In 2012, thanks to the kindness and support of my family, I took six months off to participate in the Ngondro women’s retreat at the Tara Rokpa Centre near Groot Marico. It was an incredible experience made even more amazing by the support of the TRC family under the able leadership of Pippa and Alan. [...]
Hello, I’m Megan and you’ve stumbled upon my little piece in the Tara Rokpa Centre’s newsletter. For those of you whom I haven’t had the opportunity to meet yet, this is me: I am called Megsi by many. I am the newly appointed Catering and Housekeeping Manager at Tara Rokpa Centre. I am a keen [...]
I attended a 10 day retreat at the Tara Rokpa (Buddhist Retreat) Centre, last December. To be perfectly honest I was not too concerned with exactly what was being presented, I simply knew I needed to be there. I started to see a therapist in December who suggested and almost insisted that I take some [...]
After last year’s major fire that swept through the valley, TRC has been working towards reducing the risk of fire and improving the centre’s ability to fight them. There were some very close calls with the last fire as it came within centimetres of buildings, melted pipes and destroyed one of the camping ablution blocks. [...]
It is almost mid-winter and June is a ‘shut down on events’ month. This is to give staff time off and others to catch up on endless things to do. Today has been grey, cold and very windy followed by heavy night rains; unusual for June when it is usually cold at night, with magnificent [...]