Retreats with Our Resident Instructors
At Ratna Ling, our resident instructors offer more than retreat programming — they invite you into a living mandala of presence, devotion, and transformation. As long-time residents and practitioners trained in the lineage of Tarthang Tulku Rinpoche, they bring warmth, wisdom, and deep practice experience to every offering.
Retreats at Ratna Ling unfold in the sacred rhythm of this land — surrounded by redwoods, nourished by silence, and held in the spirit of service. Whether you’re seeking rest, insight, or connection, these retreats are gateways to the heart of contemplative living.
Founded by Tarthang Tulku Rinpoche, a master of the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, Ratna Ling is part of a constellation of organizations dedicated to preserving sacred teachings and transforming self and society. These include Odiyan Retreat Center, Nyingma Institute, Dharma College, Dharma Publishing, Tibetan Aid Project, and Yeshe De Project.
Our resident instructors live and practice within this greater mandala, embodying the principles of caring, peace, compassion, and wisdom as taught by Tarthang Tulku. Every retreat is an extension of this living transmission.
These offerings are shaped not only by teachings — but by the lived commitment of our instructors to inner work, collective harmony, and compassionate presence.
- Meditation, mindfulness & experiential inquiry
- Dharma talks and embodiment practices
- Guided rituals and periods of silence
- Time in nature, personal reflection, and community connection
- designed for renewal and nourishing meals.
- Sacred space
Meet Our Teachers
Check out our retreats taught by our resident instructors.
There are personal space and ease retreats and meditation retreats.
Linda Copenhagen
Linda Copenhagen began her Buddhist studies at the Nyingma Institute in 1996, while she was a mother of 3, a wife, and the finance director for various startups in the Bay Area. For the past several years, she has been a CFO and financial consultant in the non-profit sector. She currently serves as the Director of Ratna Ling, and she supports in the Accounting for many of the TNMC organizations (Tibetan Nyingma Meditation Center) in the US and abroad. Linda continues to weave Buddhist teachings into modern life, finances, and the meditation retreats she offers. She hopes to inspire busy executives and householders to find more balance and ease in their lives.
Gloria Baraquio
Born and raised in Hawaii, Gloria has been teaching vinyasa since 2006, studying Tibetan Buddhism since 2004, and singing devotional music since she was a child. She earned her 200-hour certificate from Yoga Hawaii and her 300-hour training with Raghunath Cappo and Radhanath Swami in India. Gloria has practiced with spiritual, indigenous, and ancient traditions of Hawaii, Catholicism, Christianity, Baha’i, Agape, Vaishnavism, Hinduism, Zen, and Tibetan Buddhism. Her aim is to help each individual cultivate an intimate relationship with themselves and their surroundings so that they can live more fully, with love, peace, gratitude and well-being. Gloria is currently the Director of Programs at Ratna Ling, sharing her time between the Big Island of Hawaii and Ratna Ling. She is also the Co-Director of Shivakali Yoga School.
More info: www.gloloveyoga.com
George Wiegand
George has been a student of our Founder Tarthang Tulku and a full-time volunteer in Nyingma organizations for more than 30 years, as a chef, baker, kitchen manager, temple builder, book binder, and pressman. He has a Master’s of Education in Counseling and has worked as an educator and counselor in several high school systems. His hobbies include bread baking, basketball, and choir singing.
Renate Marx
Renate Marx, originally from Germany, has spent much of her life moving between countries dedicating herself to education and the Dharma. Her work is grounded in experiential and interdisciplinary learning. In Germany, Renate worked as a manager and program developer at the intersection of education, intercultural dialogue, and the arts.
Karmyn Ojeda
Karmyn Ojeda Egle is an experienced Kum Nye practitioner and a Therapeutic Yoga Teacher. She has been connected with the Buddhist Dharma for over 10 years, and she has participated in many retreats and seminars in Europe, the USA and South America lead by Arnaud Maitland. She has also been a full-time volunteer for 4 years at Ratna Ling, supporting in a variety of tasks for Dharma Publishing. She loves spending time in nature, gardening and exploring the fascinating world of textile arts.
Maria Helena Kubrusly
Maria Helena Kubrusly brings more than three decades of dedicated practice, study, and teaching within the Nyingma tradition to her work as a retreat leader.
Born and raised in Brazil, Maria Helena was a founding member of the Nyingma Center in Rio de Janeiro, where she taught classes and guided retreats. She came to the United States …
Rosalyn White
Rosalyn White was the Director of Ratna Ling for 7 years. She has studied meditation and Tibetan art under the guidance of the Tibetan Buddhist teacher, Tarthang Tulku, for over forty years. She holds a BFA in Fine Arts from the California College of Art and a teaching credential from UC Berkeley. She has been teaching classes in meditation and sacred art for over 25 years. The depth and breadth of the Tibetan teachings have had a profound influence on her life, and inspired her to share her knowledge in order to help others to find the beauty and purpose in their lives. Her goal is that in your time with her you will get in touch with a stiller, deeper part of yourself and gain a sense of health and balance.
Magda Costa
Magda Costa has been studying and practicing the Tibetan Buddhism since 1991. She started her studies in Sao Paulo Nyingma Center, Brazil, and moved to the US in 2004 to be the Financial Officer of Dharma Publishing. In 2010 she moved to Odiyan to do the traditional three years retreat and after the retreat she continues living in Odiyan practicing, studying, and working under Rinpoche’s guidance.
