mindfulness

Footprints: EASTER CAMP 2025

Footprints “The impression left by a foot on the ground.” What impressions have your feet made throughout your life? If we look around -  we are living in a world of war, climate change and uncertainty. The fast pace of life and our addiction to technology have brought about a loss of connection to ourselves, [...]

Meditation Lessons from a Puppy

I recently got a puppy and observing her interactions, she has taught me a a few lessons. The distinct noise of the puppy food packet being opened brings great excitement and joy to Ellie the puppy. I thought, imagine if one could have such joy at hearing the sound of the meditation gong being rung, [...]

By |2024-09-19T20:09:52+02:00August 21st, 2024|Contemplative, meditation, mindfulness|0 Comments

ZenPen – Writing, Being and Meditation

Join us for A Writing, Being, and Meditation Retreat with Dorian Haarhoff for a weekend, with the option to extend your experience to the following Tuesday for A Stream of Words Retreat. We can make our minds so like still water that beings gather about us to see their own images, and so live for [...]

Echos from an Empty Sky – Meditation Retreat with Dónal Creedon

“All things hang like a drop of dew Upon a blade of grass.” ~ W.B.Yeats This year we will continue to explore the human condition, particularly our common experience of disillusionment and disappointment in life. According to the Buddha, the source of trouble is self-grasping and in particular the afflicted mind (kliṣṭamanas). The Sanskrit word [...]

Easter Weekend Getaway

A Long Easter Weekend Get Away in Restorative Nature with Trish Swift, Sharon Benatar, and Pippa Cope This weekend is open to all - families, individuals, friends, teens, and kids are welcome. There will be separate activities for adults and children/teens in the mornings, and combined activities or free time in the afternoons and evenings. [...]

A Peaceful Reminder – Daily Life Dharma

by the lazy Buddhist I had the good fortune to welcome 2024 while attending Donal Creedon’s wonderful online retreat. The retreat theme was Peace and it was based on Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche’s reminder that the nature of mind is already peace. During the introductory talk, Donal spoke of the Quiet room that can be found [...]

By |2024-01-11T16:17:40+02:00January 11th, 2024|community, Contemplative, dharma, meditation, mindfulness|0 Comments

Meditations from the Three Vehicles

It is said that the Buddha taught eighty-four thousand different methods to tame the minds of sentient beings because there were so many types of people with diverse temperaments and karmic tendencies. He taught the Dharma in three waves or Turnings of the Wheel of Dharma to suit the capacities of his students. These waves, [...]

By |2024-01-02T12:45:34+02:00January 2nd, 2024|, , , , |0 Comments

Get Set for 2024: New Year Retreat

Do you need time to refocus and reconnect? Are you yearning to change direction or deepen your current work? Do you wish for a gentle start to 2024? How would it feel to start the year simply? This offering extends the Weaving Intentions retreat for a 4-night stay or includes the Speak with Clarity, Listen [...]

Speak with Clarity, Listen with Compassion

“When you are busy judging people, you have no time to love them.”  Marshall Rosenberg 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.  Our conditioned ideas of what it means to communicate, especially during times of [...]

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