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Thoughts Create Reality
A weekend of challenging and thought-provoking teachings and meditations that encourage our understanding of the ancient wisdom schools of Asian and western thought. Learn techniques to garden your mind and thoughts, to create a truly beneficial and fruitful reality. The retreat is facilitated by Mark Joseph, a previously very nervous and anxious person. Through mindfulness [...]
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Living Joyfully
with Chöje Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche, Lama Katen and Gelongma Lhamo On this 4 day meditation retreat, Chöje Lama Yeshe Rinpoche will share with us, based on his vast and deep experience, how to cultivate genuine feelings of joy and enthusiasm. The retreat will start at lunch time on Thursday 21 March, a public holiday, [...]
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Personal Practice Retreat
Guided by Alan Muller A traditional 3 year 3 month traditional retreat is out of reach of most people leading modern lives. And it is a great challenge for lay practitioners to find the time or place to complete practices such as Ngöndro – the foundational practices of Tibetan Buddhism. In response to these needs, [...]
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Mindful Creativity and Play Retreat with Anton Krueger
Tara Rokpa Centre Tara Rokpa Centre, Groot Marico District, North West Province, South AfricaRetreat Overview On this retreat, we’ll be playing mindfulness and writing games, nurturing our sense of wonder and astonishment at our precious human life. How extraordinary to be alive at all! We’ll explore mindfulness as a creative practice, as a way of encouraging awareness, a way of being present. We’ll be doing workshops geared towards [...]
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Dancing in the Depths
Tara Rokpa Centre Tara Rokpa Centre, Groot Marico District, North West Province, South AfricaA retreat in the Tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh Impermanence moves us into the unknown whether we like it or not. This movement based workshop will provide an opportunity to slow down and embrace the depth of our embodied experience and wisdom in a time of great uncertainty. Cradled in the safe beauty of the [...]
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Experience The Heart Sutra Over Valentine’s Weekend with Ava Avalos
FeaturedTara Rokpa Centre Tara Rokpa Centre, Groot Marico District, North West Province, South AfricaIn the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh, come study and explore the mysterious wisdom of the Heart Sutra, known in Buddhism as ‘The Prajnaparamita.’ This ancient and sacred text will form the foundation of Zen Buddhist Mindfulness Practices to open your heart - including sitting, walking, dancing & singing. The workshop will be facilitated by [...]
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The Three Teachings Retreat with Khenpo Lekthong
"The Three Trainings" are essential teachings and instructions on ethics (morality), concentration (meditation), and wisdom. We need to develop our ethics, meditation, and wisdom in order to transform our current afflicted mental states and hence progress on the path. The Three Trainings are important both in Buddhist and worldly contexts; learning to lead a more [...]
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TRC Experience Weekend
Tara Rokpa Centre Tara Rokpa Centre, Groot Marico District, North West Province, South AfricaHave you ever wondered what happens at a retreat centre? This is your chance to find out! We are offering an introductory weekend for those who would like to experience the range of activities that take place at Tara Rokpa Centre (TRC). TRC is a welcoming, down to earth centre within a UNESCO biosphere reserve [...]
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A Weekend in Dewachen
Tara Rokpa Centre Tara Rokpa Centre, Groot Marico District, North West Province, South AfricaIn the sutras the Buddha said that in the beginning compasion is like the seed without which we cannot have any fruit; in the middle compassion is like water to nourish the seed we have planted; in the end compassion is like the warmth of the sun that brings the fruit to ripening. Thus without [...]
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Speak Your Truth, Listen Deeply: an ONLINE Mindful Communication Retreat with Lucy Draper-Clarke and Felicity Hart
Zoom Room , South AfricaWhen interacting with others, we often find ourselves triggered and then communicate in ways that hurt or harm – ourselves, the other, or the relationship between us. We have not learnt how to use mindful and authentic communication. “When you are busy judging people, you have no time to love them.” Marshall Rosenberg We will [...]
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