Lopön Robin Gayle
Lopön Robin Gayle, PhD, MDiv, MFT has undergraduate and graduate degrees/publications in theology, psychology, and east-west studies. She is a Tara Mandala authorized Feeding Your Demons® psychotherapist in private practice in California and Colorado. She is a former Dean, Chair, and tenured Professor of Counseling Psychology at Dominican University of California. She currently serves as a Research Scientist for the Center for Contemplative Research in Colorado, and as the Resident Teacher at White Jewel Mountain Retreat Center in Colorado in the absence of Adzom Gyalse Rinpoche.
Her interest in Buddhism began in 1986 with teachings and an empowerment by Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey, followed by Kalachakra & Dzogchen teachings by H. H. Dalai Lama, Longchen Nyngtig, Rinchen Terzod, and Kamma cycles with Ven. Yangthang Tulku Rinpoche, intensive Shamatha, Vipassana, Lojong, and Dzogchen retreats with B. Alan Wallace, and teachings and empowerments by Ven. Gyaltrul Rinpoche, Tulku Sang-ngag Rinpoche, Drubpon Lama Karma, and Chögyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche.
Löpon Robin met Lama Tsultrim Allione in 1990, subsequently went on pilgrimage with her to several power places around the world learning dakini and Chöd practices, and has assisted Lama Tsultrim in numerous retreats. Robin recently completed the 10 year Gateway Program at Tara Mandala: Dzinpa Rangdröl (Self Liberation of Clinging) which consists of all the practices done in the traditional Vajrayana three-year solitary retreat but adapted for the modern practitioner living in the world.
Löpon Robin teaches on-line and in-person retreats for Tara Mandala and is a Kalyanamitra for novice Gateway Program participants.
Authorized to teach:
Feeding Your Demons®
Namkhai Norbu Chöd
Zhitro
Lojong (Mind Training)
Understanding The 6 Bardos
Journey through the Dharmata
The Bardo of Becoming
Five Dakini Mandala
Wisdom Rising Mandala
Awakening Bodhicitta
Shamatha and Vipassana
Treasury of Precious Qualities
Trauma Recovery for Practitioners
Email: robin.gayle@me.com
Website: www.robingayle.com
Location: Kentfield, California & Crestone, Colorado
Categories: Authorized Teachers, Authorized Teachers II, Feeding Your Demons Certified Therapists
Upcoming Programs by Lopön Robin Gayle
Minding the Gap Journey Through the Six Bardos
“In life and in death, in meditation and in sleep, every transitional stage of consciousness, or bardo, provides an opportunity to overcome limitations, frustrations, and fears.” ~ Padmasambhava, in Natural Liberation, 1998 Life is a constant dance between the known and the unknown, a cycle in which death and birth are always interwoven. The bardo represents […]
Minding the Gap The Bardo of This Life
The Bardo of This Life as Preparation For Death Large and small gaps take place constantly in life; the sense of ‘I’ is being born and dying every moment. And we have a choice: continue to establish the ego with all of its reified patterns, or let go and explore what is in the gap, […]
Minding the Gap The Bardo of Meditation
The Bardo of Meditation: Preparation for All Bardos “Now when the bardo of meditation dawns upon me, I will abandon the crowd of distractions and confusions Rest in the boundless state without grasping or disturbance, And gain stability in creation and completion. At this time of meditation, one-pointed, free from activity Do not fall into […]
Minding the Gap The Bardo of Dreams
The Bardo of Dreams: Recognizing Emptiness and Luminosity “We who think of ourselves as the living could really be called the dead because we are unawakened and living our lives in a dream.” ~ Lama Alan Wallace, lecture, 2023 Falling asleep is the closest analogy to dying in our normal experience. We can practice in […]
Minding the Gap The Bardo of Death
The Bardo of Death: Preparation for Recognizing the Clear Light “If we wish to die well, we must learn how to live well. Hoping for a peaceful death, we must cultivate peace in our mind, and in our way of life.” ~ His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, 1992 Death […]
Minding the Gap The Bardo of Dharmata
The Bardo of Dharmata: Preparation for Recognizing Our True Nature “O child of awakened family, when your mind and body separate, the dharmata will appear, pure and clear yet hard to discern, luminous and brilliant with terrifying brightness, shimmering like a mirage on a plain in spring. Do not be afraid of it, do not […]
Minding the Gap The Bardo of Becoming
The Bardo of Becoming: Preparation for Life “Samsara is your mind, and nirvana is also your mind, All pleasure and pain, and all delusions, exist nowhere apart from your mind. To attain control over your own mind; This is the heart of the practice for the bardo of becoming.” ~ Venerable Tsele Natsok Rangdrol, in […]