Our programs are designed to increase meaningfulness and purpose in life.

Our programs are
designed to increase
meaningfulness and
purpose in life.

Offering tools to transform limiting thoughts and behaviors that hold us back.

Offering tools to transform limiting thoughts and
behaviors that hold us back.

Experience the following benefits:

Experience the
following benefits:

Mind

    • Greater Access to Imagination, Creativity, and Problem-Solving
    • Improved Cognitive Fortitude
    • Reduced Mental and Emotional Stress
    • Increased Understanding of Personal Purpose and Meaning

Body

    • Improved Physical Resilience
    • Improved Immune Function
    • Increased Circulation and Flexibility
    • Decreased Physical Pain
    • Detoxification

Ethos

    • Connection to Community
    • Tools for Sustaining Balance in Everyday Life
    • Inspiration to Serve Your Community 
    • Reconnection with the Value of the Natural World

We invite you to engage fully with the present by bringing these disciplines into your life.

We invite you to
engage fully with the present by bringing these disciplines into your life.

Garuda Modalities and Psycho-technologies

Meditation

An offering of meditation and self-awareness practices to cultivate mindfulness which is the mechanism required to exercise self-discipline. 

Fire & Ice

Experience the longevity practices of increasing circulation through sauna and ice bath to stimulate your mitochondria, release heat/cold shock proteins, and activate FoxO3.

Breathwork

Through circular breathing and rhythmic music, hyper-oxygenate your blood and take a journey into your cognitive landscape to release from mental and physical holding patterns. 

Beebed

Safely lie within a half-inch of 120,000 bees, separated by solid wood and metal screen, to saturate the senses and feel the healing effects of a 190 hertz frequency. 

Movement

Give yourself the time and space to stretch through daily yoga and movement activities. Attentively open the body and release fascia to maximize flow and circulation. 

Nature

Immerse and reconnect with the elements, land, and life around us to improve mental health, reduce stress, and inspire a greater sense of unity and stewardship.

Sound

One of the oldest technologies known to man, music has a plethora of positive effects on the body and mind and facilitates a sense of joy, celebration and connection.

Nutrition

The food we choose to eat every day is among the most important performance and health choices we make. This fundamental act impacts ourselves, our families, our communities and our planet.

Introducing

Lead Teacher and Founder

Tamara Wolfson

Tamara Wolfson is dedicated to supporting individuals to align with the deeper chords of their life’s path. She is a listener, healer & catalyst for authenticity. Trained as an osteopathic acupuncturist, she weaves together her knowledge and wisdom of botanical medicines, apitherapy, nutrition, meditation, Buddhism, Taoist philosophy, hospice, retreats and breath work to assist individuals with positive transformation. Tamara has been in clinical private practice for over 25 years.

In 1986, at the Swayambhunath Stupa in Kathmandu, Tamara had the auspicious opportunity to take refuge in the Buddha and received her first teachings in Tibetan Buddhist practice with the Very Venerable 9th Khenchen Thrangu Tulku, Karma Lodrö Lungrik Maway Senge. At 18, she began a serious practice of meditation and training in understanding the basic tenets of Eastern philosophy, religion, and meditation. 

She has received teachings and direct transmissions within the Kagyu and Nyingma Lineages from the 3rd Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche, Kalu Rinpoche, Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche, His Eminence Chamgon Tai Situ Rinpoche, Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche, Traleg Rinpoche, Lama Padma Karma, Bhaka Tulku Rinpoche and received the Medicine Buddha Empowerment from His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. These ideas and practices have served as an important touchstone for her over the past 35 years of meditation practice and she is excited to share some of her experiences in mindfulness training.

Learn more about Tamara:

Tamara Wolfson is dedicated to supporting individuals to align with the deeper chords of their life’s path. She is a listener, healer & catalyst for authenticity. Trained as an osteopathic acupuncturist, she weaves together her knowledge and wisdom of botanical medicines, apitherapy, nutrition, meditation, Buddhism, Taoist philosophy, hospice, retreats and breath work to assist individuals with positive transformation. Tamara has been in clinical private practice for over 25 years.

In 1986, at the Swayambhunath Stupa in Kathmandu, Tamara had the auspicious opportunity to take refuge in the Buddha and received her first teachings in Tibetan Buddhist practice with the Very Venerable 9th Khenchen Thrangu Tulku, Karma Lodrö Lungrik Maway Senge. At 18, she began a serious practice of meditation and training in understanding the basic tenets of Eastern philosophy, religion, and meditation. 

She has received teachings and direct transmissions within the Kagyu and Nyingma Lineages from the 3rd Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche, Kalu Rinpoche, Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche, His Eminence Chamgon Tai Situ Rinpoche, Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche, Traleg Rinpoche, Lama Padma Karma, Bhaka Tulku Rinpoche and received the Medicine Buddha Empowerment from His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. These ideas and practices have served as an important touchstone for her over the past 35 years of meditation practice and she is excited to share some of her experiences in mindfulness training.

Learn more about Tamara:

Retreat Offerings

Sauna Sundays

Deeply replenish with a day of cleansing, detox and purification using the power of fire and ice.

Multi-Day Retreats

The complete Golden Garuda Retreats experience over 3-5 days in a relaxing and natural retreat setting. 

Private Retreats

Individualized and intimate half-day or daylong retreats customized to meet the needs of each participant.

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