Detailed List of Retreats

Events for the week :

25 May 2020 - 31 May 2020
Monday 25 May	There are no events on this date
Tuesday 26 May	There are no events on this date
Wednesday 27 May	Vipassana Meditation: Introduction and Basic Instructions for Vipassana (online) Teacher: Jonathan Preboy and Anna Scharfenberg Cost: Donation to support the BRC during the COVID-19 lockdown Dates: Vipassana (Insight) meditation is based on mindfulness, which is always available, everywhere, without limit or cost. The challenge is how to realise it. The answer was provided by the Buddha. He taught ways to cultivate mindfulness that lead to insight and awakening. Experienced students of Vipassana can contact us for meditation support (Whats App 00420722008067). We will offer Zoom talks on daily practice later. View teacher details Hide teacher details Jonathan Preboy and Anna Scharfenberg trained in Vipassana meditation under the great Thai Vipassana master Ajahn Tong Sirimangalo. Jonathan worked as a clinical psychologist in private practice in Durban and Anna holds a Master of Arts in Buddhist Studies. They have taught meditation together at Wat Chom Tong Meditation Centre in Thailand, Mexico, Italy, Spain and South Africa (the BRC, Dharmagiri and Emoyeni) and currently manage and teach at the Tisarana Vipassananusorn Meditation Centre in Prague. 27 May \| 90 mins \| 7:00-8:30 p.m \| Register or 31 May \| 90 mins \| 2:00-3:30 p.m \| Register
Thursday 28 May	Vipassana Meditation: Introduction and Basic Instructions for Vipassana (online) Teacher: Jonathan Preboy and Anna Scharfenberg Cost: Donation to support the BRC during the COVID-19 lockdown Dates: Vipassana (Insight) meditation is based on mindfulness, which is always available, everywhere, without limit or cost. The challenge is how to realise it. The answer was provided by the Buddha. He taught ways to cultivate mindfulness that lead to insight and awakening. Experienced students of Vipassana can contact us for meditation support (Whats App 00420722008067). We will offer Zoom talks on daily practice later. View teacher details Hide teacher details Jonathan Preboy and Anna Scharfenberg trained in Vipassana meditation under the great Thai Vipassana master Ajahn Tong Sirimangalo. Jonathan worked as a clinical psychologist in private practice in Durban and Anna holds a Master of Arts in Buddhist Studies. They have taught meditation together at Wat Chom Tong Meditation Centre in Thailand, Mexico, Italy, Spain and South Africa (the BRC, Dharmagiri and Emoyeni) and currently manage and teach at the Tisarana Vipassananusorn Meditation Centre in Prague. 27 May \| 90 mins \| 7:00-8:30 p.m \| Register or 31 May \| 90 mins \| 2:00-3:30 p.m \| Register
Friday 29 May	Vipassana Meditation: Introduction and Basic Instructions for Vipassana (online) Teacher: Jonathan Preboy and Anna Scharfenberg Cost: Donation to support the BRC during the COVID-19 lockdown Dates: Vipassana (Insight) meditation is based on mindfulness, which is always available, everywhere, without limit or cost. The challenge is how to realise it. The answer was provided by the Buddha. He taught ways to cultivate mindfulness that lead to insight and awakening. Experienced students of Vipassana can contact us for meditation support (Whats App 00420722008067). We will offer Zoom talks on daily practice later. View teacher details Hide teacher details Jonathan Preboy and Anna Scharfenberg trained in Vipassana meditation under the great Thai Vipassana master Ajahn Tong Sirimangalo. Jonathan worked as a clinical psychologist in private practice in Durban and Anna holds a Master of Arts in Buddhist Studies. They have taught meditation together at Wat Chom Tong Meditation Centre in Thailand, Mexico, Italy, Spain and South Africa (the BRC, Dharmagiri and Emoyeni) and currently manage and teach at the Tisarana Vipassananusorn Meditation Centre in Prague. 27 May \| 90 mins \| 7:00-8:30 p.m \| Register or 31 May \| 90 mins \| 2:00-3:30 p.m \| Register
Saturday 30 May	Vipassana Meditation: Introduction and Basic Instructions for Vipassana (online) Teacher: Jonathan Preboy and Anna Scharfenberg Cost: Donation to support the BRC during the COVID-19 lockdown Dates: Vipassana (Insight) meditation is based on mindfulness, which is always available, everywhere, without limit or cost. The challenge is how to realise it. The answer was provided by the Buddha. He taught ways to cultivate mindfulness that lead to insight and awakening. Experienced students of Vipassana can contact us for meditation support (Whats App 00420722008067). We will offer Zoom talks on daily practice later. View teacher details Hide teacher details Jonathan Preboy and Anna Scharfenberg trained in Vipassana meditation under the great Thai Vipassana master Ajahn Tong Sirimangalo. Jonathan worked as a clinical psychologist in private practice in Durban and Anna holds a Master of Arts in Buddhist Studies. They have taught meditation together at Wat Chom Tong Meditation Centre in Thailand, Mexico, Italy, Spain and South Africa (the BRC, Dharmagiri and Emoyeni) and currently manage and teach at the Tisarana Vipassananusorn Meditation Centre in Prague. 