Details:
Date: Wednesday 24th – Sunday 28th September
Retreat Leader: Ven Connie Miller
Requirements: Everyone is welcome
Cost: Generosity Model – Donation only (via the donation form at the bottom of the page; no suggested amount).
Format: Onsite Only
Start and Finish times: Starting with supper at 18:00 on the first day and finishing after lunch on the last day. A more detailed schedule will be released closer to the time.
Accommodation: Land of Joy wishes for everyone who visits the centre to feel welcome, accepted, safe and secure. Our accommodation options are very limited, with mostly single-sex shared accommodation with two-four people sharing rooms and only one single room (which is sometimes needed by volunteers). This means single accommodation can only be offered to those who need it the most, but still won’t always be available. Camping can be an option at certain times of year if you have your own tent, but space is very limited. Please read the relevant sections of the booking form carefully.
About the Retreat
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.
Attention and mindful awareness, gratitude and motivation, equanimity and kindness will be themes that we will reflect upon, share about and deepen through practice and mindful conversation.
Previous experience with meditation, while welcome, is not obligatory.
About the Teachers
Constance Miller is the current president of Associazione educazione Etica, Emotiva e Sociale (www.eduEES.org) in Italy, an organization dedicated to bringing SEE Learning (Social, Emotional, Ethical Learning), the innovative program for schools inspired by the Dalai Lama, into Italian classrooms.
An ordained Buddhist nun since 1978, Connie has been a resident teacher at Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa since 2013.
She teaches meditation and contemplative pedagogy and has developed an intensive cognitive and contemplative training course in compassion.
Through researching, developing and teaching innovative learning programs for adults and adolescents, teachers and educators, based on contemplative and interdisciplinary learning methods, Connie has spent her adult life seeking ways to harmoniously bring together theapproaches of East and West in modern education, while encouraging the development of the whole person in all aspects.