This is an annual retreat that David facilitates to help support the monastery and all the wonderful work it does all over the world. This 5 day retreat offers the opportunity to explore what being peaceful means to us and what may prevent us from creating more peacefulness in our lives…we will be doing plenty of simple meditations, opportunities to explore creatively and also to take part in some of the activities at Samye Ling, as well as the opportunity…

This 5 day retreat is all about Mindful Compassion as care for ourselves and others, giving people the opportunity to really focus on developing this practice in their lives…we will focus both on the content of our 8 week mindful compassion course but will also incorporate our more recent developments of how to facilitate mindful compassion theory and practices…so it is suitable for anyone who may already practice and for complete beginners too…to develop our compassionate care of self and…