Events
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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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Extraordinary Purification Practices of Tibetan Buddhism
Tara Rokpa Centre Tara Rokpa Centre, South AfricaDuring this retreat, Alan will give instructions on the foundational practices of Tibetan Buddhism. These practices, although termed "preparation" practices, are complete practices in themselves.
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Study, Reflection and Meditation
Tara Rokpa Centre Tara Rokpa Centre, South Africawith Alan Muller The Buddhist path emphasizes study, reflection, and meditation. But sometimes we neglect the study aspect. The study of Buddhist texts is somewhat different from how we normally approach the study of academic subjects. Study, in the spiritual context, is very necessary as it provides the view, the basis, the perspective needed in [...]
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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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The Melody of Movement, the Movement of Melody
Tara Rokpa Centre Tara Rokpa Centre, Groot Marico District, North West Province, South AfricaCome sing and dance in the beautiful space of TRC as part of a weekend retreat called THE MELODY OF MOVEMENT, THE MOVEMENT OF MELODY. The retreat will incorporate singing, basic movement, some exercises in rhythm, and body percussion – all made very simple and accessible. The retreat is for all ages and we invite [...]
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The Dynamic Magic of Guru Rinpoche and Yeshe Tsogyal
Tara Rokpa Centre Tara Rokpa Centre, Groot Marico District, North West Province, South AfricaA Transforming Retreat with Melanie Polatinsky The legends of Guru Rinpoche/Padmasambhava, also called the second Buddha, are rooted in a historical figure, miraculously born, who came to Tibet in the 8th Century to bring the highest Buddhist teaching and subdue the darkness in the land. His consort and disciple, Yeshe Tsogyal recorded all these teachings [...]
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Beyond Violence with Dónal Creedon
Tara Rokpa Centre Tara Rokpa Centre, Groot Marico District, North West Province, South Africa"The nature of mind is already peace.” Thrangu Rinpoche Our world is on fire, engulfed in endless conflict, fear, and violence. Violence and fear are everywhere at every level. According to Buddha dharma, our consciousness is afflicted at its very core. The afflicted mind is a potent cocktail of resentment and confusion. It is from [...]