Cultivating Inner and Outer Peace for Activists & Changemakers

RETREAT TO THE RAINFOREST TO REFILL YOUR CUP!

Join mindfulness teachers and activists, Lisa Brown, Lody Levy and Suzie Brown, for a 3-day mindfulness and nature retreat.

As activists and environmental change makers, we are passionately committed to protecting the earth, yet we must face up to the accelerating climate and ecological crises unfolding before us.

Many complex and difficult emotions like fear, anxiety, grief and anger will naturally arise and this can lead to burn out, an absence of joy and affect our health and relationships and ability to show up in the world. 

This retreat will help you to learn new ways to prevent and manage burnout through mindfulness practices including silent reflection and meditation, embodied movement, immersing in nature and connecting with like-minded friends, all in a beautiful rainforest setting. 

These supportive skills and practices will help you to:

• Develop better emotional resilience
• Have more energy and inspiration for our work
• Reduce burnout
• Feel more supported and connected

Robin Wall Kimmerer said “It is a radical act to reclaim your own attention and turn it to the natural world.” Reconnecting to nature is the portal to deep belonging, which we all crave and reminds us of who we are and why we do this work

Our venue will be the beautiful Springbrook Rainforest Retreat: https://tsretreat.org/

SCHOLARSHIPS

If you need financial support to be able to attend this retreat (ie you would not otherwise be able to afford to come), you are in luck! Due to the generosity of some philanthropic donors, we are able to offer a limited number of scholarship places - we just ask that you apply by paying a $100 registration fee and then letting us know why you need the scholarship. You can find this option on the "Get Tickets" page.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

The retreat runs from Friday 1st November 5pm (dinner served at 6pm) until Monday 4th November 2pm (after lunch).

The retreat fee includes all meals and beverages plus accommodation in either a private room or camping - all with shared bathrooms. 

The retreat fee does not include payment for the teachers. The teaching is provided by Lisa, Lody & Suzie on a dana basis - the ancient Buddhist practice of dana - this means that we offer the teachings generously and ask for a monetary offering from you to the teachers according to your means.

The registration fee includes a $100 non-refundable deposit. If you need to cancel your booking, you can do so up until 7 days before the retreat and we will issue you a refund minus the $100.     

ARE YOU AN EXPERIENCED MEDITATOR?

If you have experience with silent retreats, we invite you to stay on after this 3 day retreat for an additional 3 days where we will be doing silent sitting and walking meditation together and some sharing practices. If this additional 3 days of meditation is of interest to you please email us to apply: lisa@mindful-wellbeing.com

TEACHERS

Lisa Brown blends Contemporary Psychology, Yoga and the Buddharma in supporting people to connect with a path of embodied health and wellbeing. She has worked in the area of trauma recovery for 25 years and is passionate about contributing to change through social and environmental justice. Lisa is a registered psychologist in private practice and teaches yoga and meditation retreats in the Insight tradition. For more information please see www.mindfulnesspsychologywellbeing.com

Lody Levy is a buddhist psychotherapist, art therapist and meditation teacher. She has worked for many years supporting people to connect and embrace their feelings in response to their own suffering and the suffering in the world. Lody has a passion for the natural world and has been inspired by Joanna Macy for many years. She has always had a strong sense of social and ecological justice and is active in the climate justice movement.

Suzie Brown has been teaching Insight meditation and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for over a decade. She has also worked as a climate and environmental activist for two decades and was the founder and former CEO of Parents for Climate. Working with activists and the community, she teaches nature connection practices and mindful approaches to dealing with climate anxiety and grief. She also works as a Mentor in the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program (MMTCP) taught by Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach, and is a teacher in their online dharma platform, Banyan.