Don’t we often seek an anchor within ourselves? - An anchor that can take us through each moment of life in wakeful awareness, leading to lasting peace? Isn’t there the wish to fully unravel the qualities of love, compassion and wisdom that are naturally present in our hearts and minds? How can we learn to relax into life – a process in constant flux – so that we are able to face challenges with greater equanimity and ease? How can we deepen our wisdom and skilful means so that the dust of our false dualistic perceptions falls away?

To arrive into our natural state of being is to harmonise our bodies, hearts and minds with the reality as it is, celebrating the radical interdependence of all phenomena – this is the most precious journey one can undertake on which ample support is needed. This experiential retreat will primarily draw on the wisdom traditions of Buddhism and Bhakti music, and is precisely meant to give us that added wind under our wings. We will meditate on the spontaneous songs of enlightenment of saint-poets, and cultivate a deeper awareness practice through various creative means such as singing, chanting, drawing, painting, reading, writing, movement, working with the earth, dancing, playing, as well as doing nothing. By anchoring our awareness in the felt-sense of the body, we will learn to ‘be with’ whatever it is that is present. The invitation is to stay curious and tap into our authentic self, allowing gentle and loving spaciousness around those knots that otherwise block and freeze our energies from being in-the-flow.