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“If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people
who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.”  Pema Chodron

CLASSES

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Introduction to Meditation

ONLINE CLASS: A weekly open meditation class on Monday 7pm - 8pm (UK) // 8pm-9pm (CET) led by Jonathan Clifford- exploring breathing meditation. Classes can include Qigong / Tai Chi.  Here there is also space to ask questions. These classes can be used as preparation to join the daily online Anapanasati group sits.

Rows and rows of statues of the Buddha

Breathing Meditation Group

ONLINE SIT: This is a committed group – doing this practice 6 days a week – it’s not really a drop-in class – the space is held for this – for a continuity of practice. If you are coming to this practice for the first time, we invite you to attend the weekly Anapanasati class on Monday evenings instead, as this will focus on starting the practice and provide a space for asking any questions.

We come online at 8.00 am UK // 9am Cet time. Monday to Saturday to practice and explore the meditation of Liberation through Anapanasati – Mindfulness of Breathing (taught by the Buddha and through which he awakened.) Experienced practitioners only enquire here.

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Sangha Meet-ups

ONLINE: Every other Saturday, some of our sangha get together online to discuss dharma and how it plays out in our daily lives. Our current reflections are drawn from Namgyal Rinpoche’s Body, Speech and Mind and recent themes have included the Bodhisattva Vow and how we communicate. The meeting runs from 10am -11.30am (UK time). Everyone is welcome!

ABOUT THIS RETREAT:
Spring is on its way. We invite you to join us for the Holistic Clearing Meditation Retreat
at Maitreya House. A powerful and revitalising tonic in a nourishing environment. 
See yourself anew and refreshed for the year ahead. 

May is such a beautiful time of year at Maitreya House. The Golden Valley on the ancient Welsh borderlands springs into life. The hedgerows and fruit trees will be in full blossom with fledgling birds and the buzzing of bees. Meditation is about changing states: waking up. The Holistic Clearing Meditations were designed by Namgyal Rinpoche specifically with the question - how can we deal with our neuroses?

We start with our strengths - what are we good at? We may not realise our unrecognised capacities until we look.

This practice also works on stage changes: our development - growing up. In other words how do we work with fears and anxieties, trauma, unconscious behaviours, our petty peeves, tantrums or deeply held conditioned views and opinions about ourselves and others?

Dharma teacher Jonathan Clifford will take us step by step through this exceptional work from the Namgyal lineage. This is depth work, what price would you place on these discoveries in therapeutic analysis? In this practice we hold the space for what arises in the unconscious - beyond the thinking mind.

Somatic movement in the form of Qigong will support the integration of body and being. Retreat Meals will be lovingly prepared using organic and locally sourced ingredients.

RETREATS

Holistic Clearing Meditation

LOCATION : Maitreya House - UK // Herefordshire
WHEN : May 7 - 11, 2025
COST : £475 inclusive (accommodation, food and course fee)

Past Retreats