THE LUMINOUS HEART
Return to source, silence, presence
This is a 4 day silent retreat
6pm Thursday April 1 - 2pm Monday 5 April 2021
THIS RETREAT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED. Please get in touch if you would like to be on the waitlist.
We can always Begin Anew. In fact, each and every moment is an invitation to renew - the only requirement is turning up... the willingness to be truly present.
Easter is the perfect time for Renewal. To renew ourselves, firstly we need to stop. It is this very stopping that enables freshness, energy and insight to arise and rejuvenate our aliveness.
Come, come, whoever you are. Wanderer, worshiper,
lover or leaver. It doesn't matter…
come… even if you have broken your vows a thousand times,
Come, come again. Rumi
This retreat will offer a spacious schedule steeped in stillness and listening. Listening to nature, ourselves and the deep teachings that our available from deep within each of us. On a silent retreat we are held within a practice community while also committing to not speaking. The silence is gentle as we share times together in the basic daily activities of eating, walking, working and sitting. This kind of being together and alone can be very deep, healing and insightful.
Sessions of sitting meditation, walking in nature, qi gong, deep relaxation and teachings will be offered to inspire and uplift the luminous heart.
You may join whatever sessions will support you or simply rest and follow your own silence whether that leads you to read, write, draw, contemplate, or simply commune with nature.
This retreat is offered by the Dharma Gaia Guardian Group - Sister Shalom, Anton and Charlotte, who are celebrating Dharma Gaia and their 20 years of togetherness this year.
PLEASE NOTE: To join this retreat the expectation is that you have the necessary stability in physical and emotional health to be comfortable with the extended quiet and with being able to self-regulate outside of the guided sessions. If you have not attended a silent retreat before please email the teachers so that we can check in with you if this is the best retreat option for you at this time
Retreat cost and Dana:
Cost (food and accommodation): $300-$350 (sliding scale - please pay according to your means)
PLEASE NOTE:
This retreat cost covers food and accommodation only. See below forinformation about Dana for the teachers
THIS RETREAT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED. Please get in touch if you would like to be on the waitlist.
CANCELLATION POLICY
When we prepare for a retreat each one of you counts and is counted in the number of beds that are made and the amount of food that is cooked. As we are often booked out quite quickly, a cancellation can prevent someone else from joining us.
In the event of a cancellation up to 10 days prior to the starting date of the retreat, we can offer a 75% refund or the funds can be carried over to your next retreat.
However, a cancellation within 10 days of the retreat starting date is non-refundable.
We write this in light of goodwill and in the understanding that life being life, things may change at the last minute so should this be the case for you please, contact us to share/explain your circumstances.