Home / Blog (Page 2)

Blog

Read about life at Karmê Chöling, creative expressions sparked by the land and practice, and reflections from past participants, staff and volunteers. Interested in creating a blog post? Contact the Communications Department.

Posted: January 30, 2021
2 comments

A Peek Off-Calendar at Upcoming Programs

The Karmê Chöling Programs Department always has a few projects in the air, which any circus performer will tell you is the defining feature of the world’s greatest juggling acts. ... Continue reading
Posted: January 26, 2021
0 comments

‘Pacifying the Turmoil of the Mamos’ — a short Interview with Mark Nowakowski

In an interview with The Chronicles of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Mark Nowakowski — a member of the Nalanda Translation Committee — recalled a 1975 seminary talk by Rinpoche. In a... Continue reading
Posted: January 26, 2021
1 comment

Join KCL and Shambhala Online for talks and practice sessions about Dön Season

Dön season practices are a powerful way to purify negative energy and “clear the decks” ahead of Shambhala Day and the lunar new year. I think we can all agree... Continue reading
Posted: January 25, 2021
2 comments

Understanding Dön Season

This article was borrowed from the Shambhala Times, where it first appeared on Feb. 2, 2017. It has been updated for 2021 to include the correct dates. When the world... Continue reading
Posted: January 20, 2021
0 comments

Mudra in the Zoom Age: LIVE from the Rock, Jan. 27 at 7:30 p.m.

Zoey Moyle, a member of the Montpelier sangha (and currently Kasung Liaison at Karmê Chöling), will offer “Mudra Space Awareness in the Time of Zoom” on Jan. 27. Register here.... Continue reading
Posted: January 20, 2021
0 comments

From the Cradle of Loving Kindness

In the precious opportunity that is living in this place, on this vast great land, the walls between us are imaginary, and solid. What is happening in us, how we... Continue reading
Posted: January 20, 2021
7 comments

Dharma.U Offers Deep Dive into Study and Practice

Karmê Chöling residents have had the profound opportunity to deepen their practice and dharma study as a community. We would nowlike to offer some of those same benefits to the... Continue reading
Posted: January 20, 2021
0 comments

Unmasking the Three Lords of Materialism

March 20 – June 25: Dharma.U Cycle 1 “… In order to free those who suffer at the hands of the three lords of materialismAnd are afraid of external phenomena,... Continue reading
Posted: January 20, 2021
0 comments

How To Practice Lucid Dreaming

Originally published in Lions Roar, Nov. 2018www.lionsroar.com You know that magical moment when you wake up within a dream and know you’re dreaming? That’s lucid dreaming. It’s a skill you... Continue reading
Posted: January 5, 2021
3 comments

Weekthün in the House!

During this COVID isolation, one of the most noticeable changes in the rhythm of life has been the energy of the house. For nearly three years I had grown accustomed... Continue reading
Posted: January 5, 2021
0 comments

Travis DeTour offers Social Meditation “Rock Talk”

Travis DeTour, a member of the Boston sangha and a resident of Karmê Chöling, will be leading a “LIVE from the Rock!” program about social meditation on Wednesday, Jan. 20,... Continue reading
Posted: January 5, 2021
5 comments

Foragers awarded grant for garden program

Master Gardener Jan Enthoven will offer a “Regenerative Living and Gardening” program this summer at Karmê Chöling, thanks to seed-money awarded to the Foragers — a group of local sangha... Continue reading
Posted: December 8, 2020
0 comments

Kado in the Dharma Arts Space

This past Friday I got together with two students — Coyote Jackson and Travis DeTour — who had just completed a Golden Key weekend with Sangyam Agnes Au. She had... Continue reading
Posted: December 8, 2020
0 comments

Mudra Presentation & Practice Series

Saturday mornings from Jan. 23 to Feb. 20 In this five-week class series, 50 years after Chögyam Trungpa first presented Mudra Space Awareness, it will be presented for the first... Continue reading
Posted: December 8, 2020
0 comments

Jim Pearce is OK in Great Eastern Sun

I had a retreatant one winter who I’ll call Jim. He’d been coming to Karmê Chöling for solitary retreats for decades. And Jim had this retreat thing down — you... Continue reading
Posted: December 8, 2020
0 comments

