Letting go in love with Anne Overzee
This course comprises three modules in presence and online, and is designed to support our personal explorations of the theme of our own death. We can never know how or when we will die, but those who work with the dying often share the view that for some it can be a time of healing and spiritual transformation.
We shall use creativity, ritual and meditation to explore our views and understandings of death; and listen to ourselves to discern what might best support us going forward as we continue to cultivate a relationship with our own death in a way that that enables us to live our lives more fully, and with a deeper sense of meaning. A key emphasis will be on co–creating a holding field of heart to sustain us through our individual and shared enquiry amidst the beauty of Maguzzano Abbey on Lake Garda.
The approach will be contemplative, and as well as having time for silent meditation, we will explore together how the bardos, as described in the Tibetan text, Liberation through Hearing in the Bardo (commonly known as The Tibetan Book of the Dead), can support us in recognizing our intrinsic radiant nature.
Dates and venue
The Training is made of 3 modules that will be held in Northern Italy in the lovely surroundings of Maguzzano Abbey on Lake Garda in Via Maguzzano 4, Lonato (BS) in the following dates:
– from Wednesday 10th of September to Sunday 14th of September 2025;
– from Wednesday 15th of April to Sunday 19th of April 2026;
– from Wednesday 30th of September to Sunday 4th of October 2026.
There are also three online meetings on Saturday mornings in the following dates: December 13th 2025, February 28th 2026, June 6th 2026.
The Abbey is less than 15 minutes drive from the train station of Desenzano, from which you can reach it with a local taxi (cost approx. 15 euros).
The closest international airport is Verona (about 35 minutes drive) or Bergamo Orio al Sorio (1 hour drive).
Participation fee
The cost of the Training is 1770 euros plus 25 € for the annual registration in the organization. There is a reduced fee of 1470 euros for enrollments before March 30th 2025. It is always possible to do the payment through various instalments.
The payment has to be done through bank transfer to:
Associazione Sati Mudita
Iban IT83 E030 6909 6061 0000 0128 339
Bic BCITITMM
Causal: Surname and Name of the Participant – Letting go in love
Or through the following paypal account: segreteria@satimudita.com
The cost for room and board is 80 euros per night in single room with private bathroom or 70 euros.
If you would like to participate but you have financial issues, please write to us at: segreteria@satimudita.com
Anne Overzee
(M.A. (Cantab.), Ph.D.; E.A.P. reg. psychotherapist)
Anne’s work over the years has been on the interface between spiritual practice and psychotherapy. She has always been interested in how contemplative practice can help transform our experience of daily life, of being in relationship, and of deepening our capacity to live in the moment and with greater open heartedness. After years working in the field of psychotherapy (‘mindfulness in relationship’), her main focus now is in working with others keen to explore ways of living as a committed contemplative actively engaged in the world. Following her first degree at Cambridge University in Theology and Religious Studies, Anne’s subsequent research in eastern spiritual practices was in India where she lived between 1975-77. She subsequently studied for her doctorate in Religious Studies (The Body Divine: Cambridge University Press, 1986) while completing her training to become a Psychotherapist, and her work with clients, supervisees and training groups as a staff member of Karuna Institute, U.K. spanned the following 40 years. Her psychospiritual approach comes from Core Process Psychotherapy, which was then a completely innovative approach integrating Buddhist awareness practices and psychology with western psychotherapy. She has been practising Buddhism since the 1970’s when she went to Dharmasala, the seat of H.H. Dalai Lama.
For further information and enrollments, please fill the form below or write to: segreteria@satimudita.com
