Rob's Retreats
Christmas Retreat: Stabilising the Mind – Mindfulness, Compassion and Insight Training.
Dates: Friday 13th December 2013 – Sunday 5th January 2014
Location: Tara Rokpa Centre, South Africa
Tutors: Rob Nairn, Heather Regan-Addis and Charlie Morley
The unstable mind is overwhelmed by its own reactivity, driven by preference. Mindfulness training alone is unlikely to free us from this state.
We also need the broad acceptance of compassion and the precision of insight.
The retreat will focus on sustained practice, compassionate enquiry and clear-seeing investigation as means to stabilise the mind. There will also be a
review of basic training in the mindfulness of waking life, dream and sleep. The sustained practice will provide instruction on how to bring mindful awareness
to all these stages of our lives.
This retreat is modular with the following options:
- A 3-week retreat from 13th December to 5th January, progressing from mindfulness to compassion and then to insight training, including the mindfulness of
dream and sleep.
- A 10-day retreat focused on mindfulness practice in daily life, dream and sleep from 13th to 23rd December.
- A 10-day retreat focused on insight practice from 27th December to 5th Jan.
- A flexible option to retreat over the Christmas period with teaching sessions focused on compassion practice, for any period between 23rd and 27th December,
including optional all night practices.
Group transport will be probably be provided on 13th December and 5th January. It may also be available at the beginning and end of the 10-day options,
depending on demand. Participants attending over the shorter Christmas period will need to make their own arrangements to travel to the centre.
The retreat starts at 6pm on the first day, and ends at lunchtime on the last.
A 50% non-refundable deposit will secure your place. See TRC Payment Options on the website to find out the easiest way for you to pay.
Please book early as this will be Rob’s first retreat after his year-long sabbatical, and it is expected to be fully-booked.
For further information and to book please visit www.tararokpacentre.co.za
Please see TRC Payment Options on the website to find out the easiest way for you to pay.
| 3-week Retreat | |
| Twin or double room per person | 9,660 R |
| Single room | 12,558 R |
| Camping with own tent & bedding | 6,762 R |
| Camping with TRC tent - single | 9,660 R |
| Dormitory | 7,728 R |
| * Single occupancy of a twin room | 14,490 R |
| 10-day Retreat | |
| Twin or double room per person | 4,200 R |
| Single room | 5,460 R |
| Camping with own tent & bedding | 2,940 R |
| Camping with TRC tent - single | 4,200 R |
| Dormitory | 3,360 R |
| * Single occupancy of a twin room | 6,300 R |
* Single occupancy of a twin room will only be possible if the retreat is not full as TRC’s primary wish is for as many people as possible to benefit
from these retreats.
Dana (a donation) will be accepted by the retreat leaders in appreciation of their teachings.
For your information please see Heathers flight details below if you wish to travel with her. Please arrive at Johannesburg Airport by 11.00am at the latest
on the 13th December 2013 to catch the shuttle bus to the Tara Rokpa Centre. The Tara Rokpa Centre will contact you nearer the time in regards to where to meet.
| 12 December 2013 | | |
| Flight | Airline: | Lufthansa |
| Flight Number: | LH 947 |
| Departs: | Manchester (MAN), Terminal 1 - 12 Dec 2013 17: 45 |
| Arrives: | Frankfurt (FRA), Terminal 1 - 12 Dec 2013 20: 30 |
| 12 December 2013 | | |
| Flight | Airline: | Lufthansa |
| Flight Number: | LH 572 |
| Departs: | Frankfurt (FRA), Terminal 1 - 12 Dec 2013 22: 15 |
| Arrives: | Johannesburg (JNB), Terminal A - 13 Dec 2013 10: 05 |
| 12 January 2014 | | |
| Flight | Airline: | Lufthansa |
| Flight Number: | LH 573 |
| Departs: | Johannesburg (JNB), Terminal A - 12 Jan 2014 19: 30 |
| Arrives: | Frankfurt (FRA), Terminal 1 - 13 Jan 2014 05: 20 |
| 13 January 2014 | | |
| Flight | Airline: | Lufthansa |
| Flight Number: | LH 940 |
| Departs: | Frankfurt (FRA), Terminal 1 - 13 Jan 2014 08: 10 |
| Arrives: | Manchester (MAN), Terminal 1 - 13 Jan 2014 08: 55 |
About Rob Nairn
Rob is a world respected mindfulness meditation instructor and pioneer in presenting Buddhism in Europe and Africa.
In 1980, Rob Nairn resigned as professor of criminology at the University of Cape Town to commit full-time to his spiritual path. His training in psychology
and Buddhism – including a four-year isolation retreat at Samye Ling Tibetan Centre in Scotland – enables him to translate ancient Eastern wisdom into concepts
we can understand and apply.
As the representative in Africa for The Venerable Dr Akong Rinpoche, Rob has responsibility for eleven Buddhist centres in four African countries. His main
base in Africa is the Tara Rokpa Centre in the Groot Marico District.
His objective is to teach meditation and Tibetan Buddhism to all interested, as well as at graduate and undergraduate level in the United Kingdom, Ireland,
Africa and the United States through universities and Dharma Centres.
His unique mix of training and experience in law and psychology as well as having been instructed by eminent meditation teachers enables him to explain
traditional Buddhist concepts from a Western psychological perspective.
There is also a video on YouTube of a Tara Rokpa Retreat from 2008 if you would like to view it please click below: