20/07/2026
I have observed that many of us seek out practices that will help us experience less stress and more relaxation. Hence, we offer classes and retreats.
However, it is important to emphasize that the true practice of mindfulness does not end there. It is simply the beginning.
Buddhism wisdom reminds us that we are motivated by two things: avoiding pain and seeking pleasure.
Now, I am not an expert, I am simply a keen observer. As a practitioner, teacher and facilitator, as someone who talks to people on the ground, there is really a need for relaxation, but it is so we can find the space to face the emotions we would otherwise have no room for.
It is also true that we use mindfulness and meditation to escape difficult realities. As I have during a heartbreaking time in my life. But overtime, as we keep practicing, as we retrieve our power back, we can gain the courage to face that which we avoid.
The conversation we avoid. The relationship we keep hanging on to. The obvious that we don't want to see. The sadness, anger or grief that we keep shoving down.
We try to offer intentional spaces for raw emotions to be processed. Not avoiding the difficult but facing them with support. Breakthroughs, real and lasting ones, happen when we go beneath the surface.
Link to our next one day retreat in the comments
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