Kado-Ikebana: 5-day course

Centre: Dechen Chöling
Date: Wednesday 30 April 2025 16:00 - 6 May 09:00
Teacher: Marcia Shibata
This course includes the Kado-Ikebana two-day programme, adding an extra three days to deepen your practice.
Kado-Ikebana: A two-day introduction

Centre: Dechen Chöling
Date: Thursday 1 May 2025 09:00 - 2 May 18:00
Teacher: Marcia Shibata
A two-day programme open to all. Discover the Way of Flowers through the contemplative floral practice of Kado-Ikebana! No experience or equipment necessary.
Kyudo: The Way of the Bow - Combined

Centre: Dechen Chöling
Date: Thursday 24 July 2025 16:00 - 4 August 00:00
Teachers: Max Baltin & Kanjuro Shibata Sensei XXI
Instructor training for Kyudo practitioners combining the advanced and public programs led by Onyumishi Kanjuro Shibata XXI, Sensei.
Kyudo: The Way of the Bow - Advanced

Centre: Dechen Chöling
Date: Thursday 24 July 2025 16:00 - 31 July 09:00
Teacher: Kanjuro Shibata Sensei XXI
Instructor training for advanced Kyudo practitioners. The programme will be led by Onyumishi Kanjuro Shibata XXI, Sensei.
Kyudo: The Way of the Bow - Open to all

Centre: Dechen Chöling
Date: Monday 28 July 2025 16:00 - 4 August 09:00
Teacher: Kanjuro Shibata Sensei XXI
Open to all - a living tradition of contemplative archery.
Aikido and Mindfulness

Centre: Dechen Chöling
Date: Sunday 24 August 2025 16:00 - 31 August 09:00
Teachers: Jörg Kretzschmar & Ivan Tröscher
In this program we will bring together the living Warrior traditions from the lineage of Aikido practitioners with the Shambhala Warrior culture brought to the west by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Join us for this unique offering.
Kado-Ikebana Instructor Training 2025

Centre: Dechen Chöling
Date: Sunday 28 September 2025 16:00 - 5 October 12:00
Teacher: Marcia Shibata
This teacher’s training continues to cultivate a mind/heart that is always open.
The programme is by invitation only.
Practicing Relational Presence: Improvisation and Movement Meditation

Centre: Dechen Chöling
Date: Sunday 5 October 2025 16:00 - 11 October 09:00
Teacher: Nita Little
This five-day workshop is for anyone who wishes to deepen their skills of improvisation in daily life, easy movement and relational levels of engagement that will include physical contact. Open to All.
Maitri: The Five Wisdoms and interpersonal relationships

Centre: Dechen Chöling
Date: Saturday 18 October 2025 16:00 - 26 October 10:00
Teacher: Tessa Racine
An exploration of how the Tibetan Buddhist teachings on the Five Wisdoms can be put into practice in all our interpersonal relationships. Open to all, no meditation experience necessary. Offered in French only.
Discover Lucid Dreaming

Centre: Dechen Chöling
Date: Tuesday 28 October 2025 16:00 - 2 November 10:00
Teacher: Robert Eckstein
In this immersive lucid dreaming retreat join us for the experience how to transform the third of our lives that we spend asleep by learning how to dream lucidly and develop a nocturnal practice. Open to all!
Anchoring in wakeful presence of body and mind

Centre: Dechen Chöling
Date: Monday 24 November 2025 16:00 - 30 November 10:00
Teachers: Friederike Tröscher & Barbara Märtens
Join us for an exploration of mindfulness and awareness through simple meditation and movement practices from the traditions of Body-Mind Centering® and Shambhala Buddhism. Open to all.