In early 2026 I received a phone call from my Dharma Sister Katya Pemberton. We’d met a decade ago at a Virginia retreat led by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche. She said “I know it’s a random question but do you know of a retreat center where we could host my Teacher,

In 2020 an instinctual drive manifested within me to build retreat centers. It was more of a gut level energy than any kind of thought process. Four years later I bought a purple home with one acre of land. A close monastic friend, Ani Chotso decided to donate the California