Dechen Chöling
  • Receive our newsletter
  • Support Dechen Chöling
  • Follow us on Facebook
 
Menu
  • Home
  • About us
    • Shambhala
    • The path of Shambhala
    • Lineage
    • Organisation
    • Dechen Chöling
    • Practice Centre
    • Dharma Land of Great Bliss
    • Dechen Chöling Council
    • Community
    • Our Staff
    • Teachers
    • Blog
  • Programmes
    • Meditation Retreats
    • Contemplative Arts
    • Healing & Psychology
    • Spring Daoist Qi Gong Teachings
    • Family, Children, Youth
    • Online Practice
    • Local programmes
    • All programmes
  • Services
    • Accommodation
    • Catering
    • Translation
    • Shuttle service
    • Financial Policy
    • Rates, Terms & conditions
    • Rental
  • Participate
    • Participate in a Programme
    • Become a Member
    • Volunteer Program
    • Job Opportunities
    • Staff a Programme
  • Donate
  • English
    • Français
    • Español
 

Log in

 

Home / Teachers

Karin Hooijmans

Karin Hooijmans

Karin Hooijmans has a bachelor in Educational Studies and worked in the field of child and adults psychiatry, in particular with autistic children for many years. As a coach, she worked for people who got stuck in their work and organizational issues. She suffered from cancer in 1994 and worked – after her own recovery – with clients who suffered from cancer. Karin became a widow in 2000 and worked after that as a counselor for people who had lost a loved one. The last 10 years she has been working in a Crisis Centre in Rotterdam as a mental health care taker for clients in psychiatric and psyco-social crisis. Karin has been a Kyudo practitioner since 2006. She entered Shambhala in 2009 as a member of the Rotterdam Shambhala Center. She is a Co-teacher in training  since 2016.

 
 

Blog

  • 15 May 2026

    Message from Sun Camp Europe

     
  • 3 February 2026

    Dechen Chöling has a new gardener!

     
  • 20 October 2025

    An Interview with David Hope

     
  • 7 July 2025

    Interview with Yeshe Fuchs

     
  • 15 May 2025

    Shambhala Sun Camp : A Week of Discovery, Joy and Authentic Presence

     
 

Upcoming programmes

  • Dathün – FIRST TWO WEEKS

    5 August 2026 – 19 August 2026

    With: John Rockwell, Barbara Märtens

    Register here if you would like to join this month-long meditation retreat for the first two weeks only. Open to all.

     
  • Dathün – A Month of Meditation

    5 August 2026 – 2 September 2026

    With: John Rockwell, Barbara Märtens

    Dive into a month of intensive group meditation and discover your own wisdom. A unique and transformative experience open to all.

     
  • Refuge Vow Ceremony

    18 August 2026

    With: Barbara Märtens, John Rockwell

    Dechen Chöling offers a Buddhist refuge vow ceremony, with Barbara Märtens and John Rockwell. This is open to everyone who would like to take the refuge vow. The ceremony will be in English.

     

All programmes ›

 
 
 

Map of France with Dechen Chöling

 
 
Centre Shambhala Dechen Chöling
Le Mas Marvent
Rue du Château 640
87700 Saint-Yrieix-sous-Aixe
France

Getting here

Contact us

 
 

Follow us

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
 

Read our Blog

Receive our Newsletter

 
 

Being here

  • Current Staff Openings
  • Join Meditation in Action
  • Visit
  • Come for Free Sundays
 
 
 

Copyright © 2026 Association Shambhala Europe
Legal information | Privacy Policy