Personal Retreat Week

Seven dAy Personal retreat WEEK at Pure Land Farms

AUGUST 31ST - SEPTEMBER 8th

Check in 3 - 6pm on August 31st
Check out September 8th at noon

The Yuthok Nyingthig path has a unique tradition of seven day retreats, designed for the non-monastic practitioner to take short but intensive breaks from daily life and work to deepen one’s personal practice.

This personal retreat week is suitable for those who have some familiarity with the practice already or have experienced group retreat and would like to have an opportunity to practice without guidance in the supportive environment of Pure Land Farms.

Participants are recommended to follow a structured retreat schedule of minimum 8 hours a day of practice, however all are welcome to modify that schedule according to their personal practice and level of experience.

Participants can practice silent and unguided in the Yuthok Ling temple, with the option to practice privately in your lodging, or in nature around the Tanaduk Medicine Buddha Garden or Shanglon shrine.

All participants will have a group orientation and welcome to the land with Chaplain Katie Malachuk with opportunity to ask questions before starting the retreat. Additionally all participants may choose to book a pre-retreat and/or post-retreat online appointment with Chaplain Katie Malachuk or other Pure Land Farms teachers to prepare and integrate your practice. Opportunities to receive Sowa Rigpa health consultations, bodywork, or practice consultation to support your retreat will be available on the land during your stay if requested.

For those who would prefer to practice with more guidance, our next in person guided group ngondro retreat is February 20 2025 followed by a semi-guided Outer Guru Yoga retreat.

In-PERSON RETREAT PRICE:

Residential $600 - $1200:
Includes retreat and onsite private accommodation for eight nights, access to Yuthok Ling Temple, Tanaduk Gardens, and all communal spaces.

If more than 6 participants, option to have simple meals prepared daily. Alternatively participants will cook their own food (or organize with other practitioners to cook together) in the Pure Land Farms communal kitchen.

Application form for in person participation below

Limited to 8 retreat participants at a time

eXAMPLE OF A SUGGESTED Daily practice Schedule:

6am - 8am: Practice Session One

8am: Breakfast

9am - 1pm: Practice Session Two
1 - 3pm: Lunch and Break

3 - 7pm: Practice Session Three

7pm Dinner

8pm Shanglon Protector Practice

8pm - 10pm: Practice Session Four

IN PERSON REGISTRATION

Please note that this is a personal retreat with a suggested schedule of minimum eight hours of personal practice a day. Sessions are silent and unguided in the temple, with the option to practice privately in your lodging, or in nature around the Tanaduk Medicine Buddha Garden or Shanglon shrine. It is your opportunity to choose what practice you would like to further explore.

In order to assess if it is a good fit for you, kindly fill out this brief form
After reviewing your form, you will be sent a link to register for the retreat.

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Name

First Name

Last Name

Email

Please briefly describe your background in meditation and your intentions for doing personal retreat (please include if you have done group or personal retreat already and in which tradition):

Which practice do you intend to do during your stay?

Do you have any questions or concerns regarding this retreat?

Is there anything our staff should be made aware of? ie. serious medical conditions, medications needed, allergies?

Would you be interested in the option to have simple meals prepared for you daily (if available, minimum of 6 participants required)

Yes

No

PLEASE REVIEW OUR RETREAT CODE OF CONDUCT BEFORE APPLYING

CODE OF CONDUCT

Yuthok Nyingthig, the ‘Heart Essence of Yuthok.' This unique and comprehensive set of Tibetan Buddhist practices was transmitted by Yuthok Yönten Gönpo the Younger, the great 12th century Tibetan physician and meditation adept who is considered to be an emanation of Medicine Buddha. It is a complete system of practice from the Anuttarayogatantra (Highest Yoga Tantra) class of teachings, beginning with Ngöndro (the preliminaries) and progressing through Kyerim and Dzogrim (Creation and Completion Stage practices) to the highest practices of Mahamudra and Dzogchen.

The tradition includes concise and essential methods perfectly suited for busy contemporary practitioners that offer both worldly benefits including improved health and longevity for oneself and others, as well as the ultimate benefit of complete spiritual liberation. The Yuthok Nyingthig is the main spiritual tradition connected with Sowa Rigpa (Tibetan medicine), and it contains many unique methods to heighten the intuitive, diagnostic, and healing capacities of doctors. It is the only complete cycle of Vajrayana teachings in which Medicine Buddha as a yidam (personal meditative deity).

Yuthok Nyingthig meditation practices are traditionally done in the context of a seven day retreat, making them practical and accessible in these modern busy times.

Personal Retreat Week