About this Retreat
Born and raised in Hawaii, Gloria has been teaching vinyasa since 2006, studying Tibetan Buddhism since 2004, and singing devotional music since she was a child. She earned her 200-hour certificate from Yoga Hawaii and her 300-hour training with Raghunath Cappo and Radhanath Swami in India. Gloria has practiced with spiritual, indigenous, and ancient traditions of Hawaii, Catholicism, Christianity, Baha'i, Agape, Vaishnavism, Hinduism, Zen, and Tibetan Buddhism. Her aim is to help each individual cultivate an intimate relationship with themselves and their surroundings so that they can live more fully, with love, peace, gratitude and well-being. Gloria is currently the Director of Programs at Ratna Ling, sharing her time between the Big Island of Hawaii and Ratna Ling. She is also the Co-Director of Shivakali Yoga School.
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After encountering Tibetan Buddhism in college, Merrill Peterson has been studying Buddhist teachings and his own mind for now over 50 years. He became a student of Tarthang Tulku in 1970 and has plunged into reading the texts and making the work of preserving Tibetan traditions his main focus in life.
He was the Production Manager at Dharma Press from 1974-1978, and the Project Manager for the Derge Kangyur & Tangyur reprint from 1978-1981. He then worked on the Arbor Prayer Wheel project from 2017-2019, and has worked at Yeshe De Text Preservation since 2019. He now serves as the Bindery Manager at Yeshe De.
Details of this retreat
Join Ratna Ling Faculty this weekend to explore Buddhist teachings and practices to support you in navigating life's changes!
When life surprises you with abundance or poverty, praise or blame, those are the moments when we experience what it truly means to be human. What is real, and what are we attached to? What are we losing, and what remains the same?
Some of us are experiencing deep changes right now: loss of income, starting a new business, having a new child, divorcing a partner, losing a home, buying a home, falling in love, or experiencing a death.
For all phenomena, there is a beginning/birth, growth/change, and decay/death. This is true for any relationship, material object, or living being. What if there was no birth and death? Just movement and change. What if there was no loss? Only gains of lessons and growth.
This retreat will allow you to step out of your daily life and reflect upon the transitions you are experiencing. Using mindfulness practices, movement, breath, and Buddhist teachings, we will explore new ways to approach the big changes in our life, ways to manage our perspective, attitude, and emotions. You can return home empowered with tools to transform your situations and turn them into opportunities for wisdom, gratitude, and joy.
This weekend will include:
Meditation
Yoga and relaxation
Mantra and chanting
Reading Buddhist texts
Discussions on change, transition, and loss
Quiet time in nature
Options for Spiritual Counseling, Soul Memory Reading, and Forest Therapy
SCHEDULE (Subject to change:)
Friday
3:00-4:00pm Check-in
4:30-5:30pm Grounding Yoga
5:30-6:30pm Dinner
6:30-8:00pm Opening Circle
Saturday
8:00-9:00am Breakfast
9:00-10:30am Change & Impermanence, Buddhist teachings, Discussion
11:00am-12:15pm Yoga & Meditation
12:15 Lunch
1:00-1:30pm Temple tour (optional)
1:30-4:30pm Quiet Time- Optional massage and wellness sessions by appointment
2:00-3:00pm Optional Forest Therapy Walk
3:15-4:15pm Optional Soul Memory Reading (Demonstration)
4:30-5:30pm How to welcome, expect and celebrate change; Mantra practices
5:30-6:30pm Dinner
6:30-8:00pm Mantra and Self-Care Practices
Sunday
8:00-9:00am Yoga & Meditation
9:00-10:00am Closing Circle
10:00-11:00am Brunch
12:00 pm Checkout