Upcoming Retreats
Dharmagiri Sacred Mountain Retreat is an intentionally inclusive space; our teachers, retreatants, community engagement and offerings aim to truly reflect and serve South Africa. Retreats are led by experienced teachers to offer support on your journey of awakening.
At Dharmagiri, to enable a wider accessibility, we offer scholarships to those who can’t afford the full costs. Contact office@dharmagiri.org to ask about our scholarship support.
Family Constellations Retreat
Family Constellations Retreat
Drawing from the profound principles of Family Constellations work, this retreat invites you to explore the intricate patterns that shape your life through the guidance of esteemed Wisdomkeepers: Gogo Keitu Gwangwa, and Kafui Logah Awoonor.
Cultivating Safe Spaces Within
A four-week live online meditation practice series is designed to help you navigate both your inner and outer world with greater resilience, clarity, and ease. Guided by experienced African facilitators, we will explore mindfulness, compassion, and practices of belonging and safety that support the creation of a reliable and nurturing inner landscape.
Wild Stillness in the Mountains: a hiking and meditation retreat
An immersive silent retreat that weaves together hiking, mindfulness meditation, and nature connection in the inspiring landscapes of the Southern Drakensberg mountains
Embracing Spring with Metta on the Sacred Mountain
Guided by the wisdom of the Dharma and the teachings of Buddhist and Western psychology, the retreat focuses on cultivating mindfulness and compassion practices. These practices are designed to calm the nervous system and support the integration of body, heart, and mind.
The Path Of Spiritual Friendship
Step into a sacred space of connection and mindfulness with our Insight Dialogue Retreat, led by experienced teachers Beth Faria, Dave Leggatt and Noltiha Tsengiwe. This retreat offers an opportunity to explore the art of mindful dialogue and deepen your meditation practice in the serene surroundings of Dharmagiri Sacred Mountain Retreat.
The Art of Mindful Dialogue (Johannesburg)
We invite you to a free special Johannesburg session of Insight Dialogue, guided by experienced practitioner Dave Leggatt and Beth Faria. This session offers a unique opportunity to explore mindfulness in dialogue in a supported, guided setting.
Rooted in mindfulness and guided by principles of shared exploration, Insight Dialogue offers a profound practice for deepening understanding and mindfulness of body, mind, feeling and speech.
Awakening the wisdom of the heart through UBUNTU
Awaken Your Spirit with African Rhythms and Yoga
Immerse yourself in a unique retreat that harmoniously blends the vibrant rhythms of African music with the restorative wisdom of yoga and meditation.
Practicing the Four Foundations of Mindfulness Retreat (In-person and Online)
Ajahn Jutindharo has spent over 35 years in monastic life. His teachings, rooted in both science and mindfulness, offer a unique perspective that bridges ancient wisdom with contemporary understanding.
This retreat will explore the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, an essential Buddhist practice. Drawing from the Buddha’s discourse, Ajahn Jutindharo will guide us to direct our mindfulness inwardly.
The Art of Mindful Dialogue (Online)
We invite you to a free special online session of Insight Dialogue, guided by experienced practitioner Dave Leggatt. This session offers a unique opportunity to explore mindfulness in dialogue in a supported, guided setting.
Rooted in mindfulness and guided by principles of shared exploration, Insight Dialogue offers a profound practice for deepening understanding and mindfulness of body, mind, feeling and speech.
New Years Family Constellations Retreat
Reconnect with Your Roots, Unravel Your Patterns, and Embrace Your Wisdom
Drawing from the profound principles of Family Constellations work, this retreat invites you to explore the intricate patterns that shape your life.
We will delve into the unwitnessed, unseen, and unheard aspects of our being, facilitating the release of blockages and the embrace of alignment and healing.
Summer Self-Retreat
This self guided retreat gives you the time and solitude to gently connect with your heart and listen deeply to what arises within, in this sacred space, embraced by eMvuleni mountain. You are invited to move at your own pace, honour your inner rhythms, and cultivate a deeper sense of presence and presence within.
This retreat is best suited for individuals who have an established mindfulness practice and are familiar with being in solitude in silence.
Deepening Wisdom through Meditation (In-person and Online)
In this retreat we will cultivate the 5 spiritual faculties: Faith, Vigour, Mindfulness, Concentration and Wisdom, as a means of supporting our practice in meditation and through our lives.
Compassionate Listening and Joyful Presence
This silent retreat includes teachings, guided meditations, daily qigong, time to walk, rest and replenish, as well as short, individual sessions with Sue to deepen our insight and sense of well-being.
Winter Silent Self-Retreat
During this silent self-retreat period, we offer a container for you to explore your own practice.
