Serenity Ridge Retreats

Rest, Nourish, Realize and Renew:  Transforming Life and Health through Nature, Movement, Breath, and Meditation Through stillness, silence and awareness, make genuine contact with the sky of your being. Your recognition of this inner spaciousness is the inner sun that shines. The internal warmth allows the flowering of infinite positive qualities in your life. - Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche As spring awakens, the world comes alive—longer days, fresh growth, returning birds, and gentle rains that nurture new life. By connecting with these natural rhythms, we support our own wellbeing. This retreat is an opportunity to pause, reflect, and bring awareness, renewal, and transformation into everyday life. Over three days, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche and guests will share ancient methods, supported by modern research and scientific findings, to realize our inner source of well being and grow beyond often unconscious self-defined limits to engage with our lives in creative, inspired and fun ways. We will discover ways to release stress, decrease anxiety, enhance energy, support health through mindful eating, deepen inner peacefulness, and reconnect to ourselves and the world around us. Be empowered to make healthier choices that support your wellness on every level!  Our days will include Sunrise meditation (weather permitting) Tibetan […]

Over three days, immerse yourself in meditation, Tibetan Yoga, mindfulness, and nature-based practices to release stress, enhance energy, support health, and deepen inner peace. This retreat blends ancient Bön teachings with modern research to help you transform your life and wellbeing.

Deepen your practice with the Six Sessions Practice, a complete meditation cycle that Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche first shared with his Western students on coming to the west. Rooted in Dzogchen and drawing from sutra and tantra, this practice can be the main practice of a retreat of any length, as well as daily meditation, helping practitioners connect to the natural state of mind. Rinpoche teaches that these Six Sessions link directly to the Mother Tantra (Ma Gyü) and the Oral Transmission of Zhang Zhung (Zhang Zhung Nyen Gyü) lineages which are at the heart of Ligmincha International, offering a path to clarity, stability, and awakening. Practice Overview Guru Yoga (Lama’i Naljor) – A universal Guru Yoga not tied to any specific teacher, deity, or lineage, allowing connection with all our teachers. Refuge and Compassion (Bodhicitta) Prayers – Drawn from the Mother Tantra, these stabilize the mind and open the heart. Nine Breathings of Purification – Working with the subtle body, these clear mental, emotional, and energetic obscurations. Securing the Boundary – A tantric practice creating a secure and protected container for meditation. Contemplative Breathing – The heart of the Six Sessions, drawn from the Twenty-One Nails of the Zhang Zhung […]

Welcome to a profound journey of transformation. Over three years, under the guidance of Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, we invite you to explore the living power of the Five Elements—Earth, Water, Fire, Air, and Space—and to rediscover the deep harmony that connects us to the natural world and to our own true essence. […]