Summary List of Retreats

"Doing Your Own Thing" Self Retreats are available throughout the year between the Conducted Retreats (and occasionally on weekends).

These retreats are in Noble Silence.

Click on a specific retreat for details, or browse the detailed list of retreats.

Fri 21 Jun - Sun 23 Jun Iyengar Yoga: Nudging the body into shape and health

Sun 23 Jun - Thu 27 Jun Iyengar Yoga: Deepening your practice

Fri 28 Jun - Wed 3 Jul Life Writing: A workshop on memoir

Fri 5 Jul - Sun 7 Jul Change Your Relationship With Persistent Difficulties

Fri 12 Jul - Sun 14 Jul A Retreat On Mindful Communication

Mon 15 Jul - Wed 17 Jul Dharma Circle: Mid-week Meditation - How to remain calm and clear in everything we say and do: the practice of Sati

Fri 19 Jul - Sun 21 Jul “Practising The Pause”: Functional yoga as an antidote for our busy lives

Tue 23 Jul - Thu 25 Jul Reincarnation. What Happens During Death And Dying Beyond? Can this be known?

Fri 26 Jul - Sun 28 Jul Finding And Keeping Your Centre: Taking care of ourselves in order to be of service to others

Fri 2 Aug - Mon 5 Aug "Soul Origami" - Unfolding Me: Listening with your whole being. Speaking from your deepest authenticity

Tue 6 Aug - Fri 9 Aug Working With The Elements: An enquiry into ourselves and the world around us through a deeper understanding of our environment

Fri 9 Aug - Sun 11 Aug Healing Relaxation: Opening and relaxing the heart and mind

Tue 13 Aug - Thu 15 Aug Delicious Wellness: How to make your body your best friend

Fri 16 Aug - Sun 18 Aug A Neurosurgeon Probes Wellness And Performance: Psychoneuroimmunology

Sun 18 Aug - Tue 20 Aug Dharma Circle: Mid-week Meditation: How to remain calm and clear in everything we say and do: the practice of Sati

Fri 23 Aug - Sun 25 Aug Nia Technique: How to love and appreciate your body through music, movement, dance and martial arts

Fri 30 Aug - Sun 1 Sep Authentic Ayurveda and Yoga - Explore alignment of body, mind and soul through mindful cooking and yoga

Fri 6 Sep - Sun 8 Sep Mindful Writing

Sun 8 Sep - Tue 10 Sep Mirror, Lens And Window: The art of journalling

Fri 13 Sep - Sun 15 Sep A Taste Of Mindfulness: On being here - now

Fri 20 Sep - Mon 23 Sep The Karma And Drama Of Relationships: A practical Buddhist approach

Fri 27 Sep - Sun 29 Sep Tibetan Dream Yoga: The practice of lucid dreaming

Fri 4 Oct - Sun 6 Oct Deepening Your Emotional Intelligence Through Mindfulness

Fri 11 Oct - Sun 13 Oct Mindful Body - Embodied Mind: Body Sense Alexander Technique and mindful movement

Sun 13 Oct - Tue 15 Oct Deepening The Practice Of Mindful Body-Embodied Mind: The Alexander Technique Continued

Fri 18 Oct - Sun 20 Oct "You Can't Fill The Hole In Your Heart With Food" ...And Other Things Jan Chozen Bays - "Mindful Eating": The hidden gifts of our compulsions

Sun 20 Oct - Fri 25 Oct Beginner's Mind, Quiet Mind: Meditation instruction and practice for meaningful daily living

Fri 25 Oct - Sun 27 Oct Yoga Mind, Body And Breath: A journey of self-discovery

Fri 1 Nov - Sun 3 Nov If The Buddha Found His Soulmate: Finding a loving relationship on a spiritual path

Mon 4 Nov - Thu 7 Nov A Pilates Retreat: Moving with agility

Fri 8 Nov - Sun 10 Nov Eyes Horizontal, Nose Vertical: A weekend of meditation practice

Sun 10 Nov - Thu 14 Nov Playing A Lute With No String: A meditation practice retreat

Fri 15 Nov - Sun 17 Nov An Introduction To Chi Kung: Boost your health and longevity

Fri 22 Nov - Sun 24 Nov Being Our Own Best Friend In This Crazy World

Fri 29 Nov - Sun 1 Dec Going With The Flow: Integrating yoga into daily life as a mindfulness practice

Fri 6 Dec - Sun 8 Dec Quiet Mountain, Clear Sky: Meditating with calmness and clarity

Fri 13 Dec - Sun 15 Dec Grounded In Space: A weekend of tai chi and chi kung

Tue 17 Dec - Sat 21 Dec Shibuie: When Beauty Happens Accidentally: Seeing with deep-seeing eyes - Sumie and Raku: Japanese brush painting and pottery

Tue 24 Dec - Fri 27 Dec Stalking The Moment: Being At Home 24/7: Christmas at the BRC

Sat 28 Dec - Thu 2 Jan Welcoming The New Year With Compassion And Joy: New Year at the BRC

Fri 3 Jan - Sun 5 Jan Time To Reminisce, Reflect and Refocus: Gently kickstart the new year with an ashram-style retreat offering sunrise chi kung, yoga, walks, chanting, meditation and healing therapies

Mon 6 Jan - Thu 9 Jan Awakening The Writer In You: The art of writing from the heart

Fri 10 Jan - Sun 12 Jan Getting To Know The Birds And Trees At The BRC: 160 Birds of a feather

Fri 17 Jan - Sun 19 Jan Vipassana Meditation: How to realise ever-present mindfulness

Sun 19 Jan - Thu 23 Jan A Vipassana Retreat: The search for truth

Fri 24 Jan - Sun 26 Jan New Year Intentions And Yoga Retreat: Connecting with what brings us joy

Mon 27 Jan - Thu 30 Jan The Way Of Ubuntu: Exploring traditional South African healing

Fri 31 Jan - Sun 2 Feb Out To Lunch Where Green Is The New Colour For The Palate: Going vegan with wholesome food

Fri 7 Feb - Sun 9 Feb Moving Meditation: Cultivating the four energies of tai chi

Wed 12 Feb - Tue 18 Feb Firm Centre, Open Heart

Fri 21 Feb - Sun 23 Feb Reclaim Your Power: A journey to inner balance

Fri 28 Feb - Sun 1 Mar A Neurosurgeon Probes Wellness And Performance: Psychoneuroimmunology

Fri 6 Mar - Sun 8 Mar The Sacred Feminine: Empowering the feminine with yoga, meditation and your astrological moon

Fri 13 Mar - Sun 15 Mar The Healing Art Of Reiki, Yoga And Meditation: Heal the body, relax the mind

Sun 15 Mar - Wed 18 Mar Reiki: Levels 2 and 3

Fri 20 Mar - Sun 22 Mar The Wilderness Within: The subtle activism of engaged Buddhists

Fri 27 Mar - Sun 29 Mar Saying Yes To Life: How we can live wholeheartedly in the midst of a challenging world

Fri 3 Apr - Sun 5 Apr Vinyāsa Yoga And Meditation: Stilling the mind