In Residence with Tibetan Lama, Tulku Lobsang Rinpoche
About this Retreat
This residency is an opportunity to spend time with Tulku Lobsang Rinpoche in a small group and to encounter a living tradition through his guidance. Rinpoche’s teachings in Tummo Fire Breathing and Dzogchen Meditation offer different doorways into the relationship between body, breath and mind, inviting a kind of attention that is direct, embodied and deeply personal.
The days will be held simply, leaving space for the teachings to settle. Alongside Rinpoche’s sessions, guests will have time to attend complimentary group classes, enjoy the gardens, book a Datu treatment or simply be by the sea. Datu’s Sowa Rigpa treatments offer a natural complement to the residency, drawing on the Tibetan medical tradition and its understanding of the relationship between body, energy and mind. Our signature Datu kitchen will accompany the residence throughout, with food prepared with the same attention to season, place and nourishment that has always been part of our table.
This is, above all, a residence devoted to learning: time in an extraordinary place, in the company of an extraordinary teacher, with the rare opportunity to listen, practice and encounter these teachings at close hand.
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What to Expect
A More Direct Experience: Practice, Presence and Attention
At the centre of the residence are two practices from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, each offering a different way of approaching the nature of body and mind.
Tummo Fire Breathing is an embodied practice of breath, movement and visualisation, traditionally understood as a method for cultivating inner heat and working with the body’s subtle energies. Under Rinpoche’s guidance, guests will be introduced to the principles behind the practice before entering into the breath and movement themselves. It is at once physical and contemplative: a practice of gathering attention, awakening vitality and discovering a deeper relationship with the breath.
Dzogchen Meditation approaches the mind from an entirely different direction. Rather than asking us to concentrate on an object or construct a particular state, Dzogchen invites us to recognise what is already present. Through Rinpoche’s guidance, guests are introduced to a way of resting with the mind without attempting to alter, suppress or improve it. The practice is remarkably simple in appearance, yet opens onto one of the most profound questions of Buddhist philosophy: what is the nature of mind itself?
These teachings form the thread running through the residence. The wider programme at Datu is shaped around them, with daily movement practices, group sessions as well as the opportunity to book individual therapies offering different ways to explore and integrate what is encountered in Rinpoche’s teachings.
Rooms & Rates
Our prices are per person and include a 3 night full-board stay, teaching from Tulku Lobsang Rinpoche, daily yoga/movement group classes, nutritious meals and cosy retreat wear.
For those who wish to complement the teachings with time for the body, Datu’s signature treatments will be available throughout the residence.
Double: From £900
Single: From £1,300
Dharma Villa with Seaview Terrace
Secluded in the gardens of the Palazzo, yet seamlessly part of the scenery, the Dharma Villa rooms offer uninterrupted vistas of the coastline. Breezy interiors spill onto private terraces, where the scent of citrus and sound of waves provide an effortless rhythm to each day.
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I’m sure that the Datu team helped me crack open further my heart chakra. From the love given to the preparation and serving of the food, to the talented and caring practitioners and therapists. Thank you from my heart for helping me to reconnect with the most important part of myself. Suyash’s wisdom and humility touched my soul and gave me reminders that are so pertinent in this present life journey of mine. It felt visceral.
I have only felt this twice before on retreat in my almost twenty years in this industry.
Stella
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Daisy
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Catherine
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The set up was great, the food was delicious, the atmosphere was lovely. Nothing was ever too much to ask whatever it was, or from whomever. That really is remarkable to be able to be so calm and kind and present when you have so much going on and a hotel full of demanding guests.
Martha
I met some beautiful souls and am grateful to have had the opportunity to put a brief pause on life during which I was able to learn and to inwardly reflect. The programme was a perfect balance of yoga, meditation, chanting, and sound healing; the yoga was at a level where everyone felt they could participate without feeling uncomfortable. Your team was wonderful – authentic, kind, professional, experienced and clearly passionate. And I especially enjoyed the evening talks which were excellent – educational, interesting and thought-provoking. Overall, I had a truly transformative time, and have incorporated a large chunk of Ayurvedic food into my daily life – thank you.
Emma
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How can I book a retreat?
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