# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Listening to Our Hearts
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 16 Dec, 2025 at 06:00 pm – Sun, 21 Dec, 2025 at 01:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Join Alan Muller and Anton Krueger for a transformative retreat focused on the deep connection between mindfulness and compassion. Drawing from a rich array of dharma teachings, Alan will explore the essential Buddhist practice of compassion—how it arises from mindful awareness of suffering and fuels our wish to alleviate it.

Alan’s talks will be woven together with a selection of inspiring stories, reflecting the wisdom of Aleks Krotoski: “Stories are memory aids, instruction manuals, and moral compasses.” Through these narratives, we’ll deepen our understanding and cultivate compassion in our daily lives.

In addition, Anton Krueger (Mindfulness Africa) will guide a series of meditations and reflections, creating space for insight and embodied practice throughout the retreat.

You are welcome to attend the entire retreat or any part of it. The cost per person includes accommodation of your choice and wholesome meals, from supper on the day of arrival to lunch on the day of departure. A  facilitation fee is included, while staff gratuities and dana are optional extras. There is a 5% discount for staying the full 5 days, which is already included in these costs.

For more info email retreat@tararokpacentre.co.za, or see the web page: https://tararokpacentre.co.za/event/listening-to-our-hearts/.

Alan Muller took refuge in 1997 with Akong Rinpoche. In 2003, he completed a one-year closed retreat under the guidance of Lama Yeshe Rinpoche at Samye Ling Monastery in Scotland. During this period, he took novice monk vows. Alan remained a novice monk for six years and now presents courses and retreats as a layperson.

Anton helps to run a Kagyu Buddhist centre in Makhanda (previously Grahamstown). His passion is facilitating creativity, improvisation and mindfulness workshops. He’s a member of Mindfulness Africa and has presented papers on Mindfulness and Creativity in China, the USA, India, Sweden, Scotland and Italy. He’s also a creative writer and Head of the Department of Literary Studies in English at Rhodes University.
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- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/mahikeng/listening-to-our-hearts/200029351584324
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, workshops, health-wellness, meditation, fine-arts
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 132

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Mahikeng
- **state**: NW
- **country**: South Africa
- **location**: Rhenosterfontein JP313, Groot Marico 2850, South Africa, 2850 Ditsobotla, South Africa
- **lat**: -25.74016
- **long**: 26.34688
- **full address**: Rhenosterfontein JP313, Groot Marico 2850, South Africa, 2850 Ditsobotla, South Africa, Mahikeng, South Africa

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Listening to Our Hearts being held?
  - **A:** Listening to Our Hearts takes place on Tue, 16 Dec, 2025 at 06:00 pm to Sun, 21 Dec, 2025 at 01:00 pm at Rhenosterfontein JP313, Groot Marico 2850, South Africa, 2850 Ditsobotla, South Africa, Mahikeng, South Africa.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Listening to Our Hearts?
  - **A:** Listening to Our Hearts is organized by Tara Rokpa Centre.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Listening to Our Hearts is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Mahikeng, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. With 130+ people already showing interest, this is clearly an event worth adding to your calendar - don't miss out.

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