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Hi, friends of Tig-Le House, We hope you are all doing well and happy and that you enjoyed welcoming in the new year. We look forward to the year ahead and cultivating a shared, mindful peace. Each day represents a new year’s opportunity to develop our compassionate natures, strengthen the bonds of friendship, love, and care with ourselves and others, and discover increasingly how to hold this life dear. We have had a good rest from running group sessions and retreats and are getting prepared to open for the first term of 2025. This first newsletter for the year always has plenty in it, as it includes all our first-term sessions and retreats, booking links, the retreat schedule for the year, and creative opportunities for practice unfolding. We have added a new daytime mindfulness session to this term’s schedule. Also, we are starting a focused writing group with a specific intention. Booking in advance helps us plan and provide opportunities for anyone who wishes to join. Enjoy reading through what is being offered for the year, and I look forward to seeing you soon for practice and teaching. Schedule of Retreats and First-Term Sessions with Booking Links 28th January – 11th March: Tuesday morning mindfulness @ Tig-Le Tuesday Mindfulness Training 29th January – 12th March: Wednesday evening Dharma Group @ Tig-Le Wednesday Dharma Group 30th January – 13th March: Thursday mindful walking Group @ Various Tig-Le mindful walking group 3rd February – 10th March: Monday mindfulness open-house @ Tig-Le Monday Mindfulness Open House 8th & 9th March: Mindful Walking Weekend @ Fair Harvest Mindful Walking Weekend at Fair Harvest 17th – 21st March: Theravada Dhamma Retreat @ Coorain Theravada Dhamma Retreat Details and booking links to come for the following: 30th May – 1st June: Mindfulness Weekend Retreat @ Origins Centre 16th – 20th June: Mahayana Seven-point Mind Training @ Coorain 28th June – 4th of July Country Dharma Campout 18th & 19th October: Meditations on Nature Weekend @ Fair Harvest 14th – 16th November: Mindfulness and Nature Weekend @ Origins Centre 24th – 28th November: Vajrayana Retreat (Deva – Green Tara) @ Coorain  Regular sessions Monday Mindfulness: Open House, 3rd February – 10th March, 7pm – 8pm @ Tig-Le House. These open-house mindfulness sessions are open to anyone wanting to sit and cultivate mindfulness in an open and dedicated way. They are suitable for new and experienced practitioners. Mindfulness is our capacity to attend to experiences, fostering calm and peacefulness of response based on ethical engagement with life. Voluntary contributions support these sessions; we understand that everyone’s financial situation is different. Please book here at Monday Mindfulness Open House or contribute via direct debit (details at the end of the newsletter) or in person on the day. The recommended amount is $20 – $30 pp / session. Tuesday Mindfulness: Seven-Week Program, 28th January – 11th March, 10am – 11am @ Tig-Le House. These sessions cover aspects of traditional and contemporary approaches in a sequential and practical way, emphasising how mindfulness applies to everyday life. All are welcome. The booking link is here: Booking Tuesday Mindfulness Training Program. You can contribute via direct debit or in person on the day. Wednesday Dharma Study and Practice Group, 29th January – 12th March, 7pm – 8:30pm. @ Tig-Le House. Term topic: Theravada Dhamma In the first series of Buddha-Dharma teachings for 2025, we explore the Theravada Dhamma and associated meditative practices within a universalist tradition encompassing both secular and sacred elements. Attending the sessions weekly is recommended as we move through teaching sequentially, as outlined in the Theravada Dhamma Puja text (provided). The first two sessions cover essential foundational instructions on practice, making it advantageous to attend these classes. Book ahead here at Wednesday Dharma Group or contribute via direct debit or in person on the day. The recommended amount is $20 – $30 pp / session. Traditionally, mindfulness and guidance in the Theravada Dhamma Tradition are prerequisites for advancing to further studies and practices, such as those explored in the Mahayana and Vajrayana Vehicles in terms two and four. This is for the good psychological health and stability of all involved. *If you want to study Buddhist teachings and practices in these Vehicles, please join this dedicated study and practice group. Thursday Mindful Walking Group, 30th January to 13th March, 9am – 10am. Locations: Various locations are notified weekly via our FB Messenger and FB groupsJoin us for weekly community mindful walking. We walk purposefully together in silence, discovering how to move calmly and peacefully through life and country. Each week, insights into the practice of mindful walking are shared, and there is an opportunity to discuss the practice afterwards. All are welcome. To stay updated with the location each week, as these may vary, please connect with us via Tig-Le mindful walking group | Facebook or request to be added to our FB Messenger chat group. Please note this is a voluntary community walking group on public land. We walk on a range of terrains with varying difficulties. Each person is responsible for their safety and well-being.  