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The facility is spotless with a serenity that invites you to relax and enjoy nature. Food is phenomenal.—tasty and very nutritious.
Vitality in the New Year
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Vitality in the New Year
4.9495 reviews
January 24 - 26, 2025
About this Retreat
Your Guides
Leila Swenson, E-500 RYT, is a joyful, kind, and inspiring Vinyasa teacher, whose classes flow naturally from the heart. Her yoga studies began in 2000 at the Himalayan Institute, and she has been teaching full-time in the SF/Bay Area since 2010. An experienced teacher guiding public classes, workshops, retreats, and more, Leila is deeply grateful to her teachers and devoted to the students she serves. For more about Leila, visit leilaswenson.com
Details of this retreat
Retreat yourself to the majestic, coastal redwoods in the New Year with Leila Swenson for a weekend of Yoga and New Beginnings. Replenish your vitality, increase your strength, and invigorate your practice!
With an emphasis on prāṇa (vital energy), yoga practices will include vinyasa, mantra, breathing exercises, meditation, restorative postures, and deep relaxation.
Be nourished with delicious vegetarian cuisine, coziness of warm and charming cottages, tranquility of the countryside, and connection to all beings… including deer, wild turkeys, rabbits, and quail!
“Our inner strength, stamina, and endurance depend on our access to the innate wisdom of our body and the immense power of our mind.” -Pandit Rajmani Tigunait, PhD, The Secret of the Yoga Sutra
We hope you'll join us for a heart-warming and revitalizing yoga weekend in the New Year!
COVID POLICY ( as of JAN 2025 ): For your safety and ours, we require proof of vaccination AND negative test result from all visitors to Ratna Ling Retreat Center. We wish to provide peace of mind for all of our residents and guests.
SCHEDULE (subject to change):
FRIDAY
3 pm Check-in
4 - 5:15 pm Welcome & Vinyasa Practice
5:30 pm Dinner
7- 8 pm Yogic Breathing, Meditation, & Deep Relaxation
SATURDAY
8 am Breakfast
10:30 am -12 pm Mantra & Vinyasa Practice
12:15 pm Lunch
1 - 4 pm Free time for rest, massage, hike, read, etc.
4 - 5 pm Restorative Yoga, Meditation, & Deep Relaxation
5:30 pm Dinner
SUNDAY
8:15 - 9:30 am Vinyasa Practice & Reflections
10 am Brunch
12 pm Check-out
For directions to Ratna Ling - Ratna Ling Retreat Center 35755 Hauser Bridge Rd Cazadero, CA 95421
Accommodations are beautiful lux cabins
ADDITIONAL DETAILS
Transportation to/from Ratna Ling is NOT included - carpooling encouraged
Payments are nonrefundable and transferable to a future Ratna Ling stay or retreat
Each cottage includes TWO private rooms with queen beds, large dining & living area, gas fireplace,
spacious deck, jacuzzi tub, linens/towels/hand soap, kitchenette with tea & coffee, complimentary wireless internet. Towels and hand soap are provided.
vegetarian meals are served during our weekend together.
What people are saying about our retreats:
“The accommodations were great along with the beautiful surroundings - everything was so peaceful and nurturing”
“It was exactly what I needed – to disconnect, get in tune with my soul and recharge my spirit.”
“I loved having time to myself to reflect on my life and where I am going. Thank you Ratna Ling."
“Space for reflection while also giving me anchor points through teachings.
“Space and time for meditation and movement classes were truly wonderful.”
“Being able to move at my own pace is a luxury. And of course the food was delicious."
With an emphasis on prāṇa (vital energy), yoga practices will include vinyasa, mantra, breathing exercises, meditation, restorative postures, and deep relaxation.
Be nourished with delicious vegetarian cuisine, coziness of warm and charming cottages, tranquility of the countryside, and connection to all beings… including deer, wild turkeys, rabbits, and quail!
“Our inner strength, stamina, and endurance depend on our access to the innate wisdom of our body and the immense power of our mind.” -Pandit Rajmani Tigunait, PhD, The Secret of the Yoga Sutra
We hope you'll join us for a heart-warming and revitalizing yoga weekend in the New Year!
COVID POLICY ( as of JAN 2025 ): For your safety and ours, we require proof of vaccination AND negative test result from all visitors to Ratna Ling Retreat Center. We wish to provide peace of mind for all of our residents and guests.
SCHEDULE (subject to change):
FRIDAY
3 pm Check-in
4 - 5:15 pm Welcome & Vinyasa Practice
5:30 pm Dinner
7- 8 pm Yogic Breathing, Meditation, & Deep Relaxation
SATURDAY
8 am Breakfast
10:30 am -12 pm Mantra & Vinyasa Practice
12:15 pm Lunch
1 - 4 pm Free time for rest, massage, hike, read, etc.
