Buddhist Retreats
5-Day Personal Retreat
Flexible Dates
We invite folks with a personal meditation, yoga, spiritual, or mindfulness practice to join our community for 5-day stays. This is for anyone with a deep desire to connect with themselves, Nature, and our Ratna Ling community.
Kum Nye Tibetan Relaxation - ONLINE
With Karmyn Ojeda
June 1 - 5, 2026
Get in touch with your feelings and sensations. Practice awareness. Find relaxation, and learn how to feel good and balanced. Kum Nye is a Tibetan gentle healing system that offers nourishing practices for the body, mind, and soul.
Befriending Ourselves
With Taylor Rechtschaffen
June 5 - 7, 2026
Access the infinite compassion at your core, transforming your relationship with yourself. In this immersive retreat, discover how two profound wisdom traditions—Internal Family Systems (IFS) and the Buddhist concept of bodhichitta—unite to awaken your innate capacities for healing and wholeness.
Space and Ease: A Personal Retreat
With George Wiegand and Karmyn Ojeda
June 5 - 7, 2026
Do you need some time and space in the quiet with a change of scenery? Ratna Ling is hosting a series of personal retreat in our great outdoors. A space and ease retreat is described as a transformative experience where you can find solace, rejuvenation, and inner peace.
The Six Paramitas: Leading Your Life with Purpose and Clarity
With Khenpo Kunga Dakpa, Tsering Gellek and Barry Schieber
July 2 - 5, 2026
Ratna Ling is happy to present a 3-night retreat based on traditional Buddhist teachings by our sister organization, the Sarnath International Nyingma Institute. You'll explore the paramitas—the Six Perfections that form the foundation of the Bodhisattva path.
Finding Freedom Within - Independence Day Retreat
With Linda Copenhagen and Maria Helena Kubrusly
July 3 - 5, 2026
This special retreat takes place over the July 4th weekend. We will join together in a spirit of reflection and community, honoring our shared aspiration for true freedom—freedom from suffering, confusion, and fear.
Refresh and Recharge – a Midsummer Meditation Retreat
With Maria Helena Kubrusly and Linda Copenhagen
July 17 - 19, 2026
Book now and get $150.00 off listed prices. Offer valid until Jun 1, 2026.
Embark on a transformative journey of self-discovery and relaxation, focusing on Meditation, Contemplation, and Integration, designed for practitioners of any level. Join us and discover the profound benefits of mindfulness and meditation.
Living Without Stress: A mindfulness and yoga retreat
With Jack Petranker and Gretchen Donovan
July 31 - August 2, 2026
In this powerful weekend retreat at Ratna Ling, Jack Petranker—direct student of Tarthang Tulku Rinpoche for 45 years and editor of over a dozen of Rinpoche’s books—guides participants in gently uncovering the hidden patterns that keep us striving, fixing, and feeling like life is just happening to us.
Being Now: How to Navigate Uncertain Times
With Magda Costa
August 14 - 16, 2026
This retreat invites you to pause, turn inward, and reconnect with a deeper way of living. A way that doesn’t depend on fixing yourself, proving anything, or becoming someone else. A way that begins by letting go of the belief that you are not enough, that you don’t know how, or that freedom is somehow out of reach.
Living with More Ease
With Renate Marx
August 14 - 16, 2026
Do you often find yourself tense, distracted, or out of balance? There are several tools you can rely on that can be simple to integrate so that life doesnʻt have to feel so hard.
Self-Care and the Joy of Ease – An Introductory Online Course
With Dr. Elon Goldstein
September 11 - October 16, 2026
Thursdays 10:00 - 11:30 am PST Join Dr. Elon Goldstein from our sister organization, Dharma College, in an exploration of positive ways of being even in uncertain times. From Dharma College: Many people today feel at least partly out of balance. Whatever the causes, the results tend to be the same: our bodies may battle […]
Sustained Awareness: A Meditation Retreat
With George Wiegand and Karmyn Ojeda
September 17 - 20, 2026
For those interested in deepening their Meditation practice, Ratna Ling has designed three annual retreats for folks at different stages of the meditation path. This retreat is designed for those who seek more calmness and stability in the mind.
Meeting Anger with Compassion
With Gretchen Donovan
October 2 - 4, 2026
Book now and get $100.00 off listed prices. Offer valid until Jul 3, 2026.
What if you could use your anger wisely? What if you could make friends with anger? This weekend retreat offers a supportive space to explore the nature of anger through meditation, gentle yoga, and subtle energy movement, all grounded in Buddhist philosophy.
The Inner Landscape: A Meditation Retreat in Nature
With Maria Helena Kubrusly
October 23 - 25, 2026
During this retreat, aligning the abundant natural beauty of Ratna Ling with Tibetan yoga exercises, meditation, and practices, you will learn to relax the body and open the senses. Let Nature teach you more about who you really are, and who you can be. You can experience the interconnectedness of all existence.
Winter Slowdown: A 5-day Meditation Retreat
With Linda Copenhagen and Renate Marx
December 16 - 20, 2026
Instead of speeding up, take this time to slow down. This special offering from Ratna Ling is designed to help you meet the holiday season with ease, openness, and a generous heart. We hope you’ll step into the holidays feeling refreshed, peaceful, and ready to appreciate every moment.