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2026-05-18T00:00:00+02:00
  • Speak Your Truth, Listen Deeply: an ONLINE Mindful Communication Retreat with Lucy Draper-Clarke and Felicity Hart

    Zoom Room , South Africa

    When 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 [...]

    R450
  • The Four Immeasurables with Alan Muller and Pippa Cope

    Tara Rokpa Centre Tara Rokpa Centre, Groot Marico District, North West Province, South Africa

    A Self-Compassion Retreat "If we learn ways to practice love, compassion, joy, and equanimity, we will know how to heal the illnesses of anger, sorrow, insecurity, sadness and loneliness" Thich Nhat Hanh We will look at how we can develop the four immeasurables in daily life and through meditation. There will be guided Healing Relaxation [...]

    R2400
  • Seeking Happiness with Alan Muller and Pippa Cope

    Tara Rokpa Centre Tara Rokpa Centre, Groot Marico District, North West Province, South Africa

    A TRC Xmas/ New Year Retreat "Every man wants to be happy, but in order to be so he needs first to understand what happiness is." Jean-Jacques Rousseau. "If happiness is indeed a way of being, a state of consciousness and inner freedom, there is essentially nothing to prevent us from achieving it." Matthieu Ricard. [...]

  • New Year No Intentions Retreat

    Tara Rokpa Centre Tara Rokpa Centre, Groot Marico District, North West Province, South Africa

    with Lucy Draper-Clarke "The best laid schemes of mice and men Often go awry, And leave us nought but grief and pain, For promised joy! Robert Burns As 2020 showed us, we have entered a time of disruption. How many of us set goals and intentions for the new year, and then had to take [...]

  • Insight Retreat : Working Creatively with Negative Emotions – Choden

    Tara Rokpa Centre Tara Rokpa Centre, Groot Marico District, North West Province, South Africa

    Many people relentlessly battle with their emotions and end up leading conflicted and unhappy lives. But this does not have to be the case. In Buddhism the negative emotions are described as ‘mind poisons’, but the poison contains hidden gold. This retreat will focus on working creatively with the negative emotions that afflict us. It [...]

  • Bringing the Mind to Rest – Alan Muller

    Tara Rokpa Centre Tara Rokpa Centre, Groot Marico District, North West Province, South Africa

    A weekend of guided meditations, contemplations, and exploring the above Milarepa quote.

  • Contemplative Photography

    Tara Rokpa Centre Tara Rokpa Centre, Groot Marico District, North West Province, South Africa

    Join 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 [...]

  • Living Compassionately in Challenging Times

    Tara Rokpa Centre Tara Rokpa Centre, Groot Marico District, North West Province, South Africa

    If 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 [...]

  • The Value of Meditation in Challenging Times

    Tara Rokpa Centre Tara Rokpa Centre, Groot Marico District, North West Province, South Africa

    Theme 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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