Explore our diverse offerings — from in-person retreats and online programs to day-long dharma events, self-paced courses, and long-term study paths — and discover the next step on your path to awakening.
UPCOMING RETREATS
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The Heart of Buddhism: A Year Long Buddhist Studies Program
Explore the history, core teachings and practices that guide Buddhist practitioners in the Tibetan tradition in waking up to their true nature of innate compassion and wisdom. Each five-week course builds upon the previous while standing alone as a complete teaching, and may be taken individually.
Lama Tsultrim Allione
Tulku Ösel Dorje
Dorje Lopön Chandra Easton
Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam MDiv
Miranda Shaw PhD
Amelia Hall PhD
Lopön Karla Jackson-Brewer
Wendy Garling
Erik Pema Kunsang
Robert Thurman PhD
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The Family Retreat
Join Tara Mandala on the land as we celebrate the return of the Family Retreat, offered for the first time since 2019.
Alexis Slutzky
Chögé Jenny Terbell
Jennifer Warren
Jonathan Barfield
Kate Greer Dickson
Dorje Lopön Chandra Easton
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Sacred View, Sacred World
Course Four of “The Heart of Buddhism: A Year Long Buddhist Studies Program.” Experience the transformative power of Vajrayana Buddhism, the “diamond vehicle,” in which the sacred feminine and householder tradition illuminate a revolutionary path that transforms every experience into an opportunity for awakening.
Lama Tsultrim Allione
Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam MDiv
Miranda Shaw PhD
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Feeding Your Demons® Level I (Kapala I)
Feeding Your Demons® is a revolutionary approach fusing ancient Tibetan wisdom and modern psychology. In Feeding Your Demons Level I, you will learn this potent, life-changing method, creating meaningful transformation in a world that is ripe for profound healing. FYD Level I is offered in Buddhist (Kapala) and Secular Tracks.
Lama Tsultrim Allione
Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam MDiv
Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen
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Feeding Your Demons® Level II (Kapala II)
Feeding Your Demons® is a revolutionary approach fusing ancient Tibetan wisdom and modern psychology. Deepen your training and knowledge of FYD in Level II. Completion of FYD Level I and related prerequisites are required. FYD Level II is offered in Buddhist (Kapala) and Secular Tracks. Secular Track starts 9/20/25.
Lama Tsultrim Allione
Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam MDiv
Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen
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Green Tara Empowerment
Drawing from the profound lineage of the Treasury of Secret Vajra Luminosity (Ösel Dorje Sang Dzod), this concise Green Tara practice comes from the Dharma treasures (terma) of Adzom Drukpa, Drodul Pawo Dorje (1842–1924). This immersive retreat, which takes place in Germany, offers a direct path to connecting with Green Tara’s luminous wisdom and fearless compassion.
Tulku Ösel Dorje
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Buddha Mandala: Exploring Sacred Masculinity
Buddhism sees enlightened masculinity as the ability to practice wise compassion. This module of the Mandala Method’s Journey of Transformation, the Mandala of the Five Buddhas, is for those who wish to cultivate a sacred and wise masculinity.
Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam MDiv
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Mandala Method: Journey into the Mandala of the Sacred Masculine
Buddhism views the enlightened masculine as the capacity to act skillfully and with compassion. Learn the Mandala of the Five Buddhas, a practice that aligns sound, visualization, and meditation, providing an inner map and skillful means to transform challenging emotions into liberated wisdom.
Lama Tsultrim Allione
Lopön Ellen Booth Church
Chögé Lisa Erickson
Chögé Bridget Bailey
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The Great Perfection
Course Five of “The Heart of Buddhism: A Year Long Buddhist Studies Program.” Dzogchen (the “Great Perfection”) and Mahamudra (the “Great Seal”) are considered the highest teachings of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Discover how these teachings offer a direct path to realizing the mind’s innate clarity, and a training ground for abiding in wakefulness.
Lama Tsultrim Allione
Tulku Ösel Dorje
Erik Pema Kunsang
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Yab-Yum Mandala: The Sacred Union of the Feminine and Masculine
The Yab-Yum mandala explores a connection that transcends gender identity and allows us to experience non-duality, the divine union of the masculine and feminine that each of us carries within us. This retreat is offered as part of the Mandala Method – Journey of Transformation.
Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam MDiv
Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen