Mindfulness
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Contemplative Photography
Tara Rokpa Centre Tara Rokpa Centre, Groot Marico District, North West Province, South AfricaJoin Martin for a weekend exploring photography as part of a contemplative practice. Develop strategies to express yourself with a camera and discover what it is you wish to express. From a cell phone to a large format film camera, any imaging device is welcome. The retreat will not be focused on the technical aspects [...]
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Living Compassionately in Challenging Times
Tara Rokpa Centre Tara Rokpa Centre, Groot Marico District, North West Province, South AfricaIf we wish to find lasting happiness, we need to look at how to tame the mind and uncover our compassionate nature. We are so lucky to still be able to access the wisdom of ancient Tibetan masters, whose advice is very relevant in today's degenerate times. The text The Eight verses for Training the [...]
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The Value of Meditation in Challenging Times
Tara Rokpa Centre Tara Rokpa Centre, Groot Marico District, North West Province, South AfricaTheme Each of us has the potential to be whole and free, but few of us realise this potential. Many of us go through our lives under a spell of imperfection – thinking and feeling that things are not right with us and life never really hits the spot. There is a gnawing feeling of [...]
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Loving Awareness
Tara Rokpa Centre Tara Rokpa Centre, Groot Marico District, North West Province, South Africawith Lucy Draper-Clarke As you step into this new year, what needs your loving awareness? A relationship, a project, your work, home, or family? You may be holding sorrow for the past or anxiety about the future. The best place to start is bringing caring attention to your own body, heart, and mind. Time away, [...]
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A Mindful Break: Relaxing and getting in touch
Tara Rokpa Centre Tara Rokpa Centre, Groot Marico District, North West Province, South AfricaWe are usually busy taking care of everybody and everything else in our lives, forgetting we too need love, care, and kindness. This weekend will focus on compassion and self-care
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Family Easter Camp 2022
Tara Rokpa Centre Tara Rokpa Centre, Groot Marico District, North West Province, South AfricaEaster Camp at Tara Rokpa Centre is traditionally is a family affair and a "come as you are" party. We define family in the broader sense, including the traditional nuclear and extended families, but also extending to friends, individuals, urban tribe members, community members, TRC visitors, and anyone wanting to connect with the spirit of [...]
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Befriending Your Demons
Tara Rokpa Centre Tara Rokpa Centre, Groot Marico District, North West Province, South AfricaIn this retreat, we will be learning to work with difficult emotions using a powerful strategy that will enable us to transform our negative emotions, relationships, fears, illnesses, and self-defeating patterns.
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Courage and Care – Women’s Day Retreat
Tara Rokpa Centre Tara Rokpa Centre, Groot Marico District, North West Province, South Africawith Lucy Draper-Clarke and Mammatli Thakhuli-Nzuza At first glance, courage and care may seem like opposites: one tough and strong, the other soft and fluffy. Explore more deeply, though, and they intertwine as the mother archetype, offering us access to feminine wisdom. From the clarity that arises in the face of compassion, the greatest courage [...]
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Fearless Flow: Do Nothing…just Play!
Tara Rokpa Centre Tara Rokpa Centre, Groot Marico District, North West Province, South AfricaCreative Play Retreat with Anton and the HA!Man Retreat Overview “We only play when we’re in the fullest sense of the word human beings, and we’re only fully human when we play.” - Fred Schiller Drawing on their extensive experience, Anton and the HA!Man will explore awareness and spontaneity as ways of being present, playing [...]
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Take a Break
Tara Rokpa Centre Tara Rokpa Centre, South Africa“What is this life, if full of care, We have no time to stand and stare?” Leisure, W.H. Davies Our Christmas/New Year retreat will be a chance to leave aside the stresses and busyness of city and town and spend time getting in touch with the natural world, the elements as well as our inner [...]