Ligmincha

FREE EVENT—Anniversary of Parinirvana of Yongdzin Tenzin Namdak
2026-06-12 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Online on Zoom
🙏One Year Anniversary of the Parinirvana of H.E. Yongdzin Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche
On June 12 at 12 noon NY time, we mark one year since the parinirvana of His Eminence Yongdzin Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche, the most senior teacher of the Bön tradition and beloved root teacher of Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche.
On this sacred day, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche will share personal stories of his teacher — a master whose boundless wisdom and compassion continue to guide us all.
We warmly invite the entire sangha to participate:
In the days leading up to June 12, we encourage you to write and be ready to share — heartfelt prayers of devotion, poetry, memories, or stories that honor his precious life and teachings. Please feel free to post them here.
Together, we will:

✨ Recite the Prayer to H.E. Yongdzin Rinpoche
🎤 Listen to the recording of Yongdzin Rinpoche himself reciting the Invocation of Tapihritsa
🧘 Meditate together on this profound and sacred text

May our prayers, devotion, and practice carry his blessings to all beings, and may his wisdom remain with us always.

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COURSE—Tibetan Dream Yoga
2026-06-14 - 2026-06-19 | Glidewing
COURSE
Tibetan Dream Yoga
Ancient Teachings from the Dzogchen Tradition
4-Week Online Workshop June 14- July 17, 2026
with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
“The practice of dream yoga is about understanding more about appearances and what they truly are. And ultimately, it is about understanding who we are, the true sense of self.”
– Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
Through practice, we can cultivate greater awareness during every moment of life. If we do, freedom and flexibility continually increase and we are less governed by habitual preoccupations and distractions. Eventually we develop a continuity of awareness that allows us to maintain full awareness during dream as well as in waking life. When we fully develop this capacity, we will find that we are living both waking and dreaming life with greater ease, comfort, clarity, and appreciation.
Rinpoche makes himself available throughout the four weeks of the workshop to answer questions about the teachings and your experiences with the practices through our private workshop forums and messaging system.

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Service and Practice Retreat
2026-06-19 10:00 - 2026-06-20 19:00 | Serenity Ridge Retreat Center, Shipman, VA, United States
Summer is arriving in full beauty at Serenity Ridge, and we are delighted to invite you, your family, and your friends to join us for a special weekend of community, practice, joyful service, and connection.
June 19–20, 2026 marks our annual Summer Service & Practice Retreat, culminating in our Open House and Potluck with Lama Kalsang on Saturday. Whether you are able to join us for the entire weekend or just a few hours, we would love to welcome you.
This weekend offers an opportunity to deepen your connection with the Serenity Ridge community, enjoy the peaceful beauty of the land, participate in meaningful service projects, and practice together. Lama Kalsang will offer a Dharma Talk and Guided Meditation as part of Saturday’s Open House festivities.
Those participating in the Service Retreat may earn retreat credit through service while helping prepare Serenity Ridge for the summer retreat season.

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2026 Serenity Ridge Open House & Potluck
2026-06-20 09:30 - 12:00 | Serenity Ridge Retreat Center, Shipman, VA, United States
Share the joy, warmth, and community
Come to Serenity Ridge Retreat Center on Saturday, June 20th. Walk on our nature trails, learn about Buddhism directly from a lama in the Tibetan Bön tradition, practice meditation and spend time with a great community of people.
Lama Kalsang Nyima, a respected artist and Buddhist teacher, will be at Serenity Ridge through summer retreat.
This is a great opportunity to learn more about him, the teachings and services he can offer during his residency and have a great time seeing old friends and meeting new ones!
Everyone is welcome to this free event!

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Monthly Community Meditation Gathering
2026-06-24 18:30 - 20:00

COURSE—Meditation, Breath and Movement
2026-06-26 - 2026-07-01, 2026-11-27 - 2026-12-02 | Ligmincha Learning
Meditation, Breath and Movement
with Alejandro Chaoul-Reich
This is a 4 week course
Tsa lung is a series of ancient yogic practices that brings balance and harmony to our physical body, energy and mind. The term tsa lung can be translated as the energy-winds (Tibetan: lung, Skt. prana, Chinese, qi) in the Channels, for these practices are designed to open the subtle channels, guiding the healthy flow of the energy-winds so that we can enjoy good health and reconnect with more calmness to a quiet, peaceful mind. These exercises are easy to perform and are suitable for everyone.
There are three levels of tsa lung practice: external, internal and secret. External tsa lung works primarily on the physical level, using simple movements and breath exercises to balance the energies within our body. Internal tsa lung works more at the level of breath and subtle energy, bringing our attention to opening the five chakras and the central channel. Secret tsa lung uses subtle visualizations within the chakras and central channel to bring harmony to the mind, so that we can rest in our inner refuge, nature of mind. All of the tsa lung exercises integrate and balance the five elements within: earth, water, fire, wind and space.
These practices are drawn from the Bön Mother Tantra (Tibetan: Ma Gyud) the highest tantra in our tradition. They are a beautiful complement to any meditation practice, and particularly to dzogchen. They are frequently performed at the beginning of a session so that meditation is deeper and more stable. External tsa lung is commonly performed in all Ligmincha centers and groups.

