with Nolitha Tsengiwe and devon hase
In this retreat we will cultivate the 5 spiritual faculties: Faith, Vigour, Mindfulness, Concentration and Wisdom, as a means of supporting our practice in meditation and through our lives. These faculties will serve as guiding principles to deepen our meditation practice and carry their benefits into our daily lives. Each faculty works together to strengthen our capacity for insight, balance, and spiritual growth.
The retreat will be held in noble silence and there will be dharma talks; question and response sessions; group interviews; guided and silent meditation. Noble silence, offers participants the rare opportunity to quiet the external and internal chatter, allowing space for self-reflection and deeper practice. The silence supports participants in integrating the teachings and bringing insight and clarity into the subtler layers of mind and experience.
The retreat will be a hybrid model – onsite at Dharmagiri in SA and online with a global community.
About Nolitha and devon
Nolitha Tsengiwe is a Meditation teacher trained by IMS ( Insight Meditation Society) , a teacher for Cloud Sangha and Dharmagiri meditation centre and mentor for Sounds True MMTCP. She practiced under Kittisaro and Thanissara for more than 20 years. Nolitha is a Psychologist, Executive coach and a Leadership development consultant. She has a trauma sensitive lens in supporting clients who are in search of truth as a doorway to healing, well-being and freedom.
devon hase loves long retreats and has completed several years of cumulative silent practice in the Insight and Vajrayana traditions. Since discovering meditation in 2000, she has put dharma and community at the centre of her life: she spent a decade bringing mindfulness to high school and college classrooms and now teaches at the Insight Meditation Society, Spirit Rock, and other centres. She enjoys supporting practitioners with personal mentoring, and her friendly, conversational approach centres relational practice and the natural world. Along with her life partner nico, devon co-authored How Not to Be a Hot Mess: A Buddhist Survival Guide for Modern Life. She now spends a good part of the time in wilderness retreat in Oregon, Massachusetts, and elsewhere. For more, visit devonandnicohase.com.
Cost In-person
R4950pp shared room with shared bathroom
R5450pp single room with ensuite bathroom
Cost Online (sliding scale payment):
full retreat R1000 - R3500 ($50 - $200)
per day R250 - R800 ($10-$30)
Teaching on this retreat is offered freely in the spirit of dana. We welcome contributions in exchange to support the teachers on this retreat. Suggested teacher dana: R600 – R2000
*Scholarships are available. Please email for further information.