Welcome!
Gaia House is a meditation retreat centre and charity offering silent meditation retreats in the Buddhist tradition. We warmly welcome people of every age, ethnicity, cultural heritage and religious background, socio-economic group, sexual orientation and gender identity, and we are actively working to investigate and remove barriers to inclusion. Join us to explore the teachings of the Buddha, guided by experienced Dharma teachers from all over the world.
We have now opened bookings for retreats in 2025. Click here to view our 2024/25 calendar of residential retreats and online offerings.
We will be adding some more online retreats and courses throughout the year and will update you via our e-news. Sign up here to receive regular email updates.
You can apply for personal retreats and work retreats in 2024 and 2025.
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Online Retreats & Courses
Join us for self-guided meditation 7am each day — Awakening Together
(1 October – 31 December)
- New Year Retreat livestreamed from Gaia House with Kirsten Kratz, Jaya Rudgard, Bernat Font, Katrin Auf der Heyde and Tony O’Connor
- Freedom in Daily Life with Jenny Wilks and Tony O’Connor (starting 6 January)
- 4-week course and retreat
- 4-week course only
- weekend retreat only (31 January – 2 February)
- The Seven Treasures with Christina Feldman (19 January)
- Opening to the Timeless Ground livestreamed from Gaia House with Gavin Milne (25 January)
- An Open Path livestreamed from Gaia House with Zohar Lavie and Nathan Glyde (6-14 February)
For a full online listing, please click here.
To access the noticeboards for online retreats, please click here.
Online Dharma Hall over the Christmas period
Saturdays, 5.00 pm — Nathan Glyde
Sundays, 9.30 am — Zohar Lavie
News/Jobs
- We still have spaces available for three-month personal retreat bursaries in 2025. We subsidize 12 places a year to support people who have already meditation experience and would like to develop self-reliance and deepen their practice in a supportive silent retreat environment. The bursaries in 2025 will start on 1 February, 1 July, and 1 October 2025, and they are offered at a subsidised price of £2,735. For more information on personal retreats and bursaries, please click here.