Wangapeka Program

Wangapeka Program 2010
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Wangapeka Program 2010
*March - May 2010*
David Wakeling Retreat
Mark Webber Retreat
June - August 2010*
Leander Kane Retreat
Tarchin Hearn Retreat
WET AGM 2010
*September - October 2010*
Bonni Ross Retreat
Annual Labour Weekend Hui

Program updated 12 March 2010

A summary of this Wangapeka Program is now downloadable here, or click here for the printfriendly version of this entire page

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To keep in contact with a particular retreat please contact the Wangapeka:
ph 03 522-4221
email retreatcentre@wangapeka.org
or join the mailing list here.

Please note all dates and times are subject to change and all bookings require a deposit and enrolment with the Centre. Important: A place on any retreat cannot be guaranteed until a deposit and registration form are received at the Centre.

A general registration form is available here for all retreats other than those giving specific contacts.
For details and registration, please contact:
the Wangapeka Caretaker:
phone 03 522 4221
email retreatcentre@wangapeka.org

Costs for retreatants:
Groups hiring the Centre:
Charges for retreats run by groups hiring the Wangapeka are by arrangement with the group.

Retreats run by the Wangapeka:
Charges for accommodation and food for Wangapeka-run retreats can be found on our Costs page, and some retreats may also collect money for travel and/ or a cook. All costs are provisional and subject to change.

On Wangapeka-run retreats some support for those in financial hardship is available from our Sangha Support Fund and our Scholarship Fund (follow the links to more detail about these funds).

It has been suggested that although, for some people, the charges are as much or more than they can afford, for others the charges are quite minimal and they could actually afford more. If you are in this financially comfortable position, please consider contributing more to the Sangha Support or Scholarship Fund so that the teachings are accessible to everyone.

Please note that these retreat costs do not include Dana for the teacher.

Dana: The Wangapeka teachers live by Dana (koha/generosity) – a manifestation of your own expression of appreciation and generosity for all you receive.  Please give as generously as you are able and help to support this teaching.

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Wangapeka Program

2010

March 12 - 15
Insight/Vipassana Meditation 3 day Retreat with David Wakeling
7pm Friday March 12 – 4pm Monday March 15, with a weekend option.
A flier for this retreat is available here.

This gentle retreat will encourage mindful self-awareness of breath, body, feelings and thoughts while sitting, walking, lying down & stretching. Suitable for both beginners and experienced meditators.

Payment for teaching: by koha.
Accommodation and food costs: $45 per night/day. Deposit $50
Arrive: Friday for soup at 5.30 pm
Bring: Loose and outdoor clothing, slippers, torch, umbrella.

For further information and to register please contact: Brigid 03 5482877 penwoman@tasman.net

David Wakeling has lived as a Buddhist Monk for 18 years, exploring and teaching approaches to mindfulness, awareness and meditation. He now practices Shiatsu healing bodywork at “The Villa” in Nelson and teaches Meditation, Yoga and Stress Reduction for both the Cancer Society and privately.

His primary focus is on the “Insight/Vipassana” Method.

David is intending to conduct further weekend retreats at Wangapeka on a regular basis. His retreats are suitable for beginners as well as for experienced meditators.


March 20 - May 1
Neuroplasticty and the Illusory Nature of all Phenomena with Lama Mark Webber
A sustained 6 week deep retreat with shorter options.
Download this retreat description here.

Summary of Retreat Program
First Term
20 March - arrive and settle in.

21 March to 3 April
Neuroplasticty and Meditation: breathing through the clouds obscuring Innate Awareness.
Topics: Crafting a retreat: the art of enquiry and interest. Mental-body maps and the science of meditation. Energy Yoga through movement-awareness. Settling the body-mind. Empowerment, teaching and practice - to be advised.

3 April
Those due to depart should clean and vacate their rooms as early as practicable to make them available for those arriving.

Second Term
3 April to 1 May
Mahamaya Empowerment and practice, combined with teachings on the illusory nature of all phenomena.
Topics: The practice and instructions of the Mahamaya Yoga;
Energy Yoga instructions and group practice through movement-awareness sessions, guided meditations;
Teachings on the illusory nature of all phenomena, neural maps and cognition, emptiness and compassion;
Exploring the nature of experience through penetrative insight;
The bliss-awareness of simply being.

A period of personal retreat guidance will be included in the last week, deepening the retreat.
The retreat will conclude with an Empowerment (to be announced), teachings and end of retreat feast offering.

You are invited to make application for a period of retreat commencing on either the 20th of March or the 3rd of April. Please also state the date on which you would propose to leave. All applicants will be advised and from successful applicants a deposit will be requested. As a general rule priority will be accorded to the proposed term of the retreat. "The longer the retreat, the higher the priority".

For those who have not been on retreat before or have had little silent retreat experience the starting date of the 20th of March is recommended.

Cost (not including dana)
Option 1. 20 March to 1 May 2010. (42 days) Accommodation and Food - $2,150.00 for a sole occupancy room.

Option 2. 20 March to 3 April 2010. (14 days) Accommodation and Food - $830.00 for a sole occupancy room.

Option 3. 3 April to 1 May 2010. (28 days) Accommodation and Food - $1,550.00 for a sole occupancy room.

Note: Retreatants who have been members of Wangapeka for at least 12 months are entitled to a discount of $6.00 per day on the above costs to a maximum of $180.00. If you qualify please draw this to our attention.

Assignment of cabins/rooms will be undertaken in consultation with Lama Mark - order of registration will be a consideration but not the only consideration.

