Hello everyone. We hope you have all had a peaceful merry Christmas. This is just a brief message to both wish you a Happy New Year and to invite you to our New Year online gathering on Wednesday 1st January at 7.00 pm (UK time). I will give a brief Dharma talk on the theme of, “Caring For What Matters Most” and we will then do Loving Kindness and Sharing of Merits meditation, where we will dedicate our good deeds from 2024 towards our wellbeing and happiness for 2025. To join please click...
3 months ago • 1 min read
Hello everyone. We are in the process of finalising our program for the first 6 months of 2025. We have some exciting things coming up both online and in-person. We have two main focuses for the year ahead. I will continue to frame this work within the principles of "Love as the Path" that we explored last year. Firstly I will be offering a deep and thorough meditative journey into the "Art of Concentration" in our year long meditation program "The 40 Meditations of the Buddha". The...
3 months ago • 2 min read
Dear friends With the end of year approaching we wanted to give you a quick update on how things are looking for 2025. The last offering of 2024 will be the rerun weekend online retreat, "Energetics of Spiritual Self-care". Whether you are looking to reset and recalibrate in time for Christmas or whether you want to explore the important role that Spiritual self-care plays in our ongoing wellbeing at all levels, you might like to consider joining this retreat. This starts tomorrow 7th...
4 months ago • 1 min read
Dear friends, This summer I ran a new online retreat called “The Energetics Spiritual Self-care” It is a theme that I have felt emerging with greater importance over the past few years and one that I feel has become fundamental to not just our spiritual path but our whole life more broadly. Since then I have had many requests to re-run this programme both from those who missed it the first time around and others who would like to revisit the work. Now that we have delayed the start of our...
4 months ago • 2 min read
Dear friends Many of you have been asking about the upcoming six week online programme, The Art of Concentration, which is due to start this weekend. I have decided to postpone the start of this course, as the general feedback I have been getting is that an early start in the new year would be preferable instead of squeezing it in just before Christmas. People feel that December is a time of distractions and aren't able to fully commit to the course. So with this in mind, I have decided to...
5 months ago • 1 min read
Dear Reader, This is a just a quick reminder about the Art of Breathing intensive online weekend retreat starting tomorrow morning. This starts the beginning in the series of online programmes exploring the development of concentration. “The Art of Breathing: A Doorway to Higher Concentration” Live Date: Saturday 5th - Sunday 6th October 2024 Rerun date: Saturday 9th - Sunday 10th November 2024 Price: £25 Registration admin fee plus teachings on donation During this weekend I will be...
6 months ago • 1 min read
The Art of Meditation presents"The Art of Concentration" Dear Friends, I hope you have all had a wonderful summer. As we enter into autumn I am working with the team on the upcoming year's online programme offerings. I believe there is much great material available in the marketplace to the many people looking to start out with meditation, and our strengths at AoM and my strengths as a teacher perhaps lie more in what we can offer to intermediate and more experienced yogis and meditators....
6 months ago • 4 min read
Dear friends, This autumn we will be hosting two residential retreats. One in the UK, the other in Spain. Currently these are the only available retreats that Burgs will be hosting in 2024. Places are limited so please get in touch if you wish to be added to either waiting list. Residential Reset RetreatWaterperry House, Oxfordshire6th-12th September 2024Accommodation - £550 - £800 + plus teachings Open to All Levels Silent Retreat - Taking some precious time out from our busy daily lives...
8 months ago • 1 min read
Dear friends, We are pleased to announce our UK autumn retreat. Name: Residential Reset RetreatDates - Friday 6th - Thursday 12th September 2024Venue - Waterperry House, Oxfordshire Bookings are now open. Please note that places are limited for this retreat, so please join the waiting list by emailing us, as we may have some last minute cancellations. For more information, please visit our website - Residential Reset UK Retreat And if you have any questions then please do let us know. with...
9 months ago • 1 min read