Dream Yoga and Self-Transcendence

By Andrew Holecekwww.andrewholecek.com When articles about lucid dreaming are appearing in such a diverse mixture of periodicals from The Atlantic, Scientific American, The New York Times and Women’s Day, you know there is growing interest... Continue reading
Posted: December 8, 2020
2 comments

Live from the Rock

Join Karmê Chöling residents in our famous Living Room for a new series of online talks exploring the art of staying sane at home. You’ll hear some new voices and... Continue reading
Posted: November 18, 2020
0 comments

Pandemic Potluck for Kids & Families

Pandemic Potluck for Teens: 4:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 25 Around the family dinner table so much juicy “life stuff” happens. Someone hogs all the mashed potatoes, someone is... Continue reading
Posted: November 18, 2020
1 comment

Daniel Baker Joins the Karmê Chöling Kitchen

Daniel Baker is Karmê Chöling’s new Kitchen Manager — and what a relief that is. The word from the Dining Room — spoken between bites of garden vegetables, Southwestern chili,... Continue reading
Posted: November 2, 2020
0 comments

KCL Seeks Director of Operations

Karmê Chöling is one of the oldest retreat centers in North America and located in the beautiful green hills of rural Vermont. We are at a nexus in our development,... Continue reading
Posted: October 30, 2020
0 comments

Yes: Karmê Chöling Still Offers Programs – and is Expanding Them

Someone asked on Facebook recently if Karmê Chöling would still be offering programs now that it’s a residential Shambhala community. The first answer is, it never stopped. Our online programming... Continue reading
Posted: October 30, 2020
1 comment

KCL Shrinks its Deficit

Karmê Chöling has lowered its monthly deficit substantially in the last month by following through on plans to host a Residency program, a financial snapshot compiled last week shows. “Residency... Continue reading
Posted: October 28, 2020
3 comments

Artists in Residence

A violinist, three writers, an animator and a sewing circle have made a Dharma Arts Space in what was once the Aloka Children’s room at Karme Choling. The space was... Continue reading
Posted: October 21, 2020
2 comments

Residency update: 14 and counting

Eight new residents walked through the Dharma Door Saturday, boosting Karmê Chӧling’s population to 27 and signaling that its transformation into a residential meditation center holds real promise. In April,... Continue reading
Posted: October 21, 2020
8 comments

Resident Spotlight: Alley Smith-Morrissey

Recently, I medically retired from the military and came to Karmê Chöling. I served in both the Marine Corps (active duty) and the Navy Reserve. For my entire military career,... Continue reading
Posted: October 14, 2020
0 comments

Deepening our embodied practices outside of therapy

This article was previously published at buddhistpsychotherapyny.com by Alison Pepper. More and more people are talking about the ways we work with and heal trauma in the therapeutic setting. As... Continue reading
Posted: October 12, 2020
1 comment

Caring for the Purkhang

Meet Raven Fennell, a long-time sangha member and Choling treasure. She took over care for the crumbling Purkhang in 1998 and undertook a major restoration in 1999. More than 20... Continue reading
Posted: October 5, 2020
0 comments

Andrew Holecek: What Got Me Into Dream Yoga

I’m often asked what got me into dream yoga. For me, the journey into these incredible nighttime practices started nearly forty years ago and I have been exploring them ever... Continue reading
Posted: September 23, 2020
0 comments

Knocking on Dharma’s Door

My second-favorite moment at Karmê Chöling’s 50th anniversary was a talk featuring Jack Niland, who described the magical circumstances of his arrival at Tail of the Tiger and his heart... Continue reading
Posted: September 23, 2020
0 comments

Mudra Musings:

Chaos and Vastness Mudra’s connection to a sense of chaos is very interesting. A system is called chaotic if small changes in the initial conditions at some initial time lead... Continue reading

Live in a Meditation Community.

Karmê Chöling is a community of practitioners in rural Vermont who share a common conviction in the basic goodness of all beings. Residents quarantine a short time before entering the Main House, where we live mask-free as a household. We feed ourselves much of the year from a one-acre organic garden, have twice-daily meditation sessions and frequent opportunities to study the dharma — in groups and independently. Learn more about Residency

Caring for the Purkhang

Awake in the Winter Landscape

The Sound of Solitary Retreat

Live in Community