11am – 1pm and 2.30pm – 4.30pm

Many of us probably feel we are familiar with Mandalas.  They are a central part of Indo-Tibetan Buddhism and found in the yoga traditions. Carl Jung made them a central feature of his work, and they are commonly used in therapeutic settings.

But this work often only touches the surface of what mandalas are about – the creation of a whole world manifesting from a central point.

Our minds constantly create mandalas – the core belief, assumption or motivation at the centre of our awareness at any time colours and creates our world. And from this develops our narrative about our experience.

Like a kaleidoscope, shifts in central point re-arrange the objects of our awareness into constantly shifting patterns. Usually we assume these patterns are a true reflection of the world, rather than something born of our own awareness, and struggle to make some reliable meaning from this play of light and colour.

Based the work of the well-known Buddhist teacher, Chogyam Trungpa, and his students Rigdzin Shikpo and Shenpen Hookham, this day retreat will explore how awareness of mandala can inform our meditation, and understanding of ourselves and our relationships.