Workshops & Retreats

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

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.

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.

Upcoming Workshops & Retreats

Dec 1, 2018 10:00am  –  Dec 1, 2018 4:45pm
Through study of the chapters eight and nine of Bodhicaryavatara and its Tibetan commentaries, students will learn the types of meditation and appropriate topics of meditation. Selected verses from the chapter on Wisdom will help illuminate the depth and complexity of its study. ...
Dec 8, 2018 10:00am  –  Dec 8, 2018 4:45pm
Mind can become silent, peaceful, and aware through sustained meditation. This day of meditation practices and instruction shows how to release expectations and find serenity....
Dec 27, 2018 10:00am  –  Jan 1, 2019 4:45pm
Tibetan Yoga (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....
Dec 29, 2018 10:00am  –  Dec 29, 2018 4:45pm
Celebrate the New Year with a day of restorative Tibetan Yoga to relax and refresh body and mind....

Typical 1-Day Workshop 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

Please note that your workshop or retreat schedule may differ slightly; you’ll receive notice if this is the case. 

To see what else is happening at Nyingma, view our calendar of upcoming events.

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