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Hello everyone.

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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.

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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 invitation to register for this course starting in January will be sent out before Christmas. The whole program is geared towards those of you who are really committed to deepening your practice and understanding of meditation and it will be an exploration of the whole field of meditative practice and the art of concentration specifically. I will teach systematically each of the meditations and explain the role and function of each of them, both in regards to the discipline of spiritual cultivation and within the Buddha's path out of suffering.

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I will also be exploring in more detail the whole subject of Spiritual self-care. It has become increasingly apparent to me over the last 10 years or so, that while there has been a significant increase in the number of people starting out on the journey of spiritual or self enquiry, and an increasing appetite to learn meditation, that this hasn't inevitably led to an increase in overall spiritual and mental welfare and well-being. There are many and complex reasons behind this that I feel it is important to explore. The response I have received to work I have shared on the subject of Spiritual Self-care over this year has really highlighted to me the need to offer a practical road map by which to explore and cultivate our relationship to self-care, mental health and spiritual wellbeing.

In response to this we are working on launching our "Spiritual self-care coaching and mentoring program" in the new year. The idea behind this is to offer you more support, guidance and encouragement in integrating and embodying the key aspects of spiritual self-care into your daily life. I want to help you translate the insight and understanding that you might get from attending our "Energetics of Spiritual Self-care" retreat into lasting changes and improvements in your spiritual and mental well being.

To this end I have created a poll on our Patreon community with three options that I am considering offering. The purpose of this poll is to help me to get a feeling for what you feel would most work for you, and to orientate and structure these offerings in the most beneficially and appropriate way based on your feedback. It would be extremely helpful if you would take a little time to fill in this poll. Please click all of the options that resonate with you. The link to the poll is on the button below.

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I do understand that some of you may be limited financially in what you are able to do. In response to that I will also be offering my year long "Living Dharma" program on Patreon next year. And of course I will continue to upload content on Patreon for you to enjoy whenever you wish. Thank you so much for taking the time to do this. Your feedback is greatly valued and appreciated.

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With much love to you all

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Burgs

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