Retreats are an opportunity
to immerse yourself fully in study or meditation.

Residential costs include vegetarian meals and either a shared or private room at the Nyingma Institute.

For information on the Four-Month Human Development Training Retreat, see the Longer Retreats page



2007 RETREATS

NPR402 Finding Compassionate Love
November 23 - 25
Friday 10 AM - 9 PM; Saturday, 10 AM - 5 PM; Sunday, 10 AM - 3 PM.

We can learn to love ourselves and others more deeply and completely through actively cultivating compassionate love. This kind of love heals the painful divisions between living beings, allowing us to forgive others and to cleanse ourselves of ill will. Gentle visualization, mantra, and meditation practices given by the enlightened Buddha nurture compassionate love.
For all levels of students.
Cost: $192 (nonresidential); $300 (residential).
Instructors: Lama Palzang, and Pema Gellek.


MED502 Finding Inner Peace
December 3 - 8
Retreat begins Monday at 10AM and concludes on Saturday at 4:45 PM.

Meditation develops serenity. This retreat focuses on calming meditations (shamatha) and Kum Nye relaxation practices. The goal is to reduce the number of distracting thoughts and to find states of inner peace.
Open to all levels of students
Cost: $364 (nonresidential); $550 (residential).
Instructors include: Robin Caton, Hugh Joswick, and Donna Morton.


KNR501 Tasting Relaxation
December 27 - January 2
Retreat begins Thursday at 10 AM and concludes on Tuesday at 1 PM.
Students may arrange to attend the retreat for a shorter time or may extend their stay with a private Kum Nye retreat (call for details).

When the senses open wide to experience, blissful feelings flow freely throughout the body, loosening up concepts, melting restrictions and limitations, and opening wide the field of perceptions. The body dances with space, and space with the body; all parts of our being interact joyfully, in perfect harmony. Tarthang Tulku, Joy of Being.
Kum Nye practice opens the senses to feeling. This flow of feeling can loosen even chronic tension. In this retreat we learn to relax so deeply that we can 'taste' the healing nectar of relaxation as it flows through body and mind. Gentle movement, breathing, and awareness practices help us to discover this relaxation. Open to all levels of students.
Cost: $364 (nonresidential); $550 (residential).
Primary Instructor: Santosh Philip.


 

2008 RETREATS

NPS503 Loving Yourself, Loving Others
February 11 - 16
Begins Monday morning and concludes Saturday at 4:45 PM.

We can find unconditional love for ourselves and for others. Mantra, visualization, meditation, and movement exercises help develop and expand compassion and love beyond all boundaries. Practices and lecture are based on the traditional practice of 'immeasureable' love, compassion, joy, and equanimity. Includes the "Faith in Dharma" workshop on February 15-16.
Cost: $364 (nonresidential); $550 (residential).
Primary Instructor: Sylvia Gretchen.


NPS502 Cutting through Conditioning
February 18 - 23
Begins Monday morning and concludes Saturday at 4:45 PM.

Much of what we do is bound by conditioning: patterns of action imprinted within our body and mind. Once established, conditioned patterns operate automatically and obscure the fresh vitality - the wonder - of our experience. Through skillfully observing mental images, we can recognize and then release layers of conditioning that have accumulated throughout our lives. Topics covered include: self-image; the cyclic nature of fascination and anxiety; and how to discern mental events. Includes the "Dream Lotus Evening" workshop on February 22 and the "Overcoming Fear of Transformation" workshop on February 23.
Cost:$364 (nonresidential); $550 (residential).
Primary Instructor: Sylvia Gretchen.

TSK501 Visionary Inquiry: A Mountain Retreat
March 17 - 22
Begins Monday at lunch and continues through Saturday dinner.
Held at Ratna Ling

The focus of this retreat will be the practice of 'breathing in' the sky as a way to bring insight into the nature of space and embodiment. Density and pain give way to the infinite energy that is 'here'. Ratna Ling's broad vistas and quiet presence will intensify the power of the retreat. Includes the "Healing and Pain" workshop on March 21-22.
Cost: $600 (residential only).
Primary Instructor: Sylvia Gretchen.
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NPR501 Preparation for the Time of Death
March 24 - 29
Begins Monday morning and concludes Saturday at 4:45 PM.

