This 8-day silent retreat provides an opportunity for teachers of mindfulness and graduates of MBSR/MBCT/CEB to deepen their practice of mindfulness through guided sitting and walking meditation under the instruction of a highly experienced teacher who is himself a Clinical Psychologist, teacher of MBSR/MBCT/CEB, ordained Buddhist monk and experienced retreat leader.

Initially we are opening reservations for those who wish to attend the full 8 days. Later, if vacancies remain, we will open bookings for the first 5 days of the retreat.

Dates: Saturday 8th December 12 noon, to Saturday 15th December 2:00pm

Retreat Leader: Thupten Lekshe (Ivan Milton)

Location: Fa Hong Monastery, Lantau

Cost: Donation basis, however we ask a deposit of $500 to cover cost of food purchase.

About Thupten Lekshe

Thupten Lekshe (TL) is a clinical psychologist with wide ranging experience in psychiatry, tertiary education and private practice. Alongside his work as a clinical psychologist, TL has been a long-standing student of Tibetan Buddhism. He was ordained as a monk in 2000 and since then has continued making Buddhism and meditation more accessible by bringing a western perspective to Buddhist practice and a more spiritual dimension to therapy. TL provides specialized training for clinicians who teach mindfulness as part of DBT and CFT, and in the treatment of depression using Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT). TL trained with Zindel Segal in the US and has co-edited an Australian manual of the MBCT program. TL has completed many retreats in the Tibetan tradition culminating in a one-year solitary meditation retreat in 2006. In the past 10 years TL has led various Buddhist and secular meditation retreats in Melbourne and across Australia.

If this event is full please email peta.mcauley@outlook.com to be put on a waitlist.