Please visit the individual centre website links below for further information about each event. Thank you. Nearly all gatherings will be available on zoom.

2025

Nearly all gatherings will be available on zoom.

White Tara- Bi-monthly meditations hosted online by Christine Toscano: 1st Tuesday of the month. Please contact Christine via email to join. Email christinetoscano@gmail.com

White Tara – Bi-monthly meditations hosted by Land of Joy, Hexham, UK: 3rd Wednesday of the month. Please see the Land of Joy website link here for details https://landofjoy.co.uk/monthly-white-tara-online-practice-group/

VajraYogini Practice: monthly meditations on the short sadhana with Lama Yeshe Ling, Canda. The second Wednesday of each month at 4 pm GMT/ 8 a.m. PST/ 11 a.m. EST. We will use the short or Long sadhana composed by Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche available from fpmt.org. Please follow this link for more details lamayesheling.org (Please note – you must have taken the empowerment to participate in this practice.)

VajraYogini Monthly Self Initiations Online Practice Hosted Online on Fridays current dates are Jan 24, Feb.21, March 21, April 18, May 16 and Jun. 20. Times to be confirmed. You can write to Paul Wielgus to get on the mailing list. paul@socialinnovation.co.uk (Please note – you must have taken the empowerment to participate in this practice.)

2026

8th – 25th February – Pilgrimage to Buddhist Holy Sites in Kathmandu, Nepal and India: Paula will be assisting Charok Lama on his pilgrimage with Himalayan High Treks. A fundraiser for FPMT in Santa Fe, NM, USA www.hightreks.com. (fully booked)

12th April – 7th May 2026 – VajraYogini Retreat mantra recitation and fire Puja. – Hosted by Land of Joy, Hexham, UK. WAITING LIST ONLY. Please see website link here for details- https://landofjoy.co.uk/vajrayogini-action-enabling-retreat-paula-chichester-2026/

15th -17th May – Cultivating Loving Kindness with Lou Beaumont: Hosted by Land of Joy, UK. Experiential weekend: bodywork, meditations, discussions, singing; –exploring the source of ease and love within that blossoms when we give it to others. Online and in person. Please see website link here for details : www.landofjoy.co.uk

21st – 28th August – Bodhicitta from our Whole Self. Hosted by Thubten Jamtse Ling in Sorens, Switzerland. Weeklong retreat – A week submersion in the experience of bodhicitta, the great big open heart/mind that abides within interdependent and ultimate reality. We will experiment with supplementing the traditional Buddhist meditations with somatic and attitudinal adjustments that complement the differences between the Tibetan Culture pre-1959 and Modern Industrial Culture — Recognizing that these differences impact the effectiveness of the traditional method, we will explore diving deeper: beyond theory and into transformative experience.. Patrick and Marianne host wonderful retreats in the foothills in Sorens. I am honored that I was asked to return. Please see website link here for details : www.thubtenjamtseling.ch

24th -27th – September – Seven Point Mind Training. Hosted by Lama Tsong Khapa Institute, Pomaia, Italy. A weekend of meditations and commentary on Geshe Chekawa’s Classic text. This is one of our most treasured teachings on training the mind in relative and ultimate bodhicitta–He also offers a beautiful code of conduct and values., I feel so grateful to be able to share it with others one more time. Please see website link here for details: https://www.iltk.org/en/

5th – 27/ 28th October. Vajrayogini Enabling Action Retreat – the 100,000 mantra count, fire puja and self-initiation. Hosted by Lama Tsong Khapa Institute, Pomaia, Italy. Advanced retreat– the Highest Yogo Tantra empowerment in VajraYogini is prerequisite. Recommended for those people with prior meditation and retreat experience, but not mandatory.Please see website link here for details : https://www.iltk.org/en/

30, 31 Oct & 1st Nov. Medicine Buddha Retreat – Hosted by Lam Rim Centre, Wales, UK. A Taste of Wholeness, Medicine Buddha weekend with sadhana practice, chi gong, discussions, good food with good people; hosted in a lovely large estate house in beautiful rural Wales. Please see website link here for details : https://www.lamrimcentre.org.uk/

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