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RETREAT—Clear Light, Natural Mind: The Direct Path of Dzogchen
2026-06-26 - 2026-07-11 | Serenity Ridge Retreat Center, Shipman, VA, United States
With Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
and honored guest (online), H.H. the 34th Menri Trizin Rinpoche

June 26 – July 11, 2026 | Serenity Ridge Retreat Center, Virginia
Retreat Dates & Registration Options (see links below to register)
Full Retreat: June 26–July 11, 2026
Weekend: June 26–28, 2026
Week 1: June 26–July 4, 2026
Week 2: July 4–11, 2026
Deepen Your Dzogchen Practice
Join Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche for a rare summer retreat. Explore the nature of mind, release meditation obstacles, and cultivate clarity, awareness, and compassion in a supportive, immersive environment. Open to beginners and experienced meditators.
Retreat Highlights
Teachings & Empowerment:
Texts: Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche will be teaching from dzogchen texts, the Twenty-One Nails and the Six Lamps, from the Oral Tradition of Zhang Zhung (Zhang Zhung Nyengyü)
June 27-28: Special morning online teachings from His Holiness the 34th Menri Trizin Rinpoche with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche translating for His Holiness. (Unfortunately, His Holiness is unable to travel to Serenity Ridge this year.)
July 4: Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche will give the Dynamic Energy of Awareness empowerment (Rigpa Tsal Wang) from the Zhang Zhung Nyengyü Bon Dzogchen tradition.
July 5: Rinpoche will give Pointing Out Instructions to the Nature of Mind.
July 6-9: Four days of silent retreat during the 2nd week
July 10: Celebration of Rinpoche and Tsering la’s 25th Anniversay.
Practice: Learn Trekchöd (cutting through confusion and conceptual thoughts) and Tögal (practices of ‘clear light’), clear inner obstacles, strengthen meditation confidence, and integrate mindfulness into daily life.
Important note: The Dynamic Energy of Awareness empowerment on July 4 and pointing out instructions on July 5 will be offered ONLY to those attending this retreat in person.
Experience this transformative opportunity to connect with the living Dzogchen lineage and integrate lasting insight, openness, and clarity into your practice.
Retreat Dates & Registration Options:

Full Retreat: June 26–July 11, 2026

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Online Registration click here

Weekend: June 26–28, 2026

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Week 1: June 26–July 4, 2026

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Week 2: July 4 (4pm) –11, 2026

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Empowerment Weekend: July 4–5, 2026

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COURSE—The Five Elements: Healing with Form, Energy and Light
2026-07-10 - 2026-07-15 | Ligmincha Learning
The Five Elements: Healing with Form, Energy and Light
with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
This is a 6 week course
In this course Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche explores how the five elements from the Tibetan Bön tradition relates to our daily experiences, emotions and relationships. Rinpoche guides meditations for each of the elements, designed to help clear our obstacles and bring balance to our lives.
The course is structured into six parts of one week each:

Overview of the Five Elements
The Earth Element
The Water Element
The Fire Element
The Air Element
The Space Element

Each section of the course includes a video of Rinpoche’s teaching, Rinpoche leading a guided meditation, readings from his book Healing with Form, Energy and Light, and assignments for journal writing, discussion, formal and informal practice.
The course is designed so that you may integrate study and practice into your everyday routine, learning at your own pace, yet enjoying the support of classmates and the course mentor.
Polly Turner will be the mentor for this course.

