May I never give up in all my lives
The Great Spacious Love
That seeks to free ALL living beings

“Brave View” refers to courageous compassion and wisdom that inspires us to cherish and provide for the well being of all creatures. Brave View website supports Braeview Hermitage: two cottages in the remote Shetland Islands of Scotland. Established by Geoff Jukes as a home base for Paula Chichester and as a retreat space for aspiring bodhisattvas to practice, rest, reflect, heal, study and reconnect with their inner truth, purpose and power. Friends come for a few weeks or a few months. Every visitor joyfully remarks how the accommodation and surrounding nature is just perfect, including Paula’s presence of a lifetime of immersion in Buddhadharma. The website also keeps up to date with Paula’s teaching schedule, recordings, her dharma songs, and advice from her teachers and other inspiring yogis– all in the interest to motivate and support sincere seekers of enlightenment and planetary sanity.

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Please also take a look at the link to the Meridian Trust, a wonderful archive of thousands of hours of video of some of Tibet’s greatest masters, as well as contemporary teachers. https://meridian-trust.org/

Paula’s Teaching Schedule

Please visit the individual centre website links below for further information about each event. Thank you.
Nearly all gatherings will be available on zoom.

2025

Nearly all gatherings will be available on zoom.

White Tara- Bi-monthly meditations hosted online by Christine Toscano: 1st Tuesday of the month. Please contact Christine via email to join. Email christinetoscano@gmail.com

White Tara – Bi-monthly meditations hosted by Land of Joy, Hexham, UK: 3rd Wednesday of the month. Please see the Land of Joy website link here for details https://landofjoy.co.uk/monthly-white-tara-online-practice-group/

VajraYogini Practice: monthly meditations on the short sadhana with Lama Yeshe Ling, Canda. The second Wednesday of each month at 4 pm GMT/ 8 a.m. PST/ 11 a.m. EST. We will use the short or Long sadhana composed by Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche available from fpmt.org. Please follow this link for more details lamayesheling.org (Please note – you must have taken the empowerment to participate in this practice.)

VajraYogini Monthly Self Initiations Online Practice Hosted Online on Fridays current dates are Jan 24, Feb.21, March 21, April 18, May 16 and Jun. 20. Times to be confirmed. You can write to Paul Wielgus to get on the mailing list. paul@socialinnovation.co.uk (Please note – you must have taken the empowerment to participate in this practice.)

August Fri 29th to Sun 31st – Medicine Buddha Retreat – A Taste of Wellbeing – Hosted by Lam Rim Buddhist Centre, Wales. UK. Please see website link here for details https://www.lamrimcentre.org.uk/courses/p/medicine-buddha-retreat

2026

12th April – 7th May 2026 – VajraYogini Retreat mantra recitation and fire Puja. – Hosted by Land of Joy, Hexham, UK. Please see website link here for details- https://landofjoy.co.uk/vajrayogini-action-enabling-retreat-paula-chichester-2026/

For any further enquiries – Please contact Andrea Bridger at admin@braveview.org