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Programs
Special Funding Available
If you identify as a person of color you may be eligible for special financial support to attend our retreats.
* Indicates program with prerequisites
July
July 3 - 18
Half Dathun
with Acharya Gaylon Ferguson
Open to everyone! Expand your understanding of your mind, emotions, and heart in this in-depth meditation retreat. Attend one week or the full 2 week retreat.
July 9 - 12
Kyudo Annual Program *
with Jim Boorstein
Seiko's annual gathering of Kyudo practitioners for an extended period of practice in a retreat setting.
July 10 - 12
Resilient Gardening: Skills for Growing & Healing in the Age of Climate Change
with Master Gardener Jan Enthoven
Skills for healing and regenerative growing in the age of climate change
July 17 - 19
Free and Easy Wandering in the Spirit World
with Dr. Eva Wong
Join Eva Wong, practitioner of the mystical path of Shangqing Taoism, in wandering the realms of the spirit world. Walk the paths of the stars and mountains to probe the mysteries of the sky and earth.
July 19 - 24
Qigong Practice and Study Retreat - Immortal Lu Dongbin's Classic on Internal Alchemy *
with Dr. Eva Wong
Lu Dongbin's classic Treatise on Internal Alchemy is now translated for the first time and will be the principal text of this practice and study retreat.
July 23 - 26
Women's Kyudo Retreat *
with Lucy Halverson
Touching on the grace, dignity and tranquility of kyudo, this retreat offers women the opportunity to practice together in the relaxed setting of a contemplative community.
August
August 1 - 9
Family Camp
Family Camp is a magical week for parents and children to spend together with old friends and new in the beautiful rolling green hills of Vermont's Northeast Kingdom at Karmê Chöling.
August 1 - 9
Earth Warriors
A program for young adults held within the rich and lively container of Family Camp!! Young adults, ages 18-23, are invited to come together to engage in lively discussions, meditation, and exploration of Earths wisdom lineages.
August 12 - 16
Traditional Chinese QiGong Levels 4-5 *
with Acharya Suzann Duquette
Students will be introduced to traditional Outer and Inner Qigong from two systems - The Pre-celestial Limitless Gate School (Xiantianwujimen) and the Yiquan School.
August 15 - 23
Heart of Recovery Retreat
with Scott Perkins
A exploration of how meditation and mindfulness intersect with recovery from addiction and other harmful habitual patterns. This is a week- long journey of warriorship, gentleness, and bravery.
August 27 - September 1
Making Your Way Back Home: Shambhala Training Levels IV & V *
The last 2 of 5 levels of the Heart of Warriorship, a seminal path of training rooted in the ancient meditation practices & wisdom teachings of the Shambhala tradition & created for the challenges of our modern, everyday existence.
August 27 - 29
Awakened Heart: Shambhala Training Level 4 *
August 29 - September 1
Open Sky: Shambhala Training Level 5 *
August 28 - 30
Presencing
with Acharya Arawana Hayashi
Social Presencing Theater (SPT) is a series of practices developed under the leadership of Arawana Hayashi for the Presencing Institute. SPT is inspired and informed by the teachings of Shambhala Art and Mudra Theater.
September
September 2 - 4
White Tara *
with Acharya Judith Simmer-brown
White Tara practices have long been popular in Kagyu and Nyingma communities; this short practice is intended to soothe illness, disharmony, and suffering in the Shambhala community. Open to all who have taken refuge vows.
September 4 - 7
Dakini Wisdom: Revealing the Feminine in Tibetan Buddhism
with Acharya Judith Simmer-brown
Through an exploration of the feminine principle - the dakini - we may access our own vast wisdom beyond gender, and yet discover new meaning in our embodied, passionate lives as women and men.
September 10 - 13
Lowering the Tents
Karme Choling invites everyone to join this fall weekend of exertion and meditation as we close down our seasonal campground. Come experience our community and the joy of serving others while working in wooded meadows, meditating, and making new friends.
September 17 - 20
Relax, Renew and Awaken
with Jane Arthur
Discover relaxation and wakefulness while enjoying the beautiful fall foliage of Northern Vermont and learn contemplative approaches for working with the fullness of daily modern life.
September 18 - 20
Resilient Gardening: Autumn Workshop
with Master Gardener Jan Enthoven
Skills for healing and regenerative growing in the age of climate change
September 25 - 27
Creating Strategies for your QiGong Practice *
with Dr. Eva Wong and Acharya Suzann Duquette
Now that you have learned many qigong forms, it is time to strategize your practice to give you an edge in improving, enhancing, and repairing your body, as well as expanding your consciousness.
September 27 - October 2
Stoking the Scholar & Warrior Fire *
with Dr. Eva Wong
For those who have completed Qigong Level 6, Parts 1 and/or Part 2
October
October 9 - 11
Lucid Dream Yoga: The Path of Awakening Through Sleep and Dream
with Andrew Holecek
Discover the remarkable world of nocturnal meditation, where a wealth of wisdom awaits you every night.
October 12 - 18
Teachings on the Heart Sutra
with Khenpo Gawang Rinpoche
Khenpo Gawang Rinpoche will be teaching and giving commentary on the Heart Sutra. It is the most distilled essence of a group of Mahayana sutras concerned with Prajnaparamita; wisdom (prajna) that "reaches the other shore"(paramita).
October 22 - November 2
Scorpion Seal: Year 9 *
with Ashe Acharya John Rockwell
Modeled after the traditional drupchen - great accumulation - this retreat will focus on intensive group practice of the Werma Sadhana and other practices received.