27 May \| 90 mins \| 7:00-8:30 p.m \| Register or 31 May \| 90 mins \| 2:00-3:30 p.m \| Register Vinyasa Yoga: Stilling The Mind (online) Teacher: Hannelize Robinson Cost: Donation to support BRC during the COVID-19 lockdown Dates: 09:00am - 10:30am Your body exists in the past and your mind exists in the future. In yoga they come together in the present ~ BKS Iyengar. A gentle 90 min Yoga class with the emphasis on creating stability and calmness in both body and mind. Standing poses and floor-work, coupled with a focus on conscious and extended exhalations will guide awareness inwards to that space of stillness that exists beyond the thinking mind. The class will include pranayama and will culminate in a seated meditation. Open to all levels. Time: 9:00 - 10:30 am Register View teacher details Hide teacher details Hannelize Robinson iis a Vinyāsa yoga teacher and Event Producer based in Johannesburg and is a dedicated student of Yoga Philosophy and Buddhism and founder of Conscious-Collab. Her personal journey of discovery has led her towards conscious and mindful living with yoga and meditation which have become an integral part of her life. Her intention is to inspire and assist her students on their own journey of growth and transformation by teaching a mindful asana practice which integrates the other seven limbs of Pantanjali’s eight-limb path. How to Get Writing (online) Teacher: Elana Bregin Cost: Donation to support BRC during the COVID-19 lockdown Dates: 11:00am - 12:00pm I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free - Michaelangelo Like all good voyages, the writing journey is not about arriving, but the pleasure of exploring. In this one-hour webinar, we focus the zoom lens on getting ourselves into the Write zone. We put out the welcome mat, shake loose some ideas, and get over our fear of flying - to set our stories free. Bring pen and notebook. Coffee/tea mugs welcome. Time: 11:00-12:00pm Register View teacher details Hide teacher details Elana Bregin is a seasoned author, editor and creative-workshop facilitator whose creative output includes both fiction and non-fiction novels, short stories, radio drama and more. She has been dancing with words since she first learnt how to write. In her 11 years of working as a publishing-house editor she accompanied many authors, both novice and experienced, on her own journey to published success and gained valuable coaching expertise. Her writing journey through the years has given her insight into the intimate processes of story-writing and its ability to reconnect us with both our personal meaning and the wider currents of life in which we are embedded. She has been a BRC attendee for many years and has been privileged to be part of a number of enlightening and enriching retreats.
Sunday 31 May	Vipassana Meditation: Introduction and Basic Instructions for Vipassana (online) Teacher: Jonathan Preboy and Anna Scharfenberg Cost: Donation to support the BRC during the COVID-19 lockdown Dates: Vipassana (Insight) meditation is based on mindfulness, which is always available, everywhere, without limit or cost. The challenge is how to realise it. The answer was provided by the Buddha. He taught ways to cultivate mindfulness that lead to insight and awakening. Experienced students of Vipassana can contact us for meditation support (Whats App 00420722008067). We will offer Zoom talks on daily practice later. View teacher details Hide teacher details Jonathan Preboy and Anna Scharfenberg trained in Vipassana meditation under the great Thai Vipassana master Ajahn Tong Sirimangalo. Jonathan worked as a clinical psychologist in private practice in Durban and Anna holds a Master of Arts in Buddhist Studies. They have taught meditation together at Wat Chom Tong Meditation Centre in Thailand, Mexico, Italy, Spain and South Africa (the BRC, Dharmagiri and Emoyeni) and currently manage and teach at the Tisarana Vipassananusorn Meditation Centre in Prague. 27 May \| 90 mins \| 7:00-8:30 p.m \| Register or 31 May \| 90 mins \| 2:00-3:30 p.m \| Register Tapping Into Your Buddha Nature To Manifest Your Goals And Desires (online) Teacher: Tronél Hellberg Cost: R100 Dates: 09:00am - 09:40am We are powerful beings! We know this… and we don’t... We know it when life is calm and effortless, but when we are in the midst of a dark storm like the one right now, it is easy to be overwhelmed by the raising level of uncertainty – losing sight of possibilities and hope. It is in times like these that we need to remember who we are and access our unlimited Source of power, inspiration and creation – our Buddha nature! Time: 9:00 - 9:40am Register View teacher details Hide teacher details Tronel Hellberg is a Master Transformation Life Coach, author and speaker. She specialises in empowering people through inner transformation with mindfulness as cornerstone. She is passionate about helping people become the best version of themselves.