Ratna Ling Retreat Center

"We do not thrive without kindness in our lives." -Tarthang Tulku #kindness #buddhism #goodness #blessings

"However it manifests, care has the power to transform. Ask what someone cares about and how they manifest their care, and you will know how that person re...lates to wisdom and compassion, love and respect." -Tarthang Tulku #ratnaling #love #compassion #Respect #retreat #TARTHANG #quotes #savetibet #Rinpoche #dharma #Nyingma #worldpeace #graditude #buddha #enlightenment #Tibet

Hello, From Ratna Ling.. We have been closed since March during the Pandemic. Though we remained closed, we are offering ways for you to find peace and ease. Tomorrow, we start an online course entitled Full Presents Mindfulness taught by Jack Petranker, a long time student in the Nyingma lineage. This six week course uses breathing and sensory exercises for grounding and finding calm. Sign up by clicking this link: https://buff.ly/2IvqRns Interview with Jack Petranker:

Topic: Interview with Jack Start Time : Sep 19, 2020 11:00 AM Meeting Recording: https://zoom.us//_2qdcq4S4Sm12D_E5BRpVRBM5Anf_Y8RVQFaHSaTx... Access Passcode: +0Cgiwj?

Can you commit to your yoga practice 2x a week? You can commit to more strength, flexibility, focus, and grace! Join Gloria Baraquio for her 8 sessions this month, every Friday and Tuesday at 10am PST, beginning this Friday! You will get a relaxing practice at the end of the week and an energizing practice on Tuesdays. Open to ALL LEVELS! Register here: https://ratnaling.org//strength-and-flexibility-a-yoga-se/... Photo Credit: Mindy Coe

Join Rosalyn White tonight at 5pm as she guides you to bring body and mind into synchronicity with mediation. You will learn to cut distractions and tame your mind with breath and mantra. Look forward to seeing you in the Zoom class. https://buff.ly/3gcXba7 .

Join Abbe Blum, PhD. tomorrow night for her second class at 5pm. She will be exploring human embodiment as it is explained in Tarthang Tulku’s book, Gesture of Balance. https://buff.ly/3aeXX4X

A Live sitar concert with Bay area classical Indian musician!

Kick back and relax for a Sound Healing with guest teacher Lydia Hwang this evening at 6pm via Zoom or here live on Facebook!! You will be able to lie down and listen to angelic, peaceful sounds of crystal bowls, chimes, gongs, and more.

We are excited to have Will Marsh as our guest this evening at 6pm for Ratna Ling LIVE! Please come and enjoy beautiful sitar music and receive an introduction to Classical Indian Music.

Come experience the magic of Patience today at 5pm with Rosalyn White! This is part of the Six Perfection series and there are 4 classes left. https://buff.ly/31nznLj

Come experience the magic of Patience tomorrow night at 5pm with Rosalyn White! This is part of the Six Perfection series and there are 4 classes left. https://buff.ly/2PpG8q9

In just a few hours, come join us in a Zoom class for a fresh perspective on meditation. This course will include two more Tuesday classes, which will explore human embodiment as it is explained in Tarthang Tulku's book, Gesture of Balance. The trio of body, breath, and mind encompasses much more than our usual notions and are studied and worked with in Tibetan Buddhist traditions - meditative, yogic, and medical. Register: https://ratnaling.org//higher-awareness-integrating-body-/

Mark Henderson from Nyingma Institute presents

Quickly register if you haven't to attend the 6pm live zoom tonight with Mark Henderson of the Nyingma Institute. Learn the practice of Shakyamuni. Or watch it here live!! https://ratnaling.org//ratna-ling-live-your-1-hour-retrea/

Join Kate Vogt for poetry and explorationspof the senses!

Join Kate Vogt for poetry and explorations of the senses, inspired by nature. Please have a living plant or flower near by!

Don't miss out on Rosalyn White's new series on The Six Perfections starting at 5pm today!! The focus this evening is what it means to be generous.

