Earth Care Retreat, Devon, UK
29 August - 5 September, 2010

For five days we will explore reconnecting to ourselves and the earth through working in and with nature. We will work with Trees for Health, a local devon charity, combining work in their tree nursery with time for meditation and reflection.

This retreat will be a time of simplicity in nature where we can discover ourselves in new ways. Many have found being with young trees in the nursery has been a profound experience of giving and receiving. We envision this as a time for giving our energy to help tender new roots grow, and recieving a new deeper connectedness in nature.

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Being peace, Israel and Palestine work retreat
3 - 18 October, 2010

“Be the change you want to see” Gandhi-ji

Israel, Palestine. Violence, hatred and war. Soldiers, terrorists, victims. A seeminglessy endless cycle of news and opinions surrounds the Palestinian-Israeli issue like a thick fog.
What would it be to walk through that fog, and see things for ourselves. To bring love, compassion, and an openness of heart and mind to a place of pain, suffering and confusion. For that which is happening ‘out there’, is mirrored in each of our ‘in heres’, so the pain out there is also our pain.

The Buddha said: “Hatred never ceases by hatred, but by love alone is healed”. Can we be that love?

SanghaSeva invites you to join us in a two week work retreat in Israel and Palestine. Over the fortnight we will be spending time developing relationships in a Palestinian village, and harvesting olives with Palestinian villagers who are otherwise prevented from accessing their olive groves by the Israeli army and settlers.

Our wish is to bring support and understanding to all those living this conflict and its effects. We will be working with both Palestinians and Jews dedicated to a nonvoilent transformation of their lives.

If you are touched by this project but cannot join us, you could also help by sponsoring someone else to go. If you would like to use Paypal please donate here

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If you would like to join the retreat but require financial assistance please contact us
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Anandwan retreat, India.
28 November - 28 December, 2010.

Somnath Silent Meditation Retreat, 28 November - 08 December, 2010
Anandwan Work Retreat, 09 - 28 December, 2010

Over more than fifty years a community of society's outcasts have been drawn together by the loving vision of Anandwan. When we first came upon this Forest of Bliss we saw it as a rare jewel, an embodiment of compassion; a vision of the future. So we want to offer the opportunity for others to experience the wonder, the empowerment, and the beauty of this precious place.

We are very happy to be offering this retreat for the 7th time. 3 weeks of working and living Anandwan; a vibrant and inspiring community of leprosy patients. If you are interested in opening your heart and expanding your mind, please join us.

The work retreat will be preceded by a silent meditation retreat in Anandwan's agricultural lands. You are encouraged to attend this retreat, as we find it adds to the experience of Anandwan, but it is not compulsory.
Also if you wish to only attend the 10 day meditation retreat this is fine, simply check the appropriate box on the registration form.

The work retreat will be facilitated by Zohar Lavie and Nathan Glyde.


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Silent Meditation retreats led by SanghaSeva facilitators

Insight Meditation: Ways of seeing that free the mind and heal the heart. With Caroline Jones and Kirsten Kratz
9 - 16 July, 2010, Finland

On this retreat we will cultivate kindness, calmness and the three skilful perceptions of dukkha (unsatisfactoriness), anicca (impermanence), and anatta (non-self). By reflecting on and repeatedly inquiring into these realities in our moment-to-moment experience, we clear the way for peace, happiness and freedom.

For more information and registration please visit www.nirodha.fi

Dharma Yatra with Christopher Titmuss, Zohar Lavie and others
22 July - 1 August, 2010, France

A Yatra is a spiritual pilgrimage. In this spirit we will be walking through the picturesque region of Limoux, in southern France, camping at a different site each night. We will spend parts of each day in silence, and have time for meditation, discussion groups and teachings. The Yatra is open to everyone and families are warmly welcome.

For more information and registration please see www.dharmayatra.org

Loving Kindness (Metta) Retreat with Robert Burbea and Chris Cullen
6 - 11 August, 2010, UK

Metta (LovingKindness) is a profound and powerful practice and a way of being that heals and opens the heart, allows joy and ultimately frees us through transforming the very way we see the world.

For more information and registration please see www.gaiahouse.co.uk

Loving Kindness One Day Retreat with Kirsten Kratz
26 September, 2010, UK

This retreat will offer the opportunity to explore, practice and develop Metta meditation in order to cultivate love and compassion in our daily lives. This retreat will take place in Red Hill House which lies in the tranquil Cam valley surrounded by meadows and fields. This area of outstanding beauty is just south of Bath and Bristol.

For more information and registration please call Charlotta at Universal Yoga on 01761 470 658 or email info@universalyoga.co.uk

Loving Kindness Weekend Retreat with Yanai Postelnik and Kirsten Kratz
10 - 12 December, 2010, UK

Learning to live with an open heart is the invitation of lovingkindness meditation, known as Metta in the language of the Buddha. Through this practice we can free our hearts from fear and contraction, open to forgiveness, and connect with a natural caring for ourselves and a boundless love for all beings.

For more information and registration please see www.gaiahouse.co.uk

New Year's Retreat with Robert Burbea, Chris Cullen and others,
27 December, 2010 - 2 January, 2011, UK

This week-long retreat is an opportunity to practise for a sustained period over the new year, dedicated to cultivating a heart rooted in calm receptive insight.

For more information and registration please see www.gaiahouse.co.uk

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