To register you should confirm your registration to qtndharmahouse@yahoo.com as soon as possible. There will then be a 25% deposit payable. Bank account details will be provided. (The balance will be payable in two equal instalments on 1 February and 1 March.)

This will be an outstanding retreat led by an outstanding teacher.  For information regarding Lama Mark see www.markwebber.org/

Please register with
Alan: Ph: +64 (3) 442 5761
Email: qtndharmahouse@yahoo.com

For Lama Mark's 2010 schedule in NZ see here. and download a description of the Wangapeka retreat here.

May 28 - June 3
This Wonderful Mystery called Body with Leander Kane
A registration form is available here
More details to come

For more information and to register please contact the Wangapeka:
ph 03 522-4221
email retreatcentre@wangapeka.org

June 4 - August 1
Mind of Nature, Nature of Mind
Experimental Insight Meditation: a merging of Buddhist meditation practice with Art and Science with Tarchin Hearn

Life is a continuous flow of experimentation and improvisation.
So too is Living Dharma.
Looking together,
exploring together,
investigating the world both within us and around us;
studying in a deep, contemplative and insightful way
the many taken-for-granted and often overlooked, elements of daily living:
body, mind, progress, evolution, life processes, emotion,
thinking, biological imperatives and social creativities and ethical responsibility. 
Mind arising from nature.
Nature arising as minding.
Blending meditation, intellect, feeling and sensing,
within the participants
and with the larger community of our extended ecosystem.

This living dharma program will merge focussed inner contemplation with theoretical and experimental explorations of the deep ecology of body, speech and mind; self and other; inner and outer.  Investigations will be carried out both individually and together as a group.  Blending Buddhist contemplative practice with science and art, this will be a mainly silent retreat, augmented with body awareness work, scientific studies, drawing and possibly painting, and various group explorations. 

Participants will need to have some maturity in their meditation practice.  Specifically, they should already have basic experience in mindfulness practice and silent retreat, and know how to recognize and care for difficult emotional states coming up within themselves, should they arise.  This path of intimate enquiry requires a heartfelt reverence for all life, a passion for deepening one's understanding of self and others, and a strong inclination to be of service. 

Please note that the retreat will not be suitable for people wanting solitude or needing to process unresolved emotional or relationship issues.  It will however be a wonderful opportunity to explore mind and nature in an experimental and contemplative fashion guided by Tarchin's more than 40 years of meditative enquiry and teaching, and his great passion for making the dharma alive and relevant for the world of today.

If you are in doubt as to whether or not this retreat is suitable for you, you should get in contact with Tarchin.  Preference will be given to participants registering for the entire 2 months.  If there is space available it may be possible to attend for a shorter time but everyone is urged to start on June 4.

During the retreat, participants will share in the cooking and the general ongoing chores that are needed to run the centre.More details to follow.

Download this retreat description here and a registration form is available here

For more information and to register please contact the Wangapeka:
ph 03 522-4221
email retreatcentre@wangapeka.org

August 22
Wangapeka Educational Trust AGM
All welcome to come for the weekend or just for the day.

For more information and to register please contact the Wangapeka:
ph 03 522-4221
email retreatcentre@wangapeka.org

September 24 - October 22
Awakening Dream with Bonni Ross
Once again we are privileged to host Bonni Ross for a retreat at Wangapeka this spring.   Her retreat runs for four weeks, starting on Friday evening, 24 September, (that's the beginning of the school holidays) and finishing at the Labour Weekend Hui, 22-25 October, when she will be offering public teaching.

Download this retreat description here and a registration form is available here

If you'd like to read up about Bonni and her teaching, have a look the Sunshine Coast Retreat House website www.retreathouse.bc.ca .

“When the Tathagatha . . . was not yet wholly awakened, but a being awakening, there
came five great dreams.” -- Anguttara Nikaya
“. . . there is nothing more real than dream.” Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
Exploring the symbolic language of dream requires a paradigm shift that
opens us to a fresh view of our waking experience.
Significant dreams feature in the lives of all great mystics, providing
teaching, prophecy, encouragement, insight and integration.
Supported by recent discoveries in brain science,
unfolding through creative activities,
deepening question arising from meditative investigation,
calming and grounding through movement,
enriched by sharing with one another in silence and sound --
we will dream ourselves awake . . .
or awaken in our dream.

This (mostly) silent retreat is for well-grounded meditators in reasonable
physical and emotional health who are motivated by the depth imperative to
awaken for the benefit of all beings.

As usual, if you are unable to come for the whole time, you're welcome to start at the beginning and stay as long as you can.
Costs:  to be confirmed.  At current prices, these are likely to be as follows:
Member:                   $48/day = $1,488 for 31 days
Non-member:           $54/day = $1,674 for 31 days
This includes a fee of $4/day for the cook and a contribution of $5/day towards Bonni's airfare.

Dana: Bonni lives by Dana (koha/generosity) – a manifestation of your own expression of appreciation and generosity for all you receive. Please give as generously as you are able and help to support this teaching. (Bonni’s article “Giving and Receiving – why Dharma Teachers don’t charge Fees” is available here or on the Sunshine Coast Retreat House website www.retreathouse.bc.ca)

For more information and to register please contact the Wangapeka:
ph 03 522-4221
email retreatcentre@wangapeka.org

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With the program now extending into the last half of 2010 there may be many changes in dates and content. To keep in contact with a particular retreat please bookmark and check here frequently.

Ph 03 522-4221
email retreatcentre@wangapeka.org
or join the mailing list here.

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A summary of this Wangapeka Program is now downloadable here, or click below for the printfriendly version of this entire page.

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