Programs
Ratna Ling Gift Certificate
Open Dates
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.
6-Day Personal Retreat
Flexible Dates
We invite folks with a personal meditation, yoga, spiritual, or mindfulness practice to join our community for week-long stays. This is for anyone with a deep desire to connect with themselves, Nature, and our Ratna Ling community.
New Year Reset
With Alyssa Lauren Stone
January 10 - 12, 2025
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.
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.
A Weekend of Self-Care | MLK
With Calista Ocean and Salma Syed
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.
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 Katina Knapp
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.
Space and Ease: A Personal Retreat
January 31 - February 2, 2025
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.
Evoking Resonance: Therapeutic Yoga, Breathwork, and Sound Immersion
With Harvey Deutch and Teresa Van Eyk
February 7 - 9, 2025
Together we will move through therapeutic asanas and breath-work that draw our attention inward, release tension in our physical bodies, and open energetic pathways. Gather with us for a weekend retreat where yoga, breathwork, and sound come together to evoke deep harmony and resonance within.
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.
You Are Not Your Story
With Mark Matousek
February 21 - 23, 2025
Book now and get $100.00 off listed prices. Offer valid until Dec 22, 2024.
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.
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.
Recharge & Thrive - Tibetan Breathing Techniques Online Workshop
With Magda Costa
March 15 - 16, 2025
In today’s fast-paced world, stress and exhaustion can drain our vitality, but there are full proof solutions to restore our balance—ancient Tibetan breathing techniques. Join senior teacher Magda Costa from our sister organization, Odiyan Retreat Center, for a two-day online workshop guaranteed to bring you relaxation and ease.
Cultivating an Inner Compass of Calm
With Bex Urban
March 21 - 23, 2025
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.
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.
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 Jan 24, 2025.
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, 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.
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
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.
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.
Moving from Stuck to Joy: A Reset for the Soul
With Becky Vollmer and Michael Wilson
June 19 - 22, 2025
Book now and get $100.00 off listed prices. Offer valid until Feb 18, 2025.
Too often, the intense pressures of modern work and life serve more to sap our energy than to ignite it. We may find ourselves moving through days feeling dull, disconnected, and burned out. But even when our inner light feels dim, soul-guided choices give us the power to reignite it.
Sacred Connection Retreat: Nurturing Mind, Body and Soul
With Stacy McGinty
July 25 - 27, 2025
Escape the hustle and bustle of daily life and embark on a journey of self-discovery and renewal at our Sacred Connection Retreat. Nestled in the serene environment of nature and community, this weekend getaway is designed to nourish your body, calm your mind, and uplift your spirit. Join us for a restorative exploration as we […]
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.
Rooted in Nature
With Charlotte Keane and Shoshana Hebshi
August 22 - 24, 2025
Do you feel a calling to connect with Mother Earth and your ancestors? Join Shamanic Priestess Charlotte Keane from The Unstruck Drum for this weekend of deep communion with nature. You will learn to tune in so deeply that you can feel the voice of Mother Earth.
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.
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.
Fall Equinox Retreat
With David Cho
September 19 - 21, 2025
Book now and get $100.00 off listed prices. Offer valid until Jun 20, 2025.
As we transition from Summer to Fall, we might feel the need to transform and start anew, ready for new ventures or fresh routines. We gather together at this retreat at the Equinox to reflect on our efforts. We will focus our yoga practice on nurturing the body and mind after the hot months, cooling our body, mind and spirit to welcome the wonders of Autumn.
Exactly As You Are: Practicing Acceptance
With Lydia Hwang and Jen Lo
October 10 - 13, 2025
Book now and get $100.00 off listed prices. Offer valid until Jul 11, 2025.
Join Lydia Hwang and Jen Lo for this intimate retreat, which includes daily yoga, step-by-step Kintsugi making lessons, evening sound baths, and guided color meditation. Each participant will create their own piece of Kintsugi artwork to take home.
Harmony Unveiled: Meditation & Movement in Nature
With Gretchen Donovan
October 17 - 19, 2025
Book now and get $200.00 off listed prices. Offer valid until Sep 6, 2025.
Feeding Your Demons is a five-step method created by Lama Tsultrim Allione which has benefited thousands worldwide from every walk of life on five continents. The work transcends spiritual constructs, serving as a meaningful tool for anybody, regardless of religious affiliation or personal philosophy.
Autumn Insight - A Therapeutic Yoga Retreat
With Jill Lindsay
October 31 - November 2, 2025
Book now and get $100.00 off listed prices. Offer valid until Aug 1, 2025.
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.
Women's Self-Care Retreat
With Heldine Aguiluz
November 14 - 16, 2025
Come together with fellow women to celebrate our innate strength, wisdom, and compassion. There is time to reconnect to the sacred feminine and cultivate a community of sisterhood and solidarity through deep listening, laughter, self-care, and ceremony.
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.