Dzogchen Beara is Rigpa’s long term retreat centre – the Drubdra.
In retreat we benefit from the three components which support us in integrating the benefit of our practice into daily life – right environment, practice in formal sessions, and integrating during the breaks.
In the last 30 years over 300 Rigpa students have entered into closed retreat at Dzogchen Beara, to accumulate and deepen their Ngöndro, to complete one or all of their Tsa Sum practices or to enter solitary retreat. Many others have completed personal retreat, focusing for shorter periods on their current priority for study or practice.
As our sangha spiritually matures, more of us feel the need to deepen our understanding and experience in retreat. Financial assistance is available to help us take this precious opportunity, through Study and Practice grants from the Terton Sogyal Foundations. Dzogchen Beara also offers flexible payment options, allowing you to pay your retreat fee over time.
Interested?
For all enquiries about personal or long-term retreats at Dzogchen Beara please contact retreats@dzogchenbeara.org
If you are interested in doing a retreat that is not listed here, please let us know, as your aspiration can influence future programming.
Three roots retreats 2026-2027 for Rigpa students
Dzogchen Beara is the only Rigpa centre to offer a model of Tsa Sum retreat in complete seclusion and silence, where traditional retreat boundaries are established and maintained.
The retreats take place in our long-term retreat facility, Longchen, offering privacy and an atmosphere of profound peace, with sweeping views over the Atlantic Ocean.
The following options are available:
Yang Nying Pudri September 2026 – February 2027
Yumka Dechen Gyalmo March 2027 – June 2027
Please contact us for further details, if you are considering joining these in their entirety or as shorter options of one, two or three months.
retreats@dzogchenbeara.org
Personal retreats for Rigpa students
Personal Retreats are an opportunity to go much deeper into practice away from the busyness of our daily lives, whether we are accumulating Ngondro, practicing meditation or loving kindness, or wish to deepen our study. During your personal retreat you are welcome to participate in guided meditation and loving kindness sessions or to join daily group sadhana practices as appropriate.
Dzogchen Beara also has limited places for Dzogchen students to do solitary retreat.
Duration of your retreat
Your retreat can be as short as a few days or up to several months and your schedule will be worked out to suit you.
Room and catering
- You will have a single room in a reserved retreat area with glorious views out over the Atlantic Ocean.
- All meals are vegetarian and we can offer a gluten-free, dairy-free and other special diets if needed.
- There is silence in the retreat area until 1pm, and again from 8pm onwards.