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The Buddhist Retreat Centre - Upcoming February Retreats
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Creative Intuition Retreat
 Theresa Hardman /   17 -19 February

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Theresa will re-introduce you to the world of intuition, which was your primal and most natural way of knowing the world as a child.

We will withdraw from the world of busyness and hustle and explore the fleeting and fragile experience of intuition during the creative process which occurs when we surrender and let go of the thinking mind.

The experience of creative intuition is characterised by moments of mysterious potentiality and open-ended suggestiveness which generate new and original thoughts, sounds, images and actions. It is to these original and highly personal points of potential that you, a creative person, will constantly return for inspiration as you attempt to express in the medium of your choice (words, paint, music) your original contribution to the world. . We will start every day with some gentle qigong to bring ourselves into our bodies, and then -  talk, walk,  observe, write, draw,  paint and move…

Theresa Hardman is an artist, designer, dancer and architect who is curious, complex and playful. She runs a small art and design studio with her husband, Mark (also an architect) in Port Elizabeth. Having taught design and drawing at university for twenty-six years, she is passionate about nurturing creativity in all forms and facilitates art classes and retreats for adults, as well as creativity workshops. Her work and her teaching methods have mostly been influenced by Zen and Taoism and their interface with Western philosophy, psychology and creativity. She has immersed herself for decades in research on intuition and creativity, culminating in a PhD entitled “Creative Intuition: Perspectives from Eastern and Western Philosophy”. She is passionate about sharing her findings with others and works in various visual art mediums, preferring the fluidity and spontaneity of ink and other water-based mediums. She loves to dance on paper and through space.

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Upcoming Retreats

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  • Happy Healthy Yoga For Healing And Harmony
    Carol Segal / 3-5 February

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Join Carol for a yoga and meditation weekend where we explore our innate strength and vitality in order to deepen and develop serenity in our minds. 

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  • Shining Bright: Awaken The Authentic Leader Within
    Rajes Govender / 5 February-7 February 

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Are you searching for the path to fulfilment, and the tools you need to live a life aligned to this path? Leadership and performance coach, Rajes Govender, has put together an exciting and transformational retreat to help you Lead from Within and unlock the skills and tools you need to live a more impactful and fulfilled life. She will delve into the science behind what we value most as individuals, explaining how this drives our thoughts, decisions and actions in more ways than we are consciously aware of and ultimately determines our destiny, using the proven Demartini Value Determination & Application Processes™*.

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  • Getting To Know The Birds At The BRC: 160 Birds of a feather
    Steve Davis / 10-12 February

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  • The Practice Of Embodiment Through Therapeutic Yin Yoga, Therapeutic Sound And Mindfulness Meditation
    Despina Forbes/ 19 - 24 February

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Join Despina for 5 days of therapeutic yoga, therapeutic sound and mindfulness practice to cultivate well-being. She will be offering two yoga classes per day which include meditation, breath practice and therapeutic sound - with plenty of time to go at your own pace in between and to opt in or out of the guided practices. A daily morning meditation practice will be offered. You are invited to join this retreat in supportive Noble silence.

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  • Shine your Light : An Integrative Astrology Retreat Combining Astrology, SoulCollage® And Yoga
    Corinna Botoulas and Duncan Rice / 24-26 February

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During this retreat, Corinna will connect you to your inner light and wisdom, discovering the archetype of your Sun - the masculine, yang, extroverted outward-radiating nature of your being, and the Moon - the feminine yin, receptive, internalized, reflective nature, while uncan will balance these two subtle energies with yoga sessions to create equilibrium in body, mind and soul.

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  • Qigong From The Daoist Mountain Wudang: Energy - Vastness - Stillness
    Max Weier / 28 February-2 March 2023

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Join international Qigong Master, Max Weier, for two days of practices designed to cleanse, strengthen and expand the energy body with its subtle channels and centres. From a state of heaviness and contraction, we will move to a state of pure vibration, lightness, spaciousness and stillness. Eventually we will get a glimpse of our true nature.

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For Bookings, send an email to bookings@brcixopo.co.za

Please use this link to view the photos of the various types of accommodation 

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