Regular Weekly Events
Meditation Classes every Wednesday evening from 8 - 9:30pm at Sunyata. All are welcome. No charge – donations permitted.
Mindfulness Stress Reduction with Bart Gruzalski Ph.D., starts again July 2nd - August 20th, on Thursdays from 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM. This will be the standard eight week MBSR course and includes a day of meditation on May 17th. Price is €175s, concessions available, with special concessions for the unemployed.
Retreat Schedule 2009
Note: This is a working schedule -- we will be adding retreats as information becomes available .
Friday, July 17th-Sunday, July 19th
“The Power and Beauty of Being in the Moment”
Marion and Bart Gruzalski
Take a holiday from the cares and worries of everyday life and join us for a weekend focusing on the power and beauty of being in the moment. During this “holiday of the heart” weekend, we will practice opening up whatever the present moment offers. Whatever we discover—the pleasant, the neutral, the unpleasant—the experience of momentary awareness is powerful, liberating, and lovely. There will be delicious vegetarian meals and the beauties of being on a hill in the Irish countryside with like-minded people practicing together in silence. Advanced as well as beginning meditators welcome. Join us for this "holiday" weekend of inner and outer exploration.
Cost €150 Concessions available
Friday, July 31st - August 3rd
Cultivating Heart
Sister Thitamedha and Sister Upekkha (Senior Nuns: Amaravati/Chithurst)
This four day retreat is a special opportunity to cultivate our natural ability to be fully present, to rest into and enjoy the stillness and silence of the mind and heart, to cultivate and develop our compassionate and loving heart -our inherit (primordial ) human nature—and to meet every moment with kind and accepting Heart. There will be delicious vegetarian meals and the beauties of being on a hill in the Irish countryside with like-minded people practicing together in silence. Advanced as well as beginning meditators welcome.
Cost €200 Concessions available
Friday, August 14th - 16th
Mindfulness and Stress Reduction
Noirin Sheehan
The weekend will introduce the meditation practices and teachings of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) which has been termed 'The art of conscious living'. MBSR provides a very grounded approach to spiritual development as well as promoting physical and mental well being. The weekend is suited to beginners as well as those who wish to refresh their mindfulness practice.
Cost €150 Concessions available
Friday, August 28th - 30th
Weelend Monastic Retreat
Ajahn Karuniko
(Senior Bhikkhu, Chithurst Buddhist Monastery)
Cost €150 Concessions available
September 25th - 27th
Meditation and Mindful Qigong Movement
Max Weir
The ancient art of Qigong is a multifaceted system to build up vitality, to stimulate the internal healing power and to enhance the capacity to be relaxed and fully conscious in the body/mind. During this weekend we will apply slow, mindful movements, and standing and sitting practices drawn from the Qigong traditions of Daoyin and Wudang. Periods of silent meditation will help us to refine the experience of Qi, our life-force, and to ease more deeply into the present moment.
December 28 (approx)– Jan 3 (approx)
New Year Monastic Retreat
Ajahn Vimalo
(Senior Bhikkhu, Amaravati Buddhist Monastery)
with Ven. Vinita
(Bhikkhu, Amaravato Buddhist Monastery)
Cost approx € 400 Concessions Available
