Caregiving for those who care for others

February 3rd-5th, 2012 | Fri 8pm - Sun 1pm

Dzogchen Beara Retreat Centre, Garranes, Allihies, West Cork, Ireland | Google map

With Rosamund Oliver

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

The weekend will be held in Dechen Shying Spiritual Care Centre. As places are limited please book early to avoid disappointment. Accommodation is available at Dechen Shying for participants coming to this retreat. | For enquiries or to book a stay contact us

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Accompanying others on their journey facing serious or terminal illness, aging or loss offers us profound opportunities for spiritual growth and transformation.

Drawing from Sogyal Rinpoche’s groundbreaking book, The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, you will learn step-by-step how to integrate mindfulness, meditation, compassion practices and contemplative listening methods into your life and work.

Whether you serve people professionally, volunteer, or care for an elderly parent, ill child, or spouse, or anticipate caring for a loved one in the future, you will learn contemplative resources and skills that support you to:

• cultivate authentic and compassionate presence.
• deepen your compassionate motivation in challenging situations.
• strengthen your resilience, prevent stress and heal exhaustion.
• nurture your own spiritual growth and development, and cultivate a sense of well-being.
• strengthen your confidence and ability to stay present with an open heart.

The training will include periods of silence, walking and sitting meditation, presentations, discussion, guided exercises and reflections.

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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