During this Bank Holiday Weekend of Teachings with Dominique Side we will be questioning what the Buddha taught — and our own ways of thinking — to uncover fresh clarity and confidence in our spiritual path.
A retreat for experienced meditators who wants to re-charge and deepen their personal meditation practice and experience how the simple movement exercises of Kum Nye (a Tibetan Yoga) can advance our path.
With the six paramitas we can overcome our destructive emotions, which manifest as an endless cycle of suffering and see the true nature of things. This retreat focuses on exploring the six paramitas in a way that is both accessible and personally relevant to each of us.
This morning will introduce compassion experientially, looking at ways to cultivate a deeper sense of warmth and kindness towards ourselves and others.
A unique weekend retreat exploring the healing power of Tara. Tara is renowned in Buddhist teachings as a female deity associated with compassion and enlightened activity and is often visualised as a source of great healing, not only for yourself but for others too.
Through interactive exercises, reflective discussions, and moments of quiet contemplation (with gentle guidance in basic meditation), you’ll explore how small shifts in perspective can create profound changes in your life.
Explore the profound ability of loving kindness meditation to reshape how you relate to yourself and others. We discover who we really are, our true nature, which is peaceful and naturally loving.
Simple movement and breathing exercises – suitable for people of all ages and fitness levels – which lead us to a greater stillness and a felt-sense of what meditation really is.
This weekend is for anyone who wishes to heal relationships with partners, family members, friends and work colleagues, some of whom may no longer be in our lives.
The Dalai Lama says that there are two kinds of happiness: one based mainly on physical comfort; the other based on mental peace and contentment. Explore these two kinds of happiness and see how we can develop this more enduring mental peace and contentment through the practice of meditation. The morning will comprise a mixture […]
Simple movement and breathing exercises – suitable for people of all ages and fitness levels – which lead us to a greater stillness and a felt-sense of what meditation really is.