Retreat Information

Insight Dialogue (ID) is a relational meditation practice, grounded in the wisdom tradition of the buddha-dharma. In ID practice we extend the profound benefits of solitary meditation into being with others. We acknowledge the reality that we are social beings and engage with the complexity of being with others, as a potential path to freedom. We meditate together, recognising and unbinding the relational knots that cause suffering in our lives.

The retreat will be held within a container of noble silence. The relational meditation dialogues, are structured meditative practices undertaken in pairs or small groups. You will learn six meditative guidelines to support your relational practice, and life.

Two retreat weekends will be offered in November and December, addressing different topics:

1. 3rd-5th NOVEMBER: EXPLORING THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS

During this weekend retreat we will experientially explore the Buddha’s foundational teachings on the Four Noble Truths. The Buddha encourages us to know the reality of suffering (dukkha) for ourselves, the experiential fact of suffering, the causes of suffering, the reality that there is an end to suffering, and the path that leads to this end. Together we will explore this teaching within the context of our practice and our lives.

Check in: Friday 3 November, 9.30-15.30.

Check out: Sunday 5 November, after the retreat finishes (latest 18.30).

The retreat will begin on the morning of Saturday, 4 November.

2. 1st-3rd DECEMBER: ENGAGING THE EIGHT-FOLD PATH

The Buddha’s teachings offer a clear and pragmatic map for reducing the stress and suffering in our lives. In his formative teachings he described an eight-fold path that leads to freedom from suffering. Over these two days, we will take this map and experientially explore how it relates in the context of our lives and relationships.

Check in: Friday 1 December, 9.30-15.30.

Check out: Sunday 3 December, after the retreat finishes (latest 18.30).

The retreat will begin on the morning of Saturday, 2 December.

Retreat Instructor

Rosalie Dores

Rosalie Dores, M.A., is a mindfulness teacher, supervisor, and trainer. She teaches mindfulness and Interpersonal Mindfulness courses to the general public in London, and workshops and courses within organisations.

In 2010, she joined the Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice at Bangor University as an associate teacher. She supervises teachers for the Mindfulness Network CIC, a not for profit organization, which works closely with Bangor and Exeter Universities. She regularly travels to Europe to train mindfulness teachers. She follows the UK Network for Mindfulness Teachers Guidelines for Good Practice.

Rosalie has sustained a meditation and yoga practice since 1992 and is keen to support others in experiencing the benefits of committed practice. She is in training in the US to teach retreats in Insight Dialogue, a relational meditation practice.

Rosalie is actively involved in the meditation community, in study and practice, and regularly attends solitary and interpersonal meditation retreats. She is a life-long student of living well.

For more information please see Rosalie’s website: Optimal Living