Retreats Mindful Walking Weekend, 8th & 9th of March 2025 @ Fair Harvest Permaculture. Times: Saturday 8:30am & 3:30pm, Sunday 8:30am. On this weekend retreat, we will share mindful walking-in-nature techniques that reveal and connect the inner and outer aspects of experience. Sonam will introduce practices for walking the land, respectfully moving with country, interacting with landscape ecologies through the sensory body, and understanding the relationships between the mind, body, spirit, and environment. Stay onsite for the weekend or attend classes daily, staying offsite. To stay on-site: vehicle/tent site or the Tiny House, please book directly through Fair Harvest Retreat Margaret River – Hipcamp in Margaret River, Western Australia. To join the mindful walking sessions, please select the amount you can afford from the booking options on the Tig-Le House website (link below). The cost includes all sessions and teacher support Mindful Walking Weekend at Fair Harvest March 2025 Theravada Dhamma Retreat, 17th to 21st March 2025 @ Coorain and the Origins Centre, Balingup. This Buddha-Dhamma retreat with Lama Sonam is an opportunity to dedicate a block of time to practice exploring the teachings attributed to the historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gotama. The retreat focuses on mindfulness and meditative practices through the “Theravada Dhamma” Puja Text written by Tig-Le House, based on the Coorain text and other sources. The text is a collection of prayers, principles and teachings, providing a rich source of inspiration and guidance. Each participant will receive a copy of the text and accompanying reference book. The retreat offers a balance of group sessions with Dhamma talks, Puja practice, mindfulness and meditation, personal practice, teacher dialogues, respite and support. We explore core teachings daily, including The Four Noble Truths, The Noble Eightfold Path/The Threefold Training, Threefold Refuge, Dukkha, Anicca, Anatta and others, and how understanding and practice support a deeper Refuge. Booking is essential via the booking link Theravada Dhamma Retreat March 2025. Participants are required to attend the whole retreat as teaching unfolds sequentially, step-by-step, following a line of inquiry, instruction and practice.  Other Happenings We have edited and reprinted the “Theravada Dhamma Puja” text, which will be used for the Dhamma group and retreat this term. We have expanded the text, adding principles and translations of traditional teaching. Our first book, “Dhamma Wisdom,” is at the publishers, and we are hopeful it will be completed in time for the Theravada Dhamma retreat at Coorain in March. We’re excited. Writing a reference and teaching book is a large and welcome project. We will have copies available at Tig-Le and online soon. Did you know the Tig-Le Library is open to borrowing for those who attend sessions? Books are signed out and returned throughout the term; please ask before borrowing them. Some books have been out for some time. If you have any at home, we would love to see them returned for others to borrow—Many thanks. Letters of Peace. We are starting a writing group. The aim is to create a set of short letters that can be sent to people in positions of influence who need support to act in the best interest of peace, health and harmony, mindful living. These will be letters of goodwill and support for the collective heart of awakening. If you would like to join, please get in contact at tiglehouse@gmail.com Our account details for direct debit payments (group sessions, retreats, contributions) are as follows: Account name: Ian Hackett | BSB: 066532 | Account number: 10043752 If you want to support Tig-Le, you can make an online contribution/donation anytime here at Contribution. Thank you. We are grateful for your support. Thank you for keeping up to date with everything happening through Tig-Le. We look forward to your company, friendship and support again this year. Metta, and well wishes to everyone. Sonam and the Tig-Le family |
