In 2012, Gaia House are experimenting with holding off-site retreats at Seale-Hayne, a beautiful former agricultural college in extensive grounds, deep in the Devon countryside and only 4 miles from Gaia House.
Our reasons for doing this are many. We wish to create opportunities for more retreats, including ones where learning and insight into the Dharma can be gained in different ways, other than intense meditative practice and pure silence. We hope that this may reach a wider audience, including those put off by the idea of silent retreats, and that it may broaden our offering to those who already thrive on such practice.
| Training the Mind, Freeing the Heart | 12/06/2012 17/06/2012 | Martin Aylward Vinny Ferraro |
12174 | Standard: £350 Supported: £298 Sponsor: £420 |
| Transforming Self, Transforming World | 24/06/2012 28/06/2012 | David Loy | 12175 | Standard: £374 Supported: £318 Sponsor: £449 |
| Insight Dialogue and Sankhara | 14/09/2012 20/09/2012 | Gregory Kramer | 12176 | Standard: £365 Supported: £310 Sponsor: £438 |
Smaller retreats will be conducted in a room within the main, listed Seale-Hayne building, centred around a large quadrangle, while larger ones will be in the old refectory, a sunny and bright building overlooking fields to the south. There is plenty of accommodation, with up to 99 simply furnished single rooms available in a separate block.
More detailed information is here
The site is owned by the Dame Hannah Rogers Trust, a charity providing education, therapy, care and respite for children and young people with profound physical disabilities. More information can be seen at www.hannahssealehayne.com.
A Gaia House @Seale-Hayne retreat will differ in that ours will not be the only activity on the site and the other people there will not be on retreat – also you will not be called upon to do work periods. A representative from Gaia House will be on site for the duration of the retreat and will act as an administrative coordinator, working with both Gaia House and Seale-Hayne to ensure that all runs smoothly.
Please note that the accommodation at Seale-Hayne is not set up for wheelchair access, but there are plans to offer this in future.
To get to Seale-Hayne from Newton Abbot railway station, follow these directions.
