Magyu Lopön Charlotte Z. Rotterdam has studied Tibetan Buddhism for the last 20 years, was authorized to teach by Lama Tsultrim Allione in 2006, and received the title of Magyu Lopön, lead teacher of Magyu: The Mother Lineage at Tara Mandala from Lama Tsultrim in 2016. Lopön Charlotte teaches in the US and abroad, often in partnership with her husband Pieter Oosthuizen, and co-leads the Boulder Tara Mandala Sangha. Lopön Charlotte received a Masters in Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School where she studied comparative religion. She served as executive co-director of Tara Mandala for four years, and thereafter as Trustee and Board President. She is the co-developer of the FYD Online Certification Program. Currently she is an Instructor and Director of the Center for the Advancement of Contemplative Education at Naropa University. The mother of two boys, she has published essays in Mandala, Lion’s Roar Online, and in an anthology, Fearless Nest. Pieter’s and her blog offers reflections on the intersection of Dharma and modern daily life: www.skymind.us.
Authorized to teach:
Feeding Your Demons®
Five Buddha Mandala Practice
Five Dakini Mandala Practice
Five Yab/Yum Mandala Practice
Green Tara
Kapala Training Level I
Kapala Training Level II
Lojong (Mind-training)
Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche Chöd
Prajña Paramita Meditation
Three Yanas: Mahayana Retreat
Three Yanas: Sutrayana Retreat
Three Yanas: Vajrayana Retreat
Contact: charlotte@skymind.us
Website: www.skymind.us
Location: Boulder, Colorado
Events with Magyu Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam
Feeding Your Demons® - Online ProgramOpen Dates
Join the Feeding Your Demons® Online Program and become fully certified to use this method in a professional setting with clients, or choose the à la carte options for personal growth and enrichment. Through compelling content and practice assignments, participants engage in a journey of increasing levels of personal transformation…
Green Tara: Self-Paced ProgramOpen Dates
Green Tara sits with one foot in the meditative posture and one foot in the world, thus embodying active compassion and serving as a model for modern day contemplative life. In this self-paced program, you have the opportunity to learn to embody Green Tara, the female Buddha of compassion, who…
Skymind: Sacred Land, Sacred View (Retreat in Colorado)July 21 - 26, 2023
Come to the beautiful land of Tara Mandala to immerse yourself in nature of mind teachings and practices inspired by the great 11th Century Tibetan yogini Machig Labdrön. Resting our bodies on the earth, we learn to “rest the mind in the way of the sky.” Drawn from original texts,…
Feeding Your Demons® Level I - Buddhist Track (Online Course)August 30 - October 27, 2023
Feeding Your Demons® (FYD) is a simple but profound five-step process that guides the practitioner to transform their demons into protective allies through a sequence of illuminating questions and visualizations. Created by Lama Tsultrim Allione, it employs principles of the Tibetan Buddhist practice Chöd, as originally articulated by the eleventh-century…
Feeding Your Demons® Level I - Secular Track (Online Course)August 30 - October 27, 2023
Feeding Your Demons® (FYD) is a simple but profound five-step process that guides the practitioner to transform their demons into protective allies through a sequence of illuminating questions and visualizations. Created by Lama Tsultrim Allione, it employs principles of the Tibetan Buddhist practice Chöd, as originally articulated by the eleventh-century…
The Empowered Feminine — Online WorkshopSeptember 28, 2023
We invite you to join us for an interactive workshop with Catherine Bell and Magyu Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam Catherine Bell has been in Boardrooms for the last two and half decades – often feeling like a complete misfit and often not fully claiming her seat at the table. She has…
Green Tara - ONLINEOctober 19 - 22, 2023
All are welcome! Magyu Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam invites you to join her online in a 4-day virtual retreat where students will receive the transmission, teachings, and learn the practice to connect with the luminous compassion of Green Tara in our innate, awakened heart. Green Tara sits with one foot in…
Feeding Your Demons - Module 2 (Retreat in Czechia)November 2 - 5, 2023
The second module will deepen your engagement with the process of Feeding the Demons and understanding their workings in our actions, decisions, relationships and work. By consciously encountering our demons with compassion, we open ourselves to liberation, open-hearted living and the ease with which we can fill all aspects of…
Lion-Headed Dakini (Simhamukha) — (ONLINE)November 17 - December 3, 2023
Join us for two weekends in retreat as we take an immersive journey through the transmission and teachings on the Lion-Headed Dakini (Simhamukha) practice. This virtual retreat will take place over the course of two weekends: November 17-19, 2023 & December 1-3, 2023. This virtual retreat offers transmission and teachings…