Hosted By: Singhashri & Balajit
Friday, June 19th to Sunday, June 21st, 2026
Online via Zoom - see session times below
Event Description:
“The human body at peace with itself is more precious than the rarest gem…all worldly things are brief like lightning in the sky; this life we must know as the tiny splash of a raindrop, a thing of beauty that disappears even as it comes into being.” —Tsongkapa
Join us in a collective exploration of our moment-by-moment embodied experience and the potential for freedom inherent there.
Together we’ll get curious about places of emotional holding and stuckness in our bodies, which get in the way of deepening into greater presence and availability to ourselves and others. These places are often where the effects of trauma are stored, whether the trauma is individual, intergenerational, or collective. With the right support, we can begin to open in a way that recognizes and honors our fundamental need for safety, dignity, and belonging.
In this opening, we meet ourselves as we are, without trying to fix or get rid of anything. Instead, we can learn to simply allow what’s here to arise and pass away within the open space of a loving awareness. In this open space, the bound-up energy loosens and releases, bringing relief, ease, and a sense of freedom.
From here, we can see more clearly the lakshanas of impermanence, suffering, and insubstantiality and expand our capacity to appreciate the beauty of life — ours, others’, and that of the whole living, breathing universe. This supports a response to the challenges of our times imbued with wisdom and compassion, for our benefit and that of all sentient beings.
Attend any or all conversations in Zoom.
This event will be recorded and may be published online for others to access. Only the leader's video will be used except where users consent to appear spotlighted in a public conversation. Private conversations in breakout rooms will not be recorded.
Session Times:
First daily session (2 hrs): USA & Canada PST 2:30 am | México CST 3:30 am | USA & Canada EST 5:30 am | IE & UK BST 10:30 am | Europe CEST 11:30 am | India IST 3:00 pm | Australia AEST 7:30 pm | New Zealand NZST 9:30 pm
Second daily session (2 hrs): USA & Canada PST 8:00 am | México CST 9:00 am | USA & Canada EST 11:00 am | IE & UK BST 4:00 pm | Europe CEST 5:00 pm | India IST 8:30 pm | Australia AEST 1:00 am (next day) | New Zealand NZST 3:00 am (next day)
Third daily session (1.5 hrs): USA & Canada PST 11:30 am | México CST 12:30 pm | USA & Canada EST 2:30 pm | IE & UK BST 7:30 pm | Europe CEST 8:30 pm | India IST 12:00 midn (next day) | Australia AEST 4:30 am (next day) | New Zealand NZST 6:30 am (next day)
Event Registration:
Register at the link below.
Suggested Donation:
Suggested donation for the whole retreat:
£130-60 | $170-80 | €150-70
Get one ticket and come to any session you wish throughout the week!
Like all Buddhist Centre events, this retreat is offered by donation rather than charging a compulsory ticket price. We want to do this because we never want money to be an obstacle to taking part in a supportive community, and we know many people are struggling financially. The amount we suggest reflects the huge amount of work and love that goes into putting on events we hope will benefit everyone attending. If you can, please donate today. Thank you!
About the Leaders:
Singhashri (she/her or they/them) is a queer, Latinx-American dharma teacher and writer. They teach mindfulness and compassion as means to awakening to love, beauty, and truth and have committed their life to supporting collective liberation for all and the joy and freedom found there. They teach at various retreat and urban centres across the UK, Europe and the USA, and support a number of projects aimed at creating greater diversity and inclusion within Buddhist sanghas and the secular mindfulness field. They currently live in London with their partner.
Balajit (he/him) has been leading retreats and events across the UK for around 15 years. For several years he lived and worked at Vajraloka Retreat Centre in North Wales.
He is currently based in Birmingham, where he mixes Buddhist teaching responsibilities with work as a trauma therapist. He has studied the newly emerging psycho-biological approaches to trauma work and is qualified in Somatic Experiencing, NARM therapy, and SHEN Therapy.
In the past few years, Balajit has been exploring correspondences between these emerging approaches and the canonical Dharma as aids to becoming more embodied and the arising of the bodhicitta.