Skymind explores the Nature of Mind through teachings from Machig Labdrön, focusing on meditation techniques and compassionate engagement. It supports both experienced and beginner practitioners in integrating mindfulness into daily life, enhancing awareness, and transforming emotional challenges.
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.
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. This retreat will be followed by a Certification Level Training in the future. FYD Level II is for anyone who has completed Level I and … More Feeding Your Demons in Prague: Level II
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 experience in the world. In her book, Wisdom Rising: Journey into the Mandala of the Empowered Feminine (Atria, 2018), Lama Tsultrim Allione offers mandala practices she has long … More The Mandala Method in Prague: Journey into the Union of the Sacred Feminine and Masculine
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 book. The event will also be live-streamed. Live event: SOLD OUT Online: STILL AVAILABLE!
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 into the container of spiritual practice. This deeply experiential retreat involves meditation practice, art, mask making, sound, and movement. We will work with Simhamukkha, the … More The Dakini Retreat at Tara Mandala
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 Pieter Oosthuizen, and a peek at our upcoming course on the Enneagram and the Five Buddha Wisdoms. Skymind doesn’t ask for your attention: it demands … More Skymind Online Book Launch Celebration hosted by the Awakened Company, Canada
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 – vast, luminous, and compassionate, embracing all things like a Great Mother. But how do we recognize the innate wakefulness and primordial wholeness of our … More Skymind in Sweden: Resting in the Natural State