Each Wednesday from 16th April-7th May 6PM to 7.30PM (ONLINE ONLY)

The course “Embodying warmheartedness and wisdom” focuses on how to bring our inner qualities into the world—and how to enhance them while living in it. It does so by presenting topics such as inner refuge, spirituality, and engaged compassion. It also includes helpful guidelines, such as the “six perfections,” or how to deal with difficulties and use them in our favor. In a way, it is a call for a revolution of compassion. It is complemented by references to current scientific understanding on prosocial skills, life satisfaction, well-being, and happiness.

With Olivia & Louise: Easter Weekend Friday 18th – Monday 21st April (ONSITE ONLY)

This is a chance for your family to spend precious time together while exploring ideas to develop positive thoughts and attitudes both within your family dynamic and beyond.

With Ven Mary Reavey: Friday 2nd – Monday 5th May (HYBRID)

“The medicine of the Buddha Dharma:- a weekend exploring the Buddhas first teaching on the Four Noble Truths. This is the very foundation of all Buddhas teachings. It highlights how to apply Buddhist principles in our day to day lives. His Holiness the Dalia Lama has referred to these teachings as a “ How to live a life of human kindness” template.
Suitable for beginners and for those who wish to refresh/deepen their practice.

With Paula Chichester: Friday 9th- Tuesday 13th May (ONSITE ONLY)

With ritual, meditation and prayer, Tibetan lamas have the ability to alter the weather and harmonise the elements that support life on earth. Maybe we can do this too? We have methods for change that are beyond politics – why not use these too? And heal and empower ourselves whilst we have a good time!

With Ven Mary Reavey: 17th, 18th and 31st May – 10am-12pm and 2pm-4pm each day (ONLINE ONLY)

How do you deal with the inevitability of Death? Many ignore, suppress or develop a flippant unrealistic attitude that pushes awareness of death to some distant event. How we deal with death, is an expression of our wisdom, courage and compassion.

With Charlotte Elliott: Friday 23rd – Monday 26th May (ONSITE ONLY)

This secular retreat offers an opportunity to explore meditation and mindfulness practices in a calm, peaceful and supportive environment. Meditation sessions will be led indoors in our beautiful meditation hall and outdoors, in nature, where we will combine mindfulness practices with walking and gardening activities. We will also be exploring the nature of our mind and the importance of ethics as a basis for meditation. These simple techniques can be applied to all activities in our daily lives, enhancing our ability to relax, de-stress and enjoy.

With Andy Wistreich: Friday 6th – Saturday 14th June (ONSITE ONLY)

This teaching and meditation retreat will centre on an oral commentary on Nāropa’s commentary on the Sekoddeśa, which is itself a commentary on the initiations section of the Kālacakra root tantra. Teaching sessions will be supported by meditations.

According to the eminent Kālacakra scholar Giacomella Orofino, the Sekoddeśa “is one of the most important sources of the Kālacakra tradition and consists of 174 stanzas. According to its literature this is the first text of the Kālacakra to have come down to us and contains the essential nucleus of its doctrines. It is, in fact, considered to be a section of the Paramādibuddha, or the Mūlakālacakratantra, the root tantra in twelve thousand verses, that was lost in Sanskrit and was not translated into Tibetan.”

Through study of this commentary on the Sekoddeśa by Nāropa, we may gain access to the roots of this tantric system. Although the text is structured around the initiations, it presents a basis for understanding the entire Kālacakra basis, path and result. It refers in depth to the great Stainless Light (Vimalaprabhā) commentary by Puṇḍarīka, the Kalkī King of Śambhala. All subsequent commentaries on Kālacakra are based on the Stainless Light.

With Dr Liza Weber: Friday 27th – Sunday 29th June (ONSITE ONLY) (FULLY BOOKED WITH WAITING LIST PLACES AVAILABLE)

Aimed at all levels, this course is meant as an introduction to a series of Tibetan yoga exercises and massage techniques that will guide participants on a journey to deep relaxation. Suitable for beginners and experienced yogis alike, the course upholds Tarthang Tulku’s teachings that there is no one or ‘right’ way to perform the exercises. You do not need to be able to touch your toes, but you do need to be able to touch the feelings and sensations that will arise in your body from this simple, but no less profound, form of yoga.