Sometimes along the path, we get reminders that everything is perfect and happening for our own good. #succulents #perfection #beauty #nature #sacredgeometry

If you're seeking a moment of calm and relaxation, we are offering Tibetan Buddhist Meditation tomorrow night for Ratna Ling LIVE! Our Director, Rosalyn White, will be guiding us in breath, movement, mantra, and visualization. Sessions are FREE, and donations are always accepted. Thursdays at 6pm PST. You can register once for the next 5 sessions: https://buff.ly/38XAQvb #buddhist #meditation #mantra #chanting #visualization #relaxation #peace #calm #joy

We have another exciting round of free classes scheduled for Ratna Ling LIVE!! Please join us every Thursday night at 6pm for spiritual inspiration. This lineup is dynamic with meditation, nature reflections, mantra, sitar, and a sound bath! We hope you can make time for yourself to relax and restore. Register one time for 5 sessions: https://buff.ly/326dn9p Donations are always appreciated!... #yoga #meditation #mantra #chanting #music #sitar #soundbath #soundhealing #nature #crystalbowls #chimes #relax #restore

Gentle Flow with Kimberly Millard! Ratna Ling LIVE!

We are honored to have special guest teacher, Kimberly Millard of Los Angeles, to offer us Gentle Flow Yoga for Ratna Ling LIVE! Kimberly is an Ayurvedic Yoga Therapist, Professional Photographer, and a Teacher for Shivakali Yoga School. Join us Thursday at 6pm via Zoom! You can register here: https://buff.ly/38CwCZw

Summer is in bloom! What are your favorite plants popping up in your yard? #allium #garlic #weeds #flowers #blossoms #bloom #outside #outdoors #nature #beauty

Chakra Meditation + Mantra with Gloria Baraquio on Ratna Ling LIVE!

Chakras are energy centers within the subtle body that correspond to your emotional, mental, and spiritual states. We tune into our chakras to bring awareness to where in our lives we can bring balance and harmony. Is one chakra overactive, or another inactive? Please join Gloria Baraquio for Chakra Meditation and Mantra for Ratna Ling LIVE, Thursday at 6pm via Zoom! Please register here: https://buff.ly/38iYrWB

Equanimity is a quality we practice when we suffer from our pride and arrogance. Trying to see all beings deserving of compassion, love, patience, and understanding. If you want to work on your pride, please join Rosalyn White today for her final session of Finding Our Balance: Lessons on the 4 Immeasurables. You can still register here: https://buff.ly/31B7Bg6... #4immeasurables #equanimity #pride #arrogance #buddhism #noself #love #patience #compassion

What a lovely reminder for us to work together in co-creating a beautiful world! #Nature #cocreate #interdependence #flowers #bees #pollination #outdoors #outside #Buddhism #love #beauty #inspiration

Happy Monday, Everyone! Gloria Baraquio will be hosting one more free BIPOC (Blacks, Indigenous, People of Color) yoga class for our black and brown friends to relax and restore in this time. For all of our non-BIPOC friends, we are holding space for your process and our collective healing. Peace for all! https://buff.ly/2YGDou4

We don't know what's ahead. But we can look around us and be with what is in front of us. Look at this flower. It is beautiful. Can you find beauty in front of you? Right here, right now? It is a sacred practice. #flower #garden #nature #presence #reflection #practice #innerlife #hereandnow

Yin Yoga with Beate Sophia!

Have you taken time for yourself this week? Enjoy the gift of Yin Yoga tonight with Beate Sophia on Ratna Ling LIVE at 6pm! Breathe and stretch into relaxation. You can still register here: https://buff.ly/3dvyRi8

What are you doing today to cultivate joy? Join Rosalyn White at 5pm via Zoom for her third session on the Four Immeasurables! Today we're talking about transforming jealousy and envy into joyfulness. You can register here: https://buff.ly/3fUnkul

Is it time to launch your personal meditation practice? Please join our Special Guest Teacher Dr. Richard Dixey of Dharma College, as he guides us in weekly Friday 30-minute practices to better understand our mind. This progressive series of ten meditations is to begin to develop a practice so we can develop a deeper understanding of who we are, and create the possibility for genuine change. Please register today! https://buff.ly/3fZCCyf

It's Monday! Gloria Baraquio is offering her free BIPOC yoga class again tonight at 5pm. Please let your black and brown friends know! They can register here: https://buff.ly/3hYejT9

Ratna Ling LIVE tonight at 6pm via Zoom! Deviyana Livneh will guide us in Qi Gong! We're so lucky to have an accomplished teacher living with us here at Ratna Ling. Class is FREE! Register here if you haven't yet! https://buff.ly/3eg7lXg

It's not too late to register for Rosalyn White's weekly class Finding Our Balance: Lessons on the Four Immeasurables. So many valuable teachings on how to keep our hearts open in difficult times. Tomorrow will be her second session of four. REGISTER NOW! https://ratnaling.org//finding-our-balance-lessons-on-the/

Free BIPOC Yoga class for black and brown folks today at 5pm! Please sign up to receive the Zoom link!

