Buddhist teachings reveal our innate wakefulness and inherent wholeness, asserting that there is no fundamental lack in ourselves, others, or the world. Everything and everyone emerges from the ground of … More Skymind: Vast View, Sacred Land
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
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)
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 Skymind at The Garrison Institute: Buddhist Teachings on Meeting our World with a Vast Mind & Fierce Heart
The detailed retreat description and registration information will follow later. If you are interested in the seminar or have any questions, please email: poland.taramandala@gmail.com
The detailed retreat description and registration information will follow later. If you are interested in the seminar or have any questions, please email: elke@zimmerlinkat.de
We’re excited to present Skymind in a weekend retreat in Sweden for the very first time! Please email the organizers for more details and to register.
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)
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. … More Skymind: Machig Labdrön and Open Awareness (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
A space where leaders can explore the intersection of spiritual inquiry and social transformation. … More Compassion in Action: The Sanctuary Sangha
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)
Kapala III is an advanced Feeding Your Demons (FYD) retreat that requires the completion of Levels I & II plus additional prerequisites. In this retreat, we go deeper into Machig Labdrön’s teachings and receive a profound new practice of hers. Participants will also expand their FYD journey by working with collective demons, such as societal, cultural, and historical demons, and the demon of ego-clinging. Please visit the Tara Mandala website for details. … More Feeding Your Demons Kapala Level III