Introductory Retreats

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.

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.

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.

The Wisdom in Aging and Illness An evening of insight and guided Feeding Your Demons practice

with Chögé Lisa Erickson

August 20, 2026

Online- Zoom

Aging and illness are universal human experiences, part of being in a physical body. But their experience can often be challenging, triggering resistance, fear, or denial. Whether we are struggling with pain, limitations, uncertainty, or simply change, a multitude of emotions might arise. Feeding Your Demons offers a direct approach for working with the experience […]

Skymind The Radical Path of Open Awareness

with Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam and Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen

August 25 - 30, 2026

Tara Mandala Retreat Center

Amidst the relentless pace of modern life, where can we find true refuge—a genuine sense of ease, clarity, and connection? We invite you to step away from the push and pull of daily striving and rediscover the profound peace and wholeness that has always been within you. Join Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam, Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen, and […]

Skymind Book Launch and Celebration COLORADO

with Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam and Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen

August 27, 2026

Tara Mandala Retreat Center

Join us as we celebrate Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam & Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen new book, Skymind: The Radical Path of Open Awareness! During this special session, offered online and in person at Tara Mandala’s Tara Temple, the Lopöns will share stories about how Skymind grew from the wild land of Tara Mandala, inspired by the sacred […]

Skymind Book Launch and Celebration ONLINE

with Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam and Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen

August 27, 2026

Online- Zoom

Join us as we celebrate Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam & Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen new book, Skymind: The Radical Path of Open Awareness! During this special session, offered online and in person at Tara Mandala’s Tara Temple, the Lopöns will share stories about how Skymind grew from the wild land of Tara Mandala, inspired by the sacred […]

Empathy Fatigue An afternoon of insight and guided Feeding Your Demons practice

with Lopön Karla Jackson-Brewer MS

October 20, 2026

Online- Zoom

Empathy fatigue arises when we carry not only our own suffering but the accumulated weight of those we love and serve. The continual impulse to help, hold space, and respond can quietly deplete the very ground from which genuine care grows. From a contemplative perspective, this depletion is not a sign that our hearts have […]