On-Land Programs & Events
In-House Retreats
Flexible Dates
Dorje Denma Ling
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.
Radical Awakening: A Residential Retreat on The Sharp Vajra of Awareness Tantra
with Anam Thubten Rinpoche
July 22 - 27, 2025
Dorje Denma Ling
Join Anam Thubten Rinpoche for an immersive 5-day retreat inspired by his book, The Voice of the Primordial Buddha. Step away from daily distractions to engage in meditation, reflection, and teachings that nurture inner stillness and clarity. Open to all levels of experience, this retreat offers a supportive space for spiritual growth and self-discovery.
Fellowship Ceremony: Refuge and Bodhisattva Vows
with Anam Thubten Rinpoche
July 27, 2025
Dorje Denma Ling
Anam Thubten will be offering traditional Buddhist Refuge and Bodhisattva vows in a Fellowship Ceremony at the end of the Radical Awakening program for those who would like to do so. This ceremony is open to people who have and have not attended the retreat.
A Week, Two Weeks, or a Month of Meditation: Datun Landing Page
with June Crow
August 1 - 31, 2025
Dorje Denma Ling
Retreat is a potent way to deepen in the practice of meditation. In this 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. […]
Limitless Gate Taoism: Qigong Gathering and Level 1/2 Review Session
with Donna MacKenzie
August 10, 2025
Dorje Denma Ling
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>
A Week of Meditation: Shamatha-Vipashyana Weekthun 3
with June Crow
August 17 - 24, 2025
Dorje Denma Ling
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. […]
Embodied Listening®
with Hope Martin
September 5 - 7, 2025
Dorje Denma Ling
Book now and get CAD $50.00 off listed prices. Offer valid until Jul 21, 2025.
Embodied Listening® offers a way to move through blockages, challenges and uncertainty by tuning into your most reliable source for guidance — the wisdom of your body.
Mahamudra Retreat 2025: Discovering the Nature of Mind
with Nancy Huszagh, Andy Karr and Scott Wellenbach
September 12 - October 3, 2025
Dorje Denma Ling
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
September 18 - 21, 2025
Dorje Denma Ling
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
October 10 - 13, 2025
Dorje Denma Ling
Ringu Tulku Rinpoche, a dharma brother of the Vidyadhara, will be teaching from The Sun of Wisdom, a newly translated autobiography of the Vidyadhara, based on Khenpo Gangshar's transmissions to him. The retreat concludes with a Thanksgiving celebration dinner with Rinpoche.
The Kalapa Conference: Terma, Transmissions and Command
October 17 - 26, 2025
Join this Immersive Retreat of Kalapa Warriors Dedicated to: Revisiting the Kingdom of Shambhala teachings of the Dorje Dradul, Practicing together as a sangha of subjects, and Contemplating how these teachings can guide us in preserving human dignity during times of global strife.
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
October 26 - 31, 2025
Dorje Denma Ling
Register now and get CAD $50.00 off the program price. Offer valid until Sep 10, 2025.
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
October 31 - November 2, 2025
Dorje Denma Ling
Register now and get CAD $50.00 off the program price. Offer valid until Sep 15, 2025.
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
November 6 - 23, 2025
Dorje Denma Ling
Book now and get $100 off program fees. Early Bird Discount valid until Aug 7, 2025.
The wrathful deity Vajrakilaya embodies the enlightened activity of all the buddhas, and his practice is known for being the most powerful for removing obstacles, destroying the forces opposing compassion and purifying the spiritual pollution so prevalent in this age.
Finding Refuge in the Mandala of the Five Wisdoms
with Susan Lorraine
November 20 - 23, 2025
Dorje Denma Ling
Register now and get CAD $50.00 off the program price. Offer valid until Aug 31, 2025.
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.
