Meditation for Fearless Living with Gelong Thubten
With Thubten
January 30 - February 1, 2026
Join us for a transformative retreat with renowned Buddhist Monk, Gelong Thubten
This retreat offers a unique opportunity to learn from one of the UK’s most influential teachers of meditation and mindfulness, a 3-day deep-dive into the practices and philosophy presented in Gelong Thubten’s latest book, ‘Handbook for Hard Times – a monk’s guide to fearless living’.
What to expect
Thubten will share insights from Buddhist philosophy and guide us on a transformative journey, with powerful methods for working with life’s challenges. We will explore how regular meditation practice can help us to transform our thoughts, emotions and reactions, turning our difficulties into fearless steps on our spiritual journey.
Topics covered during the retreat include:
– Exploring the nature of fear and anxiety, and how to become more fearless.
– Establishing and maintaining a daily meditation practice.
– Transforming limiting thoughts and challenging emotions.
– Developing compassion and cultivating the power of forgiveness.
– Cultivating awareness, clarity and peace of mind.
Is this something for you?
Are you seeking a way to cultivate more inner peace and resilience in a fast-paced, stressful world? Have you been curious about starting a meditation practice but feel unsure where to begin or how to sustain it and take it to the next level? Do you wish to transform difficult emotions and limiting thoughts into growth, courage, and spiritual strength?
Whether you’re completely new to meditation or an experienced practitioner, this retreat is open to anyone and offers valuable tools and profound insights to support your journey.
Through a combination of talks, guided meditations, and time to reflect, you’ll learn how to cultivate resilience in the face of fear, doubt and anxiety, build and maintain a daily meditation practice, and turn what’s difficult into opportunities for growth and transformation.
About the Leader
Thubten
Gelong Thubten is a Buddhist monk, meditation teacher and author. He was educated at Oxford University, and then became an actor in London and New York. At the age of 21, severe burnout led him to join a monastery. He ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist monk in 1993 at Kagyu Samye Ling Tibetan Buddhist Monastery. […]
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