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 13 Dec - Sun 15 Dec Grounded In Space: A weekend of tai chi and qigong (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 - Wed 1 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 Happy Healthy Yoga: Kickstart the new year with yoga for health and harmony

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

Sun 23 Feb - Fri 28 Feb Freedom Through Somatic Practices: A 5-day transformational retreat of somasensing™, intuitive yoga, nature and wholefoods

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 (Level 1), Yoga And Meditation: Heal the body, relax the mind

Sun 15 Mar - Thu 19 Mar Deepening The Healing Art Of Reiki: Reiki: (Levels 2 and 3), yoga and meditation

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: Stilling the mind

Thu 9 Apr - Mon 13 Apr Open The Heart And Still The Mind: Cultivating kindness and compassion

Tue 14 Apr - Fri 17 Apr Dyad Enquiry: Listening with your whole being. Speaking from your deepest authenticity

Fri 17 Apr - Sun 19 Apr Healing Qigong (Chi Kung) - For Health And Vitality: Embodying and radiating the chi

Sun 19 Apr - Tue 21 Apr Dharma Circle - Mid-Week Meditation: How to remain calm and clear in everything we do and say: The practice of Sati

Fri 24 Apr - Mon 27 Apr Seeing The Light: A Photography Workshop: Explore your inner light through your camera

Thu 30 Apr - Sun 3 May Awakening To Flow: Re-aligning and shifting your life

Sun 3 May - Tue 5 May Going Deeper Into Flow: Applied knowledge creates wisdom and flow

Fri 8 May - Sun 10 May Under The Full Moon Of May: Wesak: The BRC - Forty years on

Mon 11 May - Wed 13 May Transforming Fear: How to turn stress and anxiety into well-being

Fri 15 May - Sun 17 May Meditation For Beginners: Learning the basics of meditation practice

Fri 22 May - Sun 24 May Stress: The Disease Of Our Age - The Buddhist Way Out: Finding an effective way of dealing with stress

Fri 29 May - Sun 31 May Yogis Live Longer: Hatha yoga for health and resilience

Fri 5 Jun - Sun 7 Jun An Introduction To Mindfulness Based Living: "Knowing the present"

Mon 8 Jun - Thu 11 Jun Get On The Write Track: Memoir and mindfulness: Your path to freedom, enlightenment and perhaps $$

Fri 12 Jun - Sun 14 Jun The Roots Of Sacred Drumming: Exploring natural rhythms

Fri 19 Jun - Sun 21 Jun Your Precious Life. Discovering Avenues To Meaning And Purpose Based On The Principles Of Logotherapy: How it is possible to live life powerfully despite adversity

Mon 22 Jun - Fri 26 Jun Rejuvenating The BRC: A family retreat with children in mind

Fri 26 Jun - Sun 28 Jun Iyengar Yoga: Nudging the body into shape and health

Sun 28 Jun - Thu 2 Jul Iyengar Yoga: Deepening your practice

Fri 3 Jul - Sun 5 Jul Radiant Grace - A Yogic Journey To Self-Acceptance: Taking kundalini yoga off the mat into your life

Mon 6 Jul - Wed 8 Jul Dharma Circle - Mid-Week Meditation: How to remain calm and clear in everything we say and do: The practice of Sati

Fri 10 Jul - Sun 12 Jul Re-Storying Our Lives With Special Focus On Depression And Anxiety: Exploring a reconnection with well-being

Sun 12 Jul - Tue 14 Jul Music And Mindfulness: Exploring sound and silence

Fri 17 Jul - Sun 19 Jul Finding And Keeping Your Centre: Taking care of ourselves in order to be of service to others

Fri 24 Jul - Sun 26 Jul Exploring The Practices Of Meditation, Prayer, Generous Giving And Fasting As Four Foundations Of Spiritual Life: Focusing on universal spiritual practice

Wed 29 Jul - Sun 2 Aug A Secular Buddhist Retreat: Towards a practice of care

Tue 4 Aug - Thu 6 Aug Delicious Wellness: How to make your body your best friend

Fri 7 Aug - Mon 10 Aug Stoep Zen: When did Buddha come to Africa?