Teachings from the Tibetan tradition outline the stages of dying and death while inspiring an appreciation for the value of every moment and every type of experience. The meditation and visualization practices given in this retreat will help one to prepare for the time of death.
Cost: $364 (nonresidential); $550 (residential). Includes the workshop "The Bardo is Now!" on March 29.
Instructor: Sylvia Gretchen. Prerequisite: one year of meditation experience and consent of the Instructor.


NPR406 Medicine Buddha Practice
April 10 - 13
Begins Thursday at dinner and continues through Sunday lunch
Held at Ratna Ling

Tibetan healing mantras and visualizations that evoke the blessings of the Medicine Buddha have been used for centuries to cure illness and increase well-being. This workshop offers instructions in traditional Medicine Buddha practices.
Cost: $325 (residential only).
Instructors: Lama Palzang and Pema Gellek.


KNR504 Opening the Senses
May 5 - 10
 Monday at lunch and continues through Saturday afternoon.
Held at Ratna Ling

This retreat makes use of the full range of intermediate and advanced Kum Nye exercises to help each participant integrate a rich array of positive feelings into body, senses, and mind.
Cost: $600 (residential only).
Instructors: Donna Morton and Santosh Philip.
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NPR502 Invoking Blessings
May 17 - 19
Begins Saturday at 10 AM and continues through Monday night.

Gathering at the time of the Buddha's enlightenment according to the Tibetan calendar, we focus on the Buddha through devotional chant and visualizations.
Cost: $150 (nonresidential); $220 (residential).
Primary Instructor: Sylvia Gretchen.


MED503 Developing Clarity
May 26 - 31
Begins Monday morning and concludes Saturday at 4:45 PM.

Insight meditation (Vipassana) is the focus of this retreat.
Silent practice will be balanced with instructions on how to calm the stream of distracting thought.
Cost: $364 (nonresidential); $550 (residential).
Instructors: To be announced.

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MED501 Silent Retreat
June 2 - 7
Begins Monday morning and concludes Saturday at 4:45 PM

This retreat's practices are done in silence with suitable instructions for meditation and study given individually to each participant. The retreat is designed to allow participants to deepen their meditation practice in the supportive environment of the Nyingma Institute. Includes the "Foundations for Mindfulness" workshop on June 7.
Cost: $364 (nonresidential); $550 (residential). Instructors: Meditation staff.


KNR502 Kum Nye: Breath, Energy, Feeling
June 9 - 14
Begins Monday morning and concludes Saturday at 4:45 PM

In this Tibetan yoga retreat, students use breath and movement exercises to stimulate and direct the energy of body and mind, visualization practices to awaken and sustain inner vitality, and meditation practices to foster serenity. Includes the "Revitalizing Inner Energy" workshop on June 14.
Cost: $364 (nonresidential); $550 (residential).
Instructors: Jack van der Meulen, Donna Morton, and Santosh Philip.


KNR503 Kum Nye: Attuning to the Present Moment
June 16 - 21
Begins Monday morning and concludes Saturday at 4:45 PM

Practice of Kum Nye is an exploration and balancing of our inner environment.
-Tarthang Tulku, Kum Nye Relaxation.
Advanced Kum Nye practices invite a fuller experience of the rich multidimensionality within each moment.
Includes the "Embodiment of Beauty" workshop on June 21.
Cost: $364 (nonresidential); $550 (residential).
Instructors: Jack van der Meulen and Santosh Philip.


DHS526-DHS530
Gateway to Knowledge
June 23 - July 26

Students deepen their search for awakened mind
through in-depth study of topics from the Gateway to Knowledge
by the great Tibetan master Lama Mipham.

Meditation practice will analyze the constituents of inner and outer experience.
Kum Nye practice will help deepen analysis.

