End of Year Retreat
End of Year Retreats with Anton Krueger and Dan Coughlan meditation breathwork enquiry Coming soon! Provisional Dates: First Serving: 16–21 December 2026 Second Offering: 22–27 December 2026
Meditation Retreat with Dónal Creedon
We are delighted to share that Donal Creedom will once again be offering a month-long Buddhist meditation retreat at Tara Rokpa Centre. The provisional dates are 14 November to 12 December. Further details about the retreat theme and booking information to follow. Retreat Participation Guidelines This Buddhist meditation retreat is particularly suitable for those with [...]
A Mindful Weekend
To be confirmed. During this three-day long weekend retreat, we’ll be exploring techniques from the mindfulness toolbox such as relaxation, meditation, reflection, gentle yoga, and walks in nature. Your Facilitator: Vera Hey is a mindfulness practitioner and an experienced mindfulness facilitator. She uses the insight and awareness gained from her mindfulness practice in her personal [...]
The Journey to Awakening
From Friday evening, 12 June to Tuesday 16 June 2026 (Public Holiday), the Tara Rokpa Centre warmly invites you to a five-day Buddhist Dharma Retreat dedicated to teachings, contemplations, and meditations from Jewel Ornament of Liberation by Gampopa. Beginning on Friday evening and concluding on the public holiday of 16 June, this retreat offers a [...]
Listening to Our Hearts
Join Alan Muller and Anton Krueger for a transformative retreat focused on the deep connection between mindfulness and compassion. Drawing from a rich array of dharma teachings, Alan will explore the essential Buddhist practice of compassion—how it arises from mindful awareness of suffering and fuels our wish to alleviate it. Alan's talks will be woven [...]
Christmas & New Year 10-Day Mindfulness and Relaxation Retreat(ish)
Facilitated by Anton Krueger In this holiday retreat, we’ll explore exercises from the Mindfulness-Based Living Course designed by Rob Nairn and Mindfulness UK, which will provide a foundation for our daily practice. Beyond this, we’ll decide together about making space for other practices such as Green Tara and Chenrezig, guided relaxation with Pippa, gentle walks, enquiry sessions, [...]
Training the Heart, Training the Mind
Join Us for a 3-Night Retreat in the Heart of the Bushveld during this full moon weekend. Reconnect with your innate wisdom and compassion during this 3-night Buddhist retreat at the serene Tara Rokpa Retreat Centre, nestled in the tranquil Bushveld region of South Africa. Guided by Lama Zangpo, this retreat will offer a deep [...]
Returning Home – Meditation Retreat with Dónal Creedon
'We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time.' T.S. Elliot 'Little Gidding' The journey home is a theme that runs through many traditions, legends and stories. The home can be an actual place, our native [...]
The Twelve Links
"We all want to find happiness and be free from suffering. The twelve-part process of dependent arising shows how actions underlain by ignorance propel us from one rebirth into another, keeping us trapped in suffering, and how through understanding reality correctly we can break this cycle." Geshe Sonam Rinchen Join us for a transformative [...]
Taming the Wild Monkey Mind with Lama Zangmo
An untamed mind is compared to a wild elephant being led by a crazy, wild monkey of distraction. The untamed mind can do a lot of damage, as we can easily observe in daily life. So, how do we go about taming our wild, monkey minds? Lama Zangmo will talk about the benefits and the common [...]