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COURSE—Tibetan Meditation
2026-07-25 - 2026-07-30 | Glidewing
COURSE
Tibetan Meditation
The Nature of Mind: Achieving Great Bliss through Pure Awareness
3-Week Online Workshop July 25-August 16, 2026
with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
This ancient Tibetan Meditation practice helps you to enter a state of pure awareness that can bring you peace, joy, and ultimately, full realization.
The Meditation of Great Bliss: The Fivefold Teachings of Dawa Gyaltsen
Dawa Gyaltsen, an 8th century dzogchen meditation master, directly introduced his own students to the nature of mind through these five simple lines, known as the Fivefold Teachings:

Vision is mind
Mind is empty
Emptiness is clear light
Clear light is union
Union is great bliss

Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche devotes each primary session of his teaching videos to explaining one line in depth, and each session concludes with a guided meditation that helps to transport you directly to the intended state of consciousness described by that line. For brief explanation of the Fivefold Teachings, see “Discovering the True Nature of Mind,” an article by Rinpoche at LionsRoar.com
Rinpoche makes himself available throughout the three weeks of the workshop to answer questions about the teachings and your experiences with the practices through our private workshop forums and messaging system.

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RETREAT—A-TRI – Teachings with Intensive Practice and Trul-Khor
2026-07-30 - 2026-08-02 | Ligmincha Austria, Vienna, Austria
(In English & Deutsche)
Using the symbolic “ཨ” as a support, the practice of guiding the mind toward the profound natural state of reality beyond concepts is called A-Khrid. Through the practices of contemplating the mind on a symbol and settling the mind in the natural state beyond concepts, one gains these benefits: the mind becomes focused, stable, non-distracted, calm and gentle, confident and capable. When the mind becomes capable one can be free from suffering and achieve ultimate happiness.
The main texts for this teaching cycle are:

The Fifteen yoga movements of the A-Khrid Gagsel Trulkhor — composed by the Bon great master Drugyalwa Yungdrung, born in the 13th century.
The Forty movement of the A-Khrid Bogdon Trulkhor — composed by the great master Shardza Rinpoche, born in the 19th century.

These will be taught in combination with practice.
These of trulkhor (movement exercises) are highly beneficial both for advancing the mind’s meditation practice, and for healing physical illness and removing obstacles.
By practising with the key points of the movements — such as opening the knots of the channels and purifying the channel pathways — this practice is greatly beneficial for both physical health and mental wellbeing. It has the special purpose of preventing illness in the body and suffering in the mind.
Please register at: info@ligmincha.at
Zoom Participation: Please register by July 27, so we can send you the Zoom link in time!
Prerequisites: This retreat is suitable for both beginners and long-time practitioners! Khenpo la is a very experienced teacher and will guide us through both the teachings and the practical exercises with great skill.
Location: Panchen Losang Chogyen Gelug – Center, Servitengasse 15, 1090 Wien
Seminar language: English; translation into German will be provided if needed
Donation: €170,- / €140,- for members of Ligmincha Austria; Zoom participation € 140,- / €120,- (Discounts available based on self-assessment)
Bank details: Ligmincha Austria, IBAN: [REDACTED]
BIC: BAWAATWW; Purpose: “A-Tri” July 2026
An event organized by Ligmincha Austria e.V. | Landsteinergasse 10/13 | 1160 Vienna
With warm regards in Bön,
Team Ligmincha Austria (Heide, Renate, Erich, Robert)
Retreat mit
Menri Shedrup Khenpo Geshe Nyima Dhondup Rinpoche
A-TRI – Belehrungen mit intensiver Praxis und Trulkhor-Übungen
Juli – 02. August 2026
Donnerstag 18.30h – 21:00 h, Freitag, Samstag, Sonntag von 10:00 h – 17:00 h
Inhalt: Die Praxis, den Geist mithilfe des Symbols ཨ zu dem tiefgründigen, natürlichen Zustand der Realität jenseits aller Konzepte zu führen, wird als A-tri (A-khrid) bezeichnet. Durch die Übungen, den Geist auf ein Symbol zu richten und ihn in dem natürlichen Zustand jenseits aller Konzepte zur Ruhe kommen zu lassen, erlangt man folgende Vorteile: Der Geist wird konzentriert, stabil, ungestört, ruhig und sanft, selbstbewusst und leistungsfähig. Wenn der Geist befähigt wird, kann man vom Leiden befreit werden und höchstes Glück erlangen.
Die Haupttexte für diesen Lehrzyklus sind:

Die fünfzehn Yoga-Bewegungen des A-tri Gagsel Trulkhor – verfasst vom großen Bon-Meister Drugyalwa Yungdrung, geboren im 13. Jahrhundert.
Die vierzig Bewegungen des A-tri Bogdon Trulkhor – verfasst vom großen Meister Shardza Rinpoche, geboren im 19. Jahrhundert.

