Online Programs
(Online) The Dorje Dradul’s Director Talks
September 26, 2021 - March 6, 2022
Online
This seminal set of 17 talks by VCTR, recorded in 1978, known as the Shambhala Directors Training program, became the core of the Shambhala Training Graduate Programs, as well as the primer for program Directors at all levels. This course will review VCTR’s original presentation of the Shambhala path and provide a context in which to contemplate our own path.
(Online) Shambhala Training Level IV: Awakened Heart
With Geoff Crinean
February 11 - 13, 2022
Online at Dorje Denma Ling
With trust in basic goodness and daring to experience the sharp edge of reality, Shambhala warriors move forward with gentleness, increased awareness, and inquisitiveness about the world, as it is.
(Online) Fearlessness in Everyday Life (FIEL)
With Robert Gailey
February 21 - March 21, 2022
Online at Dorje Denma Ling
Stepping out with hopes of helping our world is not without challenges, and we will often encounter fears and doubts that might want to make us stop in our tracks. What is this fear? Where does it come from? How is it even possible to go beyond it and fulfill our wish to help others?
Celebrating Milarepa’s Songs of Realization at DDL
With Kristine McCutcheon
March 19 - 20, 2022
Dorje Denma Ling and online
Lineage holders share their teachings via "dohas" or songs of their own struggles and realization. These songs have inspired meditators for thousands of years. They are still sung and studied now, at this time, because they point us to a valid path of realization.
(Online) Celebrating Milarepa’s Songs of Realization
With Kristine McCutcheon
March 19, 2022
Dorje Denma Ling and online
Lineage holders share their teachings via "dohas" or songs of their own struggles and realization. These songs have inspired meditators for thousands of years. They are still sung and studied now, at this time, because they point us to a valid path of realization.
(Online) Shambhala Training Level V: Open Sky
With Alice and Richard Haspray
April 8 - 10, 2022
Online at Dorje Denma Ling
Communicating with the world gently and fearlessly, our awareness is sharpened and we find the open clear sky of mind – a delightful source of wisdom and uplifted energy. We trust our nature enough to let go into the present moment.
(Online) Wisdom in Everyday Life (WIEL)
With Alice and Richard Haspray
May 3 - 31, 2022
Online at Dorje Denma Ling
Going beyond fear into fearlessness naturally connects us to our innate human goodness, intelligence and bravery that has always been present – all manifestations of innate wisdom. If this wisdom is already ours, why do we experience so much confusion about what to do? How can we tap into that source of wisdom in the midst of our confusion?
(Online) FACING DEATH WITH CURIOSITY: Meditation and the Bardos
With Acharya Richard John
May 14 - 17, 2022
Dorje Denma Ling
Knowing that all things that arise will dissolve – every thought, every breath, every being – is the single most powerful thought on the path of dharma. It is the primordial fact of life, and the key to liberation. […]
(Online) The Shape of Awake®: Meditation and the Alexander Technique
With Hope Martin
September 9 - 16, 2022
Online
Being upright is not just an arbitrary shape, it’s a perfect expression of meditation itself. In this 5 day meditation retreat, Hope Martin, a Master Teacher of the Alexander Technique, will help you establish ease, non-striving, and a friendly relationship to yourself in meditation and everyday activities.
(Online) Embodied Listening®
With Hope Martin
September 16 - 18, 2022
Online
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.