4 - 5 pm Restorative Yoga, Meditation, & Deep Relaxation
5:30 pm Dinner
SUNDAY
8:15 - 9:30 am Vinyasa Practice & Reflections
10 am Brunch
12 pm Check-out
For directions to Ratna Ling - Ratna Ling Retreat Center 35755 Hauser Bridge Rd Cazadero, CA 95421
Accommodations are beautiful lux cabins
ADDITIONAL DETAILS
Transportation to/from Ratna Ling is NOT included - carpooling encouraged
Payments are nonrefundable and transferable to a future Ratna Ling stay or retreat
Each cottage includes TWO private rooms with queen beds, large dining & living area, gas fireplace,
spacious deck, jacuzzi tub, linens/towels/hand soap, kitchenette with tea & coffee, complimentary wireless internet. Towels and hand soap are provided.
vegetarian meals are served during our weekend together.
What people are saying about our retreats:
“The accommodations were great along with the beautiful surroundings - everything was so peaceful and nurturing”
“It was exactly what I needed – to disconnect, get in tune with my soul and recharge my spirit.”
“I loved having time to myself to reflect on my life and where I am going. Thank you Ratna Ling."
“Space for reflection while also giving me anchor points through teachings.
“Space and time for meditation and movement classes were truly wonderful.”
“Being able to move at my own pace is a luxury. And of course the food was delicious."
Getting Here
Directions
San Francisco International and Oakland International airports are approximately three hours south of Ratna Ling by car. Alaska Airlines flies to and from Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa which is approximately 1.5 hours from Ratna Ling by car. Unfortunately, there are no shuttles that bring you directly to Ratna Ling, so it is best to rent a car or email us to support in coordinating a carpool with fellow retreatants.
Accommodation
14 guest cottages on 120 acres of property. Each spacious, quiet cottage has 2 private rooms, with high ceilings and a deck with a view. Cottages include jet tubs (or ADA shower), towels, deluxe linens, refrigerator, tea kettle, coffee/tea, kitchen sink/counter, diningware, dining table, and living room with a stove fireplace. Free wifi available and a landline telephone. Guests can choose to have an exclusive cottage for ONE person; a private room for ONE person in a SHARED cottage; or a cottage for TWO people. Any additional guest after TWO is $100 per person per night. Meals and classes included.
For 1 guest in a Private Room, Shared Cottage
Venue & Amenities
A/C in Rooms
Free Wifi
Spa
Sauna
Pool
Towels
Free Parking
Kitchen
Tour Assistance
Hot Tub
Coffee/Tea
Cafe
Restaurant
Fitness Center
Yoga Studio
Housekeeping
Bicycles For Rent
Three miles from the beautiful Sonoma coast. Organic, vegetarian meals. 120 acres of redwoods, canyons, reservoirs, and wildlife. Sacred architecture timber cottages and communal spaces. Featured stupas, gardens, and temple empowered by Tibetan Buddhist Lama Tarthang Tulku Rinpoche.
Meals
Menu Types
Vegan
Vegetarian
Pescetarian
Ayurvedic
Includes Meat
Organic
Gluten Free
Dairy Free
Nut Free
All of our meals are organic and vegetarian, made with love and care.
We provide homemade yogurt and granola for breakfast. Lunches and dinners always include salads or salad bar. Each meal is self-served on a buffet table.
Customer Reviews
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Amazing Place for a Retreat, Personal or otherwise
My wife and I just finished leading a weekend retreat at Ratna Ling, truly as the name implies, a jewel of a place. It is perhaps the 6th time we are held our events here, and it is consistently one of the best places in the world were we get the privilege to share our yoga with people. The setting is beautiful, the lodgings wonderful, the vegetarian cuisine delicious and plentiful and the staff attentive and always helpful. We love this place and can't wait to return in 2025!
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Amazing Bay Area Retreat Center!
After just returning from this magical place, I want to share with others how important it is to get away, if even for a weekend, to re-charge, go inward and be part of a beautiful community commited to making the world a better place, starting with ourselves. The cabins, the staff, the food, are worth your time and investment!
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Restore in the Redwoods
Weekend at Ratna Ling any time of year is a gift and especially in the winter. The towering redwoods stand sentry around the spacious, cozy cabins. The heated lodge floor adds a special layer of comfort as you make your way to the yoga mat. Views of redwoods and hills and meadows and native landscaping are framed by the large windows in every room. At night, the moonlight streams in and stars twinkle. It is dark - no ambient light; and it's silent - no traffic. The vegetarian meals are sumptuous and nurturing. The company of like-minded individuals can be as restorative as silence. At Ratna Ling, you choose to interact, to retreat, to engage, to shelter or any mix that suits you. Ratna Ling is where my tranquility is restored, season after season, after season. I invite you to explore Ratna Ling, anytime. Namaste.
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Great Intro to Ratna Ling
I've been hearing about Ratna Ling from friends for quite a while, and finally made it down there this past weekend for a Space & Ease retreat. The retreat was a nice break, food was all good, the cabins are wonderful - I would love to have one for my house! Since there was a lot of free time (purposely) I don't have a ton to say about the classes, but both the meditation and yoga ones I attended were a great intro. I hope to make it back sometime!
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