Die Texte werden in Verbindung mit praktischen Übungen gelehrt.
Die Trulkhor-Übungen sind sowohl für die Vertiefung der Meditationspraxis als auch für die Heilung körperlicher Beschwerden und die Beseitigung von Hindernissen von großem Nutzen. Diese Praxis wirkt positiv sowohl auf die körperliche Gesundheit als auch auf das geistige Wohlbefinden. Sie dient insbesondere dazu, Krankheiten im Körper und Leiden im Geist vorzubeugen.
Anmeldung: info@ligmincha.at; Infos auch auf www.ligmincha.at
Ligmincha Österreich e.V., Landsteinergasse 10/13, 1160 Wien
Tel.: +43 650 315 65 57 (Heide Mitsche),
+43 660 34 533 74 (Renate Cervik-Kremminger)
Für Zoom-TeilnehmerInnen, bitte um Anmeldung bis 27. Juli, damit wir rechtzeitig den Zoom-link versenden können!
Wo: Panchen Losang Chogyen – Zentrum, Servitengasse 15, 1090 Wien
Teilnahme-Voraussetzungen: Dieses Retreat eignet sich sowohl für EinsteigerInnen wie für langjährig Praktizierende! Khenpo la ist ein sehr erfahrener Lehrer und wird uns sowohl die Lehren wie die praktischen Übungen bestens vermitteln.
Seminar-Sprache: Englisch; bei Bedarf wird ins Deutsche übersetzt
Spendenbeitrag: € 170,- / € 140,- für Mitglieder von Ligmincha Österreich; Zoom-Teilnahme € 140,- / € 120,-
Bankverbindung: Ligmincha Österreich, IBAN: [REDACTED]
BIC: BAWAATWW; Zweck: „A-Tri“ Juli 2026

RETREAT—London Retreat (Topic TBA)
2026-08-07 - 2026-08-09
More information coming soon…
For more information, contact Sona Lotfi: sonaligminchauk@gmail.com

RETREAT—TBA Poland
2026-08-11 - 2026-08-16 | Ligmincha Poland, Wilga, Poland
More information coming soon…

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RETREAT—The Elemental Journey: Year One of Bön Mother Tantra
2026-08-17 - 2026-08-23 | Ligmincha Germany, Buchenau, Germany
An Experiential Exploration of the Five Sacred Elements in the Bön Tradition of Tibet
In the teachings of the Ma Gyud Sangye Gyü Sum (མ་རྒྱུད་སངས་རྒྱས་རྒྱུད་གསུམ, The Three Mother Tantras), the Mother Tantra offers a profound path of direct experience. In this retreat, we will explore the outer, inner, and sacred dimensions of the Five Elements—earth, water, fire, wind, and space.
Through experiential practices, we will learn to embody and express these sacred energies—from the vastness of space to the ever-changing conditions of daily life—while recognizing the movement and qualities of the elements in both nature and our own being.
By working with these elemental forces, we open pathways for deeper healing, balance, and transformation. This experiential journey honors the ancient Bön lineage while inviting a direct, lived realization of its wisdom.

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RETREAT—Embracing the Unknown
2026-08-29 - 2026-08-30 | Ligmincha France & Swiss Romande
Embracing the Unknown: A Journey of Trust and Transformation
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COURSE—Healing from the Source
2026-08-29 - 2026-09-03 | Glidewing
COURSE
Healing from the Source
Meditation as Medicine for Body and Mind
3-Week Online Workshop August 29-September 20, 2026
with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
“Without the light and warmth of the sun, trees and flowering plants will fail to flourish.
Without awareness and warmth toward your body, you, too, will fail to flourish.”.
—Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
We tend to view emotional and physical pain as the enemy. The Healing From the Source online workshop with Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche reveals why we shouldn’t—and shows us how meditation practice can transform our own pain and sickness through the healing warmth of loving-kindness.
This three-week online workshop, with personal support and guidance from Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, focuses on cultivating loving-kindness as a means for preventing and healing both physical and emotional pain. Based on ancient teachings of dzogchen from the Tibetan Bön Buddhist tradition, the workshop helps one discover the “great healer within.” The core teachings of dzogchen introduce us to the nature of mind, to our own inner refuge, the true source of healing. Everyone has access to this source through the “three doors” of body, speech, and mind, Rinpoche has explained. He describes stillness of the body, silence of speech, and spaciousness of the mind as the “three precious pills”—a powerful medicine you can take at any time, with no side effects, to help divert you from your self-punishing tendencies, clear pain and negativity, cultivate awareness, and ultimately access the healing qualities that spontaneously arise in that space.
The three precious pills serve as the foundation of the main practice. Their healing effects come from resting deeply in the space that opens, then gradually bringing awareness to your emotional or physical discomfort. In that unconditional openness, the pain or discomfort naturally dissolves. In time you may become aware of positive qualities naturally arising within, such as loving-kindness, joy, equanimity or compassion. As you allow those qualities to mature, you can feel their warmth.

