Correction: BRC Newsflash - August 2022
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The Buddhist Retreat Centre |
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Ixopo, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa |
For people of all religions |
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BRC Newsflash: August 2022 Dear Retreatants, |
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There is a correction to Sue Cooper's COMPASSION RETREAT dates which are 5-9 August only, offered with an adjustable sliding scale for the teacher's fee. Details can be found here https://stillmindretreats.com/event/retreat-embracing-life-with-compassion-and-joy/ and Sue is very willing to offer reductions and a payment plan to those with financial constraints. Sue is also offering 5 people an opportunity to attend this retreat with her teacher's fee offered on a fully dana basis (i.e.instead of the sliding scale you may offer whatever you can manage.) Please email her on to apply and please book and pay for your Accommodation directly with us. This poem, one of many that Sue will share on her retreat, describes the quality of love known as Metta (loving-kindness) which is an expression of self-compassion, and which we will be cultivating during the Compassion Retreat: My Kind of Love You will know her because, like sky what is banged up and blocked and bruised shrinks you with shame or needs you to be anything You’ll know her because, like the sun, no matter You’ll know her because when you can not see, she’ll showing you how those blocks and bruises I am all yours, she’ll remind you. All yours. You’ll know her because she never asks for more Set it down, beloved—rest. And, with her still and steady breath Julia Fehrenbacher
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Now And Zen: Reboot, Recharge And RetreatThere is no better place than the BRC to rejuvenate the body and mind with nature, meditation and movement to guide you into presence and stillness. |
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There are still a few spaces left on the following July retreat:A Winter Yoga And Mindfulness Retreat: A Journey InwardsMagdarie van Staden | Weekend | 22-24 July Winter time is a time for going inward, to consciously slow down and take stock. In nature, winter is the time we focus on preparing the soil before planting in spring. During this retreat, we create and hold space for you to go inward, take rest and reflect and to nurture and nourish - body, mind and soul through pranayama, yoga, mindfulness, meditation, contemplation and journaling. |
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About the BRCPerched on a ridge at the head of a valley in the Umkomaas river system in KwaZulu-Natal, the Buddhist Retreat Centre looks out on a vista of indigenous valleys, forests and rolling hills receding like waves in the blue distance. Here, for forty two years, people of all religions and none have come to experience peace and tranquillity. It is 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. The BRC was voted by CNN as one of the ten best meditation centres in the world. CNN Travel awarded another feather in the BRC’s cap by voting it as one of the ten best spiritual centres in South Africa, recently. The BRC was awarded Natural Heritage status in 1995 under the auspices of the Department of Environmental Affairs and received a certificate to that effect signed by President Nelson Mandela for turning an eroded farm into the natural paradise it has become - thousands of indigenous trees were planted by retreatants under the supervision of Mervyn Croft - with 160 species of birds, including the Blue Swallow, otter, deer, antbear and indigenous forests. The Centre was also given the special status of “Custodian of the Blue Swallow” for its work in preserving the breeding areas of this endangered bird. Recently, Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife granted the BRC “Private Nature Reserve” for the conservation of the rare Blue Swallow and Mistbelt Grassland. The BRC facilitated the founding of Woza Moya, the community-based NGO, located in Ufafa Valley, twenty-two years ago, on the estate. Their vision is for all people in the community to be healthy and.productive, to live in a safe and clean environment, with good access to services and social justice. The Centre continues to support the organisation by showcasing their crafts in the shop and sponsoring their trainers and consultants. We have been very touched by your appreciative letters, emails and friendship towards the BRC - your spiritual home from home. We are deeply grateful for your generous gifts to the Centre this year: new beds and bases, office chairs and a desk, bathroom towels, indigenous trees and seedlings, books for our library, a generator, a garden bench, clothing and Dana for our staff - and so much more.Thank you to all of you who continue to support our work in Ixopo with monthly and Paid Up Yogi contributions and donations, with gifts, or with skills and time. And, of course, everyone who comes to the Centre keeps us open and viable. We are deeply grateful for your generosity towards us; it encourages us to continue Louis’ beautiful vision and legacy for the future. Please continue to support the BRC by becoming a friend of the Buddhist Retreat Centre (a registered non-profit organisation) and find out more about the BRC's Paid-Up-Yogi and Sangha Friends’ projects. Chrisi Visit our website for further information, directions, image gallery etc. |
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