EARLY & LATE FALL WORKSHOPS & RETREATS

Impermanence and the Time of Our Lives

Saturday September 13th  10:00am – 1:00pm

Online & In-Person at the Nyingma Institute

Patrul Rinpoche writes in Words of My Perfect Teacher, “Meditation on impermanence is the prelude that opens the way to all practices of Dharma,” [p. 58]. As we welcome the coming of fall, join us for practice and discussion on the importance of impermanence for understanding the Dharma. How can we use change to heighten our awareness of joy and purpose? Using Patrul Rinpoche’s text, we will explore how transience and understanding the defects of samsara can lead to full awakening.

Instructors: Mark Henderson and Hugh Joswick. Cost: $50 (for those not registered in Words of My Perfect Teacher class). Register Here: https://nyingmainstitute.com/?p=19082

37 Practices of a Bodhisattva:  Mini-Retreat 

Saturday, October 11, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm

Online & In-Person at Nyingma Institute 

This half-day retreat is designed for practitioners interested in engaging classic guided meditations complemented by silent sitting. The focus will be on deepening our practice. Meditations will be on themes such as:  shamatha practice for stability of mind, exchanging self and other. 

Based on key meditations from the Advanced Meditation course on Gyalse Tokme Zangpo’s “37 Practices of a Bodhisattva.” Students of Advanced Meditation may wish to take this workshop as a review and deepening of their practice. It may also be taken independently by practitioners with prior meditation experience. 

Instructor:  Pauline Yu. Cost: $50 or by donation. Registration: https://nyingmainstitute.com/?p=19110

Approaching Meditation: Calming and Healing Mind  

Saturday, October 18, 2025, 10:00-1:00pm

Online & In-Person at Nyingma Institute

In this workshop, we will experience various meditation techniques, to discover which ones work best for you, in order to relax the body, calm the mind, and refresh your whole being.  We use gentle movement practices: Kum Nye Tibetan Yoga, to integrate and balance body and mind. Breathing tools stimulate healing energies. Visual imagery and sounds with known healing properties nourish the senses. We can learn to release grasping tendencies to get it ‘right’; to get somewhere else, outside of ourselves. We can learn to feel contentment, to appreciate who we are, right now, through awareness of our being. This class is appropriate for new beginners, as well as for those who have dipped their toes into meditation previously, looking for further support and guidance.  

Instructor: Olivia Hurd. Cost: $55. Register Here: https://nyingmainstitute.com/?p=19084

Cultivating Meditative Awareness:  A Daily Gesture of Balance 

Saturday, November 15, 2025 Workshop, 10:00-1:00pm

Online & In-Person at Nyingma Institute

 This workshop is designed to support you in establishing a daily meditation practice, to foster a sense of deepening inner balance, a more tranquil mind, an integrated wholeness of being.  Particularly helpful in these tumultuous times, we offer practices to shift our inner experience: gentle movement meditations, Kum Nye,  to soothe agitation; conscious breathing to feel a sense of spaciousness within; soothing mantra and visual imagery to find patience.  Are we really at the mercy of our thoughts, our tensions, our reactive habit-patterns of mind?  When we listen to our hearts, our inner silence, we may find an openness and acceptance of whatever arises.  This class is for anyone new to meditation, as well as for those who have some experience, but wish more support and guidance. 

Instructor: Olivia Hurd. Cost: $55. Register Here: https://nyingmainstitute.com/?p=19085