Retreats

Retreats

October 2025

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. 
24 Oct - 21 Nov
Online
November 2025

Simhamukha: The Lion-Headed Dakini

Join us for two retreat weekends as we take an immersive journey through the transmission, teachings, and practice of Simhamukha: The Lion-Headed Dakini and Lama Tsultrim’s personal transformation work within the mandala.
07 - 23 Nov
Online

Yeshe Tsogyal Sadhana

Tara Mandala invites you to join the Ösel Nyingtig as we continue to unfurl the excellent path of awakening through the means of accomplishing Yeshe Tsogyal’s Glorious Treasure of Great Bliss. Through this method for Accomplishing White Tsogyal one can become inseparable with Yeshe Tsogyal’s enlightened Body, Speech, and Mind.
14 - 16 Nov
All Day
Online
December 2025

Skymind: Machig Labdrön & Open Awareness

The great 11th century Tibetan yogini Machig Labdrön offers this fundamental instruction: “don’t search…rest in your nature.” Her teaching is a beautiful reminder of our innate wholeness, and a radical invitation to meet totality “as it is.” This profoundly direct instruction invites us on a path of intimacy: to meet ourselves.
12 Dec - 13 Feb
Online

Feeding Your Demons® Collective Demon Feeding Workshop

As we navigate ongoing global challenges, this workshop offers a powerful opportunity to transform personal practice into collective healing through Lama Tsultrim’s FYD method. Join us to discover and explore the powerful application of FYD to our shared global struggles. (Open to those who have completed FYD I or Kapala I)
13 - 14 Dec
Online
January 2026

Dakini Ngöndro: The Excellent Path of Great Bliss

All are invited to learn the profound Dakini Ngöndro from Orgyen Khakhyab Lingpa Rinpoche’s Ösel Nyingtig terma cycle. This ngӧndro is a collection of practices that condense the Buddhist path into a skillful method for actualizing one’s primordial wisdom and culminate in a practice of Guru Yoga centering on the enlightened feminine. 
17 - 18 Jan
All Day
Online
February 2026

Tsigdön Dzö: Dzogchen Wisdom Teachings Part V

Tara Mandala is deeply honored to announce the continuation of online teachings on the Tsigdön Dzö, “Precious Treasury of Genuine Meaning,” one of the “Seven Treasures” of Longchenpa with the Venerable Adzom Gyalse Rinpoche. Tsigdön Dzö is considered one of the most precise explanations of the instructions on Dzogchen. This is part V of the series. 
06 Feb - 11 Mar
Online
March 2026

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 3/14/26.
07 Mar - 15 May
Online

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.
21 Mar - 16 May
Online
June 2026

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.
23 - 26 Jun
Europe
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