A Steady Heart
in Turbulent Times

Join us for our second Vajrayana Online community retreat with Tim Olmsted and Antonia Sumbundu
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A Vajrayana Online Community Retreat with Cort and Tim

Join us for our first annual retreat, focusing this year on the Vajrayana approach to working with emotions
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April 25, 2026

Saturday

10AM–3PM

US ET (New York)

Requirements

This event is open to everyone.

Recordings

We strongly encourage you to join us live. If you’re unable to attend, the recordings will be made available.

About Our Semiannual One-Day Retreat

As our world faces increasing challenges and unpredictability, the traditional Buddhist refuge in the third jewel of the sangha becomes indispensable. Through community, we can find a steady heart that allows us to meet uncertainty with openness rather than fear. We invite you to join our worldwide Vajrayana Online community for a special one-day online retreat with Tergar guides Tim Olmsted and Antonia Sumbundu to explore how we can strengthen inner confidence amidst chaos.
On April 25, Antonia and Tim will share the essential qualities of the Vajrayana path to help us anchor ourselves when the world feels unsteady. Through teachings, guided meditations, Q&A, and small group discussions, we will journey from the ground of resting in awareness, through the connection of the four immeasurables, to the fruition of the path: sacred outlook.
This community exploration of recognizing pure perception serves as a beautiful way to continue the Blueprints of Awakening transmission. Whether you are seeking a steady heart amidst life’s challenges or looking to deepen your understanding of the Vajrayana path, this retreat offers a welcoming space to connect and practice alongside fellow practitioners from around the globe.

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A Steady Heart in Turbulent Times

*All times US ET (New York).

  • 10:00–11:15 AM | Teaching and discussion
  • 11:15–11:45 AM | Guided meditation
  • 11:45–12:00 PM | Break
  • 12:00–1:15 PM | Teaching and discussion
  • 1:15–1:45 PM | Guided meditation
  • 1:45–2:00 PM | Break
  • 2:00–3:00 PM | Teaching, discussion, and dedication

Join Us Live!

This is also a great opportunity to connect with fellow meditators, sharing the energy and support that comes from practicing together. We strongly encourage you to join us in real time. However, if you’re unable to attend, recordings will be available for two months.
MEET YOUR GUIDES

Antonia Sumbundu

Antonia Dorthea Sumbundu is an instructor for the Tergar Meditation Community, dharma teacher, clinical psychologist, and mental health specialist. She has been practicing meditation for over 35 years.
Antonia was first inspired to become a meditator after seeing a segment from The Lion’s Roar, a film about the 16th Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, but it was in 1988 after attending a talk by the Dalai Lama that she began practicing formally. Antonia’s first Buddhist teacher was the 3rd Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche. Following his death in 1992, she studied with a variety of teachers, including Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, Chokling Rinpoche, and Tsoknyi Rinpoche. In 2002 she met Mingyur Rinpoche and began to receive teachings from him.
Since the inception of Tergar, Antonia has been engaged in the community first as a facilitator and since 2016 as an instructor. She leads meditation retreats, teaches, and supports practice groups and dharma students internationally. Antonia is also Program and Clinical Director for a series of Accredited Psychotherapy Training Programs and Chair of the Board of Directors for a women’s shelter.
Antonia’s long-term interest in dharma, psychology, and the application of meditation to enhance mental health and flourishing has led to her passion for bridging worlds: dharma and psychology; Buddhist wisdom and contemporary science; and meditation, spirituality, and collective trauma to name a few. She holds an MA from the University of Copenhagen and an MSt in MBCT from the University of Oxford (Oxon).
MEET YOUR GUIDES

Tim Olmsted

Tim Olmsted began his Buddhist studies in 1977 under the late Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche in Boulder, Colorado. In 1981, Mingyur Rinpoche’s father, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, was invited to teach in Boulder. Profoundly moved by him, Tim and his family moved to Kathmandu just a few months later to study with Tulku Urgyen and his sons.
During the twelve years that he lived in Nepal, Tim studied with many of the most renowned teachers living there and worked as a psychotherapist serving the international community. In 2000, Tim moved to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, at the invitation of Pema Chödrön, where he served for three years as the director of Gampo Abbey, the largest residential Buddhist monastery in North America. He is the founder and president of the Pema Chödrön Foundation, which supports monastic training and communities in need around the world.
In 2003, after a visit by Mingyur Rinpoche to Gampo Abbey, Tim started the Yongey Foundation to support and promote Mingyur Rinpoche’s activities in the West. Since its inception, Tim has been one of the five instructors for Mingyur Rinpoche’s worldwide meditation community, Tergar International.
Tim lives with his wife Glenna in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, where he leads an active community that follows Mingyur Rinpoche’s teachings and those of his family lineage.
The more clearly we see things as they are, the more we’re able to open our hearts toward other beings. When we recognize that others experience pain and unhappiness because they don’t recognize their real nature, we’re moved by a profound wish for them to experience the same sense of peace and clarity that we have begun to know.

— Mingyur Rinpoche

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