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Start Your Meditation Journey With Awareness Practices And Qigong
Teacher: Alex Welte and Di FranklinCost: 2 days accommodation + R350 surchargeDates:
Our minds are like the sky: ever shifting from glorious blue to threatening grey; from offering gentle breezes to lashing us with storms. But whatever the conditions that we see, the sky itself is always the same. The sky has all the capacity to accommodate the changing weather – even the changing climate. Just so, our minds have all the capacity to experience, to do, and to be, all that is happening inside and around us. Meditation works with the fundamental aspect of our minds – that we are aware. We know things. We are not automatons, clever gadgets, or algorithms. Using various supports - like sensations in our bodies, our breath, what we hear and see - we can get to know and nurture the awareness that holds everything we experience. Our basic condition - despite all the distractions of overwhelm, pursuing this, avoiding that - is openness, kindness, and Wisdom.View teacher detailsAlex Welte is a physicist by training, and by trade an applied mathematician/statistician/data-scientist jack of all trades. He is a firm believer that our individual and collective mental and physical health, indeed our survival, depend not so much on cleverness and technological innovation as on our views and values, where we place our attention, and our conduct in daily life. For most of his adult life he has practised meditation according to teachings from various Buddhist traditions; notably, for the last 15 years, the teachings of well-known Tibetan Meditation Master Mingyur Rinpoche. Alex’s journey with meditation is mainly driven by the twin motivations of coping with anxiety and doubt, and pursuing a childlike curiosity around what life, the universe, and everything, is all about.Dianne Franklin is an Advocate in private practice. She has been studying Buddhism and qigong for more than twenty years. She is a student of Max Weier, the Qigong Master from Switzerland. Her teachers include Rob Nairn, Geshe Pende and Ken Holmes.
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Qigong - Gently Nurturing Life
Teacher: Di FranklinCost: 2 days accommodation + R300 surchargeDates:The gentle movements that you will learn to do on this relaxed mid-week course will help to build your immune system and improve your general well-being. The mindful way in which you move will work on your internal organs as you generate energy 'qi'. You will also have time to roam the beautiful grounds of the BRC as you take time out to relax and recharge.View teacher detailsDianne Franklin is an Advocate in private practice. She has been studying Buddhism and qigong for more than twenty years. She is a student of Max Weier, the Qigong Master from Switzerland. Her teachers include Rob Nairn, Geshe Pende and Ken Holmes.
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A Personal Retreat : Rest, Reflect, and Restore – 10% discount mid-week
Cost: Number of days accommodationDates: 08:00am - 05:00pm
Join us for a personal retreat mid-week and some gentle yoga. Enjoy the tranquillity of the space and embrace the art of doing nothing – seriously. This time out offers a slower rhythm, allowing you to step back from the busyness of life and find peace within.