Program Listings
2024 In-Person Retreat Calendar: Looking Ahead
Flexible Dates
Dorje Denma Ling, Tatamagouche
Here's a sneak peak of what's coming for 2024. We are working on many other listings, but needing to firm up dates and / or teachers before putting up the individual program listings. Please check back and stay tuned!
Peaceful Body, Peaceful Mind: Qigong Levels 1 and 2
with Donna MacKenzie
May 31 - June 2, 2024
Dorje Denma Ling
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.…]
Mahamudra and Trekchö Retreat
with Richard John
June 7 - 16, 2024
Dorje Denma Ling
KNOWING WHAT HAS BEEN POINTED OUT... This 9-day retreat is for vajrayana practitioners who know there is no time to waste, and that recognizing the nature of mind is of the utmost importance. this retreat we will practice both the investigations and pointing out of essence mahamudra, and profound pith instructions from masters of trekchö, its dzogchen equivalent. […]
The Shape of Awake®: Weekend Only Registration
with Hope Martin
June 21 - 23, 2024
Dorje Denma Ling
Are you uncomfortable or in pain when you meditate? Is it challenging to sit for long periods of time? Or is it just hard to stay present? Discover how being fully present and at ease in your body transforms your practice and your life! Being upright is not just an arbitrary shape; it is a perfect expression of meditation itself.
The Shape of Awake®: Meditation and the Alexander Technique
with Hope Martin
June 21 - 28, 2024
Dorje Denma Ling
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..
A Week of Meditation: Shamatha-Vipashyana Weekthun 1
with Valerie Lorig
July 19 - 27, 2024
Dorje Denma Ling
Register now and get CAD $100.00 off the tuition price. Discount valid until Feb 17, 2024.
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. […]
Two Weeks of Meditation: Shamatha-Vipashyana Half-Dathün
with Valerie Lorig
July 19 - August 3, 2024
Dorje Denma Ling
Register now and get CAD $100.00 off the tuition price. Discount valid until Feb 17, 2024.
Retreat is a potent way to deepen in the practice of meditation. In this two-week group retreat (half-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. […]
A Month of Meditation: Shamatha-Vipashyana Dathün 2024
with Valerie Lorig
July 19 - August 18, 2024
Dorje Denma Ling
Register now and get CAD $100.00 off the tuition price. Discount valid until Feb 17, 2024.
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. […]
A Week of Meditation: Shamatha-Vipashyana Weekthun 2
with Valerie Lorig
July 26 - August 3, 2024
Dorje Denma Ling
Register now and get CAD $100.00 off the tuition price. Discount valid until Feb 24, 2024.
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. […]