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Online
Retreat: 
The Three Marks

18-19 February 2023

Free your mind from self-created anguish

See into the nature of reality

Mingyur Rinpoche, a highly-regarded contemporary Tibetan teacher,  inspired me to explore his teaching of the "three marks of reality" on the 2022 Autumn Retreat on Holy Island.  ​ What emerged was a powerful experience for everyone.  We saw how this practice of seeing everything through the lens of the three marks can feel tremendously liberating.  ​ So, wanting to bring this practice to more people, I have decided to offer it as an online weekend course this February. You are very welcome to come and learn it with me.  ​ On this weekend retreat you will:  ​ explore the painful habit of solidification and how that creates so much mental suffering feel into the three 'marks of delusion' that cause that solidification learn the simple but powerful practice of "The Three Marks" which dissolves that solidification enjoy the liberated mental feeling that comes from embracing the 'marks of freedom' expand your more liberated mind to encompass the 'otherousness' of the world.  ​

What are the Three Marks?

Habitually our minds make everything around us and within us very solid. ​ ​ From a Buddhist point-of-view this typically means we make things:  unchanging: when we have a bad thought or feeling , it's going to be there for ever.  independent: we are the reasons things occur and there's no mitigating factors when things go wrong singular: we are alone and isolated, and we are one thing or nothing.  ​ But all of these ways of perceiving ourselves are delusional and they feel heavy and full of suffering. The true nature of reality is in fact the opposite. Reality is :  ​ coming and going: everything is in flux  arising because of this and that: everything is interconnected and mutually co-determining many things at once: we are deliciously multiple  ​ As you sit with the ramifications of these truths, your self-experience starts to shift quite radically. 

Pricing

We've got an early bird rate for this weekend. Up until the 31st October you can book the weekend for £50. Going forward the price climbs to £75. 

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And, of course, we never want money to stop you from getting the benefit of meditation. So if the concessionary rate is also too much for you right now then please click the right-hand button below and we will find a way to make it happen! 

Get your ticket here!

What to expect from a this online  workshop

  • This is an online workshop using Zoom. It is not an in-person retreat but we like to hold a strong container for the weekend. The zoom link will be sent to you when you register. 

  • We will begin on Sunday morning at 10 am (all times UK time) with  introductions. 

  • We'll finish at 5 pm on Sunday and have an hour's break for lunch. There will be tea and pee breaks too.  

  • Alistair will teach and guide practice throughout the weekend. His teaching will be illustrated where necessary with slides.  

  • There'll be plenty of time to share experiences in break-out groups. 

  • The teaching and Q&A sessions will be recorded and shared with you after the retreat. (For reasons of confidentiality please don't share beyond the group! 

About the teacher

Alistair is a broadcaster, psychotherapist and meditation teacher.

 

He's worked for the BBC for more than 20 years and works as a UKCP-accredited therapist in East Sussex. Since 2004, he's run Mindsprings, his therapeutic meditation organisation which teaches body-based and Buddhist solutions to many of our everyday problems.

 

Mindsprings offers popular meditation-based courses on many subjects:

  • helping people with anxiety, dissociation, stress.

  • working with mental health in the LGBTQ community.

  • exploring the growing field of embodiment and somatic practices.

  • teaching Buddhist practices for mental health and well-being

 

Alistair teaches in England, Wales, Scotland, Belgium, Ireland, Sweden, Iceland and the Netherlands.

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