Dear Reader,

If you’ve found this page, you likely know that co-creating spiritual community is the heart of my "work." Does it surprise you to learn I don't open this container often?

We need the right conditions — in me, in us, in the global field — and we need students to ask for the teachings. These doors to Vajrayana are opening for you because enough practitioners have asked (thank you!) and because what’s emerging now feels necessary, like a deep evolutionary call to meet this moment in our world. 

Due to the nature of this experience, we do not sell or advertise widely. You’ll find general information below, but please reach out with questions and soon —  we begin May 1st. 

If you're called to this at all, I encourage you to apply and set an interview. These doors won't open again for another three years, and mutual fit is best discovered together. 

I can’t wait to learn about your interest in this paradigm-shifting path. 

With Warmth & Appreciation,

Kimberley


“Kimberley's a Modern Sage. Her style is loving, knowledgeable, and grounded in ancient wisdom but adapted for today's times. She's someone I see as not only a teacher but also a mentor and role model of the kind of woman, mother, and person I want to be in the world. ”

Tricia Napor ~ Senior Director, Employee Relations at Yale University

“My biggest aha has been the balance of Self and no-self, the sense of being more deeply connected to the relative reality vehicle and its powers and responsibilities while also becoming wildly empty and infinitely connected to everything visible and invisible, the ultimate totality.”

Marty McConnell ~ Poet, Author, Non-Profit Consultant

“Kimberley is a divine being in a human form. She offers precious teachings woven in with modern day psychology. It's the bridging of those two lineages that make her special. How to be enlightened and not bypass the body, in a single lifetime, for the benefit of all beings. Holy sh*t! What a gift. ”

Robin Lassiter ~ Author Earth: A Love Story, Podcaster & Coach

Welcome to Secret Saint School.

A grown-up college experience of your dreams with integrity, support, joy and mutual transformation.

This isn't fast food spirituality, and we’re not interested in performative depth. 

It's multi-year training rooted in the Indo-Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhist lineage and integrated with contemporary psychology, developmental frameworks and embodied practice. 

This is a slow, honest, relational practice that unfolds over time through deep study, meditation, and experimentation.

It's for established meditators, yogis, and practitioners ready for advanced teachings grounded in daily life.

It’s for people ready for truthful intimacy with mind, perception, and reality itself. People mature enough to handle awakening – people ready for gnosis. 

It’s for you if you sense that a profound new Self is asking to be realized, stabilized, and embodied for our precious world. 

You Don't Have to Wake Up Alone.

It's more fun with friends. :)

Join us.

This cohort will be small and by application only.

The application is not about proving anything — it’s simply a way for us to sense alignment, readiness, and mutual fit. If it’s a yes, we’ll both feel it. If it’s a no (or a not-now), we’ll recognize that is part of the integrity of the field, too. The process includes:

  • Submission of a written application to help us understand your background, readiness, and intentions.

  • All applications are reviewed with care. We write back to you within the week to discuss next steps.

  • Selected applicants will be invited to a one-on-one discernment session (sliding scale) to answer any questions and determine mutual fit.

Prerequisites

Mahamudra & The Heart Sutra courses are included with membership. You'll be asked to complete at least one of them before we begin. Familiarity with the material is what matters. Mastery is a life-long practice.

Questions?

We're happy to help! Please write to [email protected].

What Will We Study?

This training follows a continuum path (Lam Rim) where foundations matter. The more prepared a practitioner is upon entry, the more sustainable and transformative the path becomes. Courses offered will be unique to your cohort's needs and abilities. Past examples include:

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Meet Your Instructor

Kimberley Lafferty

Kimberley Theresa Lafferty is a teacher-practitioner specializing in in the confluence of human development, adult education and Indo-Tibetan Buddhist psychology. Her trans-disciplinary practice offers educational options online and in person. She is a seasoned teacher of multi-year educational and practice cohorts, focusing on the personal path of awakening integrating Mahayana, Vajrayana and Classic Yoga teaching with modern psychological wisdom. Kimberley is an active board member of the Association for Spiritual Integrity, a wife, mother to a teen, residing in a remote mountain community. Her lived experience deeply informs her pragmatic, every day approach to the deep spiritual questions and practices of our time.

Pricing Options

Choose what best suits your heart, wallet & worldview. Select, need-based workstudy positions available upon request.

General Schedule

These dates reflect current programming and intentions. The structure will pivot and emerge based on group needs. We will provide recordings for continued study, not as a substitute for your precious presence.

  • Year 1 — The Ground (Lam Rim)

    May 2026 – April 2027

    ➡️ Foundations 1: May 1–3, 2026 in NYC ➡️ Foundations 2: Sept 4–6, 2026 in Seattle ➡️ Weekly Dharma Fridays: 4–6 pm PT (Zoom)

  • Year 2 — Ground to Gateway (Anuttarayoga Tantra)

    May 2027 – April 2028

    ➡️ Spring Empowerment: Yamantaka (First week of May) ➡️ Fall Retreat: NYC and/or Vermont ➡️ Weekly Dharma Fridays: 4–6 pm PT (Zoom)

  • Year 3 — The Mother Tantra (Entering the Mandala)

    May 2028 – April 2029

    ➡️ Spring Empowerment: Vajrayogini (Location TBD) ➡️ Fall Retreat: 11 Yogas Retreat (Location TBD) ➡️ Weekly Dharma Fridays: 4–6 pm PT (Zoom)

“Studying with Kimberley is walking through the doors of a time tested and validated lineage with a modern, down to earth teacher and community. If you want to truly transform the way you see yourself and reality for the better.... go to her.”

Haley Dawn Roth ~ Harvard Educator & Teen Coach

“The most dramatic, veil-piercing moments have come with studying emptiness/mahamudra. I recall a moment in an early teaching where she was demonstrating the nature of mind by pouring water into water and something just clicked/opened up and I realized that this was what I had understood without any language for it and had been looking for my whole life.”

Lindsey Dorr-Niro ~ Artist, Art Professor, Meditation Teacher

“The courses are mystical and inspirational because the sky's the limit. They draw on ancient traditions where the goals and highest visions are beyond this world. That makes it fun and exciting to study with Kimberley because I continue to stretch my ideas of what I thought was possible. The community that she put together reflects this. Every conversation that I have with someone in the group pushes my imagination beyond its current capacity.”

Tai Bendit-Shtull ~ Project Manager at LinkedIn