Detailed List of Retreats

"To awaken is to be intimate with all life" Dogen. In this experiential retreat we explore what it means - as women - to pay radical attention to all our relationships: with ourselves, others, the world. We will enquire into the question: what does it take to engage life fully and open-heartedly; to cultivate what C. G. Jung called a "kinship with all life"? We will spend time in silence, walking in nature, meditating, story-telling and reading poetry, alone and in conversation, journaling, dancing and playing, through which we will cultivate an attitude of befriending our experiences - whatever these happen to be. Inspiration and guidance are drawn from Buddhist wisdom and practices, western psychology (particularly Jungian) and images of the archetypal feminine, through which we can empower ourselves to be more present and awake to the beauty and possibilities of each moment.