Other women who are also in the ordination process, and Order Members. Tiratanaloka has a rich history of being a women’s space, including trans women. We are open to bookings from a wider diversity of gender identities while retaining our tradition as a distinctively women’s retreat centre.
Tiratanaloka is an old house and was not originally designed with disabilities and ease of access in mind. However, we have made a number of modifications. If you require a single room, a downstairs room, a bed (rather than a bunk) or a room with an en suite bathroom please arrange this with the office prior to booking as these facilities are limited and cannot be guaranteed without prior arrangement. These rooms are allocated due to specific need, not preference. Please contact the office.
Yes, camping is possible. However, if you are here for longer than a week you will need to move your tent, so the lawn can replenish itself.
If a retreat is full, we are unable to accommodate extra people by camping. We have limited space elsewhere in the building such as the shrine room.
On our retreats we practice ‘brahmacarya’, refraining from sexual activity. Please let us know if you are booked on the same retreat as your partner and we will accommodate you in separate rooms. If you have any questions please email the office.
All our retreats are residential. Bedrooms are shared, with two to four people in a room. Bathrooms are situated on the first floor and some bedrooms have en suite facilities. Each bathroom includes a shower and toilet. If sleeping on the second floor there are 2 short flights of stairs to access the bathroom facilities. Food is served in the dining room. There is a well stocked library, a comfortable and bright sitting room, as well as chairs and coffee tables in other parts of the building for quiet time or for 1:1 conversations.
Please let us know if you have any medical requirements, including dietary needs. All meals are vegan.
Also, get in touch if you think that for any reason you may need to temporarily leave the retreat or for some reason during the retreat it will be necessary for you to be in contact with family or friends.
07903 694588 - emergency number
A member of the retreat team will check this number regularly during the retreat for important messages. In order to maintain the retreat environment, please only use this number for emergencies. This number is only used for this purpose during retreat time.
For all other contact please use the office number: 01874 676361 or email office@tiratanaloka.org.uk
We are a meat-free, smoke-free, drug and alcohol-free retreat centre. By coming here you are undertaking not to consume recreational drugs, alcohol, or to smoke or eat meat or fish. Those who do need to smoke - including vaping - are asked to do so off the premises. Please get in touch if any of this is an issue for you.
On retreat we deepen our Dharma practice, and to do this it is important to set up good conditions. To make the most of being on retreat it is important you do not bring work with you, so please complete any work you have before arriving.
We also ask that you leave behind newspapers, music and anything external to the retreat generally. If you want to read, we suggest you bring something ‘inspirational’, rather than something 'distracting'. We have a Dharma library at Tiratanaloka that you are welcome to use whilst here, and a well stocked bookshop for purchases.
