Sarah Wass & Cat McCaw

Cat McCaw

My background is in mental health within the NHS and I now work for a charity delivering mindfulness and compassion based groups to communities in Fife and Tayside.  After finishing mindfulness training, I became part of a Tara Ropka group.

Not sure what I was signing up for I soon realised that I had found something invaluable . The relaxation seems to allow for a natural expression and expansion, an opening to the world .

I am still a group participant in the Tara Ropka process and have recently trained to deliver some of the Healing Relaxation practices. I am grateful to have this connection with Akong Rinpoche through this work.

Sarah Wass

I have a background working as an art therapist in public sector provision in the UK and have been involved in Tara Rokpa since 2004. 

I started first as a group participant, and then trained to be a Tara Rokpa therapist. I now offer workshops at home and abroad.

The methods and practices of Tara Rokpa continue in my life, with their insistence that i don’t rest in my limitations. I am instead drawn to reside more fully in all my human potential.

I was very fortunate to receive guidance from Akong Rinpoche during his life.

Sarah Wass & Cat McCaw has 1 upcoming course

The Buddhist principle is to be everybody's friend, not to have any enemy.
Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche
Meditation means simple acceptance.
Choje Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche
Only the impossible is worth doing.
Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche
Whenever we see something which could be done to bring benefit to others, no matter how small, we should do it.
Chamgon Khentin Tai Situ Rinpoche
Freedom is not something you look for outside of yourself. Freedom is within you.
Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche
Hasten slowly, you will soon arrive.
Jetsun Milarepa
It doesn’t matter whatever comes, stop judging and it won’t bother you.
Choje Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche
Whatever obstacles arise, if you deal with them through kindness without trying to escape then you have real freedom.
Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche
To tame ourselves is the only way we can change and improve the world.
Choje Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche
I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
Strive always to be as kind, gentle and caring as possible towards all forms of sentient life.
Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche
Every sentient being is equal to the Buddha.
Chamgon Kentin Tai Situ Rinpoche
Wherever and whenever we can, we should develop compassion at once.
Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche
Reminding ourselves of how others suffer and mentally putting ourselves in their place, will help awaken our compassion.
Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche