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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Embodying the Innate Wisdom and Compassion of the Twenty One Taras
In this immersive and transformative program, Lopön Chandra offers a lens through which we can understand and integrate the contemporary context of the 21 Taras through inspiring stories, study, and practice. Explore the symbolic meaning, power, and purpose of the 21 Taras through teachings, embodied meditation, and mantra.
Dorje Lopön Chandra Easton
Lama Tsultrim Allione
Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche
Nina Rao
Spring Washam
Lopön Karla Jackson-Brewer
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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.
Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam
Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen
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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.
Tulku Ösel Dorje
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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.
Adzom Gyalse Rinpoche
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Song of the Vajra
A profound weekend immersion into the heart of Dzogchen, guided by the wisdom of Lama Tsultrim Allione. This unique retreat is dedicated to exploring the “Song of the Vajra,” a sacred text described by the great master Chögyal Namkhai Norbu as the essential key to the entire Dzogchen path.
Lama Tsultrim Allione
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Madhyamaka: Compassion in the Midst of Chaos
How do we cultivate compassion and resilience without solid ground beneath our feet? Madhyamaka, developed by the Buddhist philosopher Nagarjuna, offers profound tools for understanding reality that remain relevant to our turbulent times.
Amelia Hall PhD
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Teacher Seminar: I
These half-day seminars are designed to facilitate communication and connection between Lama Tsultrim and her lineage holders and teachers as well as to provide on-going training, inspiration and support for Lopöns, Chögés, and Apprentice Teachers.
Lopön Polly Ryan MA MFT
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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 3/14/26.
Lama Tsultrim Allione
Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam
Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen
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Mandala Method: Journey into the Union of the Sacred Feminine and Masculine
Venture into the mandala of divine union, the Yab Yum Mandala. Building upon the five family practices of the Dakini Mandala and the Buddha Mandala, delve into energetic identities beyond gender, exploring the union of feminine and masculine we each hold within ourselves.
Lama Tsultrim Allione
Lopön Ellen Booth Church
Chögé Lisa Erickson
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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
Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen
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Resting in the Eye of the Storm
Through teachings, discussion, and meditation, students are introduced to numerous methods to skilfully bring suffering in all its forms onto the path of awakening.
Lopön Polly Ryan MA MFT
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Teacher Seminar: II
These half-day seminars are designed to facilitate communication and connection between Lama Tsultrim and her lineage holders and teachers as well as to provide on-going training, inspiration and support for Lopöns, Chögés, and Apprentice Teachers.
Lopön Polly Ryan MA MFT
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Kapala III
In this advanced level, delve into the teachings of Machig Labdrön, including a profound new practice received directly from her lineage. Participants will expand their Feeding Your Demons journey by working with collective demons—such as those rooted in society, culture, history, and the pervasive demon of ego-clinging.
Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen
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Teacher Seminar: III
These half-day seminars are designed to facilitate communication and connection between Lama Tsultrim and her lineage holders and teachers as well as to provide on-going training, inspiration and support for Lopöns, Chögés, and Apprentice Teachers.
Lopön Polly Ryan MA MFT
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Mandala Method: Certification Capstone
This is a closed retreat only for participants in the Fall 2025 cohort of the Mandala Method Certification Program.
Chögé Lisa Erickson
Chögé Bridget Bailey
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Teacher Seminar: IV
These half-day seminars are designed to facilitate communication and connection between Lama Tsultrim and her lineage holders and teachers as well as to provide on-going training, inspiration and support for Lopöns, Chögés, and Apprentice Teachers.
Lopön Polly Ryan MA MFT
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Self Paced Programs
These open enrollment programs include teaching and practice recordings, texts, and support material for self-guided study. The program content and accompanying live practice groups are hosted on yana, Tara Mandala’s Digital Dharma Hub. Available programs include Green Tara, Riwo Sangchö, Chöd of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, Zhitro, Opening the Heart Sutra, Mandala of the Empowered Feminine, and Machig Labdrön and the Nature of Mind.
Lama Tsultrim Allione