Mar 20, 2026

Join us for Part 2 of a three-part series of online teachings with Marcy Vaughn, exploring how the medicine of inner refuge can support us in meeting life’s most challenging experiences. The hour-long live broadcasts take place on three consecutive Fridays and are free and open to all.

In this second exploration, we connect with the support of the refuge of our meditation practice and reflect on a challenge we experience. Coming closer to how this experience lives in body, speech, and mind, we can discover a sense of “me,” an identity that holds and is informed by pain. With the openness, awareness, and warmth of the natural state, the inner refuge, the solidity of this sense of me can release, allowing for healing qualities to emerge, benefiting self and others.

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• Part 1 — March 13, 2026, 12 noon New York time: Discovering the Treasury of the Open Heart
• Part 2 — March 20, 2026, 12 noon New York time: Bringing Pain to the Path
• Part 3 — March 27, 2026, 12 noon New York time: Transforming Confusion into Wisdom

About the Instructor

Marcy Vaughn is a senior student of Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche. She has practiced Tibetan Buddhism for more than 50 years and graduated in the first class of the master’s program in contemplative psychotherapy at Naropa University. Currently a therapist in private practice in Santa Fe, N.M., U.S.A., Marcy teaches meditation classes and leads retreats that explore imagery and voice in the healing process. Marcy edited the books Tibetan Sound Healing, Awakening the Sacred Body, Awakening the Luminous Mind, and Spontaneous Creativity, all by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche. She helped design and teaches in The Compassion Project, a nine-month online course; and The 3 Doors Academy, a three-year residential and online training program. Both programs bring alive the benefits of contemplative practices in our daily lives.