Program Listings


Winter Retreat Opportunities for the 2021/22 Season

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

(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?

FACING DEATH WITH CURIOSITY: Meditation and the Bardos

With Acharya Richard John

May 13 - 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) 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. […]

Being Tara: Transcending Fear through Song and Dance 2022

With Kristine McCutcheon

May 27 - 29, 2022
Dorje Denma Ling
Tara is a Buddhist female deity of compassion. Meditating on Tara helps practitioners overcome their fears and anxieties and relate to ones world more fully. Although she arises in many colours, her most popular energies manifest as peaceful White Tara, who brings healing, long life and tranquillity; and the dynamic Green Tara, who overcomes obstacles, and protects from fears.

Ashe Mahamudra Retreat 2022

With Acharya Richard John

June 10 - 19, 2022
Dorje Denma Ling
A nine-day Ashe Mahamudra retreat based on the liturgy by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, which combines classic mahamudra instructions with the wisdom of Ashe and the Four Dignities. […]

Cutting through with Ashe: A Weekend of Stroke Practice

June 24 - 26, 2022
Dorje Denma Ling
This is an opportunity to refresh and deepen the practice of the stroke of Ashe, and reconnect with the principles and manifestation of warriorship.

Shamatha-Vipashyana Dathün

With Gaylon Ferguson

June 28 - July 27, 2022
Dorje Denma Ling
Retreat is a potent way to deepen in the practice of meditation. In this month-long group retreat (datun), students will develop a deep familiarity with shamatha-vipashyana meditation, which helps us to make friends with ourselves and our circumstances, and re-discover our fundamental awake nature. […]

Qi Gong and Tai Chi Basic Training

July 29 - 31, 2022
Dorje Denma Ling
The ancient Chinese practices of tai chi and qi gong combine slow, deliberate movements, meditation, and breathing exercises. Both tai chi and qi gong are martial arts that can help your circulation, balance, and alignment.

Bodhichitta Weekthün

With Acharya Richard John

August 5 - 13, 2022
Dorje Denma Ling
This seven-day meditation intensive will focus on the mahayana teachings of bodhichitta, known as "awakened heart"-- the mind of enlightenment. Mahayana, the "great vehicle," challenges us to outgrow self-centered preoccupations, and develop the wisdom and compassion by which we can actually make a difference in the world.[…]

Three Yanas of the Great Eastern Sun

With John Rockwell

August 19 - September 2, 2022
Dorje Denma Ling
The view of this two week retreat is to join all three yanas of our journey together, on the spot. We will practise formless mahamudra shamatha-vipashyana as our main practice, enriched by compassion practices such as tonglen, and a session of the Sadhana of Mahamudra daily. (Qualifies as a half-dathun in the Way of Shambhala curriculum.)

(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.

The Shape of Awake®: Meditation and the Alexander Technique

With Hope Martin

September 9 - 16, 2022
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.

(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.

Embodied Listening®

With Hope Martin

September 16 - 18, 2022
Dorje Denma Ling
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.

Maitri Five Wisdoms Weekend Retreat

With Acharya Richard John and Liz Richardson

September 23 - 25, 2022
Dorje Denma Ling
Maitri, which means “kindness to oneself and others,” is a practice of self-acceptance, awareness, and openness to our individual ways of perceiving the world. Maitri Five Wisdoms is an interactive contemplative practice created by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, based on the traditional Buddhist principles and energies of the Five Buddha Families. […]