Programs
Meditation Practice: Making Friends with Our Mind
With Dana Fulmer
Online Class Series Regular practice of meditation practice helps us to discover equanimity and spaciousness in the midst of all the different weathers and energies of our mind, and in so doing to make friends with ourselves on a fundamental level. This class is for anyone looking to establish or deepen their meditation practice. We […]
Open House - Studying with the Lamas of India and Nepal
With Sky Lake Community
A live, in-person interview of Michele Martin by Joanna Rotté, featuring Michele’s extraordinary experiences as a Buddhist American woman living, traveling, and working in India and Nepal; meeting and studying with revered lamas and meditation masters; and, through learning the Tibetan language, serving as a master translator of both oral and written Tibetan. Michele Martin […]
Parinirvana Day
With Sky Lake Community
Dear Friends and Neighbors, Sky Lake, Albany, NYC and New Jersey! This April 4th marks the 38th anniversary of the parinirvana of the Vidyadhara Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. At Sky Lake we will be celebrating on Saturday April 12, from 12-4. Please join us for our Sadhana of Mahamudra Feast practice to commemorate this important day […]
Vajrayogini Group Retreat
With Vajrayogini Practitioners
All sadhakas who have received the Vajrayogini abhiseka are warmly invited to join this group retreat, an opportunity to fully immerse ourselves in the practice of Vajrayogini, the essence of prajnaparamita. In addition to three sessions of group practice daily, we will listen to recordings of tris and vajra assemblies on the topics of Vajrayogini […]
Vajrayogini Feast 2025
With Vajrayogini Practitioners
Open to all who have received the Vajrayogini abhisheka from the lineage of Vidyadhara Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Come and reconnect with the adhisthana of feast practice in community with other practitioners. Please bring your practice implements and sadhana. Set-up will begin at 12:30pm for those who can arrive early to help. Contact Dana Fulmer if […]
Workshop - AWAKE MIND: Write / Draw / Contemplate
With Barbara Bash and Victress Hitchcock
ONLINE WORKSHOP AWAKE MIND: Write / Draw / Contemplate with Barbara Bash & Victress Hitchcock A Day-long Virtual Retreat Where do our stories come from? How do we bring them to life in words and images? Spend a day with writer Victress Hitchcock and artist Barbara Bash exploring the world of memory, through contemplation, words, and images. […]
Kado Ikebana
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 […]
Progressive Stages of Meditation on Emptiness
With Dana Fulmer
Emptiness is the most central understanding of Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism. Progressive Stages of Meditation on Emptiness, the text for this course, is a clear and pithy treatise on emptiness and the various stages on the path to realizing it. Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso was one of the most revered Mahamudra teachers of the modern age, […]
Creating an End-of-Life Plan (online)
With Dana Fulmer
Online Workshop This online program will provide guidance for participants in creating their own End-of-Life Plan. A template will be provided for participants to create their own Plan, with presentation on relevant topics including relating with family and community; considerations for the dying process; an overview of Buddhist practices for end of life and for […]
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 […]
Alchemist, Warrior, Meditator
With Dr. Eva Wong
Alchemist, Warrior, Meditator Alchemists seek the path of health and longevity. Martial artists walk the path of the warrior. Meditators live a life of stillness and clarity. All three paths embrace simplicity, virtue, and impeccability in thought and action. For centuries, internal alchemy, martial arts, and meditation have been practiced by Taoists to enhance health, build discipline, and cultivate […]
Enjoy Being Yourself with Taoist Meditation
With Dr. Eva Wong
Enjoy Being Yourself with Taoist Meditation Have you ever wondered what happens when you are alone with yourself? Thoughts arise. Being alone with yourself is the best time to experience the totality of your inner world of thoughts and be at one with consciousness. There’s no better time to enjoy being yourself during meditation. Consciousness never ceases […]