FREE ONLINE PROGRAM: The Hidden Power of Compassion

Monday, September 21st | 6:00 - 7:30 pm Mountain Time

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Program Time: Monday, September 21st, 6:00 – 7:30 pm Mountain Time

Please note: This program takes place on a Monday evening.

Tuition: The Drala Online Practice Series is offered free of charge in the spirit of generosity. In the Buddhist tradition, dāna is a heartfelt act to express appreciation, support the teachings, and give from the heart. An opportunity to make a tax-deductible donation of any amount is provided at registration. Thank you for supporting this time-honored tradition of generosity.

Program Time: Monday September 21st, 6:00 – 7:30 pm Mountain Time

Please note: This program takes place on a Monday night.

Tuition: The Drala Online Practice Series is offered free of charge in the spirit of generosity. In the Buddhist tradition, dāna is a heartfelt act to express appreciation, support the teachings, and give from the heart. An opportunity to make a tax-deductible donation of any amount is provided at registration. Thank you for supporting this time-honored tradition of generosity.

Holly and Carla are teaching on-land from October 9-11, 2027. Learn more about this offering here: Empowering Womxn: Compassion Training

About the Program

We are living in a political climate where empathy and care are portrayed as weakness. How do we reclaim the power of compassion and overcome roadblocks, internal and external, so that we can cultivate and enact it in this troubled world? How do we bring a compassionate presence and response to a world in turmoil and suffering?Only by cultivating an open heart and the capacity for compassionate presence can we live in service and transform self and society.
Join us for a live conversation with Carla Burns and Holly Gayley to query the social dimensions of compassion today. No charge to attend. This is a sneak preview for their Empowering Womxn: Compassion Training at Drala Mountain Center, October 9-11, 2026. Click here for more info or to apply.

Retreat Faculty

Carla Burns

Carla Burns is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Naropa University, where she leads the MA Contemplative Psychotherapy residential retreat programs. She also consults for the Center for the Advancement of Contemplative Education, designing and facilitating programs and trainings, and contributes to Naropa’s Compassion Initiative. Specializing in the integration of corporeal, elemental, and spatial knowledge, [...]

Holly Gayley

Holly Gayley is a scholar and translator of Buddhist literature in contemporary Tibet and associate professor at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her research explores gender and sexuality in Buddhist tantra, literature by and about Tibetan and Himalayan women, ethical reform in contemporary Tibet, and theorizing translation, both literary and cultural, in the transmission of Buddhist [...]

This program is part of the Drala Mountain Online Practice Series, a collection of tuition-free online offerings. The series takes place on select Tuesdays from 6:00 – 7:30 pm Mountain Time.

To see more offerings in this series, check out the Drala Mountain Online Practice Series here. 

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