Wolf at The Door at Rivendell
Imagine: a large enclosed garden bursting with spring flowers, cherry, pear and apple trees in blossom, a wild wood where you can walk and conjure the local spirits (dont worry, they're used to it!)
peaceful Sussex meadows and woods all around; a resident community on hand to help, whatever your need; cooking that is second to none; a group of friends that is happy to take you and your work seriously;
and on top of all this a residential workshop with a group of men and women who are there to discover a more intense and authentic way of life through Buddhist meditation and writing.. this is Wolf at The Door at Rivendell. it happens each spring and you could be part of it. Don't miss out: try it!
Why a retreat?
At certain times we need to simplify or clarify our lives and clear out the mental garbage that is obstructing the clear flow of energy, maybe even shut down the old habits completely for a while. Although the basic material we study is essentially the same on retreats as on day workshops, the sense of commitment and renewal you experience on a longer retreat, the environment especially dedicated to achieving these ends free from external distractions and obligations, is of immense value.
A longer retreat can give you the chance to really make a change: as the poet Jane Hirshfield writes: "this is the work of the threshold: to step into places of seeming barrenness, emptiness, or neglect, and bring back an abundance new-coined." ('Writing and the Threshold Life', in "Nine Gates: entering the Mind of Poetry", published by HarperCollins, 1998).
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