Discover Embodying the Open Ground surrounded by the extraordinary beauty of Mallorca, Spain.

THE RETREAT SPACE

We are honored to bring the teachings of Embodying the Open Ground to Dr. Churchill’s childhood summer home. 

Our retreat will be held at the Finca Sanau Retreat Center in the south of Mallorca, Spain, an authentic mediterranean style retreat finca set in luscious gardens which naturally create their own private spaces and corners ideal for resting, meditating, or reading.

The grounds offer many areas for gathering and contemplation inspired by the beauty of nature.  Hammocks under the shade of the trees, the singing birds, and the running water of the fountains create a magical atmosphere ideal for restoring balance to mind, body, and spirit. 

The finca offers many terraces around the house and the pool where you can enjoy relaxing alone or within the company of the group. There are also areas to share and have fun with a petanque (bowling) field and a volley beach field. The interior of the house is bathed in natural light with a simple but warm and tasteful style.

THE TEACHING

Embodying the Open Ground is a path of practice, developed by Dr. John Churchill over the last two and a half decades, inspired by the embodied meditative approaches of the Indo-Tibetan traditions.

It is a contemporary approach to realization and the heroic altruism of the bodhisattva path that integrates Western psychological, somatic, and esoteric understanding with contemplative Mahayana essence psychology, offered in a guided path that reveals the fundamental embodied truth of interconnectedness, openness, non-duality, and the wholeness of experience.

Designed specifically for the psychosomatic and cultural conditioning of Western aspirants, whilst deeply grounded in Buddhist psychology, the practices work with the deep underlying life intelligence of the body and matter so as to allow the path of practice to reveal itself through the relaxation and release into the unborn.

Grounded in a non-dual yogic understanding of body, breath, and consciousness– this approach to practice calms the mind and opens one to the heartfelt ground of being while simultaneously healing the deep split between mind and body that makes stabilization of recognition easier. 

This practice leads us from identification with the reactivity of the personality to the realization of our essence as a vast ocean of awareness; love that transcends and includes this body and mind.