The Richness of Life: A Weekend Retreat led by Kirsten Kratz

Wisdom teachings encourage us to look deeply and with love into our experience, with all its complexities, challenges and contradictions. When we approach our existence with kindness and courage, the limitless potential of the human heart is gradually unveiled. We can begin to discover our innate potential for wisdom, compassion, openness, care and joy. There may be liberating insights, small and big, into how we can relate to life in more skilful, compassionate, fearless and creative ways. During our time together we will explore how to inhabit, embody and honour our insights and understanding and thus to align more fully with what we hold dear and feel passionate about.

There will be instructions for sitting and walking meditations (which typically last no longer than 40 minutes), guided practices and reflections and opportunities to meet with Kirsten.

The retreat will be held in companionable silence, including during the lunchtime. Chairs, mats, meditation cushions and hot drinks will be available. The venue is wheelchair accessible.

You can attend this event in-person and online.

Kirsten Kratz has practised Buddhist meditation in Asia and the West since 1993. She started teaching in 2006 and since 2015 she has been ‘teacher in residence’ supporting those on personal retreat at Gaia House. Her love and understanding of Dharma has been strongly influenced by, among others, the teachings of her friend and teacher colleague, Rob Burbea. One of her particular passions is exploring how wisdom teachings can foster appropriate responses to the challenges of our time, and Kirsten sees her involvement in activism as an important expression of her practice.

Kirsten is co-initiator of the “Dharma Action Network for Climate Engagement” (DANCE) and supporting teacher of Freely Given Retreats.You can listen to one of Kirsten’s talks on Dharmaseed, : “Calm and Kindness”.

https://www.dharmaseed.org/talks/19051

Kirsten Kratz's Talks

The event will take place on:

Saturday March 21st 10.00am – 5.00pm &

Sunday March 22nd 10.30am – 5.00pm

For those attending in person, please join us at Whirlow Spirituality Centre, Whirlow Grange Close, S11 9SY. The venue has beautiful grounds and is wheelchair accessible. It will also be available online.

For those participants attending online, the zoom link will be sent to the day before the retreat.

You can attend in person or online - tickets for each option are available

The suggested donation for each ticket will go towards the running of Sheffield Insight Meditation (Eventbrite fee of £0.49+ 6.5% will be taken from within total donation).

There are several different prices - a supported ticket is for those who can contribute something towards the cost of the event, the standard rate is for those who can contribute the cost of the event and the sponsor rate is for those able to make an additional contribution. In addition, freely given tickets are available for anyone who needs one.

Your ticket pays for the costs of the retreat but does not cover a payment for the teachings. You will be invited to offer a donation (dana) to support the livelihood of the teacher. Please see more detail about this below.

Bookings for this retreat are accepted on the basis of a commitment to join for both days for the full day of practice, however if you can only come

for one day, please attend Saturday. The cost is the same for one or two days. Unfortunately your payment has to be for 2 days.

We request that people book places for themselves. If you are booking for yourself and somebody else you must make a separate booking for each person, with an email address for each.

Dana can be translated as cultivating generosity or giving. The teachers who lead our retreats receive their travel costs and ‘out-of-pocket’ expenses but do not receive any payment for their teaching. However they are happy to receive voluntary contributions from participants in the events they lead. These offerings are traditionally called dana. Most of our teachers depend on dana for most or all of their livelihood.

Our teachers are following an ancient tradition, offering teachings freely just as they received them freely from a previous generation of teachers. In this way the dharma (the teachings of the Buddhist tradition) is not made an object of commerce, and the relationship between teacher and student is based upon trust, freedom, and mutual generosity.

If you attend one of our events and appreciate what the teacher has offered, we warmly invite you to make whatever contribution you feel appropriate. If you do so, you will be making a vital contribution to their livelihood and helping them to continue teaching on this generous basis, particularly in situations where people cannot afford to pay anything.

Dana can be offered to the teacher, Kirsten, during and after the retreat

Cancellation and Refunds refunds will be offered for cancellation up to the day before the event. Tickets can be cancelled automatically through Eventbrite (The eventbrite fee will not refunded). If you find that you are no longer able to attend, please cancel as soon as possible, to free up a place for someone else. Thank you.

Link to Sheffield Insight Meditation website

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Whirlow Spirituality Centre, Whirlow Grange Drive, Sheffield, United Kingdom

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