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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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A Personal Retreat : Rest, Reflect, and Restore – 15% discount mid-week
Teacher: Robyn Aitken, Keelan Naidoo, Dirk LamprechtCost: Number of days accommodationDates: 08:00am - 05:00pm
Join us for a personal retreat mid-week and some optional gentle yoga and meditation. 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.View teacher detailsRobyn Aitkin is a level-3 (300-hour) instructor with a Yoga Alliance International (YAI) certification in Transformational Hatha Yoga, which is a powerful system of yogic techniques (poses, breathing, meditation) that helps keep us naturally happy and healthy, physically and mentally strong and emotionally stable. She is also a Mindful Coach, Sound Bath Guide, WFPB (whole food plant-based) Nutrition Coach. Robyn is resolute in living a life in line with Ahimsa (non-violence) and with kindness towards all sentient beings.Keelan Naidoo did his 200-hour Sivananda yoga teacher training certificate in Kerala, India. He offers a gentle yoga class that is accessible to all, including beginners. He also offers guided meditation sessions ideal for those who are new to meditation and mindfulness practice focusing on the present moment experience, on gratitude and acceptance. Keelan’s calm presence is best for those who are looking to relax, connect and ground themselves.
Dirk Lamprecht guides retreatants in meditation and mindfulness practice by utilising the Himalayan singing bowl with its sound vibrations to align energy centres and to restore mind and body harmony. Dirk’s personal philosophy embraces the core Buddhist practice of Metta (Loving-Kindness): May all beings be healthy, may all beings be happy, may all beings be free from suffering, may all beings be free from the causes of suffering.