DHS526, week one, June 23-28: The Transmission of Insight

DHS527, week two, June 30-July 5: Fields of Awareness

DHS528, week three, July 7-13 (at Ratna Ling): Attuning to Dharma

DHS529, week four, July 14-20 (at Ratna Ling): Time and the Arising of Suffering

DHS530, week five, July 21-26: The Possible and the Impossible

Cost: $1,495 (nonresidential); $2,495 (residential).
Primary Instructor: Sylvia Gretchen.
Prerequisite: three years of Dharma Studies and consent of Instructor

DHS501-505
Embodiment: An Awakened Vision
July 28 - August 30

This retreat is a journey into the Buddha's vision of what embodiment means.
Students will: use teachings and practices from Nyingma Psychology
to integrate body and mind;
learn to release unnecessary tension and stress through Tibetan Yoga;
study the teachings of the Buddhist Abhidharma;
learn about the symbolism of the Buddha's form;
be introduced to the stages on the path and its view, result, and application;
and deepen experiential knowledge of the mind through training in meditation.

DHS501 week one, July 28-August 2: Recognizing the Potential of Body and Mind

DHS502 week two, August 4-9: Stages on the Path

DHS503 week three, August 11-16: Awakening Vision

DHS504 week four, August 18-24 (at Ratna Ling): Joy of Being

DHS505 week five, August 25-30 (August 25-27 at Ratna Ling): Embodying Wisdom

Cost: $1,495 (nonresidential); $2,495 (residential).
Primary Instructor: Sylvia Gretchen, with additional instruction by Dharma Studies, Kum Nye, and Meditation staff

 


KNR414 Opening the Field of Awareness
August 22 - 24
Held at Ratna Ling
Begins with lunch on Friday and continues through Sunday lunch

Students work with introspective practices that focus on how the senses interact with mind and self. These practices work to break free of the ordinary chain of perceptions that leads to misery. Students learn to rest within the open space of awareness, simply 'seeing,' 'feeling,' and 'knowing' beyond interpretations or labels.
For all levels of students.
Cost: $275 (residential only).
Instructors: Sylvia Gretchen and Barr Rosenberg.

 


2008 Human Development Training Retreat
August 30 - December 17

Our premier training program.
Cost: $7,600 (residential).
Click here for full details

 

DHS412 Observing Consciousness
October 23 - 26
Begins with dinner on Thursday and continues through Sunday lunch.
Held at Ratna Ling

Readings from the Surangama Sutra illuminate the nature of mind, perception, consciousness, and the awakened nature.
Cost: $325 (residential only).
Instructors: Sylvia Gretchen and Barr Rosenberg. 
Prerequisite: Consent of instructors.

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NPR402 Cultivating Compassionate Love
November 28 - 30
Begins Friday at 10 AM and concludes Sunday at 3 PM.                                     

We can learn to love ourselves and others more deeply by actively cultivating compassionate love. This kind of love heals the painful divisions between living beings, allowing us to forgive others and to cleanse ourselves of ill will. The workshop introduces gentle visualization, mantra and meditation practices given by the enlightened Buddha.
Cost: $192 (nonresidential); $275 (residential).
Instructors: Lama Palzang and Pema Gellek.


MED502 Finding Inner Peace
December 1 - 6
Begins Monday morning and concludes Saturday at 4:45 PM

Meditation develops serenity. This retreat focuses on calming meditations (shamatha) and Kum Nye relaxation practices. The goal is to reduce the number of distracting thoughts and to find states of inner peace.
Cost: $364 (nonresidential); $550 (residential).
Instructors: Meditation staff.

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KNR501 Tasting Relaxation
December 29, 2008 - January 3, 2009
Begins Monday at 10 AM and concludes on Saturday at 4:45 PM

As we develop the ability to relax deeply, our energy becomes gentle, almost tender, flowing more freely into the senses and bathing them in rich, flavorful experiences. Thoughts are attracted to share in the joy; they connect more completely with perceptions, lending their powers to open new fields of perception. - Tarthang Tulku, Joy of Being.
Start the New Year with a week of peaceful meditation and Kum Nye practice.
Includes the "Renewing and Refreshing the Senses" workshop on January 3.
Cost: $325 (nonresidential); $500 (residential).
Primary Instructor: Santosh Philip.

 

 

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