The Body Awakens – Spring Retreat

  • What: 4 Day Residential Meditation Retreat
  • When: Thursday October 4 to Sunday October 7
  • Where: Riverslea Retreat, Otaki
  • Who: Erin Taylor
  • Cost: $325 for food and accommodation plus Dana for the teachings. (Unfortunately we're not able to offer scholarships for this retreat but it is possible to make an arrangement to pay off the fee over time)
  • Register: To register contact Erin
During this retreat, held mainly in silence by the beautiful Otaki River, we will reconnect directly with the open and spacious presence of our body. Freed from the demands of daily life, we will have the chance to taste and savour an embodied awareness which is unmediated by our thoughts and preconceptions and which can meet our own suffering and the suffering of others with wisdom and compassion.
There will be guided somatic practices – lying down and sitting – which enable us to relax deeply and feel our connection with the Earth.
Embodied sitting meditations will bring us in touch with the naturally quiet, awake and loving presence of our own being.
Walking meditation outdoors gives us the chance to commune, through our feeling and sensing awareness, with the world around us.
Gentle qigong practices will re-energise and open up the subtle energies of the body and help to quiet the mind.
All of these practices offer us a chance to work with the obstacles and difficulties that arise in a way that is gentle and transformative.
There will be dharma talks and opportunities for sharing/questions and small group and/or one-to one guidance sessions.
Riverslea provide wonderful gourmet vegetarian meals and cater to differing diets ($9 surcharge per day for special dietary requirements).
To register contact Erin – erincarlataylor@gmail.com