Retreats

Family Retreat

For families of the Triratna Sangha

The theme for this years family retreat is 'Everyday Mindfulness'. We will focus on how to live less on automatic pilot and live a life with full attention.

Mindfulness is about living fully and vividly, with less rumination and distraction. Explore how to develop mindfulness amidst the bustle of daily life. Share tools and tips around how to apply day-to-day mindfulness to help us notice, slow down, savour spaces, de-frazzle and be with the ups and downs of family life.

We’ll draw on Maitreyabandhu’s Life with Full Attention and Paramananda’s book The Body but you don’t need to have copies of these. The focus will be on trying out mindfulness exercises, discussion and reflection spaces.

On our Family Retreats there are usually opportunities for everyone to work and cook together; a mixture of discussion groups for adults; adult led meditations and supervised kids activities. Children and teenagers can experience 3-Fold Pujas and learn meditation if they wish. There will be free time each day to explore a beautiful natural environment or time to read, play and relax...

Accommodation is in bunks and single beds, usually a room per family. We have limited rooms, so first in first serve. We aspire to providing healthy vegetarian food/drinks/snacks while on retreat. A meal & cooking roster will be sent out prior to the retreat so everyone will know what food to purchase and what/when they will cook.

These retreats have become an annual favourite for many families within our Sangha and priority will be given to those regularly attending the Auckland Buddhist Centre.

This retreat is organized collectively by the families involved.

Led by Rohan Bush, Justine Farrington and other Triratna mitras.

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