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  • Time To Focus And Tune Into 2025: Gently Kickstart The New Year With Qigong, Meditation And Healing Treatments

    Teacher: Brendon Small, Di Franklin, Sailesh Bhatt and Nolwazi Bandezi
    Cost: 2 days accommodation + R500 surcharge
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    brendon smalldi franklinsailesh bhatt2024nolwazi bandeziIt is difficult to make decisions about important issues in your life when you are immersed in them. You need some distance from them, physically and psychologically to see them clearly for what they are. Only then, can you gain a fresh perspective on them. So, if you feel you need a gentle, uncluttered space to tune into what lies ahead for you in 2025, this largely unstructured weekend will prove useful. Experience sunrise qigong, meditation and hatha yoga with Di, Brendon and Sailesh while Nolwazi Bandezi, a qualified therapist, will be offering healing therapies by appointment. The BRC provides an ideal opportunity to be in a sympathetic space to experience what it is like to "just be"..

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    Brendon Small has been exposed to various traditions and teachers on the Buddhist path over the last two decades and has attended a number of retreats at the BRC. He led the meditation at last year's "Time to Focus" retreat and returns this year. He is a firm believer in the importance of meditation and mindfulness and enjoys sharing his enthusiasm for practice on retreat.

    Dianne Franklin is an Advocate in private practice. She has been studying Buddhism and Qigong for twenty years. She is a student of Max Weier, the Qigong Master from Switzerland. Her teachers include Rob Nairn, Geshe Pende and Ken Holmes.

    Sailesh Bhatt is one of the most favoured yoga teachers at the Niketan Ashram in Rishikesh, India. He specializes in Hatha yoga asanas, pranayamas, mudras, bandhas, meditation and vedic mantra chanting. He began his practice of yoga at a very young age and at the age of 19 he decided to devote his life to the study of Yoga and follow the yogic lifestyle completely. He looked deeper into the study of yogic philosophy, vedantic philosophy, tantric philosophy and many other ancient yogic scriptures under the guidance of various masters. He also completed his graduation in Indian classical music. After having completed his Yoga Alliance Certified Teachers' Training course, he began teaching yoga at an international level, conducting Yoga retreats, workshops and Teachers' Training courses. With more than 12 years of experience in the field of yogic practices and teachings, he has an intuitive vision of the purpose of various yogic practices. His total dedication and enthusiasm is what makes him a radiant and vibrant teacher.

    Nolwazi Bandezi, a therapist and owner of Neno, a 100% women-owned business located in Morningside, Durban, will be offering treatments such as tension relief massage using a combination of different therapies (Swedish, Lomi Lomi, Myofascial, deep tissue therapy, lymphatic drainage massage) and incorporated is Thai stretch therapy, Reflexology and Ayurvedic Head massage.

  • Doing Your Own Thing: A Personal Retreat

    Teacher: Krishia Schilz and Nelson Alvares
    Cost: Number of days' accommodation
    Dates:

    krishia schilznelson alvaresFind meaningful solitude on a Self-Retreat. These Retreats are unstructured: one does as much (or as little) reading, walking, meditation or resting as one chooses. Enjoy walks and bird watching in 300 acres of beautiful rolling hills, parklands, indigenous valleys and forests. Meditate, learn chi kung and yoga, savour our delicious vegetarian food, browse our well-stocked library. Visit the stupa and the raked Zen sand gardens; walk the labyrinth; reflect on the 8 trees associated with the Buddha’s life, enlightenment and death in the beautiful Buddha Boma; spend solitary time in our deer forest, stalk the light, cloud-gaze at the dam and tune into just being in the present moment. Self-Retreats are an ideal opportunity to be in a gentle, sympathetic space where one can be still and get in touch with oneself and reflect on the things that crowd one’s life. Self-Retreats are available on weekdays - between Conducted Retreats - and over structured retreats. Group or Corporate events can be arranged.

    Nelson Alvares is in situ to lead walks and sunrise meditation.

    For those who would like to book for a self retreat midweek, Krishia Schilz, a resident member of staff, is offering daily yoga, pranayama and meditation.

    Krishia Schilz is a qualified Bereavement Counsellor specialising in grief and loss, as well as Trauma Containment. Her spiritual path led her to yoga in which she is certified in various styles. She completed her training in beautiful Bali before travelling to Thailand to teach. Her practice includes yoga, pranayama (breath work), meditation and yoga philosophy.