Living your Wild and Precious Life with Self-Compassion- A 2-day silent Mindful Self-Compassion online retreat

“…Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” From Summer Day by Mary Oliver

Join me for a silent online weekend MSC retreat on USA, UK and Europe friendly times – starting daily at 8am East Coast USA/Canada time or 1pm UK time.

Why come on this retreat?

Giving ourselves time and space to pause and rest deeply can enable us to ground and land more deeply in the present moment. Creating this safety for ourselves allows our hearts to open, guide and support us in exploring a kinder and wiser direction for our one wild and precious life. This is an opportunity to build reslience and live with more courage amidst ongoing uncertainty.

Mindful Self-Compassion

Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) is an integration of research by Kristin Neff with the clinical perspective of Christopher Germer; It offers core principles and practices that resource us to respond to difficult moments in our lives with kindness, care and understanding. The three key components of self-compassion are self-kindness, a sense of common humanity, and balanced, mindful awareness, opens our hearts to suffering, so we can give ourselves what we need. opens us to our essential inter-relatedness, so that we know we aren’t alone. Mindfulness opens us to the present moment, so we can accept our experience with greater ease. Together they comprise a state of warm, connected, presence.

In this retreat we will explore how to live our wild and precious life more fully through mindfulness as well as both tender and fierce self-compassion practices. These can help us find our direction for the coming year. We will ask questions of ourselves and have time to reflect deeply in the gently guided silent practices, giving ourselves the precious gift of our own presence and be supported by the retreat leader and the online group.

What happens on this retreat?

On this silent retreat there will be guided practices as well as ample opportunity for you to deepen into your own experience within the supportive container of the online group. The retreat includes practice sessions, including gentle movement and talks. There will be breaks to enable the practices to land. The retreat will include occasions to connect in smaller groups. There will also be free time to eat, rest and relax.

Who is this retreat for?

This retreat is for those who have either completed some mindfulness or self-compassion training. This retreat is equally open to practitioners and mindfulness or MSC teachers.

Location and Timings

This is an online retreat via Zoom daily from 8am to 6pm East Coast USA/Canada Time which is equivalent to 1pm to 11pm UK time.

Cost of the retreat

The retreat will cost $195 USD or £150 GBP per person.

How to Apply

To apply, please email: caroline@drcarolinehoffman.com for an application form.