Experiential Retreats

Course 1: COMING TO YOUR SENSES! Exploring and Discovering Your Innate Wisdom and Intuitive Abilities

Rev. Dr. Heather Shea and Kim ("Kimla") Desrosiers

February 28–March 2, 2025

When: Friday Evening, Saturday, and Sunday, February 28th – March 2nd, 2025 Friday 5:00 PM -7:00 PM MT Saturday 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM MT Sunday 9:00 AM – 12:00 MT In Tibetan Buddhism, we are taught that – in addition to the five senses, there is a sixth sense. As the world is going […]

Course 1: COMING TO YOUR SENSES! Exploring and Discovering Your Innate Wisdom and Intuitive Abilities

Rev. Dr. Heather Shea and Kim ("Kimla") Desrosiers

February 28–March 2, 2025

In Tibetan Buddhism, we are taught that – in addition to the five senses, there is a sixth sense. As the world is going through increasingly turbulent times, you may sense consciousness is accelerating. You may sense your psychic and intuitive capability being more fully activated in response to the energetic quantum shifts. This is […]

Embracing the Invisible Forces: An Intro to Contemplative Psychology

Melissa Moore

March 14–16, 2025

This short weekend will center around the Mandala of the Five Buddha Families. Participants will explore and form relationships with the mandala’s energies through ritual and chanting. Although these energies are invisible, we are all familiar with and know about them already. This weekend is about befriending and exchanging with invisible energies directly and intentionally. […]

Deep Self Love: A Weekend for Being & Healing through Unconditional Presence, Self-Love, Qi Gong & Meditation

Blake D. Bauer

March 28–30, 2025

Join international bestselling author and wisdom teacher Blake D. Bauer in the Colorado mountains for a weekend of deep healing, meditation practice, and life-changing self-care. Discover why anxiety, overwhelm, depression, chronic self-doubt, addiction, illness, and relationship problems are logical cries from your body, soul, and subconscious mind asking you to build a healthier relationship to yourself […]

Course 2: COMING TO YOUR SENSES! At Work, At Home, In Relationships

Rev. Dr. Heather Shea and Kim ("Kimla") Desrosiers

April 11–13, 2025

When: Friday Evening, Saturday, and Sunday, April 11th – 13th, 2025 Friday 5:00 PM -7:00 PM MT Saturday 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM MT Sunday 9:00 AM – 12:00 MT In Tibetan Buddhism, we are taught that – in addition to the five senses, there is a sixth sense. As the world is going through […]

Chakrasamvara Retreat (Online Portion)

Greg Smith

April 30–May 7, 2025

This is the online registration page. If you would like to participate on land at Drala Mountain Center, please click here. This Hybrid Chakrasamvara Intensive is geared toward the accumulation of the recitation practice in a group setting. If you are just learning the practice, this is a good opportunity to become more familiar with […]

Hybrid – Chakrasamvara Retreat (On-Land Portion)

Greg Smith

Open Dates

This is the on-land registration page. If you would like to attend online, please click here. Lodging prices for this retreat have been reduced, to make it easier for long-time practitioners to practice at Drala Mountain. This Hybrid Chakrasamvara Intensive is geared toward the accumulation of the recitation practice in a group setting. If you […]

Mindfulness Retreat for Educators

Andra Brill and Lisa Vratny-Smith

June 22–26, 2025

Program Arrival Date & Time: June 22, 2:00 – 5:00 pm Program Start Date & Time: June 22, 7:00 pm Orientation Program End Date & Time: June 26, 12:30 pm Program Description: Join us for an end of school year retreat to help you replenish and rejuvenate. We have designed the experience to nurture you […]

Quiet Mind, Open Heart: Cultivating Loving Kindness

Brooke Binstock, Marissa Knox and Kelly Lindsey

July 18–25, 2025

Come home to yourself. Say YES to a spacious retreat designed to nurture your body, heart, and mind. This retreat will offer opportunities to explore Buddhist teachings on six fundamental practices that can help us to awaken our hearts and invite more loving kindness, compassion, and joy into our everyday lives. The daily schedule will […]

On Land – Course 3: COMING TO YOUR SENSES! In Nature

Rev. Dr. Heather Shea and Kim ("Kimla") Desrosiers

August 7–10, 2025

When: Thursday Evening, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, August 7th – 10th, 2025 In Tibetan Buddhism, we are taught that – in addition to the five senses, there is a sixth sense. As the world is going through increasingly turbulent times, you may sense consciousness is accelerating. You may sense your psychic and intuitive capability being […]

COMING TO YOUR SENSES! Three Course Bundle

Rev. Dr. Heather Shea and Kim ("Kimla") Desrosiers

August 7–10, 2025

In Tibetan Buddhism, we are taught that – in addition to the five senses, there is a sixth sense. As the world is going through increasingly turbulent times, you may sense consciousness is accelerating. You may sense your psychic and intuitive capability being more fully activated in response to the energetic quantum shifts. This is […]

Do Nothing: Learning to Live Your Life with Genuine Care

Janet Solyntjes and Rob Dube

October 5–9, 2025

Co-sponsored with the Do Nothing Retreat The Do Nothing Retreat will be the most rewarding challenge you may ever take—an opportunity to slow down, unplug, and look within. You’ll begin to understand and embody why presence and awareness are the greatest gifts we can offer ourselves and others. You will discover or enhance meditation and […]