With Ven Mary Reavey: Friday 11th – Saturday 19th July

Are you curious about Buddhist practice, but don’t know where to begin? Have you attended Buddhist teachings and feel they could be useful for you but don’t know how to meditate on the subjects you’ve studied or how to apply them to your life?

This retreat will answer these questions and more.

With Wendy Ridley: Friday 1st – Sunday 3rd August

Feeling overwhelmed by global crises, work, family, or personal challenges? Seeking practical tools for positive change and emotional resilience? This experiential weekend retreat is designed for you.

We will explore embodied mindfulness and universal ethical values in this Level 1 of the 16 Guidelines for Life Program developed by the Foundation for Developing Compassion and Wisdom (FDCW). The program offers a simple yet profound framework for reflecting on how we think, act, relate to others, and find meaning. Through mindfulness, self-inquiry, and ethical reflection, we will gain tools to foster well-being, purpose, and inner strength.

With François Schick: Friday 8th – Sunday 10th August

Generosity goes far beyond the mere act of giving, it actually refers to the wish to give and the actions motivated by that wish. Taken to be the first perfection, the first to be accomplished, the easier to master, it is central in the Mahayana tradition and a source of deep joy. During this week-end, you will cultivate the strength and the motivation to better integrate this training into your daily lives, including the various forms of generosity.

With Linda Noble: Friday 22nd – Monday 25th August

The ancient practice of Yoga unites body and mind in harmony so humans can fulfil their full potential. This weekend will focus on yoga postures with gentle somatic movements to release deeply trapped stresses and traumas which are stored in the mind and deep tissues

With Ven Amy Miller: Friday 29th August – Wednesday 3rd September

As we emerge from the global Covid experience, the path may seem littered with confusion, violence, and alienation. Rather than grow dismayed by external experiences that show cruelty and heartlessness, how can we use our vulnerability to effectively channel this energy into a more supportive practice?

This beautiful practice explores a path of inner transformation by being present with our pain, fear, and aversion. It incorporates Lam Rim meditation along with the sadhana and mantra recitation of Green Tara. By opening our hearts in kindness to ourselves, the potential exists for our external reality to shift more beneficially as well. Open to all levels.

With Geshe Rinchen: Thursday 11th – Sunday 14th September

This retreat is a collaboration between Jamyang Leeds and Land of Joy, and is led by Jamyang Leeds’ resident teacher Geshe Rinchen.

Aimed at Geshe Rinchen’s students, it is open to all students with a solid grounding in the Lam Rim. It will offer an immersive experience in the Lam Rim, combining meditation, contemplation, and discussion based on Lamrim teachings. It provides a unique opportunity to integrate the knowledge gained throughout the year into a cohesive practice.

With Ven Connie Miller: Wednesday 24th – Sunday 28th September

A gentle course/retreat for beginners, or for long-time practitioners who would like to return to beginner’s mind for a few days, focusing on basic contemplative approaches to living life with kindness, awareness, and joy.

With Ven Mary Reavey: Friday 10th – Saturday 18th October

Shamatha is the development of attention which enables us to focus our attention on an object without agitation or dullness, eventually reaching the clear mind of. Shamata (calm abiding) is the clear mind that provides us with the focus we need to positively transform our minds for ourselves and others.

We all need to start where we are so no matter what our level of meditation might be, you will find benefit from training your attention.

With Ven Thubten Wangchuk: Friday 7th November to Sunday 7th December. Those who complete the retreat will also be invited to join a Yamantaka Solitary Hero self-initiation on the 8th and 9th December. (ONSITE ONLY)

Ven Wangchuk has kindly agreed to return to lead a one month Yamantaka Nearing retreat, his fourth at Land of Joy. Ven Wangchuk has studied with many great masters of this and the previous generation, as well as having studied many commentaries. His teachings on the practice are both clear and reliable. Those who complete the mantra count will have the opportunity to complete the self-initiation on the 8th & 9th December.