Program Calendar
Meditating with the Body®
Led by Gaia Mika and Laurel Miller. Created for meditators of all levels, this in-depth training focuses on a series of powerful body-based awareness practices drawn from Tibetan Yoga, with two residential retreats bridged by a five month, at-home curriculum.
Find out more »Awakening the Body: The Way of Somatic Meditation
Led by Reggie Ray: Somatic meditation reveals the joy, altruism, and creativity that reside at the core of our being. In this online course, Reggie introduces the path and practice of somatic meditation, through which we are shown a path of human transformation that is immediately applicable to our ordinary human lives.
Find out more »Sutrayana Study and Practice Intensive — Part Two: Mahayana
Led by Neil McKinlay: The Sutrayana Practice and Study Intensive offers practitioners an opportunity to deepen their understanding and experience of the teachings of Reggie Ray and his teacher, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, as embodied in the Dharma Ocean lineage. This is the second part of a two-part course; part one is required to take part two.
Find out more »The Boundless Heart and Loving the Self: The Somatic Practice of Bodhicitta
Led by Reggie Ray and Caroline Pfohl: Here we enter the third yana, dedicated to awakening our hearts. Through the somatic practice of bodhicitta, we come to know the boundless and unconditioned state of ultimate bodhicitta, our natural state, our Buddha nature. This is the most fundamental love of our being, welling up within us, longing to be offered to the world.
Find out more »Profound Treasury Retreat with Judy Lief
Led by Judy Lief: This retreat is based studying Trungpa Rinpoche’s teachings on the three stages of the Tibetan Buddhist path (Hinayana, Mahayana, Vajrayana) with a focus on his three-volume work: “The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma”. It will be an opportunity to explore these teachings within a similar context to that in which they were originally given: 3-month residential training programs called Vajradhatu Seminaries.
Find out more »Winter Meditation Intensive
Led by Neil McKinlay and Norman Elizondo: This month-long meditation retreat is a powerful practice for engaging the journey of meditation more deeply and for transforming our everyday experience by sowing the seeds of awareness. Come for weekly segments or for the full month. Registration is not yet open.
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