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Awakening Loving Kindness 2025

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Awakening Loving Kindness 2025

13 - 18 Jul 2025
Led By: Maitrimala
For: Open To All

‘So with a boundless heart should one cherish all living beings; radiating kindness over the entire world….. outward and unbounded, free from hatred and ill-will.’ – The Buddha, from the Metta Sutta

Wouldn’t you love to stay confident, kind and calm, when that person cuts you up at the traffic lights? Or being able to step into self-compassion, rather than listening endlessly to your inner critic? Metta, a kindly, compassionate attitude towards ourselves and others, no matter who they are, lies at the heart of what the Buddha teaches, helping us develop stability of heart and mind to steer us during difficult times.

Please note that during this retreat a new office will be being built (on the opposite side of the carpark to the retreat centre). There will be some noise.

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During this retreat, we’ll explore how the metta bhavana meditation practice can transform our emotional lives into ones more consistently based on love, friendship, interconnectedness and gratitude.

Body scans, talks, workshops, discussions, space for reflection and periods of silence will help us reflect on how metta can manifest as compassion, generosity and joy, helping us open our lives to greater meaning.

Don’t worry if you are new to meditation – we will give you a thorough introduction to this inspiring practice.

Suggested donation (in addition to the booking fee): £285 waged / £195 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