Supporting the personal experience of bereavement and loss

This retreat is open to anyone who is grieving.

December 2nd - 4th 2011 | 8pm Fri - 1pm Sun

This residential course is offered at the Dechen Shying Centre, on the Beara peninsula, a warm and supportive environment, with comfortable accommodation (special diets are catered for) | Google map

With Rosamund Oliver

€190 Conc: €160 | Includes lunches and evening meals

A selection of ocean view accommodation is available. Prices per night, per person including breakfast from €66 single, €43 shared room. | For enquiries or to book a stay contact us

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Grief is a natural response when someone close to us dies, yet so often we are completely unprepared for the feelings of intense sadness, shock, anger, guilt and even numbness that we may experience. Looking for a way to face and free our sorrow and distress we may recognize our need for a deeper spiritual perspective.

We will focus on understanding and healing the personal experience of grief through the practices of reflection, meditation and compassion.

"This weekend has been very beneficial to me and I have come away much wiser... Whenever I feel panic and despair and I feel my thoughts are running away on me, I will use the 'bring the mind home'. I am going to make time for meditation everyday"

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.

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