Online Transformation Courses at Dharma College
Discover the Benefits of Online Transformation Courses
What are Transformation Courses like at Dharma College?
At Dharma College, our transformation courses are not about becoming someone new. They are about discovering what is already present.
At a time where it seems many approaches to personal growth emphasize fixing, improving, or optimizing, our transformational courses take an entirely different approach. They invite a deeper inquiry into the nature of mind, experience, and awareness.
Transformation is not something imposed from the outside. It unfolds naturally as you begin to see more clearly and relate differently to what is happening within you.
Through our online transformation classes, Dharma College students begin to:
• recognize patterns with greater clarity
• create space within reactivity
• develop a more steady relationship to experience
• sense the openness and intelligence already present in the mind
Types of Transformational Courses and Classes We Offer
Dharma College primarily offers online transformation courses, though we do have some in-person offerings, designed to meet you where you are.
Each course supports transformation through understanding, direct experience, and integration into daily life.
Start your journey of spiritual growth.
Begin with our six week Level 100 courses, offered year round, where you establish a foundation in awareness and presence. From there, deepen into our one year Level 200 programs, where insight becomes lived experience. Our Level 300 seminars invite a more complete engagement with the fullness of being.
Begin where you are. Let the path unfold.
Transform your daily experiences into opportunities for growth.
Video Recordings available for Six Months in a private community portal with a free weekly Body Movement Class.
*Full refund if the first class isn’t your cup of tea!
Starts August 22nd
Bringing Peace into Everyday Life
Instructor – Wangmo Dixey
In a world shaped by constant acceleration, uncertainty, and division, many people long for peace yet struggle to know how to live it. Awakening the Balanced Mind offers a grounded and practical approach…..
Starts September 8th
Free Movement
Class
Instructor – Fran Burns
This weekly 45 minute session will offer the opportunity to release stress, drop out of the thinking mind and come to your senses. With movement, relaxation, and awareness, practices, we will invite the mind…..
Starts September 9th
Mind Space - Finding the Groundless Ground
Instructor – Ron Purser
In a world of constant stimulation, many of us feel trapped in an endless cycle of thinking, planning, worrying, and striving. We work hard to improve ourselves, solve problems, and gain control over our lives….
Starts October 1st
The Mind, Suffering, and Freedom
Instructor – Kathleen Lyon
Why do we suffer?
What shapes our thoughts, emotions, fears, desires, relationships, and sense of self?
And is it possible to discover a deeper freedom through understanding…
Starts November 14th
Feeling Fully Alive
Instructor – Bruce Alderman
What if your body holds a wisdom that the thinking mind alone cannot access?
Many of us move through life disconnected from the body’s natural intelligence….
Starts January 14th
Science, Experience, and Interdependence
Instructor – Dr. Carl Pilcher
Modern science and Buddhist philosophy both suggest that our ordinary perception of reality is shaped by illusion. This course explores how insights from science and contemplative wisdom….
Starts January 16th
Becoming Embodied - Fully Alive
Instructor – Bruce Alderman
Many of us spend our lives living primarily in our thoughts. We move from one responsibility to the next, caught in planning, remembering, worrying, and problem solving. Even during moments of rest, the mind often remains busy, carrying us away from the immediacy….
Starts January 27th
The Undreamed Self
Instructor – Robin Caton
Most of us spend far more time than we realize living inside stories about ourselves.
Stories about who we should be. Stories about what we lack. Stories about what went wrong in the past or what might go wrong in the future. We become so immersed….
Starts April 7th
Mind Space: Openness and Being
Instructor – Ronald E. Purser
In a world of constant stimulation, many of us feel trapped in an endless cycle of thinking, planning, worrying, and striving. We work hard to improve ourselves, solve problems, and gain control over our lives, yet often find ourselves feeling overwhelmed, distracted, or disconnected from….
Self Paced Course
Welcome to a Calm Place
Feel less overwhelmed and more in control of how you respond to life. This self-paced course offers short, practical meditation exercises that help you recognize and shift habitual reactivity. Over time, you build a steady, usable calm you can carry into everyday moments—work, relationships, and uncertainty.
Transform your daily experiences into opportunities for growth.
Video Recordings available for Six Months in a private community portal with a free weekly Body Movement Class.
*Full refund if the first class isn’t your cup of tea!
Starts September 8th
Beyond Conceptuality : Entering Nonduality
Instructor – Dr. Kathleen Lyon
Do you ever feel as though life is happening to you rather than being lived from a place of genuine freedom and participation? Have you wondered why we continually repeat familiar patterns, even when they lead to dissatisfaction or suffering?
Starts September 10th
Gesture of Great Love
(Term 1)
Instructors – Dr. Bob Dozor &
Dr. Richard Kingsland
Love is often understood as an emotion, a feeling that comes and goes depending on circumstances. Yet the great contemplative traditions teach that love can become something much deeper a way of being, a living expression of…
Starts March 13th
Time Space and Knowledge (Term 1)
Instructor – Bruce Alderman
We are living at a remarkable moment in human history. As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly capable of performing tasks once thought uniquely human retrieving information, generating ideas, and processing knowledge…
Transform your daily experiences into opportunities for growth.
Video Recordings available for Six Months in a private community portal with a free weekly Body Movement Class.
*Full refund if the first class isn’t your cup of tea!
Starts August 17th
Ways of Knowing (Term 1)
Instructor – Dr. Richard Dixey
Dharma College introduces revolutionary insights into the structure of perception, how the ‘here and now’ is actually constructed, and reveals pathways toward integrating the creative freedom and luminosity of preconscious awareness into the very heart of everyday life. Once understood,…..
Starts September 5th
Natural Awakening: Dancing in Totality
Instructor – Dr. Peter Fenner
This six week course explores natural, nondual awareness that is free of concepts, structure and reference points yet coextensive and unified with empirical and conceptual universes.
We will explore how language and inquiry can be used as refined tools for revealing nonconceptual…..
Transformation Class FAQ
Transformation Courses Online and In Person
Our transformation courses online are live and interactive, allowing you to engage directly with faculty and fellow students. Sessions include guided practice and ongoing dialogue, with recordings available for continued learning.
In-person transformation classes take place in Berkeley, California, where students gather in a shared learning environment that supports meaningful conversation and connection.
Both formats are designed to support sustained engagement and real change over time.
Benefits of Our Transformation Classes
At Dharma College, transformation is not about adding something new. It is about seeing more clearly and relating differently to your experience.
The shifts that come from these transformation courses are often subtle at first, but they become tangible in everyday life.
Students often notice:
• greater clarity in how their mind works
• less reactivity and more space to respond
• a more steady presence in the midst of change
• the ability to work with stress rather than feel overwhelmed
• a growing sense of meaning in ordinary moments
Over time, transformation becomes less about changing circumstances and more about changing how experience is lived.
The real benefit is not only what you learn, but how your experience begins to shift in a natural and sustainable way.
Who Are Our Transformation Classes For?
Our transformation courses are open to people at all stages. They are for beginners looking for a clear and grounded starting point, as well as for those who want to deepen an existing path of inquiry.
You do not need prior experience. What matters is a willingness to engage and explore your experience directly.
Why Choose Dharma College For Transformation Courses?
Dharma College offers transformation courses that are grounded in lived experience and practical understanding.
With experienced faculty and a supportive learning community, you are guided in bringing clarity and awareness into your everyday life.
If you are looking for transformation courses online that support real and lasting change, Dharma College offers a path that is both accessible and profound.
Ready to begin your journey?
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