A three-day retreat for those living with illness

September 9th - 11th | 8pm Fri - 1pm Sun

Dechen Shying, Spiritual Care Centre, Garranes, Allihies, West Cork, Ireland | Google map

With Rosamund Oliver

€280 - €380 depending on accommodation | Includes lunch and evening meal on Saturday and lunch on Sunday

This three-day retreat is open to anyone living with serious illness and will be held at Dechen Shying Spiritual Care Centre Care. Accommodation is available there for you and also your carer if you wish. | For enquiries or to book a stay contact us

Register now by filling out and emailing us this form or posting or faxing us this form.

Living with serious illness is one of life’s great challenges. How can we cope with all the physical, emotional and spiritual pain we meet? How can we avoid getting lost in a roller coaster ride of hope and fear? The meaning of suffering lies in the grace and understanding with which we are able to face it.

Through guided practices of meditation and reflection we will explore our attitudes to illness, pain and suffering, learning tools which can help us to gain more acceptance and peace of mind. This can provide tremendous support and comfort, and help us to reconnect to a source of inner strength and courage.

"The pace was very good. Facilitators were excellent. I have a sense of some wonderful healing being done in this special spiritual place” Susan, Cork

“I brought my wife because she is also involved in my illness. It gave her a sense of belonging and an understanding of where I am at” Bernard, Dublin

Faculty

Rosamund Oliver, BA, Dip Psych, ECP, worked for many years as a UKCP registered psychotherapist, supervisor and trainer. Her public healthcare work includes NHS psychiatry with the elderly bereaved, nurse education at St Joseph’s Hospice, London and co-creating a prison meditation project. She held a series of Buddhist psychotherapy seminars in South Africa. She is an international training manager and has regularly been invited to give professional trainings on behalf of Rigpa’s Spiritual Care Education Programme. She has been a student of Sogyal Rinpoche since 1981.

Register now by filling out and emailing us this form or posting or faxing us this form.