Urban Retreat Days | 9am - 1pm (AEST)
Live Online using Zoom
Price: $44 Standard / $22 Concession
Next Retreat:
Ground and vulnerability
Sunday, 29th May, 2022
Timothea Goddard
In this Urban retreat we will explore the relationship between a sense of ground and our ongoing vulnerability. This is especially relevant as we are called to witness and experience much uncertainty, distress and pain in the world, here, now. In line with Buddhist psychology, David Whyte writes:
“Vulnerability is not a weakness, a passing indisposition, or something we can arrange to do without. Vulnerability is not a choice. Vulnerability is the underlying, ever present and abiding undercurrent of our natural state.”
Through practice and teachings we will explore finding one’s own ground in a way that helps us accept and abide in our vulnerability as things shift and change.
Time:9 am - 1 pm (AEDT) Melbourne, Sydney, Hobart, Brisbane
8:30 am - 12:30 pm (ACST) Adelaide
7 am - 11 am (AWST) Perth
We want to be inclusive, but this day of practice will suit people with some experience and knowledge of mindfulness practice - for example like the learning that happens in an eight-week program. So if you have some experience of practice - do feel free to register (even if you haven't done MBSR, MBCT or MiCBT.) If you haven't done any mindfulness training yet, have a look at the MBSR page to find a course near you. This will be a better fit, than leaping into a retreat day.
Some feedback from our first online retreat:
"A week has gone by since your life-enhancing retreat. I am so impressed that you made it feel like a real retreat, with all the important elements, even the personal conversations. I love all your mindfulness of body practices which combine elements of other fine traditions to create a dynamic experience of moving and stretching, which the body adores. The whole day created a wonderful sense of peacefulness and spaciousness, in the midst of all that is happening globally."
"Gratitude Tim, and everyone, This is lovely. Feels very grounding, and the weirdness is offset by seeing your familiar face and hearing your voice."
"I got so much out of the day. I’m surprised myself. Once I got over the feeling of sadness of missing being in a retreat together with the warmth & connectedness that comes with that, I realised how much is the same - a warm and engaging host, great content, familiar teachings from my previous MBSR courses - there is a warmth and connectedness that comes with those things."
