Is your yoga, meditation, artist, massage, or therapy group looking for a serene and sacred environment to nourish spiritual practice and wholesome living? Is your business, corporation or school seeking a meeting place that can help you reconnect with both your personal and professional goals?
Only a 2.5 hour drive north of San Francisco, we wish to be the inspirational and peaceful gathering space you have been searching for. Intimate function rooms, outdoor meeting areas, state of the art Audio/Video capabilities, complimentary wireless internet access and additional instruction in Kum Nye (Tibetan Yoga), meditation, and Skillful Means enhance any endeavor. Call or e-mail Chelsea Rappel at (510) 809-4987 to arrange a lunch tour or request an application.
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Dear Friends,
Spring has certainly sprung this year at Ratna Ling as our center is seeing many fresh faces and experiencing a beautiful flowering of activity. As we head into this season of new beginnings, we are excited to share our new program of retreats, ranging from revitalizing weekend retreats to week long in-depth explorations. We offer meaningful paths of discovery and healing to all our guests, including Nyingma community members, retreatants, and volunteers. Please take a look at what has begun to blossom at Ratna Ling. May your season be full with the beauty of spring’s vibrant and invigorating spirit.
Tara Ristau
Ratna Ling Program Director
www.ratnaling.org
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Ratna Ling Weekend Retreats tap into the wealth of resources the Ratna Ling community and environment has to offer. Weekend Retreats are intimate, relaxing and rejuvenating, offering deluxe lodging, nourishing vegetarian meals and planned activities and programs such as guided hikes, seasonal dinners, cooking classes, Kum Nye (Tibetan Yoga) and meditation sessions.
Check out the Weekend Retreat Menu in the left-hand column to learn more about the upcoming Weekend Retreats for Spring and Summer. Click on the image icon to visit our online Retreat Calendar or call (510) 809-4987 for more information!
More than just a Retreat, the Ratna Ling Residential Service Learning Retreat invites you to experience the satisfaction of worthwhile work while learning about the deeper dimensions of daily living. Your commitment of service to the community includes all meals, classes, housing and living allowance.
To learn more visit the Nyingma Volunteer website or call (510) 981-1987
Kum Nye Corner 'Expanding Inner Energy'
This enjoyable exercise encourages the free flow of pure energy throughout the body, promoting positive feelings of happiness.
1. Lie down on your back with your legs comfortably spaced and your arms by your side. Take your heels off the floor, bend your knees, one at a time, and bring them toward your chest. Flex your ankles so the toes point toward your head.
2. Slide your arms along the floor until they are stretched out at shoulder-height, palms up. Draw your thighs strongly toward your torso. Relax and breathe through nose and mouth.
3. Keeping your left thigh as close to your body as possible, slowly extend your right leg (with the ankle flexed) toward the ceiling. Feel the contraction in the left thigh and the extension in the right.
4. Keeping your stomach and upper body relaxed, slowly bend the right knee, bringing the right thigh as close to your body as you can, while extending the left leg up. Let breath and awareness expand and become one with the movement.
Do the complete movement 3 times continuously. Then lower the left leg, release the tension and, one at a time, return your feet to the floor.
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Spring 2011
