Antidotes to our world
Places where you can learn how to meditate or deepen an existing practice
In short: Before I share my views on the luxurious Six Senses Zighy Bay I wanted to get back to basics and tell you about Dzogchen Beara, a lovely Tibetan Buddhist retreat centre on the unspoilt Beara Peninsula in Ireland. It’s under the spiritual direction of Sogyal Rinpoche, author of The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, set on high cliffs looking out [...]
The superior, empathic coaching skills of Larah Davis and the careful yoga teaching of Susie Howell are the reason to book a healthy holiday with Ibiza Retreats. We had a chilled out day of treatments, chats, yoga and NLP* coaching together at the Atzaro Hotel near Sant Joan in the Ibizan countryside – they were relaxed, down [...]
The annual Winter retreat in Sibford, Oxfordshire run by the London Buddhist Centre starts tomorrow – you can go for the full ten days, the first five days (Dec 22- Dec 27) or the second five days (Dec 27- Jan 1). It’s open to everyone, including those new to meditation and to Buddhism, and is [...]
Learning to be alive to every moment is to me the point of meditation, and after more than 10 years of sampling spas, retreats and healthy holidays, it remains the single most useful tool I’ve come across to calm me down and set me back on track. It’s not for everyone – The King says it [...]
In short: This marvellous Buddhist retreat is set in a former convent in the peaceful countryside of South Devon, and has all the ingredients you need for a successful meditation retreat, including a serene meditation hall, clean and simply decorated bedrooms, healthy vegetarian food and lots of spaces to lose yourself in. Expert tutors offer highly affordable meditation days, [...]
In short: I think Kamalaya is one of the world’s best destination spas if you’re looking for genuinely holistic programmes that take into account your whole being. It’s set beside a private lagoon at the quiet end of Koh Samui, in a fairy tale ravine strewn with granite boulders and tropical plants. Villas and thatched public spaces are [...]
