Bridging the Gap: Movement, Meditation and Mindfulness for Daily Life
URBAN RETREAT
facilitated by Barbara Collins and Sandra Reeve
26th (eve)– 31st July , 2017
An Tairseach, Dominican Farm & Ecology Centre, Wicklow, Ireland
This 5-day workshop is designed to introduce movement as ‘mindfulness in motion’, as a meditation practice in itself, and to explore the thresholds and transitions between sitting meditation, walking meditation, free-form movement practice and simple everyday activities.
We shall move between indoor and outdoor sessions, between time alone and time together, between nature and town, between periods of silence and quietness, stillness and movement as we explore how to integrate the source of meditation into our daily lives and into the busy stream of activities that fill our days. There will be opportunities to share our process or questions within the group. We begin with a shared evening meal and a short introductory session on the evening of 26th July and finish at 4.30pm on 31st July.
Move into Life is the core movement practice for this retreat. It teaches you the art of being in movement. This is movement pure and simple – NOT a particular way of moving, NOT a particular form or style. It requires no particular experience, skills or physical ability.
Explore the movements you make every day – shrugs and stretches… reaching out, putting down and holding on… twisting and leaning. Choose one, slow it down, find where it starts, follow it to see where it leads. This is the essence of Move into Life. It’s…
Like yoga without any positions
Like dance without any steps
Like walking without a destination
Like meditation without the stillness
Like autobiography without the words...
An Tairseach ( the Irish word for ‘threshold’) is a Dominican Centre for Ecology and Spirituality, 5 minutes walk from Wicklow town.
Accommodation:
Some rooms are self-catering and en-suite. Others are in groups of 3 or 5 en-suite rooms with a shared kitchen and sitting room.
We eat the midday meal together which is cooked for us, using organic produce from the garden.
Breakfast and the evening meal will be self-catering.
The facilities include a large comfortable sitting room, a conference room for movement, an organic farm/garden and access to a wild conservation area on Wicklow Head.
Bookings:
The cost of the workshop is €605 including accommodation and one main meal.
The ‘early-bird’ price is €580 if you book and send your deposit before 1st March.
Directions to An Tairseach
Address, telephone number and full directions can be found on their website.
Further details to prepare for the workshop will follow a month before we meet.
If you have any queries in the meantime, please feel free to contact Barbara or Sandra.
Accommodation:
Some rooms are self-catering and en-suite. Others are in groups of 3 or 5 en-suite rooms with a shared kitchen and sitting room.
We eat the midday meal together which is cooked for us, using organic produce from the garden.
Breakfast and the evening meal will be self-catering.
The facilities include a large comfortable sitting room, a conference room for movement, an organic farm/garden and access to a wild conservation area on Wicklow Head.
Bookings:
The cost of the workshop is €605 including accommodation and one main meal.
The ‘early-bird’ price is €580 if you book and send your deposit before 1st March.
Directions to An Tairseach
Address, telephone number and full directions can be found on their website.
Further details to prepare for the workshop will follow a month before we meet.
If you have any queries in the meantime, please feel free to contact Barbara or Sandra.
Facilitators:
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Barbara Collins, B Soc Sc, Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy, is a certified sensorimotor psychotherapist who works with trauma and developmental issues, using embodiment, movement and mindfulness in an ecological context. She has facilitated Move into Life sessions for 10 years offering indoor and outdoor workshops, including half-days to celebrate the Celtic festivals. She has practised meditation and mindfulness for 10 years.
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Sandra Reeve PhD., DMP is a movement artist and researcher, teacher, author and movement psychotherapist. Move into Life has evolved from her work in physical theatre, her 28 years of studying Amerta Movement with Suprapto Suryodarmo and her lifelong practice within the traditions of Buddhist Mindfulness (Satipatthāna).
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Contact:
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In Ireland:
For further information and bookings, please contact: Barbara Collins: [email protected] or 08637 06824 Please send a €200 deposit (non-refundable unless we can find someone to take your place) to secure your place to: Barbara Collins, 10 Biscayne, Malahide, County Dublin, K36 HP28 Please make cheques payable to Barbara Collins. |
In the UK:
For further information and bookings, please contact Sandra Reeve. To book and pay a £150 deposit in Sterling (non-refundable unless we can find someone to take your place), please click the Buy Now button below and bring the remainder in Sterling to the workshop. (The cost will be the Euro price at the prevailing exchange rate.) |
Your deposit is non-refundable unless we can find someone to take your place.