Tariki Trust

Autumn Programme 2018

Autumn 2018 Buddhist House Programme

Tuesday nights 7.30pm - 8.30pm: Guided Meditation Class
Starting on 4 September, this class is suitable for beginners or experienced meditators and includes sitting and walking meditation and mindfulness practices. The class is followed by informal tea in the sitting room. 

Friday September 14th 7.30pm – 8.30pm: Silent meditation followed by tea in the shrine room. This session is not guided so suitable for experienced meditators only.

Wednesday September 19^th 7.30pm – 8.30pm: Chanting from the Heart Workshop
A beginners workshop in which we introduce some different forms of Buddhist chanting, expressing joy, compassion and gratitude and opening the heart.

Monday September 24^th 7.00pm Film Night
 'Kundun' - a Martin Scorsese epic based on the life of the present day Dalai Lama.

Wednesday October 3^rd 7.30pm – 8.30pm: Nembutsu Chanting Workshop
A chanting workshop introducing nembutsu, the Shin Buddhist chant which calls to the measureless.

Friday October 5^th 7.30pm – 8.30pm: Silent meditation followed by tea in the shrine room. This session is not guided so suitable for experienced meditators only.

Monday October 8^th 7.00pm Film Night
'Rabbit Proof Fence' - the true story of 3 mixed race Aboriginal children trying to find their way back home after being forcibly taken from their families and put in an institution in the 1930s.

Wednesday October 24^th 7.30pm – 8.30pm: Compassion Chanting Workshop
A chanting workshop focusing on chants that call on the Buddhas of compassion and help us to express our compassion for the world

Monday October 29^th 7.00pm Film night 
'Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter ... and Spring' - following the lives of a Buddhist monk and his young apprentice through the changing seasons. An exploration of the human condition.

Monday November 12^th 7.00pm Film Night
'The Eagle Huntress' - the story of a 13 year old nomadic Kazakh child trying to become the first female eagle huntress in 12 generations of her family.

Wednesday November 14^th 7.30pm – 8.30pm : Introduction to Buddhism
The first part of a three part introduction to Buddhist ideas and practice. Suitable for beginners and those with some knowledge.

Friday November 16^th 7.30pm – 8.30pm: Silent meditation followed by tea in the shrine room. This session is not guided so suitable for experienced meditators only.

Wednesday November 21^st 7.30pm – 8.30pm:  Introduction to Buddhism 2

Wednesday November 28^th 7.30pm – 8.30pm:  Introduction to Buddhism 3

Friday November 30^th
6.30pm: a short ceremony to mark Remembrance of Lost Species Day - the day when we reflect on the extinctions happening in the world at the moment.
7.30pm - 9.30pm: a Chanting Evening bringing together our different chants. This chanting evening will also offer a start to the annual winter retreat which is being held over this weekend.

Saturday-Sunday December 1st-2^nd: Winter Retreat (residential)

2017 December Winter Retreat

Our winter retreat has just finished. A lovely event with a strong sense of sangha. A beautiful refuge ceremony for four sangha members this morning concluding a weekend exploring our sense of refuge through meditation, reflection, outdoor walking and chanting.

Glamping at The Buddhist House

Glamping is all the rage this summer, and now you can come and do it here in Narborough. At The Buddhist House we have been re-vamping our outdoor space to create a new accommodation unit. Having done some re-roofing earlier in the year, this summer we had a new wooden floor put in the cabin in the garden and it has been generally refurbished and refurnished to provide those who would like to use it for personal retreats, courses or other events with an indulgent night or two close to nature.

The space has a comfortable double bed and living space. You can curl up with a book and make yourself a late night drink and sleep soundly till woken by the dawn chorus or an early morning squirrel. There is electricity for heat and light and the hut is equipped with a kettle and lots of snacks, drinks and other goodies. You will have to come indoors to use the shower, but this is a small price to pay for the spaciousness of the sleeping space.

The cabin can be booked for one person or a couple. Rates are the same as for a single room for one person, and an extra £10 a day for the meals for the second person if you want to stay there as a couple. All bedding, toiletries and towels provided.

Of course, if you prefer a wilder experience of nature, there are still plenty of opportunities at Tariki. Whilst our cabin is definitely for softies, if you are looking for the hard stuff, you can join us for our ecotherapy intensive, wild camping in the woods in Wales in August.

