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Give a gift that can transform someone's life forever--a healing retreat at Ratna Ling! Click "Ratna Ling Gift Certificate" above. Available in any amount from $50 - $5,000. Please indicate your name (Buyer) in the registration and indicate the name and email of the person to whom you will give the certificate (Recipient) where indicated.
Autumn Insight - A Therapeutic Yoga Retreat
With Jill Lindsay
October 4 - 6, 2024
Gather together for an unforgettable and deeply nourishing yoga retreat. This retreat will be a wonderful way to step away from the world and immerse yourself in the practice of yoga and mindfulness during the fall season.
2024 Fall Harvest Celebration - A Farm-to-Table-Fundraiser
October 6, 2024
To celebrate a bountiful season of growth, harvest, and community in the Ratna Ling Gardens, we’ll be holding a Harvest Dinner on September 24th 2023. Join us at Ratna Ling for an afternoon of music, organic eats and garden tours - featuring a silent auction, food from the Ratna Ling gardens and performances from our very own volunteers.
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. Celebrate yourself as an instrument of story, finely honed by the life you’ve led and the lessons you’ve learned.
Cultivating an Inner Compass of Calm
With Bex Urban
October 18 - 20, 2024
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.
Majestic Aspirations - Online
With Tibetan Nyingma Institute Teaching Staff
October 22 - December 10, 2024
Tuesdays 7:00 - 8:30 PM PST - 8 Weeks Join senior teachers from our sister organization, The Tibetan Nyingma Institute, for an exploration of the power of Buddhist symbols to transform consciousness, develop this wish to help others which in itself can motivate us to overcome all obstacles to spiritual growth. The class will use […]
Kum Nye Relaxation: Focus on Breath - Online
With Tibetan Nyingma Institute Teaching Staff
October 23 - December 14, 2024
Wednesdays, 8:00 - 9:00 AM PST Join Donna Morton, a senior teacher from our sister organization, The Tibetan Nyingma Institute, for a rewarding class on Kum Nye, the Tibetan energy & movement discipline. This course will introduce the basic theory and develop the foundational practices of Kum Nye Relaxation. "Once we know how to contact […]
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. Through the alchemy of mindful movement, breath work and contemplation, we expand our capacity to meet the present moment with curiosity and equanimity.
Space and Ease: A Personal Retreat
November 1 - 3, 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.
Radiate from Within: How to live with joy and intention
With Klara Crean and Leslie Tippell
November 1 - 3, 2024
Step away from the relentless pace of daily life into a serene sanctuary in the redwoods, and join us for an intimate journey to rejuvenate and rediscover the deep reserves of vitality and joy that already reside within you.
Women's Self-Care Retreat - VETERANS DAY
With Heldine Aguiluz and Calista Ocean
November 8 - 11, 2024
Treat yourself and take three days at Ratna Ling to unwind, reflect, and breathe into your fullness. Remember what you value the most, and then return to your life with a renewed sense of ease, joy, and strength.
Grace & Gratitude: A Pre-Thanksgiving Yoga & Meditation Retreat
With Lauren Cohen and Nat Kendall
November 15 - 17, 2024
Join Lauren Cohen and Nat Kendall for a nourishing pre-Thanksgiving weekend in the redwoods! Through soulful yoga practices, dharma discussions, chanting, meditations, time in nature and more, we’ll explore what it means to cultivate grace and gratitude in our everyday lives.
Space and Ease Cultivating Compassion: A Personal Retreat
November 22 - 24, 2024
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 Essence of Yoga: A Weekend Retreat
With Jenn Russo
November 22 - 24, 2024
We welcome back Master Teacher Jenn Russo of Healdsburg for a special yoga retreat. At this retreat we will focus on using the breath to strengthen our practice and experience a lasting peace. Afternoons will be a slow flow/restorative practice, focused on calming, centering and relaxation.
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.
Nurture Your Nature
With Tina Rath
December 6 - 8, 2024
Join certified SATYA yoga teacher, Tina Rath, for a full weekend of nurturing your physical, emotional and energetic bodies. Various yoga practices, including pranayama and meditation, will leave you feeling energetically calm and restored.
Space and Ease: A Personal Retreat
December 13 - 15, 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.
Winter Respite Retreat - Finding Warmth in the Cold
With Melina Meza and Baxter Bell
December 13 - 15, 2024
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!
New Year Reset
With Alyssa Lauren Stone
January 10 - 12, 2025
Book now and get $100.00 off listed prices. Offer valid until Oct 11, 2024.
Join certified yoga teacher, Reiki Master, and published writer, Alyssa Lauren Stone, for a transformative weekend. From faster-paced Vinyasa flows to more restful Restorative poses, we will explore different types of yoga, breath-work, and meditation techniques to get the body energized and relaxed.
A Weekend of Self-Care | MLK
January 17 - 20, 2025
In the fast-paced world of mobile devices, cars, planes, deadlines, and capitalism, we can lose track of what's important. Treat yourself to 3 days to unwind, reflect, and breathe into your fullness. Remember what you value most, and then return to your life with a renewed sense of ease, joy, and strength.
The Four Noble Truths Seminar: A Pilgrimage to India!
January 23 - February 6, 2025
Join SINI on an unforgettable Buddhist journey to India. You’ll delve into the Tibetan monastic tradition and explore the foundational Buddhist teachings at the very places where they were originally delivered 2,500 years ago, including Sarnath, where the Buddha first taught The Four Noble Truths, Vulture Peak, Nalanda, and Bodhgaya.
Vitality in the New Year
With Leila Swenson
January 24 - 26, 2025
Retreat yourself to the majestic, coastal redwoods in the New Year with Leila Swenson for a weekend of Yoga and New Beginnings. Replenish your vitality, increase your strength, and invigorate your practice. We hope you'll join us for a heart-warming and revitalizing yoga weekend in the New Year!