Flower meditation: How did this flower come to be? What was its seed? What makes it beautiful? Can you pause with a flower today? #nature #flowers #consciousness #mindfulness #meditation #beauty

We are offering a special yoga offering for Blacks, Indigenous, and People of Color. Mondays in June via Zoom from 5:00-6:30pm. We will move, stretch, breathe, and heal together. All sessions are FREE. Please register here:... https://ratnaling.org/retreats/1741/bipoc-yoga-circle/ See more

Experience boundlessness and moving meditation with Kum Nye exercises as taught by our teacher Tarthang Tulku. Stay through the end and try Kum Nye Dancing! Please be patient with the shared screen for the first 30 minutes--it was our first time using a camera and not a laptop! Still a wonderful class with good audio.

Ratna Ling LIVE tonight at 6pm! Please join Andi Egle and Carmen Ojeda for Kum Nye! https://bit.ly/37kWI2J

There is a way to work with our suffering. If we experience sadness, frustration, anger, jealousy, fear, or hatred, we can practice their opposites. Starting tomorrow, Rosalyn White, our Director, will offer Lessons on the Four Immeasurables. The series is called Finding Our Balance, as many of us find ourselves off-kilter these days. Please join us every Wednesday from 5:00-6:30pm through July 1st to practice these timely teachings. You can register and get the Zoom lin...k here: https://bit.ly/3h7Zehc Photo by: Richie Biluan

We have our new lineup of teachers for our next round of Ratna Ling LIVE! Please join us this Thursday at 6pm for Chakra Meditation and Mantra with Gloria Baraquio! Please register separately for each class.

Ratna Ling LIVE tonight at 6pm with George Wiegand! Learn helpful tools to find the breath and calm the mind. Please register at our website to get the Zoom link!... #meditation #buddhism #concentration #clarity #equanimity #blacklivesmatter

Our hearts go out to all of you at this time. Our Director, Rosalyn White, grew up in Washington, D.C. during the Civil Rights Movement, where she attended integrated schools. Her father met with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and he played an instrumental role in urging President Johnson to pass the Voting Rights Act of 1965. We at Ratna Ling care deeply about protecting the rights, voices and culture of others, as we preserve the Tibetan language and teachings of our teache...r, Tarthang Tulku, everyday. We continue to pray for all beings everywhere, and we each ask ourselves how we can do our part. Please join us tonight for Ratna Ling LIVE for Meditation with George Wiegand at 6pm on Zoom. Rosalyn White will offer a 4-class series Finding Our Balance: Lessons on the Four Immeasurables, beginning Wednesday, June 10th. Please visit our website to register. #justice #compassion #bodhicitta #wisdom #meditation #mlk #buddhism #tibet #socialjustice #blacklivesmatter

Reminder to join us tonight at 6:00pm PST for Ratna Ling LIVE! Tonight, we’ll enjoy yoga with Christine DeCristofaro. Register on our website. We’ll be streaming live on Zoom and Facebook. https://bit.ly/2WRrOLF... See you there!

Ratna Ling LIVE! All levels yoga with Gloria Baraquio. Stretch and breathe with us:)

Reminder to join us tonight at 6:00pm PST for Ratna Ling LIVE! Tonight, we’ll enjoy yoga with Gloria Baraquio. Register on our website. We’ll be streaming live on Zoom, YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram. https://bit.ly/3by8EhO... See you there!

Join us for our first online retreat this weekend, May 15-17, for "Practicing Peace in a Pandemic". A time to pause and reflect on what we have today. An opportunity to come into our breaths and see with different eyes. This online retreat is designed for you to take a deep breath, consider all the things that matter to you, and decide how to take your next step. We first begin with this moment. The retreat will be offered on a sliding scale via Zoom. Please visit our website to register, and to see a full schedule.

