Wintering – A relaxation retreat
With Clare Buckley
December 4 - 6, 2026
We welcome back Special Guest Teacher Clare Buckley from the U.K. to offer a blissful winter retreat.
Join Clare for a nourishing winter retreat at Ratna Ling, where intentional rest, gentle practice, and the quiet beauty of nature invite you to slow down and reconnect. As we open to the deepest Yin time of year, this retreat offers space to soften, restore, and attune to the subtle wisdoms of the season. Surrounded by redwoods and held by the peaceful landscape, you’ll be supported in body, mind, and spirit as you settle into winter’s sacred stillness.
Experience the guidance of Senior Yoga Teacher Clare Buckley, who offers a deeply nurturing welcome to winter — a gentle pause for reflection in a season that can so easily feel hurried. Rooted in the wisdom of the elements, and especially the water element that shapes winter’s inward turning nature, this retreat invites fresh insight, soothing practices, and intentions that support inner balance and wellbeing.
Through embodied movement, breathwork, energy practices, meditation, and mindful rest, you’ll awaken a sense of holistic harmony. These sessions nourish the body’s energetic pathways, restore equilibrium, and attune you to the quiet potency of transitional, liminal moments. Guided by the rhythms of nature and the shifting seasons, you’ll explore practices that help you listen inward with compassion, allowing deep rest, spacious renewal, and reconnection to form the heart of your experience.
Clare weaves together teachings from Ayurveda, TCM, Yin, Somatics, bodywork, embodiment practices, sound healing, and guided meditation. Beyond the wellbeing program, you’ll have abundant time to settle into the magic of Ratna Ling: nature bathing, journaling, hiking, embracing the redwoods, and enjoying nourishing vegetarian meals, with onsite massage also available. This retreat welcomes anyone who feels called to this lovingly held offering and is open to all levels of practice.
**Add-on a Thursday night arrival to spend extra quality time with Clare before the retreat starts!
Schedule (Subject to change):
**Optional Thursday night check-in
FRIDAY
- 3pm – Check in
- 4pm – Gentle Embodied Yoga & Welcome Gathering
- 5:30pm – Dinner
- 6:45pm – Guided Meditation for Deep Rest
SATURDAY
- 7:30am – Meditation in the Temple
- 8am – Breakfast
- 10:30 – Elemental Yoga & Breathwork
- 12:15 – Lunch
- 1pm – Free Time
- 4pm – Restorative Yin/Somatic Yoga
- 5:30 – Dinner
- 6:45 – Marma Point Self-Massage & Yoga Nidra
SUNDAY
- 8:30am – Gentle Awaken Yin/Yang and Closing Circle
- 10am Brunch
- 12pm – Checkout and Farewell
For directions to Ratna Ling – Ratna Ling Retreat Center 35755 Hauser Bridge Rd Cazadero, CA 95421
Accommodations are beautiful lux cabins
ADDITIONAL DETAILS
- Transportation to/from Ratna Ling is NOT included – carpooling encouraged
- Payments are nonrefundable and transferable to a future Ratna Ling stay or retreat
- Each cottage includes TWO private rooms with queen beds, large dining & living area, gas fireplace, spacious deck, jetted bathtub, linens/towels/hand soap, kitchenette with tea & coffee, complimentary wireless internet.
- Vegetarian meals are served during our weekend together.
What people are saying about our retreats:
| “Clare is amazing and always curates a wonderful experience.” | “The entire place permeates depth, silence and sacredness. Thank you.” | “I love it here and hope to continue coming for many years. The setting and sacredness of this space are the perfect place to retreat.” |
| “Space for reflection while also giving me anchor points through teachings. | “Space and time for meditation and movement classes were truly wonderful.” | “Clare’s workshops and retreats are always exactly what I needed.” |
Facilitator
Clare Buckley is a yoga, meditation and wellbeing teacher with over 25 years of experience. Her intuitive and unique offerings hold at their core a deep respect for our essential nature and healing capacities. A retreat with Clare is full of warmth and clarity offering a joyful and contemplative breathing space to slow down and cultivate fresh insights. She believes that in meeting ourselves with the reverence of pause and retreat, we can awaken to…
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