ONLINE The Heart of Imagination - 7 day home retreat

Friday, September 13, 2024 10:00 AM 10:00
Thursday, September 19, 2024 9:00 PM 21:00

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7-DAY ONLINE HOME RETREAT
Connecting to creativity and the imagination through art, mindfulness and nature. The mind, freed from the pressure of the will, is unfolded in symbols’ W.B. Yeats
13/9/24 - 19/9/24
Location: Online

The Heart of Imagination offers a week of meditation and creative practice, drawing inspiration from poetry, art, nature and Buddhist symbols.

Whats it about?

The focus of the retreat will be on cultivating awareness as a gateway into more expanded and enriched states of mind. We will reflect on what the imagination is, what it means to us individually and what it can serve in our lives. There will be an emphasis on meditation and mindfulness with periods of creative exploration – drawing and writing.

You’ll receive a rich body of resources to stimulate your imagination and help you access images/themes of significance to you. We will also explore the transformative power of the imagination to enrich our lives and open our mind to new ways of seeing and being.

To deepen our understanding of the transformative power of the imagination we’ll draw on a body of teachings called the ‘System of Spiritual Practice’ that outlines a naturally unfolding process, as awareness deepens through dedicated practice. This can help us to navigate our unique way, with more confidence and freedom. We’ll explore:

Integration, meaning embodied awareness.
Positive emotion: an open, loving and empathic heart.
Spiritual Death: releasing limiting attitudes, and finding a more authentic way of being.
Spiritual Rebirth: the realm of imagination that brings an expanded experience of ourselves and opening to a sense of mystery
Spiritual Receptivity: resting in the freedom of open, spacious awareness and creative flow

These are doorways to a more creative experience that we can access whatever our circumstances.

Vishvapani is a writer, broadcaster and mindfulness teacher with over four decades’ years experience of Buddhist practice

Amitajyoti (Clare Barton-Harvey) is a visual artist and a teacher of art and mindfulness with over 30 years experience of Buddhist and art practice.

WHO IS THE RETREAT FOR

For artists and mindfulness practitioners who wish to explore Buddhist ideas and practice, and Buddhist practitioners who’d like to immerse themselves in the imagination over 7 days of home practice. Suitable for all levels of drawing/writing experience including beginners.

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