Programs Open to Everyone

[May 23 - May 29] As is customary at Dorje Denma Ling, we schedule a work gathering in the spring to help us get ready for the program season. All willing workers are welcome -- there's more than enough to do, and jobs available that will suit all talents and skills.

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.…]

In this weekend workshop, Hope Martin, a master teacher of the Alexander Technique, will help you discover ease and non-striving in meditation and other activities. Her hands-on work makes subtle adjustments to the head, neck and back to help you access an effortless, balanced posture - both light and grounded.

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..

This four-day retreat will focus on actually using the turmoil in our lives to rediscover the natural energy that is always present. The penetrating power of windhorse practice, as well as mindfulness-awareness meditation, will be the foundation to reconnect with inherent healthiness.

Join us for a 3-day weekend of Kyudo Intensive. This program is open to both new and 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 Sam West, 'Somo' of Kozan Kyudojo.

One's Dharma path and recovery path complement each other and work together to support and deepen sobriety. Buddhism and the 12 Steps each offer a template or method for personal, spiritual journey. Previous experience with meditation is not necessary, nor is experience with the 12 Step recovery method. Mindfulness practices and contemplations will be supported with meditation instruction, discussion, mindfulness-based journaling and art, contemplation.

In this five-day retreat we will engage in mind training contemplations and meditation in the tradition taught by the great Vajra Master, Longchen Rabjam (Longchenpa).