Fri 14 Aug - Sun 16 Aug A Neurosurgeon Probes Wellness And Performance: Psychoneuroimmunology

Mon 17 Aug - Wed 19 Aug Dharma Circle - Mid-Week Meditation: How to remain calm and clear in everything we do and say: The practice of Sati

Fri 21 Aug - Wed 26 Aug Life Writing: A workshop on memoir

Fri 28 Aug - Sun 30 Aug Life Tides And Word Links: A weekend course in poetry

Mon 31 Aug - Thu 3 Sep A Workshop On Astrology: Mapping out your inner blueprint

Fri 4 Sep - Sun 6 Sep SoulCollage® : "Know yourself - and you will conquer the universe..."

Fri 11 Sep - Sun 13 Sep Transformation With The Power Of Awareness: Developing awareness, compassion and insight

Fri 18 Sep - Sun 20 Sep A Taste Of Mindfulness: On being here - now

Fri 25 Sep - Sun 27 Sep Between First In-Breath And Last Out-Breath: The art of story-telling

Sun 27 Sep - Tue 29 Sep The Poet Hiding Inside: How to live and write poetry

Fri 2 Oct - Sun 4 Oct A Taste Of Yoga And Zen: Yoga and Zen meditation practice

Sun 4 Oct - Fri 9 Oct Beginner's Mind, Quiet Mind: Meditation instruction and practice for meaningful daily living

Fri 9 Oct - Sun 11 Oct The Yoga of Self-Love: A spiritual exploration

Fri 16 Oct - Sun 18 Oct At Ease In Mind And Body: An introduction to qigong (chi kung)

Mon 19 Oct - Thu 22 Oct Heartfulness Meditation: A silent meditation retreat

Fri 23 Oct - Sun 25 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

Fri 30 Oct - Sun 1 Nov Deepening Your Emotional Intelligence Through Mindfulness: Gaining insights into your emotional intelligence for resonant relationships

Sun 1 Nov - Tue 3 Nov Cultivating Mindful Leadership For The 21 st Century Through Deepening Your Emotional Intelligence: Leading with compassion, hope and mindfulness in the 21st century

Fri 6 Nov - Sun 8 Nov The Moon At The Window: A silent retreat with Ryokan

Sun 8 Nov - Thu 12 Nov Silent Music: A meditation retreat

Fri 13 Nov - Sun 15 Nov Buddhism, Existential Philosophy And Psychology: Can Buddhism effectively treat the struggles we face in life?

Mon 16 Nov - Wed 18 Nov Fully Human Activism: The way of gentle activists who make a difference

Fri 20 Nov - Sun 22 Nov Zen, Light And Angles: A photographic workshop

Fri 27 Nov - Sun 29 Nov Going With The Flow: Integrating meditation and mindfulness into our daily life

Fri 4 Dec - Sun 6 Dec Grounded In Space: A weekend of tai chi and qigong (chi kung)

Fri 11 Dec - Wed 16 Dec Making The Practice Ordinary And The Ordinary, Practice: A meditation retreat

Fri 18 Dec - Tue 22 Dec Shibuie: When Beauty Happens Accidentally: Seeing with deep-seeing eyes - Sumie and Raku: Japanese brush painting and pottery

Wed 23 Dec - Sat 26 Dec Stalking The Moment: Being at home 24/7: Christmas at the BRC

Wed 30 Dec - Sun 3 Jan Welcoming The New Year With Compassion And Joy: New year at the BRC

Fri 8 Jan - Sun 10 Jan Time To Focus And Tune Into 2021: Gently kickstart the new year with an ashram-style retreat offering qigong (chi kung), hatha yoga, chanting and meditation and healing therapies