2026 Calendar
Each course runs several times per year. Please select from the links below to learn more about a course and to see the dates it is being offered in 2025.
Five Elements, Healing with Form Energy and Light
The Five Elements pervade our lives, are the essences of our being, and can be sources of profound healing. We will explore the elements’ affect within your being, and how to work with them to regain a beautiful balance and poise within your life. Based upon almost seven hours of educational videos created by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, this course works through many levels and techniques to support your self discovery and realization.
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April 24 – June 7, 2026
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July 10 – August 23, 2026
Meditation, Breath and Movement: Tsa Lung External Internal and Secret Practices
Tsa Lung is a series of ancient yogic practices that brings balance and harmony to our physical body, energy, and mind. The term Tsa Lung can be translated as the energy-winds (Tibetan: Lung, Skt. Prana, Chinese, Qi) in the Channels, for these practices are designed to open the subtle channels, guiding the healthy flow of the energy-winds so that we can enjoy good health and reconnect with more calmness to a quiet, peaceful mind. These exercises are easy to perform, and are suitable for everyone.
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March 6 – April 5, 2026
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June 26 – July 26, 2026
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November 27 – December 27, 2026
Ngöndro: The Foundational Practices
The ngöndro teachings are a set of nine practices that offer complete instructions for taming, purifying, and perfecting the suffering mind. Although these practices are considered the foundation for entrance into the five-part cycle of Tibetan Bön dzogchen teachings – Bön’s highest teachings on the nature of mind – many practitioners adopt the ngöndro as their main meditation and complete the nine sets of 100,000 repetitions over the course of a lifetime. Within each is contained the entire path to liberation. They are considered to be the Foundational Practices for the entire tradition.
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March 6 – December 21, 2026
Sherap Chamma, Mother of Wisdom and Love
In many cultures the primordial female energy is seen as the origin of existence and the source of all positive qualities. Sherap Chamma, Mother of Wisdom and Love, is the source of wisdom, and her medicine is love and compassion. The teachings of Sherap Chamma comprise one of the most important tantric cycles of the ancient Bön tradition.
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April 10 – May 10, 2026
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November 13 – December 13, 2026
Sleep Yoga: The Yoga of Clear Light
We spend one-third of our life in sleep, yet for most people sleep is a period of unconsciousness. Through the practices of the Yoga of Clear Light we can learn to be completely aware during our sleep, open, clear, resting in deep meditative presence.
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March 28 – April 25, 2026
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November 21 – December 20, 2026
Three Heart Mantras
The Three Heart Mantras are used in many different meditations in the Bön tradition, and play a major role in the ngöndro practices. They are said to be the essence of enlightenment in sound and energy, and as we sing or chant the mantras our awareness is transformed to be in union with the Buddhas.
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February 20 – March 29, 2026
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October 2 – November 8, 2026
Transforming our Emotions Through the Six Lokas
At one time or another each of us suffer strong emotions that throw us off balance, cause us to act in ways that we later regret, and make us lose touch with our true nature. Centuries ago the masters of the Bön lineage developed the meditations of the Six Lokas specifically to remedy this situation, to help us live our lives in a balanced and relaxed way.
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September 4 – October 25, 2026
Self-Paced Courses
In this self-guided course, Khandro Tsering Wangmo Khymsar shares everything you need to know to raise lungta (windhorse) prayer flags to maximum effect. Included in her teachings is a discussion of lungta (luck, prosperity and positive energy), what it is, how to maintain it, and how it can be lost. Tsering-la teaches about the symbols and meaning of lungta prayer flags, when they should be raised, and when not to raise them. In this course you will learn how to use prayer flags to lift your own energy, spirit and general well-being, or do so on behalf of others.
