Tsigdon Dzo Dzogchen Wisdom Teachings Part IV
with Adzom Gyalse Rinpoche
Open Dates
Online - Zoom
The live program took place August 13 - September 12, 2025. The video recordings of the teaching sessions are available here (in English and Spanish). Please note that due to the immediate access to the recordings, no refunds are available after registration. ______________________________ Tara Mandala is deeply honored to continue…
Tsigdon Dzo Dzogchen Wisdom Teachings Part III
with Adzom Gyalse Rinpoche
Open Dates
Online - Zoom
The live program took place March 5 - April 4, 2025. The video recordings of the teaching sessions are available here (in English and Spanish). Please note that due to the immediate access to the recordings, no refunds are available after registration. ______________________________ Tara Mandala is deeply honored to continue…
Recordings of Tsigdon Dzo Dzogchen Wisdom Teachings Part II
with Adzom Gyalse Rinpoche
Open Dates
Online - Zoom
For those who were unable to attend Part II of the Tsigdön Dzö, “Precious Treasury of Genuine Meaning,” one of the “Seven Treasures” of Longchenpa with Adzom Gyalse Rinpoche, we are honored to share this precious opportunity for you to receive the teachings via recording and join us as we…
Oral Transmission Event
with Lama Tsultrim Allione
Open Dates
A Lung is an oral transmission of a practice, and will be offered for our Self-Paced Green Tara, Chöd, Zhitro, Riwo Sangchö courses. Anyone is welcome to receive a Lung as a blessing and connection to a certain practice. If you have already received the Lung, you are welcome to…
Recordings of Part I Tsigdon Dzod Dzogchen Wisdom Teachings
with Adzom Gyalse Rinpoche
Open Dates
Online - Zoom
For those who were unable to attend Part 1 of the Tsigdön Dzöd, “Precious Treasury of Genuine Meaning,” one of the “Seven Treasures” of Longchenpa with Adzom Gyalse Rinpoche, we are honored to share this precious opportunity for you to receive the teachings via recording and join us as we…
Opening the Heart Sutra Self Paced Program
with Lama Tsultrim Allione
Open Dates
Online
Engage with the concise teaching of Prajnaparamita, in this profound conversation between Shariputra and Avalokiteshvara. Through guiding participants line-by-line through the Heart Sutra, you will receive a functional overview of Mahayana philosophy and gain deeper insight into the world of this treasured text.
Machig Labdron and the Nature of Mind Self Paced Program
with Lama Tsultrim Allione
Open Dates
Online
Engage with the powerful teachings of the great Tibetan yogini, Machig Labdrön, on the ‘nature of mind’ as taught by her direct emanation, Lama Tsultrim Allione. Connect to Machig’s pith instructions, the essence of her teaching.
Chod of Chogyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche Self Paced Program
with Lama Tsultrim Allione and Dorje Lopön Chandra Easton
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 Dorje 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.
Journey into the Mandala of the Empowered Feminine 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…
Riwo Sangcho Self Paced Program
with Lama Tsultrim Allione and Anna Raithel
Open Dates
Online
A practice to heal the suffering of samsara, through the practice of boundless compassion and abundant offering. Learn the widespread and traditional practice of Riwo Sangchö – “a mountainside smoke offering.”
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 individuals become familiar with the visions and experiences that may occur during the 49 days following one's own passing.
Video Digital Download of Restricted Support Material Dzinpa Rangdrol Ngondro Practice and Demonstrations
with Anna Raithel
Open Dates
VIDEO (MP4) In this video recording, senior practitioner Anna Raithel demonstrates the full Dzinpa Rangdrol Ngondro practice.
Audio Digital Download of Messages from the Divine Wrathful Mother
with Sangye Khandro
Open Dates
Audio (MP3) + Transcript (PDF) This talk by Sangye Khandro, from the ‘Voices of Wisdom in Times of Crisis’ symposium, describes the group of beings known as Mamos, and the specific messages they have for us in this time of great change.
