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Aukana Retreats

 

 

Retreat Availability

Retreats are primarily given to members of the Aukana Trust.

Description of retreats

Dates for the Autumn 2008 season are as follows:

6 Day Integrated Retreats

25 - 30 August
22 - 27 September
20 - 25 October
24 - 29 November
Space available
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pace available
Full


6 Day Silent Retreats

01 - 06 September
29 September - 04 October
27 October - 1 November
01 - 06 December

Space available
Full
Space available
Full


Weekend (Introductory) Retreats

19 - 21 September
14 - 16 November
Full
Full

 

If you are interested please call us on 01225 866821 or E-mail

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

RESIDENTIAL COURSE - DESCRIPTION

6 Day Integrated Retreats

These retreats follow the following format. Morning: four hours meditation in the shrine room. Afternoon: developing mindfulness while active (gardening, cooking, office duties and the like). Interviews are available on request. Meditators may bring in personal tape players to listen to tapes in their free time. This style of retreat is valuable to experienced meditators who wish to develop adaptability, impeccability and balance energy.

6 Day Silent Retreats

The format is four hours meditation in the shrine room during the morning. Meditators spend the afternoons practising meditation in their own room. There is a taped lecture in the evenings and the day ends with a meditation in the shrine room at 8.45pm. During the week there are scheduled meditation interviews on Monday, Wednesday and Friday

Helper on 6 Day Silent or Weekend (introductory) retreats

Helpers work alonside the members of the full-time community having five hours meditation each day and a work period in the afternoon as on an Intergrated Retreat. There may also be the opportunity to go to the taped lecture in the evening. Interviews are available on request.

Weekend (introductory) retreats

These follow the same format as the 6 Day Retreat except for the following: existing meditators have one interview on either the Saturday or Sunday. New meditators have an interview on both days.

 

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