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!
Join us October 17-22 for the annual Fall Retreat and Serenity Ridge Dialogues with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche and special guests Andrew Holecek, Gabriela Torres Platas, Yangdron Kalzang and Tim Lyons. The focus will be on Dream Yoga and Lucid Dreaming. You can attend in person or on Zoom.
It was an immense joy and blessing to host His Holiness the 34th Menri Trizin, Lungtok Dawa Dargyal Rinpoche, at Serenity Ridge for our annual two week summer retreat from June 24– July 8. His Holiness visited and gave teachings at our center for the second time, and...
Fundraiser dinner – June 23, 2023 Just one day before the summer retreat, Serenity Ridge Retreat Center organized and hosted a fundraiser dinner to support the orphans and semi-orphans of the Bön Children Welfare Center (BCWC) in Dolanji, India. His Holiness, the 34th...
Serenity Ridge Summer Online Auction with special items CONCLUDES JULY 7 AT 2:30 p.m. ET At each summer retreat we organize an auction to help provide needed funds for Serenity Ridge's mission to hold sacred space for practice, to provide educational programs...
Geshe Yungdrung Gyatso, resident lama of Ligmincha Poland, will stay at Serenity Ridge after the summer retreat concludes. He will be available for house blessings and rituals between July 11-23. House blessing rituals – called Rabné – are performed to raise the...
Service as a sacred act can be a powerful tool for self-transformation. At the center, our Residency Program emphasizes service as a spiritual practice in its own right. A limited number of positions are open to those with a sincere interest in the Bön Buddhist...
We are honored to welcome His Holiness, the 34th Gyalwa Menri Trizin Rinpoche, spiritual head of the Bön tradition, back to Serenity Ridge. He will be with us for the full two weeks of our summer retreat, June 24 - July 8 2023. Registration is now open, and you can...
Join us April 13–16 at Serenity Ridge or on Zoom for the Ligmincha’s annual spring retreat on Heartdrops of Kuntu Zangpo, also known as Heartdrops of Dharmakaya.
Heartdrops of Kuntu Zangpo provides methods for introducing the nature of the mind, which remains hidden behind clouds of thoughts and emotions until a master directly points out the source, the essence, the Heart Drop. This is the method of direct introduction to dzogchen, the highest and most subtle path of meditation in Bön.
Serenity Ridge Retreat Center, headquarters of Ligmincha International, now has a monthly newsletter!
Located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in central Virginia, Serenity Ridge was established in 1998 by Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, teacher and meditation master in the Tibetan Bon tradition.
August 25–27, 2025 | Chamma Ling Retreat Center Ligmincha International is pleased to announce our second International Practice Retreat for Umdzes (practice leaders) taking place in the beautiful setting of Chamma Ling Retreat Center, Poland. This practice retreat...
Celebrating Losar As February draws to a close, Tibetan Bön and Buddhist communities worldwide welcome the Tibetan New Year, known as Losar. This ancient celebration, deeply rooted in Tibetan culture and spirituality, offers practitioners and community members a...