
Mindful Spontaneity: Relaxing into Spacious Presence, residential retreat
Sat 07 Oct
|Ardfern
5-day retreat led by Ratnadevi


Time & Location
07 Oct 2023, 18:00 – 12 Oct 2023, 11:00
Ardfern, Lerigoligan, Ardfern, Lochgilphead PA31 8QN, UK
About the Event
Combining Buddhist Insight approaches to meditation with contemporary methods of psychological integration and creative expression.
For people with an established daily meditation practice of at least a year. It fulfils CPD requirements for mindfulness teachers.
Living in the modern West, we easily succumb to patterns of distraction and striving that don’t lead to true fulfilment, but to depletion of our own and the earth’s resources. Even meditation practice can unwittingly be incorporated into an agenda of self-centred achievement, where we try to override any uncomfortable experiences that seemingly stand in the way of our aims. But this approach only leads to tension and suffering.
On this retreat we will approach things in a radically different way, emphasising effortlessness, kindly acceptance, connection and playfulness. When we dedicate ourselves wholeheartedly to both discipline and freedom of such practice, we may be surprised by the depth, authentic presence, freedom and peacefulness manifesting spontaneously.…
Tickets
retreat fee
From £400.00 to £500.00
Sale ended£450.00
£500.00
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