New Year’s Retreat 2013/14

New Year’s Retreat 2013/14

This retreat is an opportunity to practise for a sustained period over the New Year, dedicated to cultivating a heart rooted in calm receptive insight. The retreat follows a similar unfoldment to Insight Meditation retreats at Gaia House, with instructions in Insight and Loving-kindness meditation, daily talks and meetings with teachers. On New Year’s Eve we will offer an early evening period of reflection on the turning of the year.

This retreat is open to people who have attended a least one week’s previous residential Insight Meditation retreat.


CAROLINE JONES has been practising meditation since 1989. She started teaching in 2006, and now teaches at Gaia House and internationally. She has also covered periods at Gaia House as resident teacher and will do so again in 2013.

KIRSTEN KRATZ has practised Buddhist meditation in Asia and the West since 1993. She started teaching in 2006 and since 2008, teaches at Gaia House. One of her particular passions is exploring how wisdom teachings can foster appropriate responses to the challenges of our time; she teaches retreats with Sanghaseva combining Dharma practice and service in the UK and abroad and is also co-initiator of the Dharma Action Network for Climate Engagement (DANCE).

JENNY WILKS has practised meditation for many years and has an MA in Indian Religions. She has taught on retreats and Dharma gatherings since 2005. She works as a clinical psychologist and teaches mindfulness in healthcare settings.

Retreat Code = 13169

Friday 27 December 2013 - Thursday 2 January 2014 (6 days)

Standard: £266
Supported: £226
Sponsor: £319

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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