Lama Live!
with Lama Tsultrim Allione
Open Dates
Online - Facebook and YouTube
Lama Live! is a livestream event where we can gather together as a community for meditation, prayer, and teachings from Lama Tsultrim Allione and other guest teachers on Sundays at 9am PT.
Feeding Your Demons® – Online Program
with Lama Tsultrim Allione, Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam and Lopön 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.
Personal Retreat in Prajna Residence Hall
Open Dates
Tara Mandala Retreat Center
Due to COVID-19 we are not currently holding retreats in Prajña Residence Hall. Please see our retreat cabins for solitary retreat opportunities.
Retreat Cabins
Open Dates
Tara Mandala Retreat Center
The beauty of nature, quietness, and solitude supported me so much in letting the vajra mind shine through. Having time for my practice with no outer worldly pressure helped me to deeply relax into my meditation, creating space. I’m deeply grateful for this precious time on Tara’s Land! -Vera…
Embodying the Innate Wisdom and Compassion of the Twenty One Taras
with Dorje Lopön Chandra Easton, Lopön Karla Jackson-Brewer MS, Nina Rao, Spring Washam, Lama Tsultrim Allione and Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche
October 11, 2025 - December 11, 2027
Online - Zoom
This program began October 11, 2025, with open enrollment until October 2026. Recordings of past sessions are available on the course content page. Explore the symbolic meaning, power, and purpose of the 21 Taras through teachings, embodied meditation, mantra, and journeys with Tara. In this immersive and transformative program, Dorje…
Skymind Machig Labdron and Open Awareness
with Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam and Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen
December 12, 2025 - February 13, 2026
Online - Zoom
This program began December 12, 2025, with open enrollment until February 13, 2026. Recordings of past sessions are available on the course content page. Skymind is an invitation into the lived experience of the Nature of Mind - the vast, potent, and radiant nature of reality. Though ultimately beyond words…
Dakini Ngondro The Excellent Path of Great Bliss
with Tulku Ösel Dorje
January 17 - 18, 2026
Online - Zoom
Tara Mandala invites you to learn the profound Dakini Ngöndro from Orgyen Khakhyab Lingpa’s Ösel Nyingtig terma cycle. This cycle for accomplishing the Dakini Yeshe Tsogyal was first revealed in Tibet at Yeshe Tsogyal’s birthplace. At that time, Yeshe Tsogyal appeared to Orgyen Khakhyab Lingpa. Through the interdependence of Lama…
Tsigdon Dzo Dzogchen Wisdom Teachings Part V
with Adzom Gyalse Rinpoche
February 6 - March 11, 2026
Online - Zoom
Tara Mandala is deeply honored to continue the online teaching series 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 clearest, most explicit, and complete explanations of the instructions on…
Feeding Your Demons Workshop Leader Training
with Lama Tsultrim Allione, Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam, Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen and Lopön Barbara Staemmler
February 7 - May 3, 2026
Online
Thank you for your interest in joining us for our ongoing trainings in Feeding Your Demons®. We are offering an online training for those interested in leading secular Workshops in Feeding Your Demons®, starting on February 7, 2026. The online program is an experiential training that highlights key components of…
Song of the Vajra
with Lama Tsultrim Allione
February 21 - 22, 2026
Online - Zoom
“There is nothing more important to understand than the Song of the Vajra... By singing it, we find ourselves in the state of contemplation and, through its power, we can be present in a state of integration of all our existence.” Chögyal Namkhai Norbu The Song of the Vajra is…
Madhyamaka Compassion in the Midst of Chaos
with Amelia Hall PhD
February 27 - March 27, 2026
Online - Zoom
