Emoyeni – Cultivating Wisdom & Compassion
ONLINE MEDITATION SESSIONS
Join us for our online meditation sessions.
R200 for the month
Since the 28th of April 2020, Emoyeni has been hosting 4 half-hour meditations each week using Zoom. To try and accommodate the differing lifestyles we offer a mix of morning and evening sessions:
Monday evening: 19.30 – 20.00
Tuesday morning: 07.00 – 07.30
Wednesday evening: 19.30 – 20.30 (extra 30 mins for questions/discussion)
Thursday morning: 07.00 – 07.30
WORK RETREAT
Weekend ~ November 19 – 21
Work Retreats are a great way to see the reciprocal nature of service and Dana in practice. On a Work Retreat Emoyeni offers you free board and lodging at our beautiful centre in exchange for 10 hours of service spread over the weekend. The work will mostly be physical, outdoor work, a chance to get out there and get your hands in the soil…
A POPPY BLOOMS
A weekend of contemplative writing
Weekend ~ 3 – 5 December
Standard rate: R2100 – R2500 (en-suite);
Generous Rate: R2600 – R3100(en-suite);
plus suggested
Teachers Dana: R400 – R2000
I write, erase, rewrite
Erase again, and then
A poppy blooms.
Katsushika Hokusai
On this weekend of creative writing we will try lightly to override the habits of our mind to judge, criticise, control, overthink and abstract, so that we may write from a zone of presence, openness and free association…
SAYING YES TO LIFE - FINDING THE DIVINITY WITHIIN OURSELVES
How having ‘faith’ can help us live wholeheartedly in the midst of a challenging and uncertain world
4 days ~ December 15 – 19
Standard rate: R5100 – R6100 (en-suite);
Generous Rate: R6350 – R7600(en-suite);
plus suggested
Teachers Dana: R400 – R2000
We have a choice in how we meet the many difficulties with which life inevitably presents us: we can be defensive and erect barriers to pain, or we can choose to approach discomfort and uncertainty with an attitude of friendliness and curiosity…
On this silent, interfaith retreat, we will have the opportunity to say yes to life in all its forms, delightful and painful…
NEW YEAR RETREAT
Taking time to reflect
5-Days ~ Dec 29 – Jan 3
Standard rate: R5100 – R6100 (en-suite);
Generous Rate: R6350 – R7600(en-suite);
plus suggested
Teachers Dana: R400 – R2000
The New Year is a powerful symbol of impermanence, of the cycles in nature and in our own lives. It is a time to reflect on the past, to open to the present and to question what it is that we are doing with our lives…
WORK RETREAT
Weekend ~ Jan 14 – 16
Work Retreats are a great way to see the reciprocal nature of service and Dana in practice. On a Work Retreat Emoyeni offers you free board and lodging at our beautiful centre in exchange for 10 hours of service spread over the weekend. The work will mostly be physical, outdoor work, a chance to get out there and get your hands in the soil…
EXPLORING YIN & YANG - TAI CHI AND BAGUAZHANG
From inner harmony to self-defence
Weekend ~ January 28 – 30
Standard rate: R2100 – R2500 (en-suite);
Generous Rate: R2600 – R3100(en-suite);
plus suggested
Teachers Dana: R400 – R2000
On this retreat we explore and combine two of the three Internal Martial Arts of China, specifically the Yang Family style of Tai Chi, and the internal art of Yin Style Baguazhang …
We will also explore the Tai Chi Straight Sword form as well as some techniques that can be used in self-defence.
No prior Tai Chi or martial arts experience necessary.
RADICAL ACCEPTANCE
Exploring the first fetter in the Buddha’s teaching: Personality or Identity view
Weekend ~ February 11 – 13
Standard rate: R2300 – R2700 (en-suite);
Generous Rate: R2800 – R3300(en-suite);
plus suggested
Teachers Dana: R400 – R2000
The less personality you carry, the more presence you have.
All practice is towards this – to dissolve the personality and enhance the presence of life in you
Sadhguru
In this meditation retreat, we will explore some of the ways that we identify with various facets of our experience… our feelings, our perceptions, our thoughts to be who we are… what happens when we drop this identification and let go of these constructions of our self?…
YOGA MIND BODY SPIRIT
Explore the joy and healing of coming home to your body
Mari-Louise van der Walt and Candice Janks
Weekend ~ February 25 – 27
Standard rate: R2300 – R2700 (en-suite);
Generous Rate: R2800 – R3300(en-suite);
plus suggested
Teachers Dana: R400 – R2000
…Our bodies are our home base, our intelligent centre of gravity, connected both to the present moment and the outside world. Meditation and yoga are thousands of years old practices based around this understanding of joining mind, body and spirit…
CULTIVATING COMPASSION FOR PEOPLE & THE PLANET
An Ecological-Buddhist vision to transform apathy and despair into constructive action
Mari-Louise van der Walt and Mervyn Croft
Weekend ~ March 4 – 6
Standard rate: R2300 – R2700 (en-suite);
Generous Rate: R2800 – R3300(en-suite);
plus suggested
Teachers Dana: R400 – R2000
The deepening ecological crisis is finally awakening the hard truth that we as human beings are part of this planet and, that we will rise and fall as one. The reality of our responsibility for causing- and now needing to tend to the crisis can be overwhelming…
This retreat is an invitation to explore the practices and principals rooted in our inter-beingness that are embedded in Buddhist teachings… It is an invitation to find nourishment and inspiration in nature, meditation and community. To not give into despair and to not let go.
OPEN THE HEART & STILL THE MIND
Listening with a kind and compassionate heart
3-Days ~ March 18 -21
Standard rate: R3300 – R3700 (en-suite);
Generous Rate: R4050 – R4800(en-suite);
plus suggested
Teachers Dana: R750 – R3 500
This long-weekend silent Open the Heart and Still the Mind Compassion retreat will draw on the wisdom of Buddhist psychology and the inspiring teachings and practices of Kuan Yin, the bodhisattva of compassion… we will learn how to transform the self-critical and judgmental inner voices, so that we can end the habitual cycle of self-abandonment…
A pre-retreat individual session via Zoom is recommended for newcomers or if you have not attended one of Sue’s residential retreats before…
How to make a booking?
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 are problematic.
Contact Details
Emoyeni Retreat Centre, A65 Buffelshoek Farm,
Mooinooi, North-West, 0325
Email: retreat@emoyeni.org.za
Telephone: +27 (0)82 308 1533
