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Retreat
Availability
Retreats are primarily given to members of the
Aukana Trust.
Description of retreats
Dates for the Spring 2012 season are
as follows
6 Day Silent Retreats
20 -25 February
09 - 14 April
07 - 12 May
04 - 09 June
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Space available
Space available
Helper |
6 Day Integrated Retreats
| 13 - 18 February
02 - 07 April
30 April - 05 May |
Space available
Full
Full |
Weekend (Introductory) Retreats
09 - 11 March
20 - 22 April
25 - 27 May |
Full
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 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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