Ken McLeod turns the Heart Sutra into a lived experience, guiding participants through meditations and inquiries that dissolve the usual boundaries of self and knowing. He emphasizes two modes of practice—resting and looking—teaching how to stay in experience and look within it, rather than stepping back to observe. As students learn to rest in the messiness of their own lives, they discover that “things start to take care of themselves.”

In this series, Ken McLeod explores the stories of three great teachers—Sukhasiddhi, Niguma, and Khyungpo Naljor—drawing out the deeper lessons hidden within their biographies. These accounts are not just historical records but metaphors for the challenges and transformations we face in spiritual practice. Rather than presenting fixed models to follow, these stories point to the moments when something shifts—when the structures we rely on fall apart, when we see through the illusions we take as real, and when we stop looking outside ourselves for answers.

This Mahayana Mind Training retreat invites you to explore practices that cut through reactive patterns and transform how you relate to life. In each session, Ken McLeod uncovers ways to cultivate presence, transform energy, and approach challenges with compassion. Rooted in centuries-old wisdom, this series offers fresh relevance for modern life and are suitable whether you’re new to mind training or have been practicing for years.

Making Things Happen is about transforming intentions into reality with clarity and presence. In these four sessions, Ken introduces frameworks and practical tools for effective action, explores the inner blocks that hinder progress, and emphasizes mindful engagement with each step of the process. Through insights, exercises, and group discussions, students learn to align action with authentic purpose and navigate life’s complexities with greater awareness and skill.

In this retreat, Ken McLeod brings the mind training teachings of The Great Path of Awakening to life, using each line as a doorway into direct experience and personal transformation. The central practice is taking and sending, which students use to dismantle reactive patterns, meet emotional difficulty directly, and rest in unconditioned presence. “You’re holding on to nothing at all. The amazing thing is it works.”

In Money and Value, Ken McLeod explores how deeply our relationship with money influences our perceptions, decisions, and sense of self. Across these four sessions, Ken invites practitioners to question societal and personal assumptions about wealth, security, and well-being. Through guided reflections and group exercises, he offers insights into creating a life that balances financial needs with inner clarity and purpose.

Monsters under the bed—reactive patterns—are always with us, shaping our reactions to the situations life throws at us. In this six-part retreat series, Ken McLeod, Claudia Hansen, and George Draffan explore how these patterns keep us stuck, and reveal ways to see them clearly and let them go. With humor, candor, and practical wisdom, they delve into the power of the breath, the six realms, and practices for moving beyond habitual struggles. The retreat is focused on ways to navigate reactivity, deepen presence, and live with greater freedom.

In this retreat, Ken McLeod presents pointing-out instructions as direct invitations to rest in the clarity of experience and see whatever arises as it is. He challenges the usual emphasis on attainment or understanding, encouraging students instead to look, rest, and trust what they know. “You can’t make a thought or an emotion empty because it is empty,” Ken says. “You can’t make something into what it is already.”

In this retreat, Ken McLeod teaches how emotional reactions release when we stop resisting and start experiencing them fully. Through three distinct methods—breath-based attention, taking and sending, and direct awareness—participants learn to meet discomfort, uncover natural knowing, and stay directly in what arises, without separation. “The illusion is that we are separate from what we experience,” Ken says, pointing to a way of living in which emotion, emptiness, and awareness are not different—and reactivity releases through knowing experience directly.

In Surviving Stressful Times, Ken McLeod offers a practical and insightful approach to navigating life’s challenges with clarity and composure. Through engaging discussions, guided meditations, and actionable principles, he explores how to face uncertainty, transform adversity, and cultivate a sense of peace amidst chaos. These sessions provide tools to help you work with your stories, connect with others, and respond to life with purpose and intention.