Longchenpa: Master of the Nyingma Lineage, a free talk at Nyingma Insittute 2/5/12 6PM - 7PM

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Longchenpa: Master of the Nyingma Lineage Sunday, February 5, 6-7PM "Since everything is but an apparition, being perfect in what it...

Opening the Heart Kum Nye (Tibetan yoga) -20% Discount for Couples 2/4/12 9:45AM - 4:45PM

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Opening the Heart February 4, 9:45 AM-4:45 PM "We need to encourage our warm and positive feelings… a genuine openness that is felt as...

Waking to Space; Opening to Freedom 1/28/12 10AM - 4:45PM

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Waking to Space; Opening to Freedom January 28We live our lives within narrow limits. Accepting these limits as “the way we are” we never...

Transforming Negative Emotions Workshop 1/21/12 10AM - 4:45PM

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January 21, 10 AM-4:45 PM Powerful meditations and analysis pacify unwanted emotions without suppressing them. First you will learn to...

How to Meditate Half Day Workshop, Lunch Included 1/7/12 10AM - 1PM

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-Learn how to begin and sustain a daily meditation practice. This half-day workshop introduces sitting and walking meditation and Tibetan...

Tasting Relaxation: Tibetan Yoga Retreat at the Nyingma Institute 12/27/11 10AM - 1/1/12 1:30PM

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Tibetan Yoga (Kum Nye) practice opens the senses to feeling, loosening even chronic tension. In this retreat we learn to relax so deeply...

How To Meditate: An Introduction To Practice at the Nyingma Institute 11/12/11 10AM - 1PM

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Meditation facilitates relaxation and insight, calming the body and mind. Perfect for beginning students or those returning to a practice,...

Transforming Personal History: A Buddhist Psychology Workshop 11/5/11 10AM - 4:45PM

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"In every time and place throughout history, people have been lifted out of their daily routines by moments of beauty when they sensed the...

Path of Prayer to the Land of Bliss: A Buddhist Studies Workshop at Nyingma Institute 10/28/11 7PM - 4:45PM

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A "Buddhafield" refers to a realm of being where all that happens is conducive to attaining enlightenment. One such Buddhafield is...

Nutrition at the Nyingma Institute: Food To Nourish The Mind, Body and Spirit, October 22 10/22/11 10AM - 4:45PM

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Beyond its nutritional qualities, food nourishes our senses and connects us to the world around us. Tibetan Yoga instructor and...

Activating Joyous Feeling: Meditation and Yoga at the Nyingma Institute 10/15/11 10AM - 4:45PM

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"By stimulating and directing positive, joyous feelings we can change the essence of our inner patterns and experience. When positive...

An Evening Of Dream Yoga Practice at the Nyingma Institute 10/14/11 7PM - 9PM

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"The images which emerge from dream awareness will intensify our waking experience, allowing us to see more of the nature of...

Free Nyingma Workshop: Essential Practices For Well-Being 10/1/11 10AM - 4:45PM

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This free workshop presents ways to enhance well-being: experiential practices that calm the mind, expand the senses, and open the...

Beauty Of Being Week: Free Events and Classes at the Nyingma Institute! 9/25/11 9AM - 10/2/11 7PM

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The Nyingma Institute presents Beauty of Being Week: September 25-October 2 A week-long celebration held in honor of the Nyingma...

September Classes At The Nyingma Institute - Tibetan Yoga, Meditation, and More!

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Nyingma Institute courses are offered in four quarters of ten weeks (Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall) and a four-week session in...

Meditation Workshop: Expanding Awareness 9/24/11 10AM - 4:45PM

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When we touch each sense within the silence of meditation, deep feelings emerge that can be expanded beyond all boundaries. Mantra and...

Meditation Workshop: The Art of Sitting Comfortably 9/17/11 10AM - 1PM

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Personalized instruction in how to sit comfortably is given by Nyingma instructor and trained physiotherapist Donna Morton. Donna will...

Joy And Spaciousness: A Tibetan Yoga Weekend At Ratna Ling Retreat Center 9/9/11 5PM - 9/11/11 2PM

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Gentle Kum Nye movement and breathing practices enhance a sense of spaciousness and develop joyous feelings. This three-day workshop...

Tibetan Yoga Workshop: Tasting Relaxation 9/3/11 10AM - 4:45PM

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The relaxation that comes through Kum Nye (Tibetan Yoga) practice is like a rich nectar that flows through the body and feelings. This...

An Introduction to Meditation At The Nyingma Institute 9/3/11 10AM - 1PM

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This workshop is for students just beginning a meditation practice as well as anyone wanting to try meditation again. Sitting, walking, and...

Tibetan Yoga Workshop: Learning To Relax, at the Nyingma Institute 8/20/11 10AM - 8/21/11 4:45PM

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Keys to coping with stressful times come to us from the Tibetan tradition. They include meditation, movement, and awareness exercises...

A Tibetan Yoga Workshop: Sacred Healing Breath 8/13/11 10AM - 4:45PM

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"The breath can be a powerful ally on the spiritual path, carrying knowledge, awareness, and nourishment throughout our body and...

Meditation Retreat: Openness Mind, at the Nyingma Institute 8/8/11 9AM - 8/13/11 5PM

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As compassion and meditative insight deepen, a glimpse into the open nature of reality emerges. In this week of retreat, we study the...

Nyingma Psychology Workshop: Loving Yourself, Loving Others 8/6/11 10AM - 4:45PM

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Love moves beyond self and obligation to manifest more broadly in our actions, and joy stabilizes into equanimity that removes fear...

Nyingma Psychology Workshop: Clear Mind, Open Heart 7/30/11 10AM - 4:45PM

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There is a dynamic interplay between mind and heart. Practices and discussion in this workshop will help integrate head and heart...

A Buddhist experiential workshop on Healing and Pain 8/13/10 7PM - 4:45PM

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 Healing and Pain, August 13-14* Through penetrating pain, we have the chance to open experience, cleansing appearance of the residues...

Day-long workshop: "Clear Mind, Open Heart" 8/7/10 10AM - 4:45PM

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There is a dynamic interplay between mind and heart. Practices and discussion in this workshop will help integrate head and heart...

Day-long workshop: "Stress Reduction through Tibetan Yoga" 7/24/10 10AM - 4:45PM

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Keys to coping with stressful times come to us from the Tibetan tradition. They include meditation, movement, and awareness exercises...

Talk on Buddhism: "Toward a Lightness of Being" 5/30/10 6PM - 7PM

Tarthang Tulku has written in Joy of Being, “When body and mind are totally open, there remains only the sense of spaciousness, in which...

"Enlightenment Retreat" at Tibetan Nyingma Institute 5/27/10 7PM - 5/29/10 4:45PM

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It is said that the way to enlightenment can be traveled with a fraction of the effort required to survive the endless suffering...