Embodying the Awakening Heart

Embodying the Awakening Heart

At the heart of the Buddha's teachings is the real possibility of Awakening: our innate potential to discover inner peace and freedom, and to embody the unobstructed openness that is our deepest truth.

This retreat will explore the art of Insight Meditation as an invitation to be authentic with our experience, to relax into an intimate relationship with the depth of our being, and to cultivate a genuine kind-heartedness towards ourselves, and all of life. In learning to trust our experience in each moment, we can come to abide in the warm, spacious presence of the awakened heart, and see ever more deeply into the mystery and beauty of life.

There will be full instructions, guided meditations, teachings, Loving-kindness practice and regular meetings with the Teachers.


YANAI POSTELNIK has practised and studied Insight Meditation and Buddha-dharma in Asia and the West for over 20 years and has been teaching internationally since 1992. He is much inspired by the Thai forest tradition and regularly leads courses in the natural world. He lives in Devon, England, is a member of the Gaia House Teacher Council, and also serves Gaia House as a Guiding Teacher.

LEELA SARTI has been a student of the Buddha's teachings and practices since she was a teenager. In addition to teaching Insight Meditation retreats she also works as a psychotherapist. She lives with her family in Luxembourg and Sweden. She is a student of the Diamond Approach and has also been inspired by the non-dual teachings of Advaita Vedanta.

Retreat Code = 13156

Friday 30 August 2013 - Saturday 7 September 2013 (8 days)

Standard: £349
Supported: £296
Sponsor: £419

Extra Nights = £37

  • Standard Rate - Please pay this rate if you can
  • Supported Rate - Available if you cannot afford the Standard Rate
  • Sponsor Rate - A benefactor rate, which helps others to come here on the Supported Rate
  • Arriving Early - you can opt to arrive a day early if you have previously stayed on a retreat of 5 nights or more at Gaia House, or at a similar silent retreat elsewhere
  • Staying On - To stay on more than one Extra Retreat Night, please apply as a Personal Retreatant
  • Extra Retreat Nights are subject to the availability of accommodation
  • If you are staying Extra Retreat Nights, you are expected to observe the silence and retreat conditions
  • If you are booking for yourself and someone else - please make a separate booking for each person
  • We can then register each person's details - age, gender, dietary & room preferences etc. - separately


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