Meditation Retreats
Refresh, Renew and Recharge – a Midsummer Meditation Retreat
With Maria Helena Kubrusly and Linda Copenhagen
July 11 - 13, 2025
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.
Cultivating Patience - with Special Guest Teacher Khenpo Kunga Dakpa from India
With Khenpo Kunga Dakpa and Renate Marx
July 11 - 13, 2025
Join us for a joyful retreat led by Buddhist monk Khenpo Kunga Dakpa and Renate Marx from SINI in India. Patience may be one of life's most important skills to develop, but it is rarely taught systematically. Patience, when actively and skillfully cultivated, softens reactivity, judgment, and discouragement.
Second Saturdays - July
With Ratna Ling Faculty
July 12, 2025
Enjoy Ratna Ling for the day! For those of you who canʻt stay an entire weekend at Ratna Ling, weʻve designed these summer day retreats for you!
Second Saturday at Ratna Ling is a 1-day retreat of respite, relaxation, community, and a bountiful vegetarian meal!
What Happens Next? - Sonoma County Writers Camp
With Elizabeth Stark and Ellen Sussman
July 16 - 20, 2025
Are your pages buzzing with tension, alive with story, vivid, active, and unforgettable? Together, we will examine what in your own writing engages the reader and what can be developed to hook that reader completely.
Space and Ease: A Personal Retreat
With Ratna Ling Faculty
August 1 - 3, 2025
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 Perfections of Wisdom and Meditation Workshop - In Berkeley & Online
With Mark Henderson and Hugh Joswick, Ph.D.
August 2, 2025
Saturday, August 2, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM PST Buddhist wisdom can be remarkably pertinent for modern times and modern life. Shantideva, in his beloved text, carried from generation to generation for centuries, gives us a treasure of ideas and advice on living a happy life transcending the ideas that keep us tied to dissatisfaction. […]
Space and Ease: A Personal Retreat
With Ratna Ling Faculty
August 15 - 17, 2025
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.
Space and Ease: A Personal Retreat
With Ratna Ling Faculty
August 22 - 24, 2025
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.
Appreciating Beauty: A Meditation Retreat in Nature - SPECIAL PRICING
With Maria Helena Kubrusly
September 5 - 7, 2025
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.
Yoga & Meditation Retreat for Autumn
With Patricia Becker and George Wiegand
October 3 - 5, 2025
Join us for a nurturing weekend retreat to help you reconnect with yourself and cultivate a sense of deep inner peace. Led by experienced instructors Patricia Becker and George Wiegand, this retreat combines Aging with Grace Yoga, guided meditation, and mindful practices...
Harmony Unveiled: Meditation & Movement in Nature
With Gretchen Donovan
October 17 - 19, 2025
Book now and get $200.00 off listed prices. Offer valid until Sep 6, 2025.
Feeding Your Demons is a five-step method created by Lama Tsultrim Allione which has benefited thousands worldwide from every walk of life on five continents. The work transcends spiritual constructs, serving as a meaningful tool for anybody, regardless of religious affiliation or personal philosophy.
Elevate Your Essence!
With Bex Urban
October 24 - 26, 2025
Practice peace with yoga poses and an intentional pause with Meditation. In this retreat we welcome back Master Teacher Bex Urban for a special yoga retreat at Ratna Ling! Take this mindful "time out” and step away from the distractions of your daily life to re-initiate yourself into more stillness.
Be Here Now - Fall Weekend Retreat
With Yvonne Kingsley
November 7 - 9, 2025
Join Yvonne Kingsley for a peaceful weekend of yoga and meditation as we slow down and surrender to the present moment. Through the alchemy of mindful movement, breath work and contemplation, we expand our capacity to meet the present moment with curiosity and equanimity.
Joy & Appreciation - SPECIAL PRICING
With George Wiegand, Linda Copenhagen and Carmen Ojeda
November 28 - 30, 2025
For this special retreat, we are offering a sliding scale to allow you to give what you can. We hope you can join us! This Thanksgiving retreat is offered as a way to support folks who need some peace and quiet in the redwoods. We invite you to join us to take a sacred pause, to sit, to lay down, to be in nature, to meditate, and to come back to center.
Quiet Spaces: A Winter Retreat
With Gloria Baraquio
December 5 - 7, 2025
As the season turns to more darkness and cold, our bodies naturally long to retreat inward. December is a time to reflect on what has transpired and process all of the emotions and experiences of the year. Let yourself be silent and enjoy the gifts of stillness.
Winter Respite Retreat - Finding Warmth in the Cold
With Melina Meza and Baxter Bell
December 19 - 21, 2025
Book now and get $100.00 off listed prices. Offer valid until Sep 19, 2025.
Our yoga getaway will be perfect way to deepen your practice while simultaneously keeping your inner fire (agni) bright during this dark season. And there is no better place to do this than our beautiful center in the redwoods!
Yoga & Meditation Retreat
With Denelle Numis
March 20 - 22, 2026
Book now and get $100.00 off listed prices. Offer valid until Dec 19, 2025.
Indulge yourself in a luxurious weekend getaway to the coastal redwoods of Sonoma County with Denelle Jarro Numis. Give yourself the gift of daily yoga and meditation, delicious and nutritious vegetarian meals and a blissful 2-nights stay in a cozy cottage at Ratna Ling Retreat Center.
Spring Blooms - Yoga Awakening
With Leila Swenson
March 27 - 29, 2026
This Spring, awaken within and celebrate the vibrancy of renewal, hope, transformation, and growth with Leila Swenson... Join us for an invigorating and relaxing yoga retreat weekend in the stunning and magnificent coastal redwoods... An invitation to step away from the demands of daily life and enjoy space for self-inquiry, practice, community, and reflection!
Refuge & Renewal: an Insight Meditation Retreat
With Heidi Bourne
April 24 - 26, 2026
Book now and get $100.00 off listed prices. Offer valid until Jan 23, 2026.
Join us for a peaceful weekend retreat dedicated to nourishing the basic goodness that lives inside, the inherent life force that awakens into a life of clarity, kindness and courage. Drawing on the teachings of the Buddha, our practices include Insight and Metta Meditation, gentle movement, and daily dharma talks.