It is often our personal struggles that bring us to a retreat setting. But, is Buddhism meant to be a form of psychotherapy? This retreat will explore the potential of traditional Buddhist practices such as Vipassana as a means of better understanding and effectively addressing our personal struggles. We will look at how we can combine ideas from secular Buddhism, existential philosophy and psychotherapy in order to go beyond ourselves and “embrace the totality of experience”. The retreat will include qigong (chi kung), meditation and short periods of silence.

After gaining some insight into the true nature of our problems, we are often left with the sense of “What can I do about it?” Buddhist Psychology encourages that it is through the ability to “be with what is” that true solace lies. As a follow-up from the weekend theory, meditation and discussions, Jason invites you to embark on a more in-depth therapy process of intensive sitting, writing and therapeutic conversations. This will include a move from a foundation of Vipassana practice to an exploration of Korean Zen methods.

(maximum 10 participants)

“ If you bring forth that which is within you, what you bring forth, will save you...."
If you do not bring forth that which is within you.... What you do not bring forth, will destroy you”....

Have you been feeling lost, blocked or stuck?

Transition Online is designed to support you through the effects of the emotional and mental challenges you have experienced during 2020 in a way that resolves even age old trauma and transforms not only your present, but also your future...
'To have what you do not yet have, you have to go where you have not yet been. There is no other way!'
With this in mind, we are thrilled to bring you Transition Online to deeply and profoundly resolve relevant and related issues...

Part 1: Saturday 14, 21, 28 November
(a) Register for Session A: 7-8.30/9am 

OR on the same dates

(b) Register for Session B: 10-11.30/12

Part 2 & 3: Sat & Sun 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20 December

(a) Register for Session A: 7-8.30/9am 

OR on the same dates

(b) Register for Session B: 10-11.30/12

Registrants please note:

To be part of this workshop: 

1. AFTER registration please immediately email Monique at  to confirm your attendance.
2. And she will send you the prep video
3. Also send her your WhatsApp number for important posts that only get posted in the group chat. Send your whatsapp number immediately please, so you can be added to the confirmed list for the group which is opened a few days before the workshop begins.
4. Please be on time for the sessions and turn on video & audio as this is an interactive experience and won't be recorded.
5. Have fun in this deeply transformational experience!

Clear your energy field, mind and emotions & move into 2021 with renewed clarity, purpose & enthusiasm for life.

Please make payments to http://paypal.me/MoniqueSky1

Or EFT to:
Account holder: Monique Beekmann
Institutions name: Nedbank 
Branch code:196005
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Account number: 112 435 3240

Looking at your image in a clear stream,
you answer the question by your very presence

I invite you to a zoom Zen Pen wordshop. Why Zen Pen?

Zen (Chinese chán ‘quietude’) invites us to be present, to live and write simply.
Pen (Latin penna ‘feather’) refers to both practising the art of writing and to the implements we use for writing. It also invites us to play in a safe place - as in playpen.

In this wordshop we explore the connection between writing and meditation. Both these states of grace slow us down so we can live in the moment. They increase our awareness and wake us up. We look with new eyes and hear with new ears. We write and meditate on the many changes and transformations we experience as we journey along the river of our lives. We consider how creativity steadies the boat and how writing helps us dip the oars into dark water so we may navigate the river safely. Read more...

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