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Insight Meditation (West) · Retreat centre
West Ogwell, Newton Abbot, Devon, England, United Kingdom · Also called Gaia House Trust
Gaia House is a silent meditation retreat centre and charity founded in 1983 by Christina Feldman and Christopher Titmuss, first at Denbury. Since 1996 it has occupied a former manor house and Anglican convent at West Ogwell, where it runs teacher-led insight retreats and personal retreats.
Choose a retreat on the centre's own website and register there. IMS takes a deposit on registration and offers sliding-scale rates and scholarships.
The Western insight meditation centres (IMS, Spirit Rock, Gaia House): lay teachers, roots in Mahasi, U Ba Khin and Thai Forest, and fees plus dāna. Read about Insight Meditation (West).
Details checked 24 Sept 2026. Course dates, rules and contacts change: confirm on the centre’s own site.
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