A warm welcome to the 2023
Three Month Winter Retreat programme
Saturday 30 June to Saturday 30 September
This deep period of the three months of Winter (in India and Asia this is the Rains Retreat) has been a tradition since the time of the Buddha when wandering ascetics returned to the protection and spiritual companionship of their root communities.
For us, it is a period of deepening in nourishing our love and support for each other and for our aspirations. Like the land and the other beings, we move naturally into a much quieter, more contemplative and focused energy to nourish our concentration, serenity, and insight … individually and also collectively.
Dharma Gaia will be less outward in the number of retreats we will be offering this winter and will generally only be welcoming guests for longer periods so that we all benefit from the continuity and richness of community life. See details below.
unique opportunities for tHE wAY oUT IS IN INTERNSHIPS
Applications to join the community for 1,2, or 3 months are now open.
This is a wonderful opportunity to be part of the Dharma Gaia community, with all the richness of learning and support in spiritual practice.
Learn how to live in a more deliberate and authentic way.
Live in a dynamic, caring, respectful community of young (and young at heart) spiritual friends. Living in conscious community grounded in Mindfulness you will learn how to understand yourself and others. You will be supported to see clearly and to transform habits and beliefs that do not enable you to live fully and in true connection with yourself and others,
Learn to develop and integrate powerful tools to live in Presence and Awareness. Besides formal practices of sitting walking and eating meditation, we practice Tai Chi, Deep Relaxation, Dharma Inquiry and contemplative discussion. We also realise the importance of rest, silence, creativity and time together sharing and nourishing joy and well-being. The most profound way we nourish our spiritual life comes about from this simple commitment to ‘Be’ together and fully participate in the ordinary and yet also wondrous moment-by-moment aspects of our daily lives
We learn to deeply care for ourselves, for each other, for Dharma Gaia and for the precious earth, realizing in a very practical way the truth of our Interbeing, the truth of non-separation. One of the most precious gifts we can offer to ourselves, our loved ones, our communities and the planet is to show up… to be Fully Present.
Join with the community in offering and participating in all the retreats that will be offered during your period of Internship (at no extra cost).
Places for Interns on the Winter Retreat The Way Out Is In are limited. Preference will be given to those who want to join for the whole 3 months, but space may also be available for one or two months. If this opportunity is inspiring you to apply, please write in the first instance to peace@dharmagaia.org subject line: The Guardian Team The Way Out is In Internship programme
Cost for the Way Out Is In Internship Opportunities :
For the full 3 months - 13 weeks of board, food, training and participation in all the Winter Retreat Programmes- $1080 - $900 (this is a sliding scale; participants will choose where on that scale they can afford). Some further scholarships ofr the 3 month programme may also be possible. As this is a very wonderful opportunity, we would not want the financial contribution to prevent a genuine applicant from attending.
For the first 4 week period only - board, food training and participation in the opening 5 day retreat- $580 - 620 (this is a sliding scale; participants will choose where on that scale they can afford).
For the first 2 month period only - board, food training and participation in the opening 5 day retreat- $820 - 750 (this is a sliding scale; participants will choose where on that scale they can afford).
