Workshops & Retreats

Workshops & group retreats provide refuge from everyday life, immersing participants in a healing process of insight and tranquility.

Extend the benefits of your day-long workshop by making it a weekend retreat. Workshop participants may arrange to stay overnight in one of the Institute’s comfortable guest rooms for an additional $125 per night. Overnight guests are offered complimentary Sunday morning meditation and Tibetan Yoga class. Learn about our rooms and rates.

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Upcoming Workshops & Retreats

Apr 6, 2019 10:00am  –  Apr 6, 2019 4:45pm
The form of the Buddha reflects the reality that all living beings can cultivate the same wisdom and compassion that the Buddha achieved. ...
Apr 13, 2019 10:00am  –  Apr 13, 2019 4:45pm
If you ever sensed that within you there is a dance just waiting to express itself, then this is your opportunity to play! Kum Nye will provide the structure within which we explore creatively. Experience with Kum Nye practice is helpful but not required. ...
Apr 20, 2019 2:00pm  –  Apr 20, 2019 4:30pm
Family Program Workshops are designed for child participation with their caregiver/parent. Join us for: A reading of “Great Gift and the Wish Fulfilling Gem,” Kum Nye Tibetan Yoga movement practices, simple kid-friendly practices for bringing more generosity and compassion into our lives, crafts activity, and more. ...
Apr 27, 2019 10:00am  –  Apr 27, 2019 11:30am
Why is this holiest of sites so revered? In this talk, you will learn about the history of the Mahabodhi temple complex, King Ashoka, the masters who practiced there, and a long-standing history of pilgrimage....
Apr 27, 2019 12:00pm  –  Apr 27, 2019 1:00pm
The history of transmission of the Dharma from India to Tibet and the West includes the early disciples of the Buddha, Padmasambhava, and other great adepts, tantric masters, and realized yogis of India and Tibet. From among these jewels, here are a few stories to delight, challenge, and inspire wonder. ...
Apr 27, 2019 2:00pm  –  Apr 27, 2019 3:30pm
Why is the Monlam (World Peace Ceremony) an important opportunity for spiritual renewal and affirmation of Tibet’s endangered wisdom tradition, as well as a vehicle for cultural preservation? ...
Apr 27, 2019 4:00pm  –  Apr 27, 2019 5:30pm
In this practice session, we will introduce and chant the Tibetan-language prayers for wisdom, compassion, universal awakening, and peace that are recited by thousands of monks and nuns at the Monlam each year. ...
Apr 27, 2019 7:00pm  –  Apr 27, 2019 8:00pm
Documentary film The Great Transmission, directed by Pema Gellek, aired on nearly half the local PBS stations across the U.S. and has screened at nine film festivals. The Great Transmission explores the remarkable journeys Buddhist knowledge has made in the course of its 2,500-year lifespan. It meditates on the fragility of knowledge in the face of global events and asks the crucial question: What is the future of this ancient wisdom? ...
May 4, 2019 10:00am  –  May 4, 2019 4:45pm
Learn to distinguish belief from faith and skepticism from inquiry. Class discussion and practice will focus on how to build inner confidence in our own abilities as we seek guidance. ...
May 11, 2019 10:00am  –  May 11, 2019 4:45pm
Kum Nye Tibetan Yoga practices to encourage and open the senses to natural beauty and the natural world are presented. As we learn to sense with greater awareness, we can feel deepening satisfaction as we gain more nourishment. ...
Image of Prayer Flags covering the sun
May 18, 2019 10:00am  –  May 18, 2019 4:45pm
This workshop will focus on the invocation of Vajrasattva as a powerful means of purification of the negativity of body, speech and mind. The practice of the Four Reliances and prayers, mantras and visualizations related to Vajrasattva offer a process of deep purification of both gross and subtle imprints of the history we carry within mind. ...

Saturday workshops begin at 10 AM and conclude at 4:45 PM unless otherwise noted, and include a vegetarian buffet lunch. 

Workshops and group retreats are open to all levels of students unless a prerequisite is specified.

Sample Schedule

  • 10:00 AM Instruction Session
  • 11:30 AM Tea Break
  • 12:00 PM Instruction Session
  • 1:00 PM Vegetarian Lunch
  • 2:00 PM Instruction Session
  • 3:30 PM Tea Break
  • 4:00 PM Instruction Session
  • 4:45 PM Workshop Concludes

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