Mindfulness Retreats

Balint Weekend Retreat for Health Care Professionals: Healing, Mindfulness and Compassion

With Ellen Barnett, MD. PhD and Richard Addison

May 10 - 12, 2024
“Healing, Mindfulness, and Compassion” is again being held at the beautiful and tranquil Ratna Ling Conference Center. The weekend combines Eastern and Western approaches to healing: Gentle Tibetan Yoga and Meditation complementing Balint group work.

Softening the Heart - Reflections on Compassion

With Linda Copenhagen, Gloria Baraquio and Tina Rath

May 17 - 19, 2024
Kindness. Empathy. Warmth. What if each of us could experience these qualities everyday? This retreat will provide spaces for us to practice and explore compassion and how it can improve every aspect of our life. Through meditation, reflection, journaling and movement we will learn to shed tension and develop lovely qualities that enhance our lives and our relationships.

Being Fully Present

With Jack Petranker and Ignacio Ercole

June 14 - 16, 2024
For many of us with busy and fast-paced lives, we find that feelings of stress, overwhelm, irritation, or anger arise more frequently than we would like.In this retreat, we explore ways to be fully present with the now. We will draw on practices that engage body, mind, and spirit.

Sanctuary of Tranquility - A Meditation Retreat for Renewal

With Magda Costa, Maria Helena Kubrusly and Linda Copenhagen

July 9 - 14, 2024
Book now and get $150.00 off listed prices. Offer valid until May 9, 2024.
Embark on a transformative journey of self-discovery and relaxation, focusing on Meditation, Contemplation, and Integration, designed for practitioners of any level. Reflecting on your life’s path, you will gain clarity...

Discover Inner Harmony - a Summer Meditation Retreat

With Maria Helena Kubrusly and Linda Copenhagen

July 12 - 14, 2024
Join us for a weekend of self-discovery and inner peace at Ratna Ling's exclusive Meditation Retreat. Here you can take the time to reflect on your thoughts, words, and actions and learn to create spaciousness in your mind and your life. Immerse yourself in serene surroundings and embrace an atmosphere conducive to deepening your meditation practice. Whether you're a seasoned practitioner or just starting, this retreat offers a nurturing space for everyone seeking inner peace and mindfulness.

Write and Reflect - Sonoma County Writers Camp

With Elizabeth Stark and Ellen Sussman

July 24 - 28, 2024
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

August 9 - 11, 2024
Are you in need of a break? Just some time and space for quiet and 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.

What is the Story You Have to Tell?

With Elizabeth Stark and Ellen Sussman

October 9 - 13, 2024
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.

Be Here Now - Fall Weekend Retreat

With Yvonne Kingsley

October 25 - 27, 2024
Join Yvonne Kingsley for a peaceful weekend of yoga and meditation as we slow down and surrender to the present moment.

Space and Ease: A Personal Retreat

December 6 - 8, 2024
Are you in need of a break? Just some time and space for quiet and a change of scenery? Ratna Ling is hosting a series of personal retreat in our great outdoors. A space and ease retreat is a transformative experience where you can find solace, rejuvenation, and inner peace.