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. […]
Welcome to a Calm Place - ONLINE
With Richard Dixey
Open Dates
This self-paced course contains an introduction to calmness meditation, the basis for insight into the experience. Calmness meditation is a key life skill here, allowing more control and flexibility in our range of responses.
Move Into Your Abundance - A Springtime Practice
With Kat Shotz
April 19 - 21, 2024
At this Springtime retreat, we will take time honoring ourselves and each other in community. We will explore creative healing practices, like somatic movement, Yoga, Yoga philosophy, breathwork & meditation.
Space and Ease: A Personal Retreat
April 19 - 21, 2024
A Personal retreat or the Space and Ease retreat at Ratna Ling has various effects on your well-being and personal growth. Both retreats at Ratna Ling can be described as a transformative experience where you can find solace, rejuvenation, and inner peace.
Exactly As You Are: Practicing Acceptance - Waitlist only!
With Lydia Hwang and Jen Lo
April 25 - 28, 2024
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.
Space, Ease and Compassion: A Personal Retreat
May 3 - 5, 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.
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 space and practices designed to bring us in touch with our hearts and minds. Through meditation, reflection, journaling and movement we will learn to shed tension and develop lovely qualities that enhance our lives and our relationships.
A Weekend of Self-Care | Memorial Day - SOLD OUT
With Natalie Colvin and Rosalyn White
May 24 - 27, 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.
Peace & Presence - A yoga & Meditation Retreat
With Kimberly Millard
May 31 - June 2, 2024
This is a unique program that teaches you how to access the present moment and create everlasting happiness. You will learn practical techniques that can benefit all areas of your life.
Space and Ease: A Personal Retreat
May 31 - June 2, 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.
Space and Ease: A Personal Retreat
June 7 - 9, 2024
A Personal retreat or the Space and Ease retreat at Ratna Ling has various effects on your well-being and personal growth. Both retreats at Ratna Ling can be described as a transformative experience where you can find solace, rejuvenation, and inner peace.
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.
Space and Ease: A Personal Retreat
June 14 - 16, 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.
The Wordless Way - A Mindfulness & Writing Retreat
With Jonah Willihnganz and Andrew Todhunter
June 18 - 23, 2024
The retreat will blend creative practice, contemplation, and engagement with the natural environment. Over the course of five days, participants will learn elements of writing craft, including a series of pre-writing and writing practices that clear mental chatter, enhance awareness, and deepen access to the imagination.
Space and Ease: A Personal Retreat
June 21 - 23, 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.
Deepen the Breath - A yoga retreat for your whole being
With Mary Beth Ray
June 28 - 30, 2024
In this weekend retreat nestled in nature, you will make room for your breath and nourish you to the core. With opportunities to connect to each other and to spend time on your own, this breath-centered getaway addresses your whole self (body, breath, mind, behaviors, emotions, and spirit) in an integrated way.
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...
Move and Restore - A yoga retreat to help you find balance
With Jacqui Rowley
July 19 - 21, 2024
Book now and get $100.00 off listed prices. Offer valid until Apr 30, 2024.
For many of us who are moving to fast between work, family, friends, and the digital world, we find it hard to slow down. If we want to feel balanced, then there's nothing more urgent than learning how to slow down and simply rest.
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.
Yoga and Writing Retreat
With Jason Bowman
August 1 - 4, 2024
Book now and get $100.00 off listed prices. Offer valid until May 31, 2024.
A weekend-long writing retreat—supported by yoga, sitting practice, and a regenerative environment with great food and great vibes.
Space and Ease: A Personal Retreat
August 2 - 4, 2024
Do you need 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.
Change and Surrender - Working with the ups and downs of life
With Gloria Baraquio and Merrill Peterson
August 9 - 11, 2024
Some of us are experiencing deep changes right now: loss of income, starting a new business, having a new child, or experiencing a death. This retreat will allow you to step out of your daily life and reflect upon the transitions you are experiencing.
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.
Summer Glow: Reignite your body, mind and spirit!
With Suzanne Zuber
August 16 - 18, 2024
Join Suzanne for a luscious weekend of flowing Yoga asana, breathwork, and meditation, nourished by the kind company of like-minded souls, clean food, calm spaces, and the vibrant beauty of Ratna Ling’s landscapes.
Wisdom Healing - A Contemplative Retreat
With Barry Schieber
August 23 - 25, 2024
Inspired by quotations from Tarthang Tulku’s writings, this retreat is an opportunity to bring relaxation and balance into our lives. Through breathing and relaxation exercises, meditation and inquiry, we relax the body, breath and mind. Working with the quotations provides insights for reflection and appreciation for our journey. Take this opportunity to become quiet and turn inward.
Space and Ease: A Personal Retreat
August 23 - 25, 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.
A Weekend of Self-Care | Labor Day
With Felicia Evans, Kimberly Millard and Diana Stork
August 30 - September 2, 2024
Book now and get $100.00 off listed prices. Offer valid until May 31, 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.
Feeding Your Demons: A Meditation and Yoga Retreat
With Gretchen Donovan
September 6 - 8, 2024
Book now and get $200.00 off listed prices. Offer valid until Jul 27, 2024.
Feeding Your Demons is a five-step method created by Lama Tsultrim Allione which has benefited thousands worldwide and 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.
The Love of Beauty: A Meditation Retreat in Nature
With Maria Helena Kubrusly
September 13 - 15, 2024
In this retreat, we will explore the beauty of trees, plants, animals, the sky, wind, and all of Nature at Ratna Ling, to understand your own true nature--the beauty and wonder of being you. Being outside helps heal the disconnect between head, heart, and senses. This retreat will help to restore intimacy with yourself and with the world, and nourish what is innately beautiful and perfect within you.
Space and Ease: A Personal Retreat
September 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 described as a transformative experience where you can find solace, rejuvenation, and inner peace.
Rooted in Nature - A Fall Equinox retreat
With Charlotte Keane
September 20 - 22, 2024
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.
Autumn Insight - A Therapeutic Yoga Retreat
With Jill Lindsay
October 4 - 6, 2024
Book now and get $100.00 off listed prices. Offer valid until Jun 30, 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.
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
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.
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.
Space and Ease: 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 Ratna Ling to celebrate the Autumn in the Redwoods!
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 personal retreat in our great outdoors for you to take some time for yourself.
Winter Respite Retreat - Finding Warmth in the Cold
With Melina Meza and Baxter Bell
December 13 - 15, 2024
Book now and get $100.00 off listed prices. Offer valid until Sep 13, 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!
Spring Reset Retreat
With Nikki Estrada
March 7 - 9, 2025
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.
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.