Wangapeka ProgramWangapeka Program 2009 - 2010Wangapeka Notices || Caretakers Wanted | Caretakers Report AGM May 2005 | Caretaker's Report September 2005 | Caretaker's Report February 2006 | Newsphere Teachings in Aotearoa || Visiting Teachers in Auckland Tarchin's Teaching Schedule || Leander Kane's Schedule  *latest*Details of Dido Dunlop Retreat Feb/March 2010 Details of Mark Webber Retreat March/May 2010 Details of Tarchin Hearn Retreat June/July 2010 *updated* Leander Kane's Schedule until October 2010 Tarchin Hearn Schedule until August 2010 Wangapeka Program 2010 *March - May 2010* Dido Dunlop Retreat Mark Webber Retreat June - August 2010* Leander Kane Retreat Tarchin Hearn Retreat *September - October 2010* Bonni Ross Retreat Annual Labour Weekend Hui Program updated 16 January 2010 A summary of this Wangapeka Program is now downloadable here, or click here for the printfriendly version of this entire page This coming year is very rich in teaching at the Wangapeka. 3 of our lineage teachers - Tarchin Hearn, Bonni Ross and Mark Webber - will be teaching for extended periods, with Leander Kane and Dido Dunlop here for shorter times. We also welcome back an old favourite - the Garden of Mindfulness Families Course - and the return of the Diamond Zen January Retreat and other groups. We still have room for a few more if you're interested in booking the Centre, and of course we continue to cater for individual retreats in our remote retreat huts With the program extending into 2010 there may be many changes in dates and content. 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 Teachings in Aotearoa As well as the courses and retreats at the Wangapeka Centre teachers also visit other New Zealand centres - see the teaching links above. There are also regular meditation sessions and classes in many parts of New Zealand Aotearoa. See the Dharma Links for details 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. Wangapeka Program January 22 - February 21 Leander Kane's 4 week retreat at the Wangapeka has been cancelled. For alternative retreats with Leander please see her schedule here, or contact her on leanderkane@clear.net.nz. She will be teaching at the Wangapeka in May/June 10 February 26 - March 7 Eco-Tara and her 20 Sisters tackle Climate Change! 9 day retreat with Dido Dunlop It is also possible to come for the weekends Download a registration form here, and this retreat description is available here. The 21 Taras are ancient goddesses whose meditations have been practised for millennia in an unbroken living tradition. Today we are dealing with new “un-traditional” circumstances - climate change, peak oil, and the host of fears and confusions that come with them. Our present “growth economics” is no longer appropriate and we need to shift our values and aims to another paradigm, to create happiness sustainable for us and for the planet. The 21 Taras can be of great help in these conditions. They are goddesses for compassionate skilful action, transforming fears to strengths through compassion. They don't avoid the dark and difficult: our difficult emotions contain enormous power and wisdom. By embracing fear and pain with compassionate awareness, the Taras unlock this power and energy and once released, the Taras can also help us develop our vision of what kind of world we want to create for the future. In this retreat we'll make use of these ancient wisdom methods to carry us forward in a positive way into the future, and transform powerlessness to creative compassionate action. Create a great new post-oil world with Eco-Tara!  Dido Dunlop has trained in Tibetan Buddhism for 35 years, and has taught in the Namgyal lineage for 25 years. She is a qualified teacher, and did her teacher training with Tarchin at the Wangapeka in the early 80's. Dido loves exploring creative new ways of working with the ancient meditation forms, developing a natural spirituality that modern westerners can access. She draws out the feminine in Buddhism, and relates it to her work with women and environment.Her teachers are from both the West and the East: Namgyal Rinpoché, Tarchin Hearn, Cecilie Kwiat, Catherine Rathbun, Nagaboshi Tomio, Chime Rigdzin Rinpoché, Kenpo Tsultrim Gyatso and Lopon Tenzin Namdak. She is now studying with Dzogchen master Adzom Rinpoché. Painter, writer, potter, singer, and dancer, Dido has worked as an art therapist, and run a wide range of groups in meditation, women's development, and creative arts for personal growth. She has two degrees from Oxford, in classical literature and philosophy, and fine art. She is dedicated to environmental sustainability and is a trainer for Transition Towns. Dido is now based in an ecovillage in Northland, New Zealand, and travels widely throughout New Zealand and overseas. She is currently writing a book called 'Sustainable Happiness and Storm-Weathering: Meditation of our Inner and Outer Climate'. For more information and to register please contact the Wangapeka: ph 03 522-4221 email retreatcentre@wangapeka.org 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.) The position of Retreat Cook is available. The Cook will have assistance to prepare the midday and evening meals for about 16 retreatants. The Cook will be entitled to free board and lodgings, some financial support and may attend teachings free of charge. While the position is for the full retreat a shorter term may be acceptable, particularly if the appointment is shared. Please apply to qtndharmahouse@yahoo.com with full name, address and details of experience. 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 See also www.dharmahouse.org.nz and www.markwebber.org/schedule.html More details will be posted as they become available. 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. 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. More details to follow. 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. 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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