{"id":13920,"date":"2024-11-24T08:16:28","date_gmt":"2024-11-23T21:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/santifm.org\/santi\/?p=13920"},"modified":"2025-11-30T15:57:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T04:57:09","slug":"christmas-and-new-years-day-retreats-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/santifm.org\/santi\/2024\/11\/24\/christmas-and-new-years-day-retreats-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas and New Years: Day Retreats"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Looking to spend your Christmas or the New Year\u2019s Day at a peaceful place?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Then join us for a quiet day-retreat in the tranquil surrounds of Santi Forest Monastery.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are offering 2 separate day retreats on Thursday the 25<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0of December 2024 and on Thursday the 1<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0of January 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These events are free of charge. <strong>You may bring a plate of food to share if you wish. Some vegetarian food will be provided .<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Day of Sweetness<strong>\u00a0\u2013 25<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0December 2024<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>9.00 am \u2013 9.30 am \u2013 Arrival and settling in<br>9.30 am \u2013 10.30 am \u2013 Guided meditation <br>10.30 am \u2013 11.00 am \u2013 Walking meditation&nbsp;<br>11.00 am \u2013 12.30 pm \u2013 Lunch<br>12.30 pm \u2013 1.30 pm \u2013 Dhamma talk \u2013&nbsp;<strong>Fewness of Wishes<\/strong><br>1.30 pm \u2013 3.00 pm \u2013 Walk to the Big Cave. Guided Meditation<br>3.00 pm \u2013 4.30 pm \u2013 Q&amp;A session with a cuppa<br>4.30 pm Sharing of merits and end of the day&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Art if Inner Balance<strong>\u00a0\u2013 1<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0January 202<\/strong>5<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Gates open at 8.30am<br>9.00 am \u2013 9.15 am \u2013 Arrival and settling in\u2028<br>9.15: Welcome and housekeeping\u2028<br>9.30 am \u2013 10.00 am \u2013 Guided meditation \u2028<br>10.00 am \u2013 10.30 am \u2013 Walking meditation\u00a0\u2028<br>10.30\u2013 Refuges and precepts, meal blessing in the mediation hall\u2028<br>10.45\u2013 get ready for lunch\u2028<br>11.00 am \u2013 12.30 pm \u2013 Lunch and washing up.<br>12.30 pm \u2013 1.30 pm \u2013 Dhamma talk \u2013\u00a0<strong>Art of Inner Balance<\/strong><br>1.30 pm \u2013 3.00 pm \u2013 Walk to the Big Cave. Guided Meditation<br>3.00 pm \u2013 4.00 pm \u2013 Q&amp;A session with a cuppa<br>4.00 pm Sharing of merits and end of the day\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What to bring \u2013&nbsp;<\/strong>Good walking shoes, hat, sunscreen, water bottle, warm clothing (Southern Highlands is always a few degrees cooler).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meditation mats, cushions, stools and chairs are provided<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This event is free of charge. Hot and cold drinks will be provided.&nbsp;<strong>Some vegetarian food will be provided and you are welcome to bring a plate of food to share.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/santifm.org\/santi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/xmas-ny-day-retreats.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"753\" src=\"https:\/\/santifm.org\/santi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/xmas-ny-day-retreats-1024x753.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/santifm.org\/santi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/xmas-ny-day-retreats-1024x753.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/santifm.org\/santi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/xmas-ny-day-retreats-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/santifm.org\/santi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/xmas-ny-day-retreats-768x565.jpg 768w, https:\/\/santifm.org\/santi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/xmas-ny-day-retreats.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Location<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Santi Forest Monastery<br>100 Coalmines Rd, Bundanoon, NSW<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Accessibility:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The meditation hall is upstairs. Access to the Big Cave is a 10-15 minute walk on gravel.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There is no public transport for this event. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<noscript class=\"ninja-forms-noscript-message\">\n\tNotice: JavaScript is required for this content.<\/noscript>\nThe retreat has reached its participant limit.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking to spend your Christmas or the New Year\u2019s Day at a peaceful place?<br \/>\nThen join us for a quiet day-retreat in the tranquil surrounds of Santi Forest Monastery.<br \/>\nWe are offering 2 separate day retreats on Sunday the 25th\u00a0of December 2024 and on Sunday the 1st\u00a0of January 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":13921,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/santifm.org\/santi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/santifm.org\/santi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/santifm.org\/santi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santifm.org\/santi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santifm.org\/santi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13920"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/santifm.org\/santi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14927,"href":"https:\/\/santifm.org\/santi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13920\/revisions\/14927"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santifm.org\/santi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/santifm.org\/santi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santifm.org\/santi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santifm.org\/santi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}