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Dear Friends

We are inviting you to join us for this Bank Holiday weekend of mindfulness practice in the Plum Village tradition. We will sit, meditate, walk and eat together. This is an invitation to mindful simple living, creating community and practicing together in a peaceful and lovely setting. Practicing together we create the opportunity to experience Peace and ease in each moment.

We will arrive on Friday and depart on Monday @ 15:00.

( Included in the price is 3 nights accommodation and 9 beautiful meals. )

People new to practice and those with exerienced in practice are very welcome.

The retreat is led by Lay Dharma teacher Marjolijn van Leeuwen.

Please see note on Dana (Contribution to teacher) and cancellation policy towards the end of this page.

The weekend will consist of both guided and silent meditations, indoor and outdoor walks, relaxation, time for chatting and friendly noble silence from the evening till after breakfast allowing spaciousness, relaxation and ease.

Part of the retreat experience includes helping to set up the meditation rooms and other occasional light activity. This supports the retreat flow smoothly for everyone. We do this sangha service with mindfulness.

A few bursaries are available, please contact [email protected]

Eileen & Martin

Retreat Organisers for this retreat.

Mindfulness Ireland

The venue is a retreat centre run by the De la Salle community and has some pictures and statues from the Christian tradition.

De La Salle Retreat & Conference Centre, Castletown, Co Laois, R32 FK02, is an ideal setting for retreat.

Centrally located, just off the M7 & M8, 60 minutes drive from Limerick, 90 minutes from Dublin & Waterford, 100 minutes from Cork and 2 hours from Galway.

The retreat venue has spacious grounds and is located in the beautiful village of Castletown beside the River Nore.

This retreat has accommodation for 45 people in single rooms.
The food is vegan and will be prepared by a professional chef. We aim to offer vegan meals and to travel in the direction of non harm.
Please note, this is a residential centre and home offering meals to others including the resident community of brothers, milk, bread, butter, eggs and other dairy products are part of their diet and may be in the shared dining room and fridges. We provide non dairy milk and non dairy spreads.

What will we do together: We will practice sitting and walking meditation, mindfulness of eating, mindfulness of movement, joyfully being together, dharma sharing, deep relaxation, periods of silence and other mindfulness practices. Prepare to have many moments of ease and lightness . This retreat will suit beginners and those with experience.

Giving (dana) is an essential Buddhist practice. It is about generosity and openness, our capacity to embrace others with our compassion and love. All the teachings you will receive on our retreats are offered freely by the teachers. We price the retreats to cover the cost of the retreat. If you would like to offer financial contribution to the teacher to enable them to continue sharing the teachings we invite you to put your donation into the Dana bell at the retrea. Give any amount that speaks to your heart.
Marjolijn will share deeply from her heart and many years experience.

Cancellation Policy:

We ask that you read our cancellation Policy.
When People cancel in the last few days, a place often remains unfilled and we have to pay for the empty bed and food. The cancellation policy helps support the viability of the retreats which are priced to cover costs.
We will look at each case individually.

More than 2 weeks before the start of retreat, your contribution will be refunded minus 50€.

Less than 2 weeks before the start of the retreat, you will be refunded less 50%.

On arrival day, no refund.

We will look at each case individually.

Host or Publisher Mindfulness Ireland