Jungian Approaches to Mind, Self, and Healing

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2280 Balmoral Rd, The Falls, NS B0K 1V0, Canada
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Up to 50 in group
Date
October 19, 2024

Retreat Highlights

  • Meditation instruction
  • Daily talks on mindfulness and meditation
  • Individual meetings with a meditation instructor
  • Group discussions
  • Chanting (optional)

About this Retreat

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Details of this retreat

In this one-day workshop, participants will learn the fundamental concepts of Jungian thought and how to work with dreams and images, with a focus on how dreams contain helpful and healing messages and properties.  
The dream hosts unconscious content by way of symbols, images and emotions. These images may provide wisdom, balance, creativity and possibly, healing. The unconscious content is sometimes presented in a language your conscious mind can read and understand. It is as if the unconscious sends you nightly letters by way of dreams to be read by your waking conscious self. Dream interpretation or dream reading is the main subject of this presentation, focusing on understanding dreams through a depth psychological approach developed by the Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Carl Jung.

The agenda for our day of dialogue and creativity will include:

- Understanding Jung’s map of the psyche

- Self and Ego

- Persona and Shadow

- Anima and Animus

- Archetype, complexes and projection

- Working with Dreams
What to bring
- A notebook

- Coloured crayons or pencils

- A water bottle or covered cup for the shrine room

- Ideas, observations and questions
Schedule
10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m: Morning Session

12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m: Lunch

1:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m.: Afternoon Session

4:00 p.m.: Tea and Departure
Cost
All prices are in $CAD. Please consider paying by e-transfer, cheque, or cash. Saving transaction fees helps us keep the Centre going.

Suggested Price: $100 (including lunch and tea)

$50-$150 Sliding Scale

Generosity Policy applies. You will have the option to pay what you can on the Registration Page.

 

Schedule

Retreat schedules vary somewhat, depending on whether the program is introductory or advanced. There may be a pre-breakfast practice or activity of some sort, followed by breakfast at 8:30.

At 9:15 the main morning practice session begins. There could be talks, meditation, or various physical practices, depending upon the type of retreat.
Lunch is usually around 12:30 -- followed by an extended break. The afternoon session usually begins around 2:30, with tea break around 4:00 and dinner at 6:30. Again, depending up on the type of program, there may be a short evening practice session or a talk. Programs usually end with some sort of simple celebration.
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change

Getting Here

Location icon Dorje Denma Ling, 2280 Balmoral Rd, The Falls, NS B0K 1V0, Canada

Directions

The Halifax International airport is the just over an hour from Dorje Denma Ling. Information on taxis, shuttles and how to get here by car can be found on our website at this location: https://dorjedenmaling.org/participant-info/getting-here/.

Accommodation

Gyatso Lodge is the main indoor housing. It is simple but clean and comfortable. There separate washroom and shower facilities on each floor. There are also cabins -- some of which are winterized, as well as tents and tent platforms available during the warmer months. Campers use one of two shower houses.

Venue & Amenities

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Towels icon Towels
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Hot Tub icon Hot Tub
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Restaurant icon Restaurant
Fitness Center icon Fitness Center
Yoga Studio icon Yoga Studio
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Dorje Denma Ling sits high on a hill overlooking the Northumberland Strait, surrounded by forest and a big sky above. There are 4 meditation halls of various sizes, a simple but comfortable lodge for guests who prefer to be indoors; cabins and tents for those who prefer to camp. The main building houses the Dragon shrine room, a commercial kitchen and dining room. Lovely stained glass art and exquisite Tibetan tankas create an atmosphere of sacredness in this otherwise simple retreat centre.

Meals

Menu
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Menu Types

Although the kitchen does accommodate vegan, vegetarian, gluten free and dairy free needs, it does not operate like a restaurant. Some meat may be served, but meals are largely plant-based.

What's Included

  • Three meals and one tea break each day
  • Choice of accommodations: tents, cabins, lodge, or stay locally if you prefer

What's Not Included

  • It is the responsibility of participants to look after their own transportation,

Customer Reviews

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(Online) Shambhala Training Level IV: Awakened Heart
It was a great opportunity to complete Level IV online. The zoom format worked perfectly and although we were not physically together, it still gave us a sense of being in community. I highly recommend it.

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Winter haiku John McQuade
A lovely series of sharing haiku, with interesting insights re contemplative writing from John, through the dark of Winter. The retreat was also very well run and prepared by Dan. Both are a credit to Dorje Denma Ling. It was much appreciated, thank-you.

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Deep Resonance - Haiku
I very much enjoyed the class with John McQuade. I felt supported in exploring my own attempts at Haiku and appreciated the depth of knowledge expressed in each class. I found the process of writing Haiku to be deeply supportive in being with this uncertain time.