Meditation Retreats
Alive & Awake: A meditation retreat
With Maria Helena Kubrusly
May 15 - 17, 2026
Give yourself three days to reconnect with your body, quiet your mind, and awaken your senses to the beauty of life. This retreat offers a gentle, nurturing space to slow down and return to the natural ease within you.
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.
Peace and Quiet: A meditation retreat - SPECIAL PRICING
With George Wiegand, Linda Copenhagen and Karmyn Ojeda
June 12 - 14, 2026
This special retreat is offering a sliding scale allowing you to give what you can. It's 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, lay down, be in nature, meditate, and come back to center.
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.
Let It Rip! Sonoma County Writers Camp
With Elizabeth Stark and Ellen Sussman
July 22 - 26, 2026
In this camp session, we will learn how to trust our inner voices, the rhythms that propel us toward an image, an unexpected action or line of dialogue, a shocking twist in a scene.
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.
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.
Understory: Exploring Body, Word, and Landscape
With Nica Celly and Jolene Beilstein
August 21 - 23, 2026
To enter the understory is to practice listening below the surface: to slow down, to sense, and to reconnect with the fertile, unseen layers that sustain life both within and around us. In this workshop-style, three-day retreat, Jolene and Nica will offer a sequence of embodiment practices designed to explore somatic wholeness...
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.
Re-Vision: Sonoma County Writers Camp
With Elizabeth Stark and Ellen Sussman
September 23 - 27, 2026
This camp will show you how to let the story teach you its secrets. We will begin by assessing what you’ve got–what’s evolved on the page. By discerning what your story wants to be, you will be able to build on what you’ve achieved.
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.
Elevate Your Essence
With Bex Urban
October 23 - 25, 2026
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.
The Art of Loss: Letting Go with Grace
With Gloria Baraquio and Lydia Hwang
October 30 - November 1, 2026
Book now and get $50.00 off listed prices. Offer valid until Jul 31, 2026.
At some point in our lives, we all experience losses and endings in various forms. Together, we will explore what it means to live with the understanding of impermanence—in our roles, our relationships, and our most cherished dreams.
Joy & Appreciation - A Thanksgiving Retreat
With George Wiegand, Linda Copenhagen and Karmyn Ojeda
November 27 - 29, 2026
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 during this holiday. We invite you to take a sacred pause, to sit, to lay down, to be in nature, to meditate, and to come back to center.
The Gift of Writing: Introspection and Self-Reflection
With Cynthia Cummins
December 11 - 13, 2026
Book now and get $100.00 off listed prices. Offer valid until Sep 11, 2026.
As winter solstice approaches, we gather in stillness and allow quiet presence to lead us back to ourselves. In this Wild Heart Writing retreat, we begin by invoking the muse, releasing expectations and setting aside our inner critics. Clear, compelling writing follows, seemingly without effort.
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.