Insight Meditation (West) · Retreat centre
Gaia House
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.
How to apply
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.
What is taught here
Insight meditation is the English name for vipassanā, clear attention to the present: how IMS, Spirit Rock and Gaia House teach it, its roots and fees. Read about Insight Meditation (West).
Sources
- openstreetmap.org/way/170353968
- gaiahouse.co.uk/
- gaiahouse.co.uk/contact/
- gaiahouse.co.uk/about/gaia-house-story/
- gaiahouse.co.uk/about/history-building/
Details checked 25 Sept 2026. Course dates, rules and contacts change: confirm on the centre’s own site.
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