Embodying the mandala of the five dakinis

​with Susan Lorraine and friends.

​In this six-day residential retreat, we will meet the dakinis—the dynamic, free, wise, compassionate, and sometimes fierce energies that dance within open awareness. Dakini literally means “sky dancer.”

​We will also become the dakinis, as we embody the wisdom energies of the mandala—naturally spacious like the sky, clear like water, generous like the earth, radiating warmth and compassion like fire, and responding to suffering and danger without a moment’s hesitation, like the wind. We will explore how each of the elemental wisdoms becomes obscured and confused in ourselves and our world, and practice transforming these confused energies and difficult emotions back into their true expression.

​Our main practice will be the Mandala of the Five Wisdom Dakinis, which was developed by Lama Tsultrim Allione as an entranceway into the transformative world of Tantric (Tibetan, Vajrayana) Buddhism.

​Open to all—including new and returning participants. The mandala is always fresh, always personal, and always vast, including everything.

​Indicate your interest here to receive updates. Registration through Dorje Denma Ling will open later this year or early 2027.

​For more context, read Wisdom Rising by Lama Tsultrim Allione. Contact us to talk to someone who attended the 2026 mandala retreat.