New Year Yoga Reset
With Jenn Russo
January 31 - February 2, 2025
Bring in the New Year with this transformational weekend retreat. Surrounded by redwoods and immersed in nature, you will enjoy daily yoga classes, morning meditation and afternoon restorative yoga- plus nourishing cuisine, and the warmth of community, as we set intentions for the New Year and ignite a sense of renewal.
Seeing is Freedom
With Stacie Overby
February 21 - 23, 2025
In this 4-day retreat, we will explore the central causes of suffering, from the view of Yoga, the Mindfulness tradition, and Integral Psychology. We can learn how to skillfully respond to find more openness and freedom in our day-to-day lives.
Spring Reset Retreat
With Nikki Estrada
March 7 - 9, 2025
Book now and get $100.00 off listed prices. Offer valid until Dec 28, 2024.
Reset yourself this spring! Join Nikki for a weekend of asana, pranayama, meditation and yoga philosophy as we transition into spring. Refresh mind, energy and body with extended yoga practices, time to rest, delicious food and surrounding nature.
Recalibrate - A Relaxing Retreat to Calm the Nervous System
With Nicole Griffin
March 14 - 16, 2025
Embark on a transformative journey at the Recalibrate Retreat, a fusion of science-based nervous system practices and the art of intentional rest. This carefully curated experience guides you to understand your nervous system and experience the benefits of deep rest and restoration.
Aging with Grace Yoga Retreat
With Patricia Becker
March 28 - 30, 2025
Embark on a refreshing and rejuvenating journey with Patricia Becker at Ratna Ling, where our Aging with Grace Yoga Retreat nurtures your body, mind, and spirit. Our yoga poses and breathing techniques are tailored to enhance your daily life. Each session is thoughtfully designed to promote overall well-being, fostering vitality, resilience, and a sense of calm.
Attracting Love & Abundance - A yoga and breathwork retreat
With Monica Bravo
April 4 - 6, 2025
By promoting mindfulness and self-awareness, yoga and meditation help individuals to appreciate and accept themselves, creating a foundation for healthy relationships and self-esteem. These practices help to release deep-seated fears, anxieties, and limiting beliefs that may block the flow of love and abundance.
Coming into Balance - A retreat with yoga and massage
With Dana Hancock and Melody Hopkins
April 11 - 13, 2025
Pairing two powerhouses in health and wellness, this weekend retreat combines yoga practice with the traditional Chinese medicine of gua sha to invite self-care and overall wellness.
The Treasury of Blessings: A Practice of Buddha Shakyamuni
With Mark Henderson
April 18 - 20, 2025
The centerpiece of this retreat is a traditional practice of Buddha Shakyamuni. This practice was composed by one of the greatest masters of the Nyingma lineage, Kunkhyen Jamgon Mipham Namgyal Gyatso, known frequently as Lama Mipham.
Spring Renewal Yoga Retreat
With Dariece Warren
April 25 - 27, 2025
Book now and get $100.00 off listed prices. Offer valid until Dec 25, 2024.
Let go of the heaviness of winter and welcome in the energy of the spring season! Using mindful movement and alignment based yoga flow we will release tension and clear out stagnant energy to raise our vibration.
Healing Our Planet - A Mother's Day Retreat
With Dr. Bob Dozor, Rosalyn White, Carl Pilcher 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.
Yoga & Meditation Retreat
With Denelle Numis
May 16 - 18, 2025
Book now and get $100.00 off listed prices. Offer valid until Feb 1, 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.
A Weekend of Self-Care | Memorial Day
With Gloria Baraquio
May 23 - 26, 2025
Treat yourself and take three days at Ratna Ling to unwind, reflect, and breathe into your fullness. Remember what you value the most, and then return to your life with a renewed sense of ease, joy, and strength.
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. We also find the courage and freedom to express ourselves from the heart. This weekend is designed for both beginning and working writers, and as a creative expression for everyone.
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. It’s all about […]
Discovering Stillness and Calmness in the Midst of Our Life ~ Kum Nye Retreat 2025
With Andi Egle
July 3 - 6, 2025
The world will be balanced when we are balanced. We participate in infinitely complex and interdependent relationships with all of the many levels of existence., from subatomic to cosmic. Our immediate environment is also related to every other environment on earth, and the earth is influenced by events in the far reaches of the universe. […]
Sanctuary of Tranquility 2: A Meditation Retreat for Renewal - 2 Arrival Date Options
With Magda Costa, Maria Helena Kubrusly and Linda Copenhagen
July 8 - 13, 2025
Book now and get $150.00 off listed prices. Offer valid until May 23, 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 for a fulfilling life.
Restoring Balance with Steadiness & Ease
With Mary Beth Ray
August 1 - 3, 2025
Book now and get $100.00 off listed prices. Offer valid until Apr 22, 2025.
In this weekend retreat, you will slow down and experience spaciousness in your body, mind, and breath to just be. The yoga practices are infused with peace and calmness to cultivate deeper stability, awareness, and insight into the interconnected dimensions of your whole self.
A Weekend of Self-Care | Labor Day
With Natalie Colvin
August 29 - September 1, 2025
Treat yourself and take three days at Ratna Ling to unwind, reflect, and breathe into your fullness. Remember what you value the most, and then return to your life with a renewed sense of ease, joy, and strength.
Women's Self-Care Retreat
With Heldine Aguiluz
October 10 - 13, 2025
Treat yourself and take three days at Ratna Ling to unwind, reflect, and breathe into your fullness. Remember what you value the most, and then return to your life with a renewed sense of ease, joy, and strength.