Feeding Your Demons in Rome: Kapala I
December 7, 2024
September 26 – 30, 2025
Rome, Italy
Come join us in romantic Rome for another powerful Feeding Your Demons retreat! … More Feeding Your Demons in Rome: Kapala I
Tag: spirituality
September 26 – 30, 2025
The Mandala Method: A Path of Transformation
December 6, 2024
April 24-27, 2025
October 3-6, 2025
April 23-26, 2026
Prague, Czechia
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
Compassion in Action: The Sanctuary Sangha
October 8, 2024
Online: March 19 – November 20, 2025
with Charlotte Rotterdam & Tatiana Fraser
A space where leaders can explore the intersection of spiritual inquiry and social transformation. … More Compassion in Action: The Sanctuary Sangha
Skymind in Canada: Sacred Land, Sacred View
October 6, 2024
May 30 – June 4, 2025
Hollyhock, Cortes Island, BC
Scholarships available!
Join us for this exceptional opportunity to explore open awareness in the most beautiful island setting. With teachings inspired by Machig Labdrön, including meditation and outdoor practices. Financial support is available via scholarships. Register by February 28, 2025, for a 10% accommodation discount. Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. … More Skymind in Canada: Sacred Land, Sacred View
Skymind: Opening to the Vast Radiance of Our True Nature
June 21, 2024
June 21 – 23, 2024
In-person Retreat in Prague, Czech Republic
At the heart of Buddhist teachings lies the invitation to rest in our true nature, which is not other than the ground of being from which all things and all beings arise. In every moment of life – even in times of confusion and unrest – this ultimate refuge is accessible to us, offering us support, inspiration and a profound connection to all beings. But this ground also calls on us to open our hearts to all aspects of the human experience – even the most difficult emotions, people and situations. This retreat – based on Pieter and Charlotte’s forthcoming book – introduces nature of mind teachings and a meditation practice to access this ground of being in our direct experience. … More Skymind: Opening to the Vast Radiance of Our True Nature
Mechanics of Meditation: Demystifying the Methodology on the Path of Liberation
May 1, 2024
May 16 – June 13, 2024
This five-week series is for experienced and beginner meditators alike. So often we are told: “follow your breath”, or “visualize the following”, or “rest in open awareness”. But what is it that we are really doing with our attention and our awareness, and how can we optimize our meditation experience? … More Mechanics of Meditation: Demystifying the Methodology on the Path of Liberation
Ego-clinging and Compassion: Everyday Remedies for a Complex World
March 28, 2024
April 12 – 14, 2024
Given all that’s going on in our world, how do we witness the strife, turmoil, and dissonance without succumbing to its weight? On a personal level, how do we manage our challenges, neuroses, and emotions without losing our capacity for presence and kindness? The Buddha suggested that our grasping to a self lies at the very heart of all our suffering. Machig Labdron, the great 11th-century Tibetan yogini, calls it ego-clinging and offers the remedy of “cutting through,” releasing our sense of an isolated, separate self. But what does this really mean in a practical sense? … More Ego-clinging and Compassion: Everyday Remedies for a Complex World