BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1798@anukampaproject.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270102T083000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270103T170000 DTSTAMP:20260709T102029Z URL:https://anukampaproject.org/events/online-new-year-weekend-retreat-wit h-ajahn-canda-releasing-resentment-rediscovering-joy/ SUMMARY:Online New Year Weekend Retreat with Ajahn Canda: "Releasing Resent ment\, Rediscovering Joy" DESCRIPTION:This New Year retreat invites us to let go of old burdens and r ediscover the natural joy and goodness that lie within us.\n\nMany of us c arry resentment\, regret or disappointment from the past. While these resp onses are understandable\, when held onto they can become a source of ongo ing suffering\, bitterness and disconnection\, preventing us from fully ap preciating the richness of our lives. During this retreat\, we will explor e practical and effective ways to work with difficult emotions\, heal old wounds and develop a lightness of heart.\n\nThrough meditation\, reflectio n and discussion we will investigate how to release harmful perceptions an d strengthen qualities that support genuine well-being\, such as forgivene ss\, gratitude and reverence for nature\, learning how small adjustments i n attitude can profoundly transform our experience.\n\nThe retreat will al so focus on clarifying and strengthening the values we wish to live by\, c reating wholesome and beneficial habits\, and nurturing the inner qualitie s that support a meaningful\, joyful life. As we begin a new year\, this i s an opportunity to open to fresh possibilities\, create wholesome habits\ , renew our sense of purpose and reconnect with the goodness already prese nt in our hearts.\n\n \;\n\nAs this is an online home-retreat\, you ma y choose whether you wish to observe the Eight Precepts or the Five Precep ts.\n\nTentative Schedule (UK Time):\nSaturday 2nd January:\n08:30 – 10: 00 Dhamma talk\, guided meditation\n10:00 – 12:00 Cooking and lunchtime for those on 8 precepts offline\n12:00 – 14:30 Rest and personal practic e offline\n14:30 – 15:15 Guided meditation \n15:15 – 15:45 Walking me ditation\n16:00 – 17:00  Sutta discussion\n17:00 – 19:00 Personal pra ctice offline \n19:00 – 19:50 Metta chanting and silent group meditatio n\n20:00 – 21:00 Q&\;A \n\nSunday 3rd January:\n06:00 – 07:00 Reco mmended morning meditation\, offline\n08:30 – 10:00 Dhamma talk\, guided meditation \n10:00 – 12:00 Cooking and lunchtime for those on 8 precep ts offline\n12:30 – 14:30 Rest and personal practice offline\n14:30 – 15:15 Guided meditation\n15:30 – 16:30 Q&\;A and small discussion gr oups\n16:30 – 17:00 Closing &\; Metta meditation\n\n*Full time attend ance – including the personal practice period – is advisable for this retreat\, so you can experience the full potential of the practice and par ticipate in creating a conducive community space. Due to the time zone\, i t will therefore work best for people in the UK and Europe (or the east co ast of the US if you are willing to adopt forest monastery time and rise e arly!) If most of the online schedule will not work for you\, we kindly as k that you leave the space for someone else and instead watch the recordin gs once we upload them to our YouTube channel.\n\nPlease check the retreat schedule against your time zone here.\n\nHow To Have A Home Retreat\nPrac ticing in an online retreat can be a very rewarding experience. Unlike sim ply watching online teachings  on your own\, you become part of a mutuall y supportive spiritual community. An online retreat also differs from an i n-person retreat\, by giving you the opportunity to carve out a tailor-mad e space for yourself\, (at home or in a place of your choice)\, where you can dedicate yourself to silent practice without the usual distractions an d disturbances\, and gain confidence in your ability to practice wherever you are.\n\nTo support yourself in this process\, Noble Silence is encoura ged throughout the retreat. This means remaining in silence as much as pos sible and abstaining from the use of electronic devices\, especially mobil e phones!  It is also important to attend all or most of the online sessi ons so you can receive proper teacher guidance.\n\nTo help you decide whet her this format would suit you\, we offer some thoughts about the benefits of an online retreat and consider some of the potential challenges – as well as possible solutions – so you can make fruitful use of your time. \nBenefits:\n- Continuity of practice which helps you gain more benefit fr om meditation\n- Safety\, intimacy and support of an enclosed group\n- Opp ortunity for personal guidance through questions to the teachers\n- Increa sed confidence in your ability to practice wherever you are\n- The food th at suits your tummy ~ and no one snoring in your dorm!\nChallenges and sol utions:\nIf you are living alone you have a ready-made hermitage! Turn off your phone\, put on the vacation responder and do your weekly shop in adv ance. Use ear plugs if it is especially noisy and take a walk in a peacefu l park at the quietest times of day. This will help you immensely in obser ving Noble Silence and cultivating sense restraint\, which inclines the mi nd toward inner happiness and facilitates quietening the mind.\n\nFor thos e who do not live alone\, home retreats may pose the challenge being aroun d family members\, friends or lodgers who are not on retreat! In this case \, you may need to put a few extra measures in place to enable you to obse rve Noble Silence and maintain your inner focus. Perhaps consider asking t hem to support you on retreat by keeping interactions to an absolute minim um and having a note system for any absolutely necessary communication. Ma ybe someone kind could offer to cook your favourite food and leave your me als outside your door\, or you could arrange times to use the kitchen alon e? If you have children or teens it might be difficult to keep the noise d own\, so you could consider booking into a quiet hotel or apartment and t une in to the sessions from there.\nJoining from the same household\nIf mo re than one person from the same household wishes to join the retreat\, pl ease make separate bookings and log in from separate computers. This ensur es our numbers are manageable for the Q&\;A sessions and enables you to practice as though alone.\n\n\nRegistration Fees\nThe retreat teachings a re offered on a donation basis to make the Dhamma accessible to all. Our v olunteers have generously organised this in their own free time and neithe r they nor the two teachers receive any remuneration. To honour the wisdom \, time and commitment of our teachers\, you will be invited to offer dona tions at the end of the retreat. Your donations will help us support the r unning costs of our new Anukampa Grove\, which will be the physical hub of our community and a haven of peace\, and provide for the monastics requis ites. Please give with a heart of generosity and joy\, whilst respecting y our own personal financial situation.\n\nThe registration fee ensures your commitment to attending the retreat\, as we generally experience a 25% no -show rate to online events. When this happens others may lose a potential ly life changing opportunity to practice. The registration fee contributes towards our admin and the running expenses of Anukampa Grove. If you are unable to afford this\, please contact us. Alternatively\, you can listen to the teachings later on our YouTube channel.\n\nPlease note that the re gistration fee is NON REFUNDABLE.\n\nNote:\n\n1. After your registration\ , you will receive an email with your Ticket/Booking Confirmation almost i mmediately. Please check your junk mail box if you do not receive it. You can also add our email address bookings@anukampaproject.org as a contact  to prevent emails from us going into the junk folder.\n\n2. If you do not receive your ticket within an hour\, please contact us at bookings@anukamp aproject.org. Please be aware that emails that we send to non-Gmail\, Hotm ail or Outlook email account outside the UK (e.g. .pl\; .gmx etc)\, are of ten rejected as 'undelivered' for unknown reasons. Please therefore contac t us from a Gmail\, Hotmail or Outlook email account where at all possible \, to save disappointment.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://anukampaproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2 024/09/Ven-Canda.jpg CATEGORIES:2027 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261025T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR