Magyu Retreats - Tara Mandala

Magyu

The Magyu Program provides an opportunity to enter a fresh stream of teachings as taught by Lama Tsultrim Allione and her Senior Teachers. This path cultivates both the spiritual and emotional awakening of the practitioner, integrating the ancient Tibetan Buddhist practices with modern teachings appropriate for our western disposition. The psycho-spiritual integration work in this path inherently distinguishes it from other traditional Buddhist paths. See below the upcoming retreats and events connected to this path and click here to learn more about this long-term program.

Chöd of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche: Self-Paced Program

With Lama Tsultrim Allione

Open Dates

Online

Cut through fear, fixation and clinging, by nurturing not fighting, what disturbs our mind. This Chod practice is empowered through the lineage of the Tibetan Dzogchen master, Chögyal Namkhai Norbu.

Green Tara: Self-Paced Program

With Lama Tsultrim Allione and Magyu Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam

Open Dates

Online

A great introductory course for understanding ‘deity’ practice in Buddhism. 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.

Wisdom Rising: Self-Paced Program

With Lama Tsultrim Allione

Open Dates

Online

Be guided through the development of the feminine in Buddhism, and understand how each of the five Dakini’s key ‘encumbered’ emotions and wisdom qualities are within each of us. By being introduced to the mandala principle and its importance to western and eastern psychology, you will understand the fierce feminine…

Zhitro: Self-Paced Program

With Lama Tsultrim Allione

Open Dates

Online

The simple and accessible practice of Zhitro offers a real way for a practitioner to help the deceased. This practice also helps one to become familiarized with the visions and experiences one may experience during the 49 days following one's own passing.

Feeding Your Demons® – Online Program

With Lama Tsultrim Allione, Magyu Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam and Pieter Oosthuizen

Open Dates

Online

Feeding Your Demons® (FYD) is a profoundly effective method for recognizing and transforming the deep-seated patterns, triggers, and neuroses that undermine the quality and enjoyment of our lives. Learn more about the whole program here.

Feeding Your Demons®: Kapala Training Level III – ONLINE

With Pieter Oosthuizen

April 19 - 23, 2023

Online - Zoom

In Kapala Training Level III we will go further into Machig Labdrön’s lineage, learning specific new practices and deepening our understanding of the roots and branches of her lineage tree. Please note, this retreat is restricted to those who meet the requirements from Kapala I&II / FYD Buddhist Track Levels…

Dentog Chigma Chod Daylong Practice Intensive – Online

With Magyu Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam and Pieter Oosthuizen

April 29, 2023

Online - Zoom

A Tara Mandala Daylong Practice Intensive - ONLINE The profound practice of Dentog Chigma, Liberation on One Seat, is “at the absolute core of Machig’s lineage” according to Lama Tsultrim. It combines the melodic and rhythmic aspects of traditional Chöd with the visualization and mantra recitation of Tibetan Buddhist deity…

Sutrayana – Walking the Path to Genuine Happiness – ONLINE

With Polly Ryan, MA, MFT

June 1 - 7, 2023

Online - Zoom

Join us as we follow the path the Buddha walked to enhanced wisdom, inner peace, and joy in this foundational and immersive 7-day online program with Tara Mandala Authorized Teacher, Polly Ryan.

Saga Dawa Düchen – Special Global Sangha Practice Day – ONLINE

With Tulku Ösel Dorje

June 4, 2023

Online

Join the Tara Mandala Global Sangha for a sangha-wide practice honoring one of the four sacred days in Tibetan Buddhism. This virtual global practice is open to all, and if this practice is new to you, you are welcome to join and receive the blessings of this practice.

CNNR Chöd Daylong Practice Intensive – ONLINE

With Karla Jackson-Brewer, M.S.

June 17, 2023

Online - Zoom

A Tara Mandala Daylong Practice Intensive - ONLINE Have you been practicing Chogyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche (CNNR) Chöd and are encountering some challenges? Devoted Chöd practitioner and Authorized Teacher Karla Jackson-Brewer will offer a special opportunity for seasoned and brand new Chöd practitioners to receive support in their practice, ask…

Feeding Your Demons®: Kapala Training Level IV (Retreat in California)

With Lama Tsultrim Allione

July 11 - 16, 2023

Encinitas, California

For those who have completed the prerequisites from Kapala I-III, in Kapala Training Level IV you will receive: “Machig’s Direct Transmission” from Lama Tsultrim, “The Crystal and Its Rays” movement practice, “5 Elements” practice. The retreat will also include additional practices and delve deeper into the intersections of FYD and…

Zhitro Daylong Practice Intensive – ONLINE

With Polly Ryan, MA, MFT

September 30, 2023

Online - Zoom

A Tara Mandala Daylong Practice Intensive – Online We invite you to join us for a day of community and deep practice as we connect with the simple and accessible practice of Zhitro. In our society we often lack practices specifically designed to help someone who has died as they…

The Great Wisdom Mother, Prajñaparamita: A Transmission and Teaching on the Nature of Mind Practice — ONLINE

With Dorje Lopön Chandra Easton

October 7 - 8, 2023

Online - Zoom

Prajñāpāramitā, the “perfection of wisdom,” is one of the key philosophies and practices of the Mahāyāna teachings of Buddhism. Prajñāpāramitā, is also revered as the female embodiment of wisdom (Skt. prajñā), the Great Mother, Yum Chenmo in Tibetan. She is luminous clarity ceaselessly radiating as compassion to all beings. Ultimately,…

Wisdom Rising: Journey into the Mandala of the Empowered Feminine — ONLINE

With Lama Tsultrim Allione and Dorje Lopön Chandra Easton

October 12 - November 30, 2023

Online - Zoom

We invite you to join us for a 7-week journey through the Mandala of the Five Wisdom Dakinis. Students will be guided through the development of the feminine in Buddhism, the mandala principle, introduced to the fierce feminine of the dakinis (female deities in Tibetan Buddhism, embodying profound wisdom and…

Green Tara – ONLINE

With Magyu Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam

October 19 - 22, 2023

Online - Zoom

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…