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Longing, Belonging, Responding: Wake Up Retreat


Dear friends,

We invite you to join us for a weekend of exploring the many ways to nourish our happiness, with walks in the forest, moving our bodies, cooking together, making art, singing and sitting by the fire, and sharing our stories. We will explore how to bring playfulness into our way of living and responding to the world and sharing this way of being with others. Together, we will build a community of young people who can touch the sweetness and compassion in themselves, and therefore the world.

This retreat is based in Buddha Dharma and the 5 precepts. We welcome both those who practice Buddhism and those new to the practice.

Retreat cost and Dana:

Cost (food and accommodation): $200-$250 (sliding scale - please pay according to your means).

If you would like support with this payment, you may apply to be considered for a partial scholarship by emailing peace@dharmagaia.org ATTN. Charlotte - scholarship.

How to register.... 

If this will be your first retreat at Dharma Gaia, we'd love to get to know you a little before the retreat. Please send us an email with your name and contact details, gender and age, as well a little about any experience you have with mindfulness or meditation. We're also keen to know how you found out about Dharma Gaia and what you hope the retreat will support you with.

TO CONFIRM YOUR BOOKING please make payment into:

Account Number 03-0458-0013241-000

Please confirm your payment with an email to peace@dharmagaia.org

Offering Dana for the teachers, teachings and retreat facilitators can be paid into 03 0458 0238459 000 (or offered into the Dana bowl at the time of the retreat)  Dana - donation payments are tax deductible so must be referenced as Dana or Donation . You can find more information here.

When making a Dana payment via internet banking, Please include “Wake Up Dana‘. in the reference field.

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 very last minute. Please, contact us to share/explain your circumstances.