Retreat Leaders

Advayasiddhi

Advayasiddhi, a Danish Dharma lover and international Meditation Teacher ordained in 2007, has been passionate about meditation and waking up ever since she met Triratna under the bodhi tree in 1997 just before she turned 21.
A yogi in the world deeply committed to deepen her own practice, she has spent considerable time on intensive meditation retreats over the past 28 years,

particularly under the guidance of Vessantara, Kamalashila, Tejananda and Prakasha.
Strongly committed to sharing the Dharma, she has her own unique way of making meditation relevant to each of us, always bringing confidence, ease and kindness to her way of teaching, wanting us to deepen our practice and realise that waking up is possible.
She regularly leads retreats around Europe and people appreciate her pragmatic and encouraging teaching style.
When not engaged in Buddhist work, she works in the field of mainstream compassion and mindfulness, often bringing inspiration from this into her retreats.
Advayasiddhi has a close connection with Vajraloka and has been part of the Vajraloka teaching mandala for some years now.

Events with Advayasiddhi

Compassionate Freedom
April 18 - 27, 2025

Buddhism often poses a seemingly paradoxical question to us: How to be truly happy and free, yet have the ability to meet suffering intelligently and care deeply for all beings? On this intensive meditation retreat we will explore and deepen our understanding and experience of personal liberation and how that is possible right here in our moment to moment experience. At the same time, we will also explore how opening our hearts and deepening our compassion are an intrinsic part of the path to awakening, and how it is possible to deepen this through meditation practice with the support of…

Dhyana Through the Body
August 22 - 29, 2025

Accessing dhyana (jhana), or absorption, seems to be very natural for some people, and a complete mystery to others. Dhyana is well worth cultivating as a way of deepening shamatha (mental tranquillity) as well as for the sheer psycho-somatic pleasure that some of these states afford. On this retreat, we’ll be suggesting approaches that people have found to be helpful and effective for entering into dhyana. This may well involve questioning both our own views and approaches, and some of what the tradition has to say about dhyana. We’ll proceed on the basis of asking ‘What, in our experience, is…