Retreats

Resting in a Rain of Lineage Blessings: A Deep-Practice Retreat (Online)

With Lama Liz Monson and Camille Hykes

April 22 - 26, 2026

Sorry! Registration is closed. This is the ONLINE component of the retreat. If you’d like to register for the RESIDENTIAL component, please click here Join Lama Liz Monson and Camille Hykes for a deep-practice retreat devoted to resting in the living stream of lineage blessing. Through meditation, devotion, and reflection, we will open to the […]

Dancing with Rain and Rainbows: The Life and Teachings of Yeshe Tsogyal (Hybrid)

With Lama Liz Monson, Kathe McKenna and Ron Thomas, PhD

June 4 - 11, 2026
Residential registration is closed. Online registration will close at 12:00 noon ET on Tuesday, June 2.

Dancing with Rain and Rainbows: The Life and Teachings of Yeshe Tsogyal (Online)

With Lama Liz Monson, Kathe McKenna and Ron Thomas, PhD

June 4 - 11, 2026

Assisted by Eric Brus and Alex Marie Sorry! Registration is closed. In this annual Vajrayana retreat, we gather in practice, study, and ritual while exploring the life and teachings of the great female adept Yeshe Tsogyal. Through meditation, community, and close engagement with her story, we will deepen our connection to the wisdom and liberating […]

Dancing with Rain and Rainbows: The Life and Teachings of Yeshe Tsogyal (Residential)

With Lama Liz Monson, Kathe McKenna and Ron Thomas, PhD

June 4 - 11, 2026

Registration is closed.

Open Practice: A Nature-based Long Weekend (Residential Only)

With Lama Liz Monson

June 18 - 21, 2026

Registration is open.

2026 Dzogchen June Daylong Retreat (Online)

With Lama Willa Blythe Baker

June 27, 2026

Join Lama Willa and the Natural Freedom Dzogchen Sangha for a daylong exploration of the teachings and practice of Dzogchen. An important element of the 2026 program, this retreat includes group practice of Dzogchen-style meditation and textual study. Together, we will deepen in practice, study, and community within the supportive container of our sangha. We […]

Natural Compassion: Opening the Heart Through Practice (Hybrid)

With Lama Willa Blythe Baker and Lama Gursam

July 13 - 20, 2026

Registration is open.
This is the annual Margha Summer Retreat.

Natural Compassion: Opening the Heart Through Practice (Online)

With Lama Willa Blythe Baker and Lama Gursam

July 13 - 20, 2026

Early registration opens on April 22 at 7:00 pm ET.

Natural Compassion: Opening the Heart Through Practice (Residential)

With Lama Willa Blythe Baker and Lama Gursam

July 13 - 20, 2026

Early registration opens on April 22 at 7:00 pm ET.

Loving Awareness in the Living World (Hybrid)

With Lama Willa Blythe Baker, Lama Liz Monson and Sarah Buie

July 24 - August 3, 2026

Registration is open.

Loving Awareness in the Living World (Online)

With Lama Willa Blythe Baker, Lama Liz Monson and Sarah Buie

July 24 - August 3, 2026

Registration is open.

Loving Awareness in the Living World (Residential)

With Lama Willa Blythe Baker, Lama Liz Monson and Sarah Buie

July 24 - August 3, 2026

Registration will open at 7:00 pm ET on April 27.

The Abolitionist’s Dream: A Journey through Love, Healing, and Liberation (Hybrid)

With Lama Rod Owens and Síofra Sadada (Sister Sadada)

August 13 - 20, 2026

Online registration is open. Please check back for opening of general residential registration.

The Abolitionist’s Dream: A Journey through Love, Healing, and Liberation (Online)

With Lama Rod Owens and Síofra Sadada (Sister Sadada)

August 13 - 20, 2026

This is the ONLINE component of the retreat.  We are living through an apocalypse, struggling to learn lessons through a pervasive pandemic, economic instability, political unrest, climate change, and various forms of systematic violence. However, this moment is also inviting us back to an authentic indigeneity. We are being asked to remember how to be […]

RESIDENTIAL APPLICATION: The Abolitionist’s Dream: A Journey through Love, Healing, and Liberation

With Lama Rod Owens and Síofra Sadada (Sister Sadada)

August 13 - 20, 2026

To support an inclusive and representative retreat container, residential registration will begin with an application period from May 10 - 31. Please review the full application instructions and details below before applying. Registration for the ONLINE component of the retreat is now open. Please click here to register. We are living through an apocalypse, struggling […]

The Abolitionist’s Dream: A Journey through Love, Healing, and Liberation (Residential)

With Lama Rod Owens and Síofra Sadada (Sister Sadada)

August 13 - 20, 2026

Application-based private registration is open.

Devotion on the Dzogchen Path (Online)

With Lama Willa Blythe Baker

August 28 - September 4, 2026

This is the ONLINE component of the retreat. If you’d like to register for the RESIDENTIAL component, please click here. Please note that this retreat is only open to students in the Natural Freedom Dzogchen Program. Join the Natural Freedom Sangha for our annual hybrid retreat, Devotion on the Dzogchen Path, a time of deep […]

Devotion on the Dzogchen Path (Residential)

With Lama Willa Blythe Baker

August 28 - September 4, 2026

Residential registration opens soon.

September Open Practice Weekend (Residential Only)

September 11 - 13, 2026

Registration is open.

Wild Awakening: Embodying the Wisdom of the Elements (Residential Only)

With Lama Liz Monson and Shemaleiah Geremia-Smylie

September 29 - October 5, 2026

Registration is open.

Boundaries Alongside Boundlessness (Hybrid)

With Deborah Eden Tull

October 9 - 12, 2026

Registration is open.

Boundaries Alongside Boundlessness (Online)

With Deborah Eden Tull

October 9 - 12, 2026

This is the ONLINE component of the retreat. If you’d like to register for the RESIDENTIAL component, please click here. To truly embody our yes to life, we must equally honor our no. Liberating our hearts and minds and taking responsibility for our contribution to consciousness requires both fierce and gentle compassion. In this embodied […]

Boundaries Alongside Boundlessness (Residential)

With Deborah Eden Tull

October 9 - 12, 2026

Registration is open

Interwoven: A Journey Into the Mycelial Heart (Hybrid)

With Lama Liz Monson

October 29 - November 1, 2026

Registration is open.

Interwoven: A Journey Into the Mycelial Heart (Online)

With Lama Liz Monson

October 29 - November 1, 2026

This is the ONLINE component of the retreat. If you’d like to register for the RESIDENTIAL component, please click here. Beneath the forest floor, a quiet intelligence hums—threads of mycelium stretching outward in a soft, luminous weave. Join Lama Liz Monson for a nourishing long weekend retreat exploring the wisdom of the forest and the […]

Interwoven: A Journey Into the Mycelial Heart (Residential)

With Lama Liz Monson

October 29 - November 1, 2026

Registration is open.

Beginner's Retreat (Residential Only)

With Kathe McKenna and Tracie Palmer

November 6 - 8, 2026
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The Power of Mindful Music with Satigata (Residential Only)

With Chris Berlin

November 13 - 15, 2026
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