Join us May 15-17, for "Practicing Peace in a Pandemic" - Our first ONLINE retreat! https://bit.ly/2WEe3Pf As we continue in this time of quarantine and global transformation, we may find ourselves experiencing a range of emotions, thoughts, and concerns. What will life be like? Will I be safe and healthy? Will my family have enough to eat? What will happen to our economy and our jobs? While there are many things to be determined, we can pause our minds and be present with wh...at we have today. We can come into our breaths and see with different eyes. We can envision a new future for ourselves, by being honest with the present. This online retreat is designed for you to take a deep breath, consider all the things that matter to you, and decide how to take your next step. We first begin with this moment. The weekend will be facilitated by our very own Gloria Baraquio, Christine DeCristofaro, and Rosalyn White with special guest healer, Lydia Hwang, and will consist of journaling, reflection, and discussion, sharing circles, yoga, meditation, chanting, sound healing, and a nature walk. All sessions will be conducted over Zoom, and will be offered on a sliding scale. Please visit our website to register and for more details.

Please join our FIRST Ratna Ling Live! Every Thursday at 6pm PST. Tonight we have our Director Rosalyn White hosting a Tibetan Mantra Meditation.

Reminder to join us tonight at 6:00pm PST for Ratna Ling LIVE! Tonight, we’ll enjoy a Tibetan Mantra Meditation with Rosalyn White. Register on our website. We’ll be streaming live on Zoom, YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram. bit.ly/2SNqSFP... See you there!

In case you missed our big announcement, we are excited to launch our new online classes, on Ratna Ling LIVE! These online sessions will include the topics of yoga, meditation, self-care, and basic Buddhist insights and practices. Each class will be led by our resident volunteer faculty, and the best news is that it's FREE! Please register on our website and log in on Thursdays from 6:00pm-7:00pm PST to practice and connect with us. We look forward to seeing all of your faces... online until we can see you again in person. These sessions will be streaming live on Zoom, YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram.

Ratna Ling LIVE! Your 1-hour Retreat Online Since we aren’t hosting retreats in-person at this time, we want to connect with you weekly via Zoom! You can still receive wonderful and beneficial teachings with our volunteer staff on yoga, meditation, dharma, and self-care. ALL SESSIONS ARE FREE! Donations are always welcome.... Classes are offered Thursday nights, from 6:00-7:00 PM via Zoom! Check out the full schedule on our website. We will send you a Zoom link upon your registration. We look forward to connecting with you!

Healing Mantras with Gloria Baraquio The practice of mantra enables us to restore a natural balance and harmony in our lives. When we chant a mantra, we are free to transcend habitual reflexes. The sound of mantra can still the mind and senses, relax the body, and connect us with natural healing energy. Check out the whole video on our Youtube channel.

Understanding Our Grief with Christine DeCristofaro, LMFT Our world has dramatically changed. We are grieving. We are grieving the loss of our freedoms, a predictable future, and our lives left behind before COVID-19. In her book, On Grief and Grieving, Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross gives us insights into the process of how human beings grieve which includes the 5 Stages of Grief:... 1. Denial - Rejection intellectually and emotionally of what is clear and obvious to avoid pain. 2. Anger - Feeling anger is empowering. We move towards anger to gain a sense of control. 3. Bargaining - As denial loosens we begin to accept some aspects of reality but still hold on to some illusions to maintain our sense of control. 4. Despair - Is when reality sets in. We feel depressed and hopeless. Believing our attempts at bargaining have failed. 5. Acceptance - Occurs when we finally acknowledge and surrender to the facts. We can stop denying and fighting reality and start dealing effectively with what has and is happening. Read more on our blog. https://bit.ly/3bOt1bw

A Conversation with Rosalyn White: Painting in the Dharma "Working at Dharma Publishing, starting in 1975, meant that I would live at the Nyingma Institute, which I did for five years. This gave me a great opportunity to take many classes on Buddhist philosophy and psychology. This is also when I began studying the Tibetan language as well as meditation and Kum Nye, a Tibetan style of movement, similar to yoga. Gesture of Balance, one of Rinpoche’s first books in English, was published at this time and became one of the first books I was to illustrate." Check out the full interview on our blog. https://bit.ly/2S5s0Ee

Nature as an Offering

"The world will be balanced when we are balanced, for we are naturally bounded to the world the elements that make up the universe are within each of us. We carry this ancient lineage in our bodies." - Tarthang Tulku, Kum Nye Tibetan Yoga