2026 Autumn Retreat: The Healing Power of Mind - According to Buddhist wisdom (ONLINE Attendance)

Retreat Registration for ONLINE Attendance

Rigpa US Autumn Retreat

November 14 - 18, 2026

ONLINE

Open to the PUBLIC

This year, our five-day program is designed as a full retreat, rather than a short teaching event. 

Presented by Alain Beauregard.

Can we contribute to our own healing with our minds? Can practices such as meditation, compassion, and visualization help to realize the transformative potential of illness? During this event, we will explore the path to healing through various practices that contribute to healing the whole being, based on Alain's experience in healing terminal cancer.

We will offer practical tools and new perspectives by addressing the practices of unconditional acceptance and loving kindness, in order to develop a healthy relationship with oneself, an essential aspect of the path to healing. We will introduce and practice the powerful practice of Guru Rinpoche of Healing, combining invocation, visualization, and recitation of a sacred mantra.

We will present a new perspective on healing based on the Four Medical Tantra, the source of Tibetan Medicine. And we will focus on practice to enter gradually into the various healing practices and spend time familiarizing ourselves and experiencing them deeply. 

This approach introduces a holistic view on the topic of healing that allows us to deal with all physical, mental, and emotional suffering. It considers healing from the perspective of our entire being, not just the body. Whether the body dies or not, one can still live a profound experience of healing, hence being better prepared for death.

IMPORTANT – In case of serious illness, Tibetan teachers strongly advise everyone to primarily follow an appropriate medical treatment and benefit from a spiritual approach in addition.

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About Alain Beauregard is a Rigpa senior teacher as well as a practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism. Alain lives in Montreal and has been teaching healing internationally since 2011, based on his own healing story. At the age of 46, Alain was diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic bladder cancer, which was inoperable and had spread to such a point that his doctors said he was incurable. In less than 3 months of receiving chemotherapy, combined with working on the emotional cause of disease and doing spiritual healing practices, his cancer went into complete remission. Alain has been cancer free to this date.

Learn more about Alain Beauregard

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PRACTICAL INFO

Location: Live Online Streaming via Zoom

Provisional Schedule: 
Starts: Saturday, November 14 at 9:00 AM PT / 12 PM ET
Ends: Thursday, November 18 at 6:30 PM PT / 9:30 PM ET

Provisional Daily Schedule: 
The retreat's schedule is currently set to begin daily at 9:00 AM PT / 12 PM ET and end at 6:30 PM PT / 9:30 PM ET. Please note that the schedule is subject to change.

If you have any questions, please contact events.us@rigpa.org

We look forward to seeing you and hope you’ll be able to join us!

The US Retreat Team