Finding Health and Resilience when working with trauma: A Kum Nye retreat
Those of us who work with trauma, as psychotherapists, often carry more than we know. The body registers what we sit with; over time this can constellate as depletion, tension, or a closing of the senses.
Kum Nye offers a gentle way back. Through slow movement, breathing practices, and self-massage, we soften what has been held and reconnect with the body's own capacity for nourishment and ease. As the senses relax and open, feeling flows again, and with it a natural replenishment; the ground of our own Health, which is never lost, only obscured.
During this weekend retreat we will rest in embodied presence, supported by the collective field, and explore how Kum Nye practices can sustain resilience in our work and our lives. This in turn helps us to create a wider and more spacious holding field with our clients and deepens our capacity to sit with deeper levels of process
The retreat is open to anyone whose work brings them into contact with trauma; no previous experience of Kum Nye is needed.
About Kum Nye
Kum Nye, a traditional Tibetan yoga introduced to the West by Tarthang Tulku, integrates physical postures, breathing exercises, and meditation to promote holistic well-being. By exploring inner sensations and embracing the flow of feeling, practitioners can access a healing vehicle amidst the stresses of modern life. Kum Nye helps to integrate body and mind, fostering a sense of wholeness and inner peace.
Cheryl Allen has practiced Kum Nye since she trained as a Core Process psychotherapist over 35 years ago, and she has taught Kum Nye retreats for about 30 years. She has also taught on the Core Process psychotherapy training for over 20 years at the Karuna Institute when it was located on Dartmoor. Kum Nye is close to her heart; she has found this practice to be deeply healing and transformational, and she loves sharing it with other people.
James Scurry is a Core Process Psychotherapist and a Kum Nye instructor authorised by the Nyingma Institute in California. He specialises in supporting those who have experienced trauma to reconnect with their bodies and restore a felt sense of safety and belonging through the healing practices of Kum Nye. Alongside his psychotherapy practice, James has run workshops with journalists, police officers, and members of the military.
www.jamesscurry.com
Guidelines for Dana
Dana means “generosity” and “giving” in Pali, the language in which the Buddha’s teachings were originally recorded. The Buddha regularly emphasised in his teaching the value of generosity and sharing what we have with others, as an essential practice of cultivating happiness and wellbeing.
Dana is a foundation principle underlying the running of Retreats, and also at other Insight Meditation centres and Buddhist monasteries, around the world. This follows a two and a half thousand year-old tradition in the transmission of the dharma.
In order to make this opportunity to practice as accessible as possible, Karuna Dartmoor seeks to keep costs to a minimum. The charge you paid to attend this retreat covers only the ongoing costs of running the course. The teachers serve and support your retreat out of kindness and generosity: they are not paid for the work they do.
As your time on the retreat comes to an end, you have the opportunity to support the teachers who have supported your retreat.
The Buddha encouraged dana and generosity, in recognition of our interdependence, and as a wholesome practice which helps release the heart and mind from greed and negativity. In receiving with gratitude, and giving with generosity, we become more fully conscious participants in the interconnected web of life that supports us all.
Take it as a practice: there is no expected “right amount”, so please listen to your heart and give what you are moved to offer, while also respecting your practical circumstances. Your dana ensures the continued transmission of the dharma teachings, and their accessibility to all who wish to receive them.
The Directors and Teachers at Karuna Dartmoor deeply appreciate and thank you for your kindness and generosity.
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Finding Health and Resilience when working with trauma
DATES: Friday 14 May 2027 - Sunday 16 May 2027
VENUE: Karuna Dartmoor, TQ13 7TR
TUTOR: Cheryl Allen and James Scurry
COSTS - £190 (with a deposit of £100) plus dana for the teachers.
Deposit is payable within 7 days of acceptance onto the course.
CPD certificates are available on request.
The charge you pay to attend only covers administration fees and accomodation and food. The teachers serve and support your retreat and training out of kindness and generosity. They are not paid for the work they do. Therefore, Dana to the teachers is welcomed.We may be able to offer payment plans to spread the cost of the course over a longer time, as long as the final payment of any payment plan is 8 weeks before the start date of the course. If this is something you would be interested in discussing, please let us know once you’re accepted onto the course.
All residential retreats and training will include shared bedroom accommodation. They also include lunch and dinner, prepared by a local chef. There will be a self-serve breakfast. This is all included in the cost.
Karuna offers vegetarian meals. We can provide wheat-free and dairy-free or vegan options, but please inform us as soon as possible before your stay. If you have very specific dietary needs, consider bringing any items you might need to supplement the provided meals.
Please note that Karuna Dartmoor is alcohol-free and does not allow non-prescribed drugs.