Serenity Ridge News

Du Tri Su Training Program Starts March 2025!

Du Tri Su Training Program Starts March 2025!

Join us from March 2025 through April 2027, to learn the Du Tri Su Drip Jong, the Yungdrung Bön Ritual for Escorting the Consciousness of the Deceased  from the text: The Lamp that Dispels Darkness: The Practice Manual of the Du Tri Su that Purifies Defilements and Liberates All Beings from the Depths of Samsara

This teaching and training are important for Bön practitioners who would like to learn the Du Tri Su Drip Jong ritual to offer prayers for the deceased.

Attend Spring Wellness Retreat at Serenity Ridge

Attend Spring Wellness Retreat at Serenity Ridge

In spring the world is born anew. Connecting to the rhythms and patterns of nature, we come into our own well-being. The April 10-14 Spring Wellness Retreat, Transforming Life and Health Through Nature, Movement, Breath and Meditation, is an invitation to bring awareness into the patterns of our daily life for reflection, renewal and transformation.

Winter Retreat: Experiential Transmission of Zhang Zhung, Part 4

Winter Retreat: Experiential Transmission of Zhang Zhung, Part 4

The Experiential Transmission series, the centerpiece of Rinpoche’s dzogchen teachings, is presented each year at the Serenity Ridge winter retreat. This December, Part 4 of the five-year cycle of teachings focuses on overcoming obstacles to realizing the nature of mind.

You can attend the retreat in person at Serenity Ridge or online through Zoom. Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche encourages people to attend in person if possible, to create a more intimate time to connect with one another and with the teachings.

Tummo Practice Retreat in January with Geshe Yungdrung Gyatso

Tummo Practice Retreat in January with Geshe Yungdrung Gyatso

Join us this January for our first Tummo Practice Retreat at Serenity Ridge, with Geshe Yungdrung Gyatso. You can attend for three or seven days, in person at Serenity Ridge or online via Zoom.

All are welcome! Anyone who attend the retreat, including those new to the practice of tummo, will meet the prerequisite to attend the teachings of Tummo Part 4 with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche at the summer retreats at Serenity Ridge in Virginia and at Chamma Ling Poland in 2024.

Tibetan Yoga with Alexandro Chaoul-Reich Begins in November

Tibetan Yoga with Alexandro Chaoul-Reich Begins in November

Beginners and experienced students alike are invited to attend Tibetan Yoga From the Oral Tradition of Zhang Zhung: The Magical Movements (Trul Khor) of Body, Breath and Mind to be held November 2-5 with Alejandro Chaoul-Reich at Serenity Ridge and on Zoom. This is the first time these movements have been taught at Serenity Ridge in a decade!

Ligmincha International

Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche’s Worldwide Teaching Schedule

Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche’s Worldwide Teaching Schedule

Here is Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche’s upcoming teaching schedule so far for 2024.. Rinpoche will be traveling a lot! His schedule  includes retreats throughout the year in the U.S., Mexico, Italy, Ireland, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Spain, the Netherlands, Poland, Hungary and Nepal. You can find the latest listings and any changes in the Events section of the Ligmincha website or the Serenity Ridge website.