2026 Ati Rushen Retreats

2026 ATI
RUSHEN RETREAT

2026 Ati Rushen Retreat
with Lama Justin von Bujdoss

July 20th - 24th 2026

Join us on the Yangti Land in Buckland Massachusetts, for a 5-day Rushen Retreat let by Lama Justin von Bujdoss. This immersive retreat is limited to students enrolled in one or both of our Ati Yoga year long immersions, the Rangjung Dorje's Ati Yoga or Complete Liberation of the Three Realms.

This retreat will serve as a profound and unique opportunity to integrate the teachings received up to this point in the Ati Yoga Year long Immersions preparing oneself for the transition into Trekcho. As is customary, Rushen, otherwise considered the Dzogchen preliminary, is an essential practice to ripen and purify and is essential to the dzogchen path. In this retreat we will focus on both the Outer and Inner practice of Rushen. These Dzogchen preliminaries aid in the exhaustion of the inner causes of illusory perception thereby leading to greater purification of Body, Speech and Mind ripening oneself for the proceeding Dzogchen practices. The practice of Rushen is a powerful way of creating the auspicious circumstances that aide in liberating the way in which the three gates (body, speech, and mind) and the three bodies (Dharmakaya, Sambhogakaya and Nirmanakaya) are experienced.

Each day will be structured around a balance of dharma teaching, Q&A with Lama Justin, time for individual practice and integration, as well as meals and protector practice. Please note that due to the development still taking place in our cabins, this is a non-residential program.

This retreat is by application, please fill out the application below to join us!

PRICING : $500

Included in the cost:

Lunch & dinner

Teachings

Not included in registration cost:
Teacher dana
Transportation
Accommodation
Breakfast

Registration is limited to 10 participants

Upon submission of application below participants will receive information from Yangti regarding how to submit payment and finalize registration.

Submit Application

Lodging Details:

Due to the development & construction still taking place in our cabins this is a non-residential program. We recommend reviewing the document of suggested accommodations linked HERE to help you get started in planning your trip.

Getting Here:

The Yangti Yoga Retreat Center is located in Buckland, MA which is a semi rural location there is not direct transportation to Buckland unless you are coming by car. Nearby airports include Boston (BOS), Hartford (BDL), or Albany (ALB). From these airports further transportation via bus, train, or taxi can be arranged. Rome2Rio is a very helpful site for planning your trip and comparing options. Valley Transportation is another helpful resource for private and group shuttles from the airport to our center. Additional instructions and exact address will be provided to all confirmed participants upon registration.

Meals:

The Yangti Team will be providing thoughtfully home cooked meals. Lunch and dinner will be provided, while guests are expected to coordinate their own breakfast. If one has allergies or specific dietary restrictions there will be modifications available.

GENERAL SCHEDULE:

SUNDAY JULY 19TH:

Suggested arrival travel day

RUSHEN RETREAT
MONDAY - FRIDAY JULY 20TH - 24TH

10 am - 12pm | Morning Teachings
12 pm - 1 pm | Practice Session
1 pm - 3 pm | Group Lunch & Leisure Time

3 pm - 5 pm | Teachings & Practice

5 pm - 6 pm | Group Protector Practice

6 pm - 7:30 pm | Group Dinner

SUNDAY JULY 25TH:

Suggested departure travel day

detailed schedule subject to slight modifications

our TEACHER

Lama Justin von Bujdoss

Lama Justin von Bujdoss is an American vajrayana Buddhist teacher, writer, and the is a co-founder of Bhumisparsha an experimental Buddhist sangha along with Lama Rod Owens and Founder and Director of Yangti Yoga Retreat Center with Dr. Nida Chenagtsang, a retreat center dedicated to the practice of Dark Retreat, or Yangti Yoga. Lama Justin has made the focus of his dharma teaching Ati Yoga (Dzogchen) and Yangti Yoga (Dark Retreat). He is the author of Modern Tantric Buddhism: Authenticity and Embodiment in Dharma Practice published by North Atlantic Books, and contributor to Buddhism and Whiteness: Critical Reflections published by Lexington Books. From 2016 until December 2021 Justin served as the Executive Director of Chaplaincy and Staff Wellness for NYC Department of Correction where he also served as Staff Chaplain supervising over 30 chaplains and guided wellness programming for staff. Justin also has years of professional experience in home hospice and hospital settings as a pastoral caregiver. From 2018 to 2024 Lama Justin served as the chaplain for Hart Island, New York City’s public cemetery and is currently the chaplain for the Shelburne Falls/Buckland Fire Department. Lama Justin was ordained as a repa, a lay tantric yogin in the tradition of Milarepa, by His Eminence Gyaltsab Rinpoche, one of the heart sons of His Holiness the 16th Karmapa and is a ngakpa in the Yuthok Nyingthik tantric Buddhist lineage under Dr. Nida Chenagtsang. Lama Justin has presented on Buddhist practice at Harvard, Princeton, Yale, University of Chicago, Wellesley, Columbia University, has been a visiting instructor at Union Theological Seminary, and teaches at Pure Land Farms. Justin is passionate about helping to create the conditions for authentic embodied tantric Buddhist spiritual practice in the West.

Rushen Application

APPLICATION

Thank you for your interest in joining the 2026 Ati Rushen Retreat at the Yangti Yoga Retreat Center. Upon submission of this application, Yangti will review all applications. Accepted participants will recieve further information regarding how to submit payment and finalize registration.