The Way It Is - A Buddhist writing retreat - Wolf at the Door

With Padmacandra, Vishvantara and Dayajava

November 6 - 9, 2026

Date and Time Details: Starts 6th November 7pm - Ends 8th November 3/4pm

  • £339.00 – Full price
  • £275.00 – Concessions price
The Way It Is
There’s a thread you follow. It goes among
things that change. But it doesn’t change.
People wonder about what you are pursuing.
You have to explain about the thread.
But it is hard for others to see.
While you hold it you can’t get lost.
Tragedies happen; people get hurt
or die; and you suffer and get old.
Nothing you do can stop time’s unfolding.
You don’t ever let go of the thread.
~ William Stafford ~

A Buddhist writing retreat, exploring imagination through pen, paper – and the spaces in between…

Is it possible to allow things be just as they are, bringing kindness and curiosity to our experience? Are we open to follow the golden thread of whatever happens, and discover where it leads? Join Vishvantara, Dayajava and Padmacandra in playfully exploring this theme through putting pen to paper, through meditation and through ritual!

Come and delve deep with Wolf at the Door, in the beautiful surroundings of Rivendell.

Wolf at the Door writing workshops are woven with the Dharma and laced with the unexpected. No writing experience necessary, just a willingness to step through ‘the door’ of the imagination in the company of experienced ‘wolf’ guides. Read more about the leaders here: wolfatthedoor.org


RETREAT CATEGORY:TRIRATNA

This retreat is suitable for those who have a regular meditation practice and who regularly attend retreats, a centre or a group within the context of the Triratna Buddhist Community. You will also need to be familiar with, and happy to participate in, Triratna Buddhist devotional practice and ritual (puja), be comfortable with extended periods of sitting meditation and the possibility on some retreats of periods spent in silence.

Please read our booking and cancellation policies and FAQs before booking.


About the Leaders

Padmacandra

Padmacandra (Pippa Meek) first attended a retreat with Wolf at the Door many moons ago, led by Ananda and Manjusvara. She says "I felt suddenly at home: able to be myself and happily anonymous at the same time. For me poetry is a state of mind that I aspire to abide in. Poetry seems to […]

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Vishvantara

Vishvantara (Julia Lewis) has been reading and writing poetry since childhood and her debut pamphlet ​Cursive was published by Happenstance Press in 2015. She has twice been commended in the National Poetry Competition, and won first prize in the Poetry London competition. She has been a Hawthornden Literary Fellow. She lives in a Buddhist community and […]

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Dayajava

Dayajava is delighted to join the team having been an attendee at Wolf events for a few years. Literature was his way into spiritual practice and he finds the Wolf at the Door approach a wonderful way to deepen an appreciation of letters and life. He has been writing short stories since his childhood and […]

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