Public Retreats

How to Train a Happy Mind

Scott Snibbe

August 28 - 31, 2025

Based on his popular book How to Train a Happy Mind, this three-day retreat with Scott Snibbe offers a relaxed tour of eight meditations that help bring out your best qualities, deepen your relationships, and build a better world.   Each of the retreat’s practices is derived from the Tibetan Buddhist lamrim “stages of the path,” a […]

Six Session Guru Yoga & Shiné - Mahamudra

Venerable René Feusi

September 12 - 21, 2025

We are overjoyed that one of our most precious teachers, Venerable René Fuesi, is returning to Vajrapani in September! Ven. René's retreats are known to be deeply transformative as he invites us to inquire into the nature of the mind. Join us as Ven René creates this rare opportunity to get to know our minds […]

Six Session Guru Yoga Weekend ONLY

Venerable René Feusi

September 12 - 14, 2025

About the Retreat We are overjoyed that one of our most precious teachers, Venerable René Fuesi, is returning to Vajrapani in September!   Six Session Guru Yoga Weekend With any HYT initiation in our tradition, there is a commitment to do the six sessions of guru yoga, but many have never received instruction. Venerable Rene […]

Shiné - Mahamudra Week ONLY

Venerable René Feusi

September 14 - 21, 2025

About the Retreat We are overjoyed that one of our most precious teachers, Venerable René Fuesi, is returning to Vajrapani in September. Ven. René is creating a rare opportunity to learn how to meditate more deeply in this immersive retreat.   Shiné - Mahamudra Venerable René will start the Shiné - Mahamudra portion of the […]

New Year's Vajrasattva Practice Retreat

Elaine Jackson

December 29, 2025 - January 1, 2026
Most of us operate from profound ignorance, a solid mis-knowing. This ignorance – that happiness and unhappiness come from somewhere “out there” – blocks us from seeing our clear light mind. The Vajrasattva practice purifies our mind from grasping so strongly onto the mistaken view. Utilizing time-tested visualization and meditation, deluded states – pain, sorrow, hatred, pride, jealousy, doubt – lose their power. Our mind is purified. We’ll explore why this powerful Vajrasattva practice actually works, and how we can use it in our daily life to grow our happiness.