Padmasambhava and the Dakinis – The Magic of Transformation: Buddhafield North Open Retreat

Dates: Saturday 26th July – Sat 2nd August 2025

Led by: Taramaitri, Lilamati, Akasharaja and Nischalasri

£315/240 waged/unwaged (children half price, under-fives free)

Join us for a week-long family-friendly retreat as we immerse ourselves in the transformational presence of the 8th century guru, Padmasambhava, and the freedom, wisdom and unobstructed energy of the dakinis!

We will be exploring these mythic figures and how they can inspire and change us, through storytelling, meditation, ritual, creative activities for all ages, music, campfires… and the famous Buddhafield North Play!

We will also be engaging in the tantric practice of living together outdoors in the beautiful West Yorkshire countryside, working together to create a living and practice space for our sacred community at the start of the retreat, maintaining it with love and care during the retreat, and then dissolving it back into empty space at the end.

The retreat will begin with an opening ceremony at 5pm on Saturday 26th July and end with a closing ritual finishing at 1pm on Saturday 2nd August. To support the sense of retreat community we will build over the week, we expect all retreatants to attend both these rituals and to remain on or around the site between these times. If you have exceptional circumstances which mean you may not be able to do this, please contact the team before you book so we can discuss how this will impact on the retreat community and work out whether we are able to accommodate this.

This retreat is open to all.

Open Retreat

Dates: Saturday 26th July – Sat 2nd August 2025

Led by: Taramaitri, Lilamati, Akasharaja and Nischalasri

A week’s family friendly retreat in the beautiful countryside of West Yorkshire.

(To order a combination of waged/unwaged/adult/child, simply add them to the basket separately: once for all waged adults, once for all unwaged adults, once for all children of waged adults, and once for all children of unwaged adults.)

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If the price below is more than you can pay, please see our Bursary Fund page for more information.

Or, if you feel you are able to pay more than we are asking, and would like to consider paying a bit more to help those less fortunate, please see the Bursary Fund page for ways in which you can donate.

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Cancellations & Refunds

You can cancel your booking on any of our retreats by emailing buddhafieldnorth@gmail.com or filling in the contact form on the website.

If you cancel more than 6 weeks before the start date of the retreat, we will issue you with a refund of 90% of the amount you paid.

If you cancel less than 6 weeks before the start date of the retreat we will issue you with a 50% refund.

If you cancel 10 days or less before the retreat we cannot issue you with any refund.