In this self-guided course, Khandro Tsering Wangmo Khymsar shares everything you need to know to raise lungta (windhorse) prayer flags to maximum effect. Included in her teachings is a discussion of l…
Ligmincha International is pleased to share our online course designed for anyone who would like to learn more about, or deepen their existing knowledge about this ancient, profound tradition. This course is ideal for beginners who have recently connected with Bön teachings, and want to know more about where it comes from and the many varied forms of practice in the tradition. It is also well suited for practitioners who have learned several practices and would like to know how all the practices fit together into a beautiful and complete system of philosophies and meditations.
Ligmincha International is pleased to share our online course designed for anyone who would like to learn more about, or deepen their existing knowledge about this ancient, profound tradition. This co…
The Tibetan spiritual traditions offer a faster route to lasting happiness and well-being. In this workshop on Tibetan Sound Healing, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche will personally guide you in the ancient practice of the Five Warrior Syllables. These pure, primordial sounds have the power to quickly cut through the obstacles to lasting change, and to open the space for profound healing of body, energy and mind.
The Tibetan spiritual traditions offer a faster route to lasting happiness and well-being. In this workshop on Tibetan Sound Healing, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche will personally guide you in the ancient p…
In this intimate teaching based on “Who Am I?,” a poem he wrote that arose from his own heart practice, Rinpoche begins by laying a strong foundation of the essential points of meditation. Then, step by step, he points you to an understanding of who you are not, followed by the deepest truth of who you truly are and can be. In meditation, he guides you to bring your sense of “pain identity” into the space of open awareness, and to give it what he calls a spacious, luminous, warm hug. As you allow your mistaken identity to dissolve into that space, what was once painful becomes an ornament of your vast potential. You are freed to follow your life’s journey with more joy and spontaneity.
In this intimate teaching based on “Who Am I?,” a poem he wrote that arose from his own heart practice, Rinpoche begins by laying a strong foundation of the essential points of meditation. Then, step …
Free Courses
We offer a variety of free self-paced courses that are open at all times. We recommend our Starting a Meditation Practice courses for everyone with an interest in meditation. Many of our free courses are based upon free live webcasts, which have been recorded and edited to create courses. Our paid courses are more carefully designed and produced and are guided by a mentor.
This free, self-paced course is designed for people who would like to begin meditating on a daily basis. Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche provides instruction for simple practices that anyone can do on their own including: a meditation on stillness and spaciousness, the Nine Breathings of Purification, Calm Abiding, and the Tsa Lung exercises. Click on the course title to enroll.
This free, self-paced course is designed for people who would like to begin meditating on a daily basis. Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche provides instruction for simple practices that anyone can do on their o…
Part two of our free, self-paced course is designed for people who would like to begin meditating on a daily basis. Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche provides instruction for using the 3 Doors to connect with the 3 Refuges, and the practice of Guru Yoga.
The teachings of this course are based on Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche ‘s book The True Source of Healing: How the Ancient Tibetan Practice of Soul Retrieval Can Transform and Enrich Your Life. Its practices draw from the ancient Tibetan Bön teachings of Soul Retrieval. While the course instruction contains none of the traditional Bön rituals, the guidance it offers is the heart essence of their healing powers.
The teachings of this course are based on Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche ‘s book The True Source of Healing: How the Ancient Tibetan Practice of Soul Retrieval Can Transform and Enrich Your Life. Its pract…
The more attached we are to our loved ones, our possessions, and our sense of identity, the more we suffer. Realizing this truth frees us to find joy in each simple moment of life, and peace at the moment of death. According to the Tibetan spiritual traditions, living and dying are part of a sacred continuum. Death need not be considered a failure, negative, or even a loss; rather, it is a transition toward a new beginning.
The more attached we are to our loved ones, our possessions, and our sense of identity, the more we suffer. Realizing this truth frees us to find joy in each simple moment of life, and peace at the mo…
Serving others is fundamental to our personal spiritual development. Our commitment to making a difference for others and the world can fill our life with love and joy, but requires a strong foundation of wisdom and compassion.
Serving others is fundamental to our personal spiritual development. Our commitment to making a difference for others and the world can fill our life with love and joy, but requires a strong foundatio…
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