About Ratna Ling Retreat Center
Upcoming Retreats at Ratna Ling Retreat Center
Softening the Heart - Reflections on Compassion
Space and Ease: A Personal Retreat
A Weekend of Self-Care | Memorial Day
Space and Ease: A Personal Retreat
Peace & Presence - A yoga & Meditation Retreat
Space and Ease: A Personal Retreat
Being Fully Present
Space and Ease: A Personal Retreat
The Wordless Way - A Mindfulness & Writing Retreat
Space and Ease: A Personal Retreat
Deepen the Breath - A yoga retreat for your whole being
Sanctuary of Tranquility - A Meditation Retreat for Renewal
Move and Restore - A yoga retreat to help you find balance
Yoga, Meditation, and Book Group — A Weekend Retreat
Space and Ease: A Personal Retreat
Change and Surrender - Working with the ups and downs of life
Space and Ease: A Personal Retreat
Summer Glow: Reignite your body, mind and spirit!
Wisdom Healing - A Contemplative Retreat
Space and Ease: A Personal Retreat
A Weekend of Self-Care | Labor Day
Feeding Your Demons: A Meditation and Yoga Retreat
The Love of Beauty: A Meditation Retreat in Nature
Space and Ease: A Personal Retreat
Rooted in Nature - A Fall Equinox retreat
Autumn Insight - A Therapeutic Yoga Retreat
What is the Story You Have to Tell?
Be Here Now - Fall Weekend Retreat
Space and Ease: A Personal Retreat
Women's Self-Care Retreat - VETERANS DAY
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Mission & Vision
Ratna Ling is a non-profit retreat and conference center nestled among the redwood forest off the coast of northern Sonoma County. Offering a peaceful respite from the pressures of modern life, we host a variety of workshops and retreats. Facility rentals for small private multi-day events (including Lodge, Conference Center and Pavilion Gardens) and Personal Retreats are also available. Our guests enjoy fresh and nourishing vegetarian meals, first-class private accommodations and the warm hospitality of our resident volunteer community.
Over many centuries Tibetan Buddhist masters have awakened the full potential of human consciousness through meditation, study, and work. In 1968 Tibetan Lama Tarthang Tulku brought the Tibetan Buddhist Nyingma tradition to the United States where it has become a catalyst for positive change.
Tarthang Tulku founded the Ratna Ling Retreat Center in 2004 to serve as an intentional and spiritual community of teachers, students and resident volunteers committed to practicing spirituality in everyday life. Guided by Tibetan Buddhist principles, we strive to share what is best and most beautiful in this precious human existence and to embody and transmit wisdom, compassion, harmony and depth of caring.
Our deep appreciation of the natural environment is manifested in our care of the land, vegetarian diet, and our commitment to support the interconnections of life necessary for the welfare of all beings. We are always taking the necessary steps towards environmental sustainability by practicing caring deeply for ourselves, each other, our surroundings and our planet.
We aim to support our sister organizations whose projects and activities work to preserve the Tibetan Buddhist culture and transmit the teachings to the modern western world.