Receiving the New Year
Holiday Retreat at Tsegyalgar West
December 20 to January 3, 2014
Take time for relaxation and reflection as we bring in a New Year. The retreat land is green and full of life. Come to celebrate together with an opportunity to practice in such a beautiful wild place. We added one day workshops this year!
- Download a retreat registration form (PDF), fill out, and return totsegyalgarwestsecretary@gmail.com
- Register using our online form - you may pay online or via check / money order
Retreat Activities and Information
Choose retreat activities such as:
- Vajra Dance and Yantra Yoga
- Personal Retreat Time
- Group Dzogchen Principal Practices
- (Ganapuja days, Monlam, Chod, and Mandarava)
Enjoyable one day workshops:
Invite your freinds who may be curious and want to come up to the center!
- YOGA of the VOICE with Silvia Nakkach - The Experience of Outer -Inner – Secret Sound
- NATURAL COOKING with Monica Patino - A day in the kithcen with Chef Monica. All ingredients, food and drinks included.
Also time for:
- Hiking
- Stargazing
- Exploring
- Camping
- Garden
- Cool Springs
- Evening Fires
- Tibetan Song and Dances
Retreat Costs
Retreat is by donation/dana. (Without a guest teacher).
Food plan $20 usd per day for three nutritious meals.
Food plan $20 usd per day for three nutritious meals.
(Separate charge for single meals. $8 breakfast $12 Lunch or dinner)
*Lodging costs discounted 50% !
(Choose from: private casita $20/day, shared $10/day, dorm or camping $5/day usd)
*Volunteers are given free camping throughout the retreat, please come a day early to help set up.
Note about Dana:
Suggested donation $10 – 20 per day. No one turned away for lack of funds. ‘Dana’ is important to help with costs of upkeep, salaries, utilities and maintenance. We need your support for the everyday running of the gar, to maintain this special place of refuge. Thank you for your generosity!
Schedule Details
Alfonso Monfort, as well other older Dzogchen Community members’s will lead various practices each day, with ample time for the rest and relaxation that we all need. We will also have some fun days( a group picnic at the beach, etc…) and ‘One Day Workshops’ that are open to the public. You are very welcome to participate in these opportunities to learn from some very talented people in the DZ Community!
For more information, contact the Secretary at tsegyalgarwestsecretary@gmail.com
Elio Guarisco grew up in Northern Italy, received a M.A in Art, and travelled to India to study Buddhism. He spent ten years in Switzerland, studying Tibetan and deepening his knowledge of Buddhist philosophy. At the invitation of the late Kalu Rinpoche, Elio spent another 20 years in India working on theEncyclopedia of Indo-Tibetan Knowledge (Sheja Kunkhyab) authored by Kongtrul the Great. He was the main translator for several books related to this project, all published by Snow Lion Publications. Elio joined the Dzogchen Community in 1986 and received teachings from Chögyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche. Since then, he continues to actively collaborate with the Dzogchen Community and especially with the International Shang Shung Institute for Tibetan Studies in Italy, of which he is a founding member.