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Retreat Availability Retreats are primarily given to members of the
Aukana Trust. Dates for the Spring 2012 season are as follows 6 Day Silent Retreats
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 alongside the members of the full-time community having five hours meditation each day and a work period in the afternoon as on an Integrated 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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