How do we cultivate compassion and resilience without solid ground beneath our feet? Madhyamaka, developed by Buddhist philosopher Nagarjuna (ca. 150–250 CE), offers profound tools for understanding reality that remain relevant to our turbulent times. Madhyamaka's central insight: nothing possesses inherent, independent existence. Things arise through causes and conditions rather…
Teacher Seminar I
with Lopön Polly Ryan MA MFT
March 1, 2026
Online - Zoom
These half-day seminars with Lopön Polly Ryan (and additional presenters) are designed to facilitate communication and connection between Lama Tsultrim and her lineage holders and teachers and to provide ongoing training, inspiration, and support for both Senior and Apprentice Teachers. Program Schedule This seminar will be offered via Zoom and…
Feeding Your Demons Level II Buddhist Track Kapala II
with Lama Tsultrim Allione, Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam and Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen
March 7 - May 15, 2026
Online
Deepen your training and knowledge of Feeding Your Demons® in Level II. Learn how to work more extensively with your allies, trace your demons in your body, and map family demons and allies. Buddhist Track participants will also dive deeper into the practice lineage of Machig Labdrön with an introduction…
Feeding Your Demons Level II Secular Track
with Lama Tsultrim Allione, Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam and Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen
March 14 - May 15, 2026
Online
Deepen your training and knowledge of Feeding Your Demons® in Online Level II. Learn how to work more extensively with your allies, trace your demons in your body, and map family demons and allies. (Please note: prerequisites required)
Mandala Method Journey into the Union of the Sacred Feminine and Masculine
with Lopön Ellen Booth Church, Chögé Lisa Erickson and Lama Tsultrim Allione
March 20 - April 11, 2026
Online - Zoom
“In Tibetan Buddhist tradition, the pinnacle spiritual experience is described as the union of the feminine, symbolizing wisdom, with the masculine, symbolizing skillful means.” ~ Lama Tsultrim Allione Venture into the Yab Yum Mandala to explore divine union beyond gender identifications, experiencing and integrating the feminine and masculine we each…
Feeding Your Demons Full Certification Buddhist Track
with Lama Tsultrim Allione, Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam and Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen
March 21, 2026 - March 14, 2027
Online
Ideal for therapists, coaches, and facilitators who desire to add a powerful technique to their professional toolbelt, and for individuals who wish to work with their own ‘demons’ through contemplative practice. The Feeding Your Demons® Full Certification program offers a profoundly effective method for recognizing and transforming the deep-seated patterns,…
Feeding Your Demons Full Certification Secular Track
with Lama Tsultrim Allione, Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam and Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen
March 21, 2026 - March 14, 2027
Online
Ideal for therapists, coaches, and facilitators who desire to add a powerful technique to their professional toolbelt, and for individuals who wish to work with their own ‘demons’ through contemplative practice. The Feeding Your Demons® Full Certification program offers a profoundly effective method for recognizing and transforming the deep-seated patterns,…
Feeding Your Demons Level I Secular Track
with Lama Tsultrim Allione, Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam and Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen
March 21 - May 16, 2026
Online
Book now and get 12% off listed prices. Offer valid until Feb 18, 2026.
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.
Feeding Your Demons Level I Buddhist Track Kapala I
with Lama Tsultrim Allione, Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam and Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen
March 21 - May 16, 2026
Online
Book now and get 12% off listed prices. Offer valid until Feb 18, 2026.
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.
