Timeless Leadership: What an 11th Century Yogini Can Teach Us Today Join us for a celebratory book launch for Skymind: The Radical Path of Open Awareness, by Charlotte Rotterdam and … More Skymind Online Book Launch Celebration hosted by the Awakened Company, Canada
Join a transformative retreat with Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam and Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen at Tara Mandala, focused on Machig Labdrön’s wisdom and the new book, Skymind: The Radical Path of Open Awareness. Engage in meditation, contemplation, and community discussions to rediscover inner peace and radical acceptance, welcoming both beginners and seasoned practitioners. … More Skymind: The Radical Path of Open Awareness in at Tara Mandala
The profound practice of Dentog Chigma, “liberation on one seat,” combines the melodic and rhythmic aspects of traditional Chöd with the visualization and mantra recitation of Tibetan Buddhist deity practice. … More Liberation on One Seat: Dentog Chigma Chöd In-person & Online
with Lama Tsultrim Allione, Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam and Lopön Ellen Booth Church. Lama Tsultrim will offer this celebrated and unique retreat which she developed to bring transformational personal work … More The Dakini Retreat at Tara Mandala
A benefit concert in Encinitas, CA for Tara Mandala, offered by Krishna Das and the 21 Taras Collective. This will also be our first book signing event for the Skymind … More Krishna Das in Concert (& Skymind Book Signing), Encinitas, CA
The Mandala Method courses and retreats offer an exploration into the ancient Tibetan Buddhist template of the mandala as it applies to our inner path of transformation and our outer … More The Mandala Method in Prague: Journey into the Union of the Sacred Feminine and Masculine
Please note, this retreat requires the completion of Feeding Your Demons (FYD) Level I. Come join us in romantic Prague the second level of a full cycle of FYD teachings. … More Feeding Your Demons in Prague: Level II
A thousand years ago, Machig Labdrön, the renowned 11th century Tibetan yogini, taught that it is only in meeting our fears and shadows that we are able to access the wisdom and peace we so deeply yearn for. We are invited to “go to the places that scare you” – not with armor and aggression but with curiosity and compassion. … More The Garrison Institute: Skymind – Buddhist Teachings on Meeting our World with a Vast Mind & Fierce Heart
Join Charlotte Rotterdam and Pieter Oosthuizen for a talk and booksigning event centered on “Skymind,” a book inspired by 11th-century Tibetan yogini Machig Labdrön. The event explores teachings related to awareness, compassion, and joy, showcasing their relevance in everyday life. Registration ends two days prior. … More Skymind: The Radical Path of Open Awareness in Frankfurt, Germany (on-site + live online)
In these uncertain times, we often experience fear, anxiety, despair, and a sense of helplessness. How can we find a deeper source of support? Where should we look for refuge? … More Skymind in Poland: THE COURAGE OF AN OPEN HEART – Buddhist Teachings in the Face of the Challenges of the Modern World
Contemplating death can be a doorway into profound freedom, inviting us to meet the certainty of our impermanence as a teacher and tremendous opportunity for awakening. This seminar explores death … More Skymind in Germany – Resting in the Ground of Being: Buddhist Wisdom on Death and Dying
Buddhist Teachings on Accessing our True Nature Skymind is an invitation to rest into our true nature. In the Buddhist tradition, this nature is inseparable from the ground of being … More Skymind in Sweden: Resting in the Natural State
Chöd (meaning ‘to cut through’) is a thousand-year-old Tibetan Buddhist practice for meeting and engaging fears and fixations through the practice of compassion and generosity. The practice, sung in beautiful melodies and accompanied by a drum and bell, has its roots in shamanic traditions and was traditionally often performed as a healing practice. … More Chöd: Transforming Fear Through Compassion (Online)
Come join us in romantic Rome for another powerful Feeding Your Demons retreat! … More Feeding Your Demons in Rome: Kapala I
The Mandala method is based on the so-called “five Buddha families”, which represent five types of emotional suffering transformed into wisdom. … More The Mandala Method: A Path of Transformation
Come join us in romantic Prague for the start of another full cycle of Feeding Your Demons teachings. … More Feeding Your Demons in Prague: Level I
For the first time in Mexico, we will teach Feeding Your Dewmons in San Luis Potosi! … More Feeding Your Demons in Mexico
Evening talk: Regenbogen Pfeile: Machig Labdröns Lehren über die Natur des Geistes (vor Ort + live online); followed by a weekend retreat: LIEDER DER ERLEUCHTUNG: TANTRISCHE WEISHEIT FÜR DEN HEILIGEN ALLTAG … More Charlotte in Germany: Evening Talk & Weekend Retreat
Skymind is the brilliantly awake, natural radiance of our being. The sky remains expansive and spacious even as clouds, rain, and wind move through it. So too our true nature, the “nature of mind,” is vast and abiding even within the turmoil of everyday life.
How do we come to know our sky-like nature? The great 11th century Tibetan yogini Machig Labdrön offers this fundamental instruction: “don’t search…rest in your nature.” … More Skymind in Germany: The Radiance of our True Nature
The dynamic and transformative practice of Dentog Chigma, “liberation on one seat,” combines the melodic and rhythmic aspects of traditional Chöd with the visualization and mantra recitation of Tibetan Buddhist deity practice. The practitioner engages with various forms of Machig Labdrön – including a wrathful emanation – through purification, receiving blessings, radiant compassion, and ultimately the awareness of our inseparability from the ground of being. As such, it is an incredibly dynamic and transformative practice. … More Liberation in One Seat (Dentog Chigma Chöd)