Taraloka Buddhist Retreat Centre

buddhist retreat centre for women

Art of Navigation 2026

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Art of Navigation 2026

10 - 15 Aug 2026
Led By: Maitridevi, Sanghagita, Satyagita
For: Open To All

Buddhism provides us with a raft of practices which are all supports to help us find freedom. Sometimes, however, we find that we’ve managed to create oppressions out of those very practices. We’ve forgotten how to listen to our inner voices, to cultivate a sensitivity of being which can allow us to be truly creative.  On this retreat we will explore the qualities of confidence, intuition, adventure and play needed to creatively sail the path of freedom.

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‘I had heard that there was an ocean-crosser, a hero, desiring the desireless…’  (Sutta Nipata 5:11:1)

Like a good sailor we must learn how to trust ourselves and our inner compass. We need to recognise that we have the ability to sail out of the harbour and navigate the great ocean of the Dharma.  On this retreat we will explore how to read the wind and waves of our being with talks, meditation, writing, bodywork, voice and ritual.

We will give time and attention to our relationship with our bodies as ‘barometers’. Engaging our imagination in this way, we can explore our resistances and our inspirations, learn how to set our course and engage all of our energies – to sail the path of freedom.

This retreat will also include periods of silence and time in nature.

Suggested donation (in addition to the booking fee): £295 waged / £205 unwaged

Booking Fee: £85.00

Single Rooms: No single rooms currently available on this retreat. Please email to go on single room waiting list.

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Paying for your retreat

Taraloka runs on generosity.

To book a retreat you pay a booking fee. This is the only charge made for coming on retreat. As far as possible, we don’t want anyone’s financial situation to stop them from coming to Taraloka.

At the end of your retreat, you have the opportunity to give money towards Taraloka. If you are able to donate, you are giving to another person who otherwise could not afford to come on retreat. And you are helping to give the gift of Taraloka to the women of the future.

We have suggested donations as these reflect the basic income needed to make a retreat viable. However, they are only suggestions. It is genuinely fine to give ten times these amounts, nothing, or anything in between.

Running on generosity is radical – thank you for being part of that.

For more information see what does it cost and a flow of generosity