 

Buddhist Therapists Needed

For the past two years Tariki Trust has been developing its centre in Narborough, just outside Leicester. Besides our training programme in Buddhist psychotherapy, we are also now offering facilities for counselling and groups with a dedicated consulting room and a larger shrine space. Recently we have heard that one of our community members is planning to move on, which means that we now have space for short and long term residential members of the community. Ideally we would like to find people who practice as therapists or in a related field who could share in the use and care of the facilities here. We are open to others with complementary interests. The house has a large shrine room, a library and a pleasant garden which can be used for therapeutic work. In between training course blocks it is quiet and a good place for writing or relaxing. We also offer residential therapy retreats in which people stay in the house and have daily (or twice daily) sessions over three or four days. If you are interested in any of the following do email me:

• Living and working in a Buddhist community
• Stays of up to three months for writing, reflection or a change of scene
• Intensive therapy retreats
• Renting a consulting room or group space
• Away days
• Supervision (in person or on skype)
• personal therapy
• Training events and CPD
• Ecotherapy Intensive
• On-line courses

You can email me directly on [email protected]

TARIKI COURSES NEWS March 2014

TARIKI COURSES NEWS

March & April events 2014

Having just completed our second psychotherapy course block of 2013/14, this seems like a good time to take stock and let you know about a few of the things coming up shortly at Tariki. Besides our psychotherapy training, there are other things going on at The Buddhist House which may be of interest so we hope we’ll see you here soon. Whatever you attend, we hope you will find a friendly, interesting and challenging group of people and enjoy the lively conversation or quiet reflection time, which so often go hand in hand here.

March 3 Ecotherapy On-Line Programme

The next unit of the Ten Directions sequence starts on March 3rd. These 21day on line units introduce aspects of the ecotherapy model through daily notes and exercises. Anyone can sign up for individual units even if you haven’t done previous ones. This month we will be focusing on Myth and Ritual and on Creative use of outdoor experience. These two themes will be woven together in the daily exercises in what promises to be a rich learning experience. The programme costs £40 as a single unit. If you are interested in ecotherapy and outdoor work, then you may also want to reserve dates in your diary for our intensive in Wales in August 2-7th. Book early to reserve a place.

March 9th Day Retreat: The Four Noble Truths.

A retreat day with Aramati looking at this core Buddhist teaching through a series of guided meditations.

March 21 Chanting evening

4.00pm-6.30pm; 7.00pm-10.00pm. An informal celebration of spiritual chanting, open to anyone who wants to give voice or listen. If you have not been before, it’s easy to join in. Arrive in our supper break if you want some help getting started, or just come any time and join us in whatever way you want. We do alternating periods of twenty minutes, sitting and walking, using a variety of chants which you can read from a sheet.

March 22 Buddhist Therapist’s Forum

This bi-monthly meeting offers a gathering point for anyone interested in the inter-face between psychotherapy and Buddhism. A meeting of people from a variety of backgrounds, we generally have a lively discussion, which carries on informally into our quiet day on the Sunday 23rdfor those staying in the house. This month we welcome David Black, a well known psychoanalyst and poet. David will be talking about dreams. All welcome. Cost £15/£10

April 4 Chanting Evening (Similar format to March 21st)

April 5-6 Women’s Retreat

A weekend for women to get together for Buddhist practice, spiritual sharing and conversation. Following on from earlier women’s retreats, this event will develop out of the shared needs of the group and will probably include plenty of silence, outdoor time, nurturing and reflective space.

April 25-27 A Weekend Retreat with Andy Paice: Being Selfless and Embracing Our ‘Selves’

The Buddhist teachings constitute a path of liberation that allow us to relax our identification with the self and to find the depth and clarity in the reality of our ‘selfless’ nature. At the same time Western Psychology has highlighted the importance of individuation and personal development. Through integrating the hidden aspects of who we are we grow as individuals. Exploring our selfless nature however is by no means an obstacle to the path of individuation. Both are necessary. This weekend retreat explores how we can develop along both trajectories towards realising the emptiness of self and the fullness of human experience. The sessions will combine  periods of sitting in silent meditation with interactive sessions that explore the path of individuation through embracing our ‘subpersonalities’ or ‘inner selves’ using Voice Dialogue facilitation. Through bringing the sub-personalities to consciousness and fully identifying with them, paradoxically we are then more likely to be able to separate from them and let go of them. By letting go of them we encounter greater fluidity in life and in our practice on the cushion. Finally we will explore the connection between this inner work and our outer contribution to community, society and the planet.

Andy Paice is a former monastic of the Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. He lived in Dhagpo Kundrol Ling Monastery in the Auvergne, France from 1998 to 2007 and completed a traditional 3 year retreat there. Since leaving the monastery he has developed an interest in  Western Psychology and has studied the Voice Dialogue method developed by the Jungian psychologists Hal and Sidra Stone. Andy now lives in London and works a Life Coach and facilitator. His inner practice has also led him towards working for societal change and he is currently involved in facilitating and promoting innovations in Participatory Democracy. Find him online at www.naturalinsightcoaching.com  and  andypaice.wordpress.com

Cost: Suggested rate £30 for retreat plus accommodation at usual rates contact [email protected] to book

 

In addition to these events, the weekly meditation class will continue at The Buddhist House on Tuesday evenings at 7.30. We will also continue our studies of the BCA programme on Monday evenings at 7.00. Newcomers welcome to both. 

 

The next psychotherapy course block will be May 17-25. Applications for 2014/15 are now being accepted.

Refuge Ceremony

This year at our winter retreat Debbie took refuge. Once again we all shared in the ceremony, welcoming her into our little Buddhist community together.

The Shrine Room

Retreat Day with Aramati and Rachel

Today Aramati and Rachel were running an introductory retreat day. The event was a great success - with ten people present. It sounds as if there was a lot of good discussion and nembutsu practice going on, and certainly when I went into the sitting room afterwards there was a fantastic atmosphere and a lot of very satisfied retreatants. Rachel had even come equipped with some of her lovely cooking and having run the day, also led our Sunday service on the theme of Tariki; Other-Power. Rachel and Aramati plan their next retreat day in April.

Rachel McHugh and Aramati led a very successful an introduction to Pureland Buddhism retreat day on Sunday 22 January 2012. It was a relaxed day with plenty of time for sharing, discussion and questions as well as some silent meditation and several different chants. Rachel gave a very good introduction to the Nembutsu (chanting) and to Pureland Buddhism. There were 8 participants who had some very thoughtful and good discussion and were enthusiastic for everything we offered them. 

COURSES NEWS *TARIKI NEWS DECEMBER 2011

COURSES NEWS *TARIKI NEWS

DECEMBER 2011

Tariki Trust * Amida Training Programmes* The Buddhist House

Welcome to the latest edition of Courses News. It has been a busy autumn with many changes and developments in the Amida teaching programme and the Amida organisation and we are pleased to be able to tell you about some of the practical ways in which these will be unfolding. This news letter comes at a time when a new organisation, Tariki Trust, is being formed, which will oversee the Amida training programmes in the future. It is an exciting venture which opens up new possibilities for wider expansion and a more broad-based approach to applied Buddhist ideas.

It has been a busy autumn. In August, David taught a series of programmes in Korea on Buddhist Psychology. In September we saw the start of a new Foundation Certificate in Other Centred Therapy run in Belgium by Caroline Brazier, and in October the Ten Directions programme in environmental therapy began at the Amida centre in France.  Now we are looking forward to 2012 with a new umbrella organisation and a new name. Whilst these changes will not directly affect the running of the existing course programmes, in the longer term, they open the possibility for a wider diversity of activities and I am already in negotiation with various people about creating new courses. 

Tariki Trust will be dedicated to Dharma in action, the lived expression of Buddhist principles in different spheres of life. It will grow organically out of the interests of its members but will probably include activities in the following areas:

• A variety of training programmes in applied Buddhism
• Psychotherapy training
• Eco-therapy and environmentally based retreats
• Arts
• Socially engaged work
• Environmental work and work on the land
• Pureland Buddhism
• Spirituality (including inter-Buddhist, interfaith and non-aligned)
• Chaplaincy & chaplaincy training
• Women's groups and retreats
• Ideas and dialogues

 PSYCHOTHER APY TRAINING

The Amida Psychotherapy Training Programme, which dates back to the foundation of Amida Trust in 1996 and before that to programmes which originated in 1981. It runs three nine day course blocks per year plus other incidental days and offers a full psychotherapy training and post qualification CDP programmes. The next course block will take place in February and will consist of: February 18-19 Small Worlds: Sand Tray Work and Projective Methods in Therapy; February 20-23 Exploring Myth: Narcissus and Echo; February 24 Day Seminar: Creativity in Other-Centred Methods; February 25-26 Grief Work and Embodied Experience. You can attend all or part of the programme and the course is open to non-registered participants as well as regular students. Full details of all our training programmes can be found at www.buddhistpsychology.info or contact us to discuss your training needs.

TEN DIRECTIONS ENVIRONMENTAL THERAPY

The new Ten Directions training programme in eco-therapy started in October. We had a delightful week in the French countryside, enjoying the fruits (and fungi)of the fields and good company and discussion. The next course block will take place in April when we look forward to seeing spring emerging in the woods and fields of our 30 acre centre. Full details can be found at http://amidatrust.typepad.com/france/-32-ten-directions-training-in-environmental-therapies.html. If you wish to join this programme, or to find out more about it, do get in touch. The programme is led by Caroline Brazier and reflects the model presented in her book Acorns Among the Grass (Earth Books, 2011)

BUDDHIST THERAPISTS FORUM

We will be holding a gathering of Buddhist therapists at The Buddhist House on January 7^th 10.00-4.00 and plan to make this a regular meeting http://amidatrust.ning.com/events/buddhist-therapists-forum . The idea is to bring together Buddhist therapists from different backgrounds including Other-Centred Approach, mindfulness traditions and other Buddhist inspired therapies. The forum will provide a space for exchange of ideas, discussion of therapeutic practice and exploration of different Buddhist models of psychotherapy.  If you can’t make the first meeting but want to be involved, let us know.

TARIKI TRUST: ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE

The last few months have seen organisational changes in the Amida world. After a period of discussion, at the end of November, the trustees of Amida Trust met and decided that the best way forward was to dissolve the old organisation and create two new organisations reflecting the different areas of work which the old Amida Trust has been engaged in. There will thus be a separation between the activities associated with the Amida Order and other activities which had previously been run under the auspices of the Amida training programmes. After some further discussion it was decided to establish a new charity called Tariki Trust to hold the organisational structure for the course programmes and for the Amida Order to carry forward the name and charitable status of Amida Trust.

Tariki Trust will be based at The Buddhist House and will operate the Amida Psychotherapy Training Programmes and Amida France. The Amida Order will be based at Sukhavati, London and will run its own retreat, workshop and training programmes. If you are interested in being involved in helping to develop Tariki Trust and expand the activities of this new venture please do not be shy. We are very excited by the possibilities which these changes open up but need lots of help to make great things happen.

WEB SITES AND EMAIL

As a result of the organisational changes, we will be undertaking a gradual re-vamping operation on web sites. www.buddhistpsychology.info and www.amidafrance.org will remain URLS for Tariki Trust. Email from [email protected] will continue to be forwarded to us for the foreseeable future but we will shortly be going over to using the new email addresses [email protected]. In due course we will be setting up a ning site, so will send you invitations and a site at www.tarikitrust.org. Please do get in touch or join the yahoo group from the Buddhist Psychology web site if you want to make sure you stay in contact.  

OTHER EVENTS AT THE BUDDHIST HOUSE

In addition to the courses listed above, there will be a number of Buddhist events at The Buddhist House. December 22^nd we have an evening of celebratory chanting, starting at 7.00pm http://amidatrust.ning.com/events/let-s-chant-a-winter-solstice-celebration . January 8^th we have a day retreat http://amidatrust.ning.com/events/dawning-light-a-day-of-reflection.  We will continue to run services on a Sunday at 5.00pm from the new year and will also have Monday evening study/discussion evenings and Tuesday evening meditation and relaxation sessions (see below).

INTRODUCTORY RETREAT & MEDITATION CLASS

There will be an Introductory Pureland Buddhist Retreat Day led by Aramati and Rachel on 22 January 2012  10.00 am to 4pm followed by Sunday service at 5pm then supper for anyone who wants to stay. This will be a day of chanting and sharing in the Nembutsu way. Take time out of your busy schedule to enjoy time to breathe, relax, call out to the Buddha of Infinite light and life and learn a little about Pureland Buddhism. Please bring vegetarian/ vegan food to share.

Aramati and Rachel also run our meditation class. On Tuesday10 January the Buddhist House is restarting its Meditation and relaxation classes, 7.30 to 8.30pm followed by tea.  Each class is self contained, so people are welcome to come along and try one out. An interesting range of different techniques are taught and they are suitable for both beginners and experienced meditators.  The class is taught by two experienced mediators and practising Buddhists.  There is a suggested donation of £3 to £5, but we would not want anyone to not come due to cost.