Drubpön Ingrid Lama

Retreat, step by step to understanding and wisdom:
Working with biographical themes and emotions in retreat

With enthusiasm and devotion I have accompanied and supported disciples from all over the world in their solitary and group retreats in India, Nepal and Europe. My experience over the years has shown me that it is of great benefit for practice and retreat preparation to have a look at ones own biography. Being in retreat naturally brings up a lot of thoughts about our life and the past. Despite our practice these thoughts can be overwhelming and cause emotional difficulties in the retreat. In my work as a professional biography-writing-teacher I use different methods to support practitioners in looking at their life and working with recurring themes in their biography. All of the methods are supportive to our development on all levels and enhance wisdom, insight and creativity. As a psychological counsellor, I also make sure that recurring themes can be addressed personally and that retreatants learn basic tools for coming in contact with and processing the emotions that come up.

I am looking forward to meeting different practitioners and working with them for one week in Schneverdingen together with Drubpön Rachel Dodds and Giorgio Savigliano.

Ingrid Lama from Switzerland, psychological counsellor and biography-writing-teacher