Emoyeni – Cultivating Wisdom & Compassion
Our online meditation sessions are a great way to keep your practice alive. We offer two online sessions a week. For a monthly cost of R200 you can join any or all sessions during the month. Please contact us to send you the invite for the month.
Monday evening: 19.30 – 20.00
Wednesday evening: 19.30 – 20.30 (extra 30 mins for questions/discussion)
Meditation instruction & practice for meaningful daily living
3-days ~ Sept 22 -25
Standard rate: R3625 – R4270 (en-suite);
Generous Rate: R4420 – R5200 (en-suite);
plus suggested
Teachers Dana: R 400 – R2000
… Being on retreat gives us the space and the time to come home to the quiet, strong refuge which lies at our centre…
Tsondru is dedicated to helping people reconnect with inner wilderness through leading contemplative Wilderness Within trails and sharing the wisdom teachings and meditations of the Buddha. She approaches teaching through ‘The Work That Reconnects’, weaving it together with the practice and teaching of Buddhism and meditation.
Cooking as a way of, and to mindfulness
RJ Chippindall and Wendy Poulton
Weekend ~ Oct 13 – 15
Standard rate: R2300 – R2730 (en-suite);
Generous Rate: R2830 – R3200 (en-suite);
plus suggested
Teachers Dana: R 400 – R2000
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…This retreat will explore and teach you how, in preparing two delicious and nutritious meals, to be present in all stages of the cooking process…to use all your senses – see the bubbles as your food cooks, smell the oils released from spices and hear the popping of mustard seeds…
A retreat on Interconnectedness
Weekend ~ Oct 27-29
Standard rate: R2300 – R2730 (en-suite);
Generous Rate: R2830 – R3200 (en-suite);
plus suggested
Teachers Dana: R 400 – R2000
If you’ve been feeling directionless, confused, or overwhelmed, you’re probably seeing things quite clearly! …. This retreat offers a chance to regroup, in community, and recollect your vital role in the web of life…
Meditating with calmness and clarity
Weekend ~ Nov 3-5
Standard rate: R2300 – R2730 (en-suite);
Generous Rate: R2830 – R3200 (en-suite);
plus suggested
Teachers Dana: R 400 – R2000
This weekend silent retreat will provide an opportunity to explore two aspects of Buddhist meditation practice …and… create a gentle and relaxed space in which to explore the benefits of spending time quietly with ourselves…
Weekend ~ Nov 10 – 12
R100 donation for plants
Work Retreats are a great way to see the reciprocal nature of service and Dana in practice… Emoyeni offers you free board and lodging at our beautiful centre in exchange for 10 hours of service (physical outdoor work) spread over the weekend…
Finding and keeping your centre
Weekend ~ Dec 1-3
Standard rate: R2300 – R2730 (en-suite);
Generous Rate: R2830 – R3200 (en-suite);
plus suggested
Teachers Dana: R 400 – R2000
“Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand still and shine.” Anne Lamott
…The Buddha’s teachings emphasise the importance of taking care of ourselves – the wisdom of this teaching tells us that when we are kind and good to ourselves, we are automatically much more so to others…
Lessons in companionship, vulnerability, kindness, trust and resilience
3-days Dec 15 – 18
Standard rate: R3375 – R3870 (en-suite);
Generous Rate: R4020 – R4800 (en-suite);
plus suggested
Teachers Dana: R 400 – R2000
… Guided by an enchanting tale of four souls, the retreat will give us many moments to gently explore the lessons that these souls teach us about companionship, vulnerability, kindness, trust, resilience, and hope that guide us towards a deeper understanding of ourselves and the world around us.
The ultimate aim of the weekend is to provide a relaxed and pleasurable time to reflect on our personal journey and the people who have helped us along the way…
Taking time to reflect
5-days ~ Dec 29 – Jan 3
Standard rate: R5375 – R6450 (en-suite);
Generous Rate: R6700 – R8000 (en-suite);
plus suggested
Teachers Dana: R 400 – R2000
The New Year is a powerful symbol of impermanence, of the cycles in nature and in our own lives…This 5-day meditation retreat will mostly be in silence, giving us the opportunity to deepen our understanding of impermanence and explore how it is inherent in every aspect of our lives…
Finding a steady centre to our lives
5-days ~ March 1-6
Standard rate: R5996 – R7120 (en-suite);
Generous Rate: R7385 – R8750 (en-suite);
plus suggested
Free-will offering: R 400 – R2000
… We need to find a steady centre to our lives. Meditation builds internal qualities of calm and steadiness, but the training also encourages a wise focus and response to the external world. From this comes the Middle Way, a dynamic open centre within action and stillness. Finding and abiding in that centre is the theme of the retreat…
Find Us
Google Earth: 25 deg 47′ 41.90″ S; 27 deg 33′ 22.21″ E
GPS decimal: lat -25.794800 long: 27.556224.
Emoyeni is reached by a dirt road, please drive slowly over the last 2 km.
Office Hours
Office hours for bookings:
Weekdays 8 am – 4:30 pm.
Please email, rather than call, us over the weekends.
We run retreats over weekends (sometimes in silence) so phone calls can be problematic.
Contact Details
Emoyeni Retreat Centre, A65 Buffelshoek Farm,
Mooinooi, North-West, 0325
Email: retreat@emoyeni.org.za
Telephone: +27 (0)82 308 1533
