A Joyful Path - Year-long Training [80641]

A deepening year-long training „A joyful Path, Wisdom and Compassion" with dharma teacher Bettina Romhardt from Berlin, starts in 2026, on the basis of the mindfulness practices in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh. Language English.

This year-long training builds upon the year-long training 'Living mindfully in the world', and contains the same elements: personal commitment, continuity of practice and the strength of a Sangha.
To participate it is not necessary to have followed the previous year-long training, but we do expect you to be an experienced practitioner in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh, participate in a sangha and have attended several retreats in this tradition.

During this year we deepen our practice by investigating the fundamental teachings of the Buddha, the Sutras.
Together we form a vessel in which we can understand the sutras, the Dharma not only intellectually, but experience it also in our heart-mind, body and also in the Sangha body.
We look deeply in our lives and our practice through the eyes of the noble eightfold path. We open ourselves to wisdom and compassion, their nature and impact.

Practicing, we walk our joyful path in the midst of this world—living for the benefit of ourselves and for the benefit of all beings.

This form of practice (yearlong) arose from experiencing many weekend retreats and seeing how through mindfulness practice openness, connection and mutual support emerge in just two or three days, enabling transformation, healing and expansion. This yearlong training was born out of the vision to support such a proces over a longer period of time.

The year-long training contains:

• Four weekend retreats
• a monthly letter form Bettina with exercises for the period between retreats
• a weekly second-body practice.

Time and Place

Place: Bosoord Retraitecentrum, Hoofdweg 10, 97371 GE Loenen Gelderland

Conditions

• Four weekends in 2026
• Exercises / homework / practice for the times between the weekends and
• A structured support system amongst group members.
• The price for this course is 1460 -1752 Euro including full board on a 2-pers room at Bosoord retreat center. The fee for the teacher is included. [No Dana is expected afterwards]. 

Support: If you cannot afford these fees, it is possible to apply for financial support from the Dharma Support Fund of Foundation Leven in Aandacht. Please send your request to penningmeester@aandacht.net. 

Bettina Romhardt

Bettina Romhardt is a student (since 1993) and teacher in the tradition of the Vietnamese Zen-Master Thich Nhat Hanh. After training and working as a naturopath she lived for five Years as a Resident in his monastic community Plum Village in France. She became a member of the International Order of Interbeing and was appointed Dharma teacher by Thich Nhat Hanh in 2004. She now lives in Berlin. 

Program

Sign up

Registration will be open from Aug.1 through this website. 

There are two prices, depending on your financial ability. The A rate (1752 Euro) is meant for people who can afford it. They make participation possible for others. The B rate (1460 Euro) is meant for people who have less to spend.

You can pay in two installments (2 x 50%). The second installment is due by March 1, 2026.

There are a number of single rooms. If you prefer this possibility you register for a 2-person room and indicate that you prefer to be on a 1-person room. An single room will cost € 45 extra per weekend. Via a separate mail to liaprogramma@aandacht.net you can indicate why you prefer a single room, so we can assign them.

Cancellation:

The following cancellation policy applies: up to 4 weeks before the start of the year-long trainng: 90% refund of the registration fee; up to 2 weeks 75%; after that no refund possible. Cancellation is only possible for the whole course and not for separate weekends.

Contact

Stichting Leven in Aandacht, Team Verdiepingsprogramma: liaprogramma@aandacht.net