Awaken your body and spirit from winter’s embrace with a weekend of gentle restorative and somatic yoga, taking place over the long weekend of 7–10 August. This weekend coincides with Woman’s Day, a celebration of strength, compassion, and renewal, as well as the 25th of the lunar month, known as Dakini Day, a time traditionally [...]
A family-friendly retreat in nature Easter Camp at Tara Rokpa Centre is traditionally a family affair — and a true “come as you are” gathering. We embrace the idea of family in its broadest and warmest sense: not only parents and children, but also friends, solo visitors, community members, urban tribes, and anyone wishing to [...]
Cultivating inner peace through self-acceptance and self-forgiveness with Vera Hey. "The path is not to seek for love but merely to seek and find all the barriers within ourselves that we have built against it". Rumi Many of us built an inner prison of beliefs about our deficient self. The biggest threat to our happiness [...]
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, [...]
Cultivating Equanimity and Gratitude in a Reactive World. "Between the stimulus and the response there is space, and in that space is your power and freedom, that space is the hope of humanity!" Viktor Frankl What is Equanimity? It is a non-reactive, mindful presence; it is inner balance and ease. It is our inner refuge. [...]
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, [...]
Do your emotions affect your body?
Tara Rokpa Centre remains beautiful even after fires, the charred remains of trees interspersed with bright new shrubs and seedlings. I have never seen buds look more hopeful. I was burned out too on arrival, so smiled at my reflection in the landscape. This was my first visit, and my sense of where I was [...]
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. [...]
Instead of setting goals, making New Year’s resolutions, and creating long to-do lists, how would it feel to start the year simply connecting deeply with how you long to live? During this retreat, we will explore how to meet each moment of our lives with clarity and care, not just at the start of the [...]
