Thank you all for attending my groups and retreats this year, and for helping to create such a wonderful Sangha of open-hearted and engaged practitioners! It has been a privilege to be a part of your journeys and I look forward to continuing together next year, on this path of exploration. May we all live more consciously and kindly, expressing ourselves and supporting each other generously, through compassionate action.
In keeping with the law of Impermanence, sadly my wonderful admin assistant, Kelly will be starting to pursue her other career interests more fully early next year and so I will be looking for someone to take over. If you know of anyone (with very good boundaries!) who might be interested in ongoing part-time admin/book-keeping work, please let us know. Kelly will still be around and hopefully will continue to offer massages at some of the residential retreats.
Please find details of my 2017 silent retreats on my website and below, as well as the info alongside on David Loy's Cape Town offerings. If you would like to book for any of the retreats in the meantime, please send me an email viasue.stillmind@gmail.com.
I recommend for the longer retreats, especially Easter and December, that you book as soon as you're able to. Many retreatants have found it helpful to start paying off their retreats in monthly installments from early in the year, which reduces the financial pressure at the time of the retreat
January to May retreat details areonline.
June to December details are below and further details will be added to the site by the end of January:
June 15-18 at Mont Fleur Conference Centre in Stellenbosch
Sept 7-10 at Bodhi Khaya, near Stanford, Western Cape: Spring Retreat - New Beginnings
Sept 22-26 at BRC, Ixopo, KZN: Embracing Life with Courage and Trust. Please book via brcixopo@futurenet.co.za.
Sept 27 - Oct 1 (provisional) at Dharmagiri, KZN, creating an optional 9-day retreat if attending the BRC retreat beforehand.
Oct 20-23 at Temenos, McGregor
Nov 4-5 overnight at Mont Fleur Conference Centre
Dec 15-19 at Bodhi Khaya, near Stanford, Western Cape
All CPD certificates will be sent out before the end of January and if you don't receive yours by then, do please let us know.
If you'd like to join my on-going groups or new courses, please let me know and I will send you the details.
Finally, I have a 'Compassion-Fairy' fund, which subsidizes retreat places for those in need and you're welcome to offer dana towards this at any point in the year if you feel moved to do so.
Wishing you a peaceful festive season and may you end this year embracing yourselves and each other with kind and compassionate awareness.
Kiss The Earth
Walk and touch peace every moment.
Walk and touch happiness every moment.
Each step brings a fresh breeze.
Each step makes a flower bloom.
Kiss the Earth with your feet.
Bring the Earth your love and happiness.
The Earth will be safe
when we feel safe in ourselves.
Thich Nhat Hanh
With loving-kindness,
Sue
There is still space for David Loy'sCape Town events: a dana-based public talk on Friday 13 January and a non-residential retreat from 14-15 January 2017, all at Erin Hall, Rondebosch.
Please use the relevant booking links provided online and confirm witha 50% non-refundable deposit as soon as possible and please send proof of payment to sue.stillmind@gmail.com.
Please note that everyone is welcome and no-one will be turned away on financial grounds, so please offer dana if you're unable to manage the sliding scale suggested.
