Awake together – Wisdom Here and Now
With Ayya Anopama and Nolitha Tsengiwe
January 10 - 15, 2026
This retreat is the fourth in a series of four retreats, seven Insight Dialogue teachers from around the world will guide an exploration into how the relational practice of Insight Dialogue, silent meditation, and the support of friends can help us develop greater awareness, wisdom, and compassion.
在這系列的四個禪修營中，來自世界各地的七位慧談老師，將引導我們探究：關係取向的慧談練習、止語禪修，以及同修的支持，如何幫助我們培養更深的覺察、智慧與慈悲。
Retreat 4 (Advanced): Awake together – Wisdom Here and Now
Life often moves quickly, carrying us along in the currents of habit and routine that keep us half-asleep. Yet beneath these very currents lives another possibility: to move with awareness, tenderness, and wisdom, awake to our entanglement with one another and the world around us. What does it mean to truly be awake? What can be released when seen in the light of death? How might we live with greater presence and compassion, even amidst uncertainty?
This retreat is an invitation to pause and come and see together. In the immediacy of the here and now, we will inquire into the conditions that give rise to suffering and into the pathways of release. Our exploration will be relational as much as individual, supported by silence, dialogue, and the living field we create together.
Our shared practice will weave silent meditation, gentle movement, and Insight Dialogue (relational meditation) in pairs and small groups, supported by concise contemplations to invite forth the wisdom already alive among us. Time in nature and one-to-one meetings with teachers will support each participant in their unique unfolding.
Other Retreats in the Series
Retreat 1: Mindfully Together
Dec 20 to 25, 2025, English, led by Viveka Bhikkhu , Sandra Ramos Amézquita and Beth Faria
Retreat 2: The Generous Gift of Being Mindfully Present
Dec 27 to Jan 1, 2026, English (with Cantonese translation), led by Nolitha Tsengiwe & Dave Leggatt
Retreat 3: Finding Freedom through Insight
Jan 3 to 8, 2026, Mandarin Chinese and English, led by Riët Aarsse & Jessica Mui
Retreat 4 (Advanced): Awake together – Wisdom Here and Now
- Retreat 4 is only suitable for experienced Insight Dialogue practitioners.
Please click on the retreat links (above, in bold) to read more about the individual retreats.
Leaders
Ayya Anopama has practised Vipassana meditation since 2002 and spent extensive time in intensive retreat in Burma where she ordained as a Theravadian Buddhist nun with Pa Auk Sayadaw in 2013. After her monastic training she shared with various monastic communities across continents. Her teachers include Bhikkhu Analayo, Ajahn Brahm and Ashin Tejania as well as Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo and Mingyur Rinpoche. Her approach to meditation focuses on wakefulness and compassion and integrates Insight Dialogue as a powerful vehicle for awakening. She has been invited to the Insight Dialogue Teacher Development Cohort for Vipassana Teachers and Monastics and is affiliated…
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Nolitha Tsengiwe, based in Johannesburg is a meditation teacher trained by the Insight Meditation Society, a teacher for Cloud Sangha and Dharmagiri meditation center, and a mentor for Sounds True Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program. She has practiced under Kittisaro and Thanissara (disciples of Ajahn Chah) for more than 20 years. Nolitha is a mother, licensed psychologist, executive coach and a leadership development consultant. She has a trauma sensitive lens in supporting clients who are in search of truth as a doorway to healing, well-being and freedom. Nolitha is based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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