Program Listings


Winter Retreat Opportunities for the 2022/23 Season

Flexible Dates
Dorje Denma Ling
Dorje Denma Ling is pleased to offer retreat opportunities in Gyatso lodge.

(Online) The Kalapa Teachings of the Druk Sakyong: Reflections in the Cosmic Mirror

September 18, 2022 - February 5, 2023
Shambhala Online
Between 1978 and 1984, the Dorje Dradül of Mukpo (Vidyadhara Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche) conducted five Kalapa Assemblies -- gatherings for senior students on the Shambhala path. In this course we will explore this treasury of the Shambhala terma teachings with a spirit of open inquiry, good scholarship, and meditative contemplation.

Mahamudra Datun 2023: Discovering the True Nature of Mind

With Elizabeth Callahan, Scott Wellenbach and Nancy Huszagh

May 19 - June 18, 2023
Dorje Denma Ling
Register now and get CAD $100.00 off the program price. Offer valid until Feb 3, 2023.
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[…]

The Shape of Awake®: Meditation the Alexander Technique

With Hope Martin

June 23 - July 1, 2023
Dorje Denma Ling
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.

Shambhala Meditation Weekthün 2023

With Tom Bell, Senior Teacher

June 24 - July 2, 2023
Dorje Denma Ling
Retreat is a potent way to deepen in the practice of meditation. In this week of group retreat (weekthün), we will explore Shambhala Meditation, the felt personal experience of our humanity. This program will also include gentle physical activity, talks, silence, individual and group instruction and discussion. […]

Mahamudra Werma Retreat

With Richard John

July 14 - 21, 2023
Dorje Denma Ling
The Werma Sadhana, created by the Dorje Dradul from the Scorpion Seal terma, combines the wisdom of mahamudra and dzogchen with the vision of enlightened society. It is a celebration of our humanness, and at the same time, embraces the vastness of the highest Vajrayana teachings.[…]

Family Camp 2023

With To Be Announced

July 30 - August 6, 2023
Dorje Denma Ling
Family Camp is a magical week for parents and children to spend together with friends old and new at Dorje Denma Ling. […]

A Month of Meditation: Shamatha-Vipashyana Dathün

August 19 - September 17, 2023
Dorje Denma Ling
Register now and get CAD $100.00 off the tuition price. Discount valid until Jul 6, 2023.
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. […]

Vajrayogini Four Karmas Fire Offering 2023

With Brian Callahan

September 23 - October 3, 2023
Dorje Denma Ling
The Vajrayogini Four Karmas Fire Offering is an advanced Vajrayana retreat open to practitioners who have completed the Vajrayogini Amending-the-Mantra Fire Offering.

Vajrayogini Amending the Mantra Fire Offering

With Mark Nowakowski

October 19 - 29, 2023
Dorje Denma Ling
A fire offering to correct any mistakes that we have made during the mantra recitation of sadhana practice, so that we are more open to receiving ultimate siddhi.