End of Year Update - Upcoming 2025 Schedule
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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 December.
For those of you who want to develop a supported practice at home, beginning in January 2025 will be the year long online journey into concentration. This will run throughout the year in multiple modules over three terms, allowing you to engage with as much or as little as you can depending on your needs. Burgs will develop the fundamentals of concentration at the beginning, which will then lead into the "40 Meditations of the Buddha". Full details and registration will be released in the next ten days. For those of you who would like to attend in-person retreats, we have 4 weekend retreats in Sussex planned. These are a great introduction for beginners new to the teachings Burgs shares or for those seeking to decompress and reset from daily life. Here are the dates should you wish to mark them in your calendar. Bookings will open early in the new year. 15th/16th February 3rd/4th May 5th/6th July 15th/16th November We will also be hosting some more intensive week long retreats next year, looking at laying down the foundation of meditation practice, along with offering the reset retreat. A full updated schedule will be available towards the end of the year. For those of you who prefer to work more independently but like to have support your ongoing exploration with meditation, then joining our Patreon community is a great way to stay connected with Burgs and to the teachings he shares. The idea behind this community is an exchange that gives you the opportunity to express your appreciation and support to AOM through donation at a level that feels right for you. There is also a free member option also available. On Patreon you will discover an extensive back catalogue of guided meditations and and Dharma talks to help inspire you along the path. Burgs is regularly updating and sharing his wisdom to this private community. Finally, we wish you all a very happy Christmas ahead. Boundless metta to you all, Burgs and the AoM Team |
The Art of Meditation
Dear Friends, Most of you are aware that Burgs offers a number of online offerings to share the teachings on meditation and spiritual development. We do our best to make these as available as possible to as wide a group as is interested. As mentioned previously we are launching "The Art of Concentration" course. Concentration and stability of attention is the very doorway into a deeper, more refined, and enriching relationship with ourselves and almost every aspect of our life. Its importance...
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...
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...