Photo: Mindfulness and Nature Retreat – heading into bushland at Fair Harvest Permaculture
“Each of us carries a wealth of wisdom about this living world and nature—an intrinsic understanding of our sacred relationship with life and the Earth. Mindfulness, through our capacity to be attentive, caring, and ethically engaged with life, nurtures this sacred bond. It deepens our sense of connectedness, enriches our well-being, and offers Refuge through a calmer, friendlier, and healthier relationship with the nature of existence.”
~ Tig-Le House ~
Mindfulness and Nature Retreats
Our Mindfulness and nature retreats explore the foundations of contemporary and traditional mindfulness and meditation practices, nature immersion, and creative activities. We host weekends and longer retreats dedicated to exploring mindfulness through an ecological lens, including teaching sessions, mindful walking, quietude and rest.
Meditation and Dharma Retreats
Semi-silent meditation retreats – Theravada Dhamma, Seven-Point Mind Training and Vajrayana retreats. These retreats focus on universalist secular and sacred Buddha-dharma teachings and practices in the Burmese Weizzer and Tibetan Kagyu traditions, through the lineage teachings of the Late Ven. Namgyal Rinpoche.
Metta Meditation – The possibilities for deep friendship, love and kindness extended to all things, all lives and the natural world.
Mindful Breath – Building awareness of the breathing body of life through connection with breath, the breathing aspects of nature and the cycles of existence.
Annual Country Dharma Campout – This retreat, by invitation, offers formal students and regular dedicated practitioners an opportunity for a longer retreat in a rural setting. Participants are fully self-sufficient; the retreat includes extended periods of silence and self-reliant practice, with teacher support. Here is the video from the campout Tig-Le House country dharma campout July 2023 | Tig-Le House (tiglehouse.org)
Dharma Connections and Retreat in India
Tig-Le House maintains close friendships and Dharma connections in India, including visits to the Ani (ordained Buddhist nuns) at Karma Chokor Dechen Nunnery in Rumtek, Sikkim. These visits are an opportunity to share in the nuns’ practice and community, celebrate our longstanding friendships and honour the living traditions of Buddhist teachings.
We also travel to the Karmapa International Buddhist Institute (KIBI) HOME | KIBI in New Delhi for Dharma retreats, study and meditation, deepening our connection with the Karma Kagyu tradition and a wider global community of practitioners.
These relationships are an important part of our shared practice, supporting the exchange of teachings, friendship and mutual care across cultures and communities. If you would like to join us for a journey and retreat, please get in contact at tiglehouse@gmail.com
Ecodharma Retreats
Applying ancient universalist approaches to mindfulness and contemplative meditation in a time of ecological and societal crisis and change can support life-affirming participation and engagement.
Ecodharma defined:
Eco – Doing no harm to the living world. A caring involvement with the living environments and ecological foundations of life.
Dharma – Practices and teachings that arise from understanding nature, that can increasingly support wisdom, knowledge, and compassionate action.
Ecodharma – The purposeful development of ecological ethical conduct as an aspect of mature, compassionate consciousness.
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