Resting in the Eye of the Storm
with Lopön Polly Ryan MA MFT
April 4 - 5, 2026
Online - Zoom
Motivated by compassion for beings, Siddhartha left the comfort, status, and certainty of his palace life to seek the answers to the questions burning in him. He wanted to know the cause of old age, sickness, and death, and how to end trauma and suffering. What he discovered on the…
Teacher Seminar II
with Lopön Polly Ryan MA MFT
May 8, 2026
Online - Zoom
These half-day seminars with Lopön Polly Ryan (and additional presenters) are designed to facilitate communication and connection between Lama Tsultrim and her lineage holders and teachers and to provide ongoing training, inspiration, and support for both Senior and Apprentice Teachers. Program Schedule This seminar will be offered via Zoom and…
The Dakini Retreat
with Lama Tsultrim Allione, Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam and Lopön Ellen Booth Church
June 13 - 21, 2026
Tara Mandala Retreat Center
Lama Tsultrim will offer this celebrated and unique retreat which she developed to bring transformational personal work into the container of spiritual practice. This deeply experiential retreat involves meditation practice, art, mask making, sound, and movement. We will work with Simhamukkha, the Lion-headed Dakini, with an introduction to the practice…
White Dakini Drubcho
with Lama Tsultrim Allione, Tulku Ösel Dorje and Lopön Beth Lee-Herbert
June 25 - July 1, 2026
Tara Mandala Retreat Center
For five intense days, Tara Mandala becomes a crucible of focused energy, where you will engage in precise tantric arts to purify obstacles and generate an ocean of merit. The true magic of this gathering lies in its radical generosity; the accumulated blessings are poured out freely for the entire…
Family Camp Test Program for Developers
July 19 - 25, 2026
Tara Mandala Retreat Center
Get ready for a summer camp experience where fun, family, and dharma intertwine! Our family dharma camp is packed with activities for every generation, including all-ages adventures, dedicated youth crews, a parent program, and plenty of time to explore and play. The Family Camp is a hands-on experience that brings…
Yeshe Lama Year Two
with Lama Rigzin Drolma, Lama Namgyal Dorje and Tulku Ösel Dorje
July 30 - August 10, 2026
Tara Mandala Retreat Center
The Gateway to Dzogchen Within the Longchen Nyingthig tradition, Jigme Lingpa’s Yeshe Lama is a key Dzogchen manual, typically undertaken after completing the Ngöndro. Orgyen Khakhyab Lingpa previously taught this text at Tara Mandala for three consecutive years, and many students have longed for its return. Now, with Rinpoche’s blessing…
The Osel Nyingtig Gathering
with Tulku Ösel Dorje and Lama Tsultrim Allione
August 15 - 20, 2026
Tara Mandala Retreat Center & Online
Tara Mandala warmly invites all students in the Ösel Nyingtig Lineage who have received the Tröma Nagmo Empowerment to join this special annual retreat, either online or in person. This year’s gathering will be dedicated to Tröma Nagmo’s profound practices, offering a deep immersion into her Secret Mandala. In this…
Kapala III
with Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen
September 5 - 9, 2026
Online - Zoom
In this advanced level, we will delve more deeply into the teachings of Machig Labdrön, including a profound new practice received directly from her lineage. Participants will expand their Feedings Your Demons journey by learning to work with collective demons—such as those rooted in society, culture, history, and the pervasive…
Teacher Seminar III
with Lopön Polly Ryan MA MFT
September 20, 2026
Online - Zoom
These half-day seminars with Lopön Polly Ryan (and additional presenters) are designed to facilitate communication and connection between Lama Tsultrim and her lineage holders and teachers and to provide ongoing training, inspiration, and support for both Senior and Apprentice Teachers. Program Schedule This seminar will be offered via Zoom and…
Mandala Method Certification Capstone
with Chögé Lisa Erickson and Chögé Bridget Bailey
September 25 - 27, 2026
Online - Zoom
***Registration for this retreat is restricted*** This is the final, required retreat to complete the Mandala Method Certification. Please only register if you are part of the Dharma Wheel 2025-26 Cohort of the Mandala Method Certification Program. To ensure a cohesive and profound experience for all, participants should have completed…
Teacher Seminar IV
with Lopön Polly Ryan MA MFT
December 11, 2026
Online - Zoom
These half-day seminars with Lopön Polly Ryan (and additional presenters) are designed to facilitate communication and connection between Lama Tsultrim and her lineage holders and teachers and to provide ongoing training, inspiration, and support for both Senior and Apprentice Teachers. Program Schedule This seminar will be offered via Zoom and…