These retreats & courses are available with reduced rates or financial assistance. Some are on a dāna (donation) basis. Please contact the relevant organisation.

30 Jan – 20 Feb 2025. Rest and Renewal: Cultivating Inner Resources. Four online Thursday evening sessions with Sheffield Insight Meditation.

22 March. Between the Words: Poetry and Meditation. Online day retreat. Gaia House.

30 April – 5 May. Metta in Motion: Qi Gong and Meditation retreat. Freely Given Retreats, Dartmoor, Devon.

16-21 June. This Precious Human Life: Contemplating Mortality. Residential retreat. Gaia House.

23-27 July. Rainbow Dharma. A retreat for the LGBTQI+ community. Residential and live-streamed. Gaia House.

31 July – 3 August. Young Person’s Retreat: A Path of Connection. Gaia House.

8 -10 August. Crossing The Flood and the Three Refuges. Online Retreat. Gaia House

11 October. Deepening Practice: Becoming Embodied. One day in-person retreat. London Insight Meditation

25 October. Nourishing Joy, Sustaining Compassion. One day in-person retreat. Bristol Insight Meditation

26 Oct – 1 Nov. Equanimity. Residential retreat. The Barn, Sharpham, Totnes.

19 Nov – 3 Dec. Meditation and Creativity. Course of 3 online Wednesday evening sessions. Gaia House.

4 -7 Dec. Boundless Heart, Vulnerable Life. Residential and live-streamed retreat. Gaia House.

12-14 Dec. Cultivating and Nourishing Community. Residential and live-streamed retreat for insight meditation community leaders and organisers. Gaia House.

River guides an online fortnightly meditation group on Tuesday evenings 7-8pm. Based in Derbyshire but open to all. Contact her for further info