Mindfulness Retreats
Starting Anew - A Mindfulness Retreat for the New Year
With Linda Copenhagen and Maria Helena Kubrusly
January 10 - 12, 2025
Imagine this coming new year how you want to show up for yourself, your loved ones, and your coworkers. Through meditation, you become more aware of the patterns that drive and motivate your actions. This January retreat is designed for you to get to know yourself better and consider how you want your 2025 to unfold.
Thrive in 2025: Tiny Habits for Happiness and Success - Online
With Teri Beckman and Arwyn Wilkinson
January 13 - February 17, 2025
Ratna Ling is proud to share with you this program by senior teacher Teri Beckman from our sister organization, Dharma College in Berkeley. This online program just in time for ideas for success in the new year.
You Are Not Your Story
With Mark Matousek
February 21 - 23, 2025
Realizing you are not your story is a quantum leap in self-realization. Learning that you are the storyteller, not the story liberates the mind from its narrative ruts and connects you to a greater sense of well-being.
Embodied Ecology: The Work that Connects Us to Place - Online
With Dr. Bob Dozor
March 11 - April 22, 2025
Tuesdays 10:00- 11:30 am PST Join Dr. Robert Dozor of our sister organization, Dharma College, for a novel experience in connecting with our environment through Embodied Ecology. Curious? Join and find out! From Dharma College: Are we on the brink of ecological disaster? Climate disruption is accelerating. Social cohesion is frayed. There is hope and […]
Healing Our Planet - A Mother's Day Retreat
With Dr. Bob Dozor, Rosalyn White, Carl Pilcher, Ph.D and Abbe Blum, Ph.D.
May 9 - 11, 2025
This weekend retreat is dedicated to an exploration of Deep Ecology, an environmental philosophy that illuminates how humans are deeply integral, embedded and embodied, on Planet Earth. This immersive experience will guide participants towards a deeper understanding and more fulfilling practice of our relationship with our world, encouraging spiritual and ecological harmony.
Writing as a Spiritual Practice
With Sallie Tisdale
May 30 - June 1, 2025
When we use writing as a spiritual practice, we realize that creative work and spiritual orientation feed each other. This weekend is designed for both beginning and working writers, and as a creative expression for everyone.
Mindful Money: Financial wellness and spiritual wealth for the modern woman
With Gloria Baraquio and Amy Patterson
June 5 - 8, 2025
Calling all women yogis! We want you to feel wealthy in all the ways! What is your relationship with money and finances? In this retreat, we use yoga principles to activate not only our spiritual lives, but also how we spend, earn, save, invest, and share our financial resources.
Forest Bathing: Find Yourself in Nature
With Ben Page
June 13 - 15, 2025
Book now and get $100.00 off listed prices. Offer valid until Mar 14, 2025.
We are excited to host our first Forest Bathing Retreat with Benjamin Page, author of Healing Trees.
Forest Therapy, also known as Forest Bathing or "Shinrin-Yoku," offers a pathway for people to remember how to immerse themselves in nature in order to rest from all that consumes them in their daily lives.
Sanctuary of Tranquility 2: A Meditation Retreat for Renewal
With Magda Costa, Maria Helena Kubrusly and Linda Copenhagen
July 11 - 13, 2025
Book now and get $150.00 off listed prices. Offer valid until May 26, 2025.
2 ARRIVAL DATES AVAILABLE. 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.
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.
Meditation in Nature
With Maria Helena Kubrusly
September 5 - 7, 2025
Book now and get $100.00 off listed prices. Offer valid until Jun 6, 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.
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 in the year and process all of the emotions and experiences of 2022. Let yourself be silent and enjoy the gifts of stillness.