the intersection of meditation, health, and well-being, on both the individual and societal levels. She has a background in dance and massage & bodywork. Recently, she […]
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Mark Nowakowski
Mark Nowakowski met the Vidyadhara Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche in 1972 and has been his student ever since. He also studies and translates with many other Kagyü and Nyingma masters. Mark is particularly inspired by the works of Chögyam Trungpa and his teacher Khenpo Gangshar. He recently coordinated the translation and publication of Songs of Realization and […]
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