Silent Retreat - Coming Home to the Oneness We Are
5-9 AUGUST 2022
Opening our hearts and deeper understanding of the oneness we are, has nothing to do with ‘getting something’ and it has nothing to do with ‘getting rid of something’
We are not trying to change our beliefs, or our religion, not trying to becoming ‘someone/something different and not even trying to work anything out.
Supported by wonderful conditions of resting into the community of Mindful Living, the grace of nature and the tranquillity of silence we allow ourselves to simply arrive. To arrive home to ‘Being’
Everything that is offered on the retreat will turn us towards our own experience. This is where we gently investigate. We see where our ideas and beliefs expand and contract our way of experiencing the world, we are supported to simply let our ideas be without getting caught up in them. We turn towards our true experience just as it is in the vast space of the moment.
For some of us this retreat will be a time to come home to the oneness of this body, this mind, this heart and to feel our own individual wholeness. Others may be called to investigate the true nature of oneness beyond the concept of ‘separate self’
Retreat Cost:
$400 - $325 (sliding scale, please pay according to your financial capacity) + DANA
TO CONFIRM YOUR BOOKING please make payment into: 03-0458-0013241-000
Please confirm your payment with an email to peace@dharmagaia.org and indicate in the email if this is your first retreat with us.
Dana for the Teacher's and Teachings. In line with the Buddhist tradition that inspired our teachers to train and practice for the sake of all beings, our Teaching is all offered on the basis of Dana - generosity and mutual support. Please offer your Dana for the teachings into this DANA ACCOUNT -
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 ‘Teacher’s Dana’ in the reference field.
How to register:
Places on this retreat are limited and often fill quickly. We welcome your early registration by emailing us your details to peace@dharmagaia.org - subject line SILENT RETREAT. Confirmation of a place on the retreat will be subject to acceptance, followed by full payment of retreat fee.
How to arrive:
Please plan your journey to Dharma Gaia with an awareness of time and allowing spaciousness. We invite you to practice travelling and arriving in mindfulness, knowing that this will support an easeful retreat for yourself and others. We suggest you arrive between 3-5pm and on arrival enjoy three mindful breaths. If it is your first time to the Centre, please arrive early enough to be settled in your accommodation and ready for your orientation session at 4pm. On arrival please make your way to the foyer where you will be greeted by one of our residents,
If cancelation is required due to COVID 19 restrictions, your retreat booking will be fully refunded.
GENERAL 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.