Programs
Sky Lake Cooks! A Celebration of Food and Art
With Sky Lake Community
Fresh Happenings Sky Lake Cooks! A Celebration of Food and Art Join us on Thursday October 30th at 5:30 pm for this first gathering. Sylvia, Sky Lake’s chef will be cooking a locally sourced and delicious meal (to take out or eat here ) and there will be music by a local artist . Reserve […]
Open House-Awake in the World of Today
With Sky Lake Community
November 2025 Open House Open House at Sky Lake is a monthly series featuring guest presenters in conversation with Joanna Rotté AWAKE IN THE WORLD OF TODAY “Awake in the World of Today” is a live, in-person interview of Michael Carroll by Joanna Rotté. Their conversation will explore Michael’s experience bringing benefit to workaday people […]
Contemplations on Compassion, or Lojong Study
With Dana Fulmer
The lojong slogans are a powerful Buddhist practice for transforming self-absorption and challenging emotions into compassion and openness. The slogans are pithy & easy to remember; some examples are “Be grateful to everyone” or “Rest in the natural state.” Although short, they contain a depth of wisdom that gradually penetrates and opens our mindstream. We […]
Kasung Protectors Arise
With Lennart Krogoll
A Kasung Practice Clan Gathering for seasoned and new Kasung and Sun Camp Veterans. Let us refresh our connection with the earthy, practical wisdom of how to Be, before we act, and how we can hold space for each other, our communities, and for our painfully challenged, brilliant world. Joined wisdom and Drala arises when […]
The Shape of Awake - Dharma Workshop
With Hope Martin
The Shape of Awake: Discovering balanced, effortless posture and spacious awareness in meditation and daily life. “To take this posture itself is the purpose of our practice. When you have this posture, you have the right state of mind, so there is no need to try to attain some special state.” -Suzuki Roshi Access the […]
Snow Lion Winter Retreat
With Arawana Hayashi and Gaylon Ferguson
This retreat is offered in person at Sky Lake. It is open to experienced and beginning meditators. You are warmly invited to join our annual holiday meditation intensive, an opportunity to fully immerse oneself in five days of mindfulness-awareness practice. There is also a ngondro track open to anyone practicing Vajrayana preliminaries. Talks and guided […]
Qigong 1 and 2 - Peaceful Body, Peaceful Mind
With Una Chung
Qigong 1 and 2 - Peaceful Body, Peaceful Mind When body is relaxed and peaceful, energy will flow. When mind is still, it will embrace qi and strengthen the body. In the Chinese arts of health and longevity, qigong simultaneously cultivates a peaceful body and a peaceful mind. Physical health and mental well-being are closely aligned. Begin your […]
Kado Ikebana Workshop
With Marcia Shibata
What is Kado Ikebana ? Kado is a Way of life. The practice can open us to innate universal wisdom that is inherent in all sentient beings. By being in touch with our wisdom, we can experience life with less confusion, stress and anxiety. Life could be opened to accurate solutions as challenges arise in […]
Qigong 3 - The Gourd and Cauldron: Chinese Medicine and Qigong
With Suzann Duquette
Qigong 3 – The Gourd and Cauldron: Chinese Medicine and Qigong Requirement: Qigong 1 and 2 Chinese Medicine and Qigong enjoy a long history of relationship, mutually influencing each other in their approach to health and longevity. The Gourd is the symbol of Chinese medicine, and the cauldron is the symbol of the Taoist arts […]
Qigong 4 - Iron and Silk: Strengthening the Body, Cleansing the Internal Organs
With David Stone
Qigong 4 – Iron and Silk: Strengthening the Body, Cleansing the Internal Organs Requirement: Qigong 3 Iron has the quality of hardness, but tempered by fire, will become soft and flexible, ready to form limitless shapes. Silk has the quality of softness, but when the fibers are woven together, they form the strongest bonds. Qigong […]
Qigong 5 - Limitless Qi, Limitless Consciousness
With David Stone
Qigong 5 – Limitless Qi, Limitless Consciousness Requirement: Qigong 4 Qigong 5 is an important landmark in your journey into the Taoist arts of health and longevity. At the end of this level, you will have completed the 6 Basics forms of qigong, the Nine Self Massage Techniques, the Twelve Devas, Hua Tu Animals, the […]
Tendon-Changing and Marrow-Washing Intensive
With Dr. Eva Wong
Animal Forms Intensive
With Dr. Eva Wong
Animal Forms Intensive (Requires Tendons-Changing and Marrow-Washing Intensive) Many Taoist qigong forms are derived from observing the behavior of animals and understanding how animals preserve, gather, transform, circulate, and store internal energy. The ancient Chinese shamans were the first to practice the art of “becoming” an animal to embody the power of that animal. The […]
Qigong for Healthy Joints, Bones, and Tendons
With Dr. Eva Wong
Qigong for Healthy Joints, Bones, and Tendons (Requires Q3) Who does not want to have healthy joints, bones, and tendons? Healthy joints allow us to move around our world with ease and relaxation. Healthy bones minimize fractures and breaks. Healthy tendons increase our range of movement and flexibility. A healthy muscular-skeletal system is the foundation […]