2026 - Ongoing
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Apply to schedule your interview, and upon acceptance, step into a living library of recordings, monthly group teachings, and personalized mentorship.
Who is This Program for?
The Trail to the Summit Study and Mentorship Program is open to practitioners at all levels on the path of Buddhadharma and Vajrayāna. The program offers an adaptable group structure and personalized mentorship, bringing authentic guidance into your practice and daily life.
In our present day, teachings seem to find us effortlessly, available at the touch of a screen. Traditionally, dharma is given when it is requested. This program was born from practitioners' wishes to integrate study and practice through consistent, constructive teaching and mentorship. To better understand your needs, we have asked you to share your experience and aspirations in a survey.
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Part 2: Saturday, October 3 at 10 am Pacific.
Email to receive part 1
Drubpon Pema Rigdzin will be joined by Lhamen Board Member, longtime Vajrayāna practitioner, healer, and Dharma educator Dechen Farrow for further practice and exploration of the body as an integral part of the path to awakening.
Drawing from more than three decades of Vajrayāna practice and her extensive work with the nervous system, somatic awareness, and embodied healing, Dechen will explore how grounding, inner orientation, breath, and the innate intelligence of the body can deepen our capacity to receive and embody the living blessings of lineage, Guru, deity, and practice. About Dechen
This will be an engaging practice and discussion session.
Since April, the Trail to the Summit Study and Mentorship Program has been blossoming as a living response to practitioners' heartfelt aspirations to deepen study and practice through live teaching and one-on-one mentorship. From the Nine Yānas through renunciation, our journey now arrives at Body and Grounding: the precious human body, the vessel that carries the mind to awakening.
In these sessions, we will explore how the body-mind system becomes chronically activated, dissociated, or disconnected and learn practical methods to prepare and support our body for our practice to ripen.
Lhamen is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization dedicated to making authentic dharma, healing, and knowledge accessible to all. We operate with limited resources and a small, devoted team of staff and volunteers.
Program fees support the cost of resources and associated expenses. By contributing, participants directly sustain the continuity and quality of what is offered, ensuring that Lhamen can continue to serve the community now and into the future. The dharma teachings themselves are offered as a gift.