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COURSE—Transforming Emotions Through the Six Lokas
2026-09-04 - 2026-09-09 | Ligmincha Learning
Transforming Our Emotions Through the Six Lokas
with Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
This is a 7 week course
This meditation course will give you a thorough introduction to the Six Lokas practices of the Tibetan Bön Buddhist tradition.
At one time or another each of us suffer strong emotions that throw us off balance, cause us to act in ways that we later regret, and make us lose touch with our true nature. Centuries ago the masters of the Bön lineage developed the meditations of the Six Lokas specifically to remedy this situation, to help us live our lives in a balanced and relaxed way.
The meditations focus on the root causes of our suffering: anger, desire, greed, ignorance, jealousy, pride and laziness. Through each meditation we examine our habitual patterns so that we may recognize them, then invoke the enlightened energy of the Buddhas to purify and transform us so that we and all other beings might not continue to suffer in this way. The practices have a deep healing and transformative power, and are traditionally practiced at length as a preliminary to dzogchen contemplation.

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RETREAT—Dream Yoga
2026-09-05 - 2026-09-06 | Ligmincha Hungary, Eszek utca 18., Budapest, 1114, Hungary
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RETREAT—Dzogchen: Sky Gazing and Sun Gazing
2026-09-25 - 2026-09-27 | Boulder Shambhala Center, 1345 Spruce Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
Dzogchen: Sky Gazing and Sun Gazing with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
Details and Registration Coming Soon!
Location: Boulder Shambhala Center, 1345 Spruce Street, Boulder, CO
co-sponsored by Chamma Ling Colorado and Boulder Shambhala Center

RETREAT—Sherab Chamma, Mother of Wisdom and Love
2026-09-29 - 2026-10-04 | Serenity Ridge Retreat Center, Shipman, VA, United States
Sherab Chamma, Mother of Wisdom and Love
September 29 – October 4, 2026 | Serenity Ridge Retreat Center
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COURSE—The Three Heart Mantras of Bön
2026-10-02 - 2026-10-07 | Ligmincha Learning
The Three Heart Mantras
with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
This is a 5 week course
The Three Heart Mantras are used in many different meditations in the Bön tradition and play a major role in the ngöndro practices. They are said to be the essence of enlightenment in sound and energy, and as we sing or chant the mantras our awareness is transformed to be in union with the Buddhas. They are used for purification, protection and as primary practices toward self-realization.
It is said that creating these mantras in any form brings merit and purification, so they are commonly found carved into stones, printed on prayer flags where they spread their benefits through the winds, and even drawn with gold ink and kept on shrines as an object of reverence and meditation. Their blessings are said to be endless. Also within this course Tenzin Rinpoche explains the essence of the Guru Yoga, Refuge and Bodhicitta practices, making this an excellent introduction to the tradition.

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RETREAT—Bardo Teachings: Living with Joy, Dying in Peace
2026-10-06 - 2026-10-11 | Serenity Ridge Retreat Center, Shipman, VA, United States
Bardo Teachings: Living with Joy, Dying in Peace
October 6–11, 2026
Join Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche for a five-day Bardo meditation retreat at Serenity Ridge Retreat Center, exploring awareness, the space between death and rebirth, and the nature of life’s transitions. Drawing on the wisdom of the Tibetan Bön lineage, this retreat supports cultivating inner strength, clarity, and peace, offering practical guidance for meeting uncertainty, change, and impermanence with confidence and presence.
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COURSE—Awakening the Sacred Arts
2026-10-10 - 2026-10-15 | Glidewing
COURSE
Awakening the Sacred Arts
Discover your Creative Potential
4-Week Online Workshop October 10-November 8, 2026
with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
“When you know how to tap fully into this open, creative flow, its beneficial qualities can extend to any area of your life. You can paint more masterful paintings. Your music can have more depth of connection. Your writing can be more genuine and moving. You will be able to solve problems at work, resolve conflicts with loved ones, or even shift your thought patterns with more natural spontaneity”.
– Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, July 2016 Lion’s Roar: Read the full article
Join us for this opportunity to free yourself from creative obstacles, nurture your capacity for joyful self-expression, and make positive changes in your life.
This four-week online workshop is for anyone who seeks to usher a vision into reality – whether through creative problem solving, personal growth, or bringing creative artistry to a whole new level.
The Tibetan spiritual traditions tell us that unleashing our dynamic creative energy is a matter of recognizing and tapping into the wellspring of creativity that already exists within us. Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche will instruct and guide simple meditation practices of body, speech and mind that can help you to:

Recognize and clear physical, energetic, and mental obstacles blocking your creative flow
Connect with and trust in your innate creative potential
Discover the inner strength and confidence that can allow your creativity to naturally blossom

Workshop participants will be encouraged to devote daily time to meditation practice and to pursuing their personal creative process. Rinpoche makes himself available throughout the four weeks of the workshop to answer questions about the teachings and your experiences with the practices through our private workshop forums.

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RETREAT—Chöd, Part 2 with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
2026-10-16 - 2026-10-18 | Ligmincha Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States

RETREAT—Sleep, Dream, Death & Liberation: Continuity of Awareness
2026-11-02 - 2026-11-06 | Esalen Institute, CA, 55000 CA-1, Big Sur, CA, 93920, United States
Sleep, Dream, Death, and Liberation: Exploring the Continuity of Awareness
In this five-day workshop, we will explore how sleep, dreams, and even the process of death can become gateways to deeper awareness and freedom. We’ll draw from the Tibetan contemplative traditions of dream and sleep practice to reveal how awareness continues through all states of experience.
The retreat combines traditional teachings with insights from Western psychology and contemporary understandings of consciousness. Through meditation, reflection, and experiential practices, participants will discover ways to integrate these teachings into everyday life.
Rather than remain solely in the realm of abstract philosophy, we’ll emphasize direct experience — learning how ordinary experiences such as falling asleep, dreaming, and facing life’s transitions can become opportunities for greater clarity, compassion, and inner freedom.
Recommended reading: Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep, by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche & Sleep & Awakening the Sacred Body, by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

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COURSE—Sherap Chamma: Mother of Wisdom and Love
2026-11-13 - 2026-11-18 | Ligmincha Learning
Sherap Chamma: Mother of Wisdom and Love
with Marcy Vaughn
This is a 4 week course
Ligmincha Learning is pleased to announce that we will be offering our course introducing the practices of Sherap Chamma, Mother of Wisdom and Love, taught by Marcy Vaughn.
In many cultures the primordial female energy is seen as the origin of existence and the source of all positive qualities. As such, Sherap Chamma is the source of wisdom, and her medicine is love and compassion. The teachings of Sherap Chamma comprise one of the most important tantric cycles of the ancient Bön tradition.
Join Marcy Vaughn in this special course to learn a beautiful and simple meditation practice that will enable you to connect directly with the divine feminine energy. With visualization, the sound of mantra, and deep contemplation, participants can make a personal connection to this sacred form of the universal mother, Sherap Chamma, and are guided through this connection to innate wisdom and the love and compassion that naturally radiate from that wisdom.
Those experienced in meditation as well as those who are beginning are warmly welcomed.

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COURSE—Sleep Yoga: The Yoga of Clear Light
2026-11-21 - 2026-11-26 | Ligmincha Learning
Sleep Yoga: The Yoga of Clear Light
with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
This is a 4 week course
We spend one-third of our life in sleep, yet for most people sleep is a period of unconsciousness. Through the practices of the Yoga of Clear Light we can learn to be completely aware during our sleep, open, clear, resting in deep meditative presence. But how do we get from our current stress and disrupted sleep patterns to the state of clear light?
This course will introduce simple techniques to enter into sleep in a healthy, balanced way. Even if we do not consistently enter into clear light sleep, we can benefit from a refreshing, relaxed sleep that gives us deep renewal. This is supported by breathing techniques, physical postures and guided visualizations. Tenzin Rinpoche will also provide a meditation to wake up in a beautiful way, feeling the blessings of sleep and stepping into our day with serenity. Through these simple practices we can transform our sleep to be one of tranquility and awareness.

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RETREAT—2027 Winter Retreat
2027-01-01 - 2027-01-10 | Serenity Ridge Retreat Center, Shipman, VA, United States
