RETREATS AND SIMPLY BEING PRESENT AT DHARMA GAIA
A retreat should refresh us.
It should offer nourishment for the mind body and spirit.
A retreat should enable us to live with more clarity, peace and joy.
At Dharma Gaia our focus is to come home to ourselves, and develop deep understanding of the nature of reality so that we may live more in freedom and joy. We practice in a way that we are no longer pulled backwards into past regrets and suffering nor swept away by our worries and plans for the future. This does not mean that we deny or shut ourselves off from the past or the future, it means that we can be in touch with these aspects with insight, understanding and clarity through the stability that present-moment awareness enables.
Retreats at Dharma Gaia offer us the opportunity to be supported by a committed community of mindful living and to deepen our own capacity to live more present, more peacefully with joy and awareness.
During retreats there are formal teachings offered by Dharma teachers – both monastic and non-monastic. There may also be sessions in smaller groups in which we have a chance to explore and support each other to translate the teachings into reality in our everyday lives.
The practice of Mindfulness is simple... but it is not always easy and we understand that. Retreats usually have the range of practitioners from beginners to long-term. Each person is supported wherever they are in their understanding and realisations. New or long term; young or old; rich or poor; awakening does not depend on any of these conditions. The gentle but clear focus of present moment awareness optimises conditions that will enable all to wake up and be truly present to the miracle that is life.
UPCOMING RETREATS