Change and Surrender - Working with the ups and downs of life

Join Ratna Ling Faculty this weekend to explore Buddhist teachings and practices to support you in navigating life’s changes!

When life surprises you with abundance or poverty, praise or blame, those are the moments when we experience what it truly means to be human. What is real, and what are we attached to? What are we losing, and what remains the same?

Some of us are experiencing deep changes right now: loss of income, starting a new business, having a new child, divorcing a partner, losing a home, buying a home, falling in love, or experiencing a death.

For all phenomena, there is a beginning/birth, growth/change, and decay/death. This is true for any relationship, material object, or living being. What if there was no birth and death? Just movement and change. What if there was no loss? Only gains of lessons and growth.

This retreat will allow you to step out of your daily life and reflect upon the transitions you are experiencing. Using mindfulness practices, movement, breath, and Buddhist teachings, we will explore new ways to approach the big changes in our life, ways to manage our perspective, attitude, and emotions. You can return home empowered with tools to transform your situations and turn them into opportunities for wisdom, gratitude, and joy.

This weekend will include:

• Meditation
• Yoga and relaxation
• Mantra and chanting
• Reading Buddhist texts
• Discussions on change, transition, and loss
• Quiet time in nature
• Options for Spiritual Counseling, Soul Memory Reading, and Forest Therapy

SCHEDULE (Subject to change:)

Friday

3:00-4:00pm Check-in

4:30-5:30pm  Grounding Yoga

5:30-6:30pm  Dinner

6:30-8:00pm  Opening Circle 

Saturday

8:00-9:00am   Breakfast

9:00-10:30am  Change & Impermanence, Buddhist teachings, Discussion

11:00am-12:15pm  Yoga & Meditation

12:15 Lunch

1:00-1:30pm  Temple tour (optional)

1:30-4:30pm  Quiet Time- Optional massage and wellness sessions by appointment

2:00-3:00pm Optional Forest Therapy Walk

3:15-4:15pm Optional Soul Memory Reading (Demonstration)

4:30-5:30pm  How to welcome, expect and celebrate change; Mantra practices

5:30-6:30pm  Dinner

6:30-8:00pm  Mantra and Self-Care Practices 

Sunday 

8:00-9:00am   Yoga & Meditation

9:00-10:00am Closing Circle

10:00-11:00am Brunch

12:00 pm      Checkout