August 2026
Hello
I hope you are well? It’s been a while since I’ve been in touch. I’ve been enjoying a sabbatical from in-person teaching, although I’ve continued to lead a weekly drop-in class, and we had the largest online retreat we’ve ever had between Xmas and New Year 25/26 with 179 people signed up.
The time-out has been very rewarding with an extended semi-retreat period in Spain last autumn, and a pilgrimage to Ladakh in northern India this summer. I’ve spent most of the time in-between those periods writing a book, a follow up to Uncontrived Mindfulness which was published over 5 years ago. Where has the time gone!
I want to let you know about a couple of things:
Teaching Dates
I’ve now got a number of retreats planned for 2027, as well as 3 coming up over the autumn (southern hemisphere spring) in Australia and New Zealand.
You can find details on the teaching page of my blog on this LINK
New Year Plans
This year Vajrapriya and I will be taking a break from the usual 5-day online retreat held between Xmas and New Year. Vajrapriya will be in India, so it’ll be less of a break for him as he’ll be working hard there. Instead of the retreat, I’ll lead 2-day retreats during that period on Monday 28th and Tuesday 29th December. Details are on the same link as above.
You can come to one or both of the days, and they are on a donation basis.
Drop In Class
The weekly Monday morning (UK time) online class is well into its third year and going strong. Do join us for an hour-long period with a short amount of input, meditation and enquiry. Follow this LINK to the Drop In page on the blog.
Having said that – the class won’t continue during October and November when I’m in Oceania.
Wishing you all very well,
Vajradevi
Uncontrived Mindfulness 