Winter Slowdown: A 5-day Meditation Retreat

Join the Director of Ratna Ling, Linda Copenhagen and the Ratna Ling faculty, to close out your year with calmness, clarity, and compassion.
Give Yourself a Precious Gift Before the Holidays
Instead of speeding up, take this time to slow down.
This special offering from Ratna Ling is designed to help you meet the holiday season with ease, openness, and a generous heart. We hope you’ll step into the holidays feeling refreshed, peaceful, and ready to appreciate every moment.
Did you know that USA Today rated Ratna Ling number 5 among the Top 10 Meditation Centers in the country? We are honored to share this expanded retreat with you, giving you time and space to deepen your experience of meditation and reflection.
In this 5-day Meditation Retreat, we will explore how our minds and bodies form new patterns and reinforce old ones. You’ll learn tools to loosen these patterns, shifting from judgment to appreciation. Even uncomfortable feelings and situations can then become opportunities for growth and transformation.
Through mindfulness and meditation practices, you will learn to slow down, calm your mind and body, and see more clearly. As we explore our senses, feelings, and perceptions, we begin to notice how our reality is created. These practices help us become more tolerant, spontaneous, and spacious — and less attached to any single outcome.
You may find yourself discovering that there is always more than one way to meet life’s experiences — with awareness, balance, and compassion.
This weekend includes:


Reading, Reflection and Discussion
Meditation & Mindfulness Practices
Work Practice in Garden, Kitchen, etc.
Kum Nye (Tibetan Relaxation Practice)
Self-Massage Techniques
Time in Nature and Solitude

Schedule (Subject to change):
WEDNESDAY


3pm Check-in
5:30pm Dinner
7pm Opening Circle, Meditation

THURSDAY


8am Silent Breakfast
9am-11am Introduction to Meditative Awareness
12:15 - 1:15 pm Lunch
2pm - 3:30 pm Work Practice & Discussion
4pm Kum Nye
5:30pm Dinner
7pm Tibetan Bowl Meditation

FRIDAY


8am Silent Breakfast
9am-11am Meditation
12:15pm Lunch
2pm Work Practice
4pm Kum Nye
5:30pm Dinner
7pm Self-Massage

SATURDAY


8am Silent Breakfast
9am-11am Guided Meditation
12:15pm Lunch
2pm Work Practice
4pm Kum Nye
5:30pm Dinner
7pm Journaling and Reflections

SUNDAY


8am Meditation
9am Closing Circle
10am Brunch
12pm Checkout