"The fool in us" is a great challenge and at the same time a longing. A longing for the lightness of being and the depth of love at the same time, for contemplation and distraction, for sense and nonsense, for laughter and tears. It is well known that laughter is healthy and the healthiest thing is to laugh at ourselves. This is probably the outstanding quality of the jester, who combines all these aspects. But what does this have to do with the fact that we are dedicating this course in February of all months to the "fool in us"? February has always been the month of purification and was named after the Roman purification festival Februa or Februarius. It also bore the epithet of the Roman goddess Juno, who stands for care, relationship and renewal. We use the stillness and silence to renew ourselves. A renewal of our view of ourselves and our lives. During the days of silence, we get used to fasting our thoughts and all the good New Year's resolutions that we still vividly remember may only now fall on fertile ground and nothing stands in the way of their implementation.
CORONA information We want to offer you and ourselves the security of taking part in our courses at a respectful distance and in accordance with the hygiene guidelines. We have also equipped ourselves with one of the most modern IONEN air exchangers. This will clean the air in the group room permanently and almost silently with the help of a special virus filter. We will make sure that breaks take place outside and that additional shock ventilation is carried out.
The most important facts in a nutshell:
Viper's word
ZEN-Meditation
Breath meditation
Keynote speeches
active meditation
Atemmeditation
Mindful exercises
Bodyscan
YOGA
Individual discussions
MBSR structure
Gehmeditation
Sitting meditation
Topic-related introspections
You will be accommodated in a simple single room in the youth guest house in Mondsee. The cost for this is approx. 200 euros for the entire period and is within walking distance of the ZEN room. We will also be happy to reserve more sophisticated accommodation for you if you wish. Double rooms can only be occupied by couples or people who know each other personally.
Food is an integral part of mindfulness and is eaten in the ZEN room. Breakfast consists of a fresh grain porridge. Lunch is vegetarian to vegan throughout and a full Ayurvedic soup is served for dinner. We are happy to take individual dietary requirements into consideration. Please let us know before the start of the course.
Possible daily routine
07:00 a.m. to 08:00 a.m. Morning meditation (active) 08:30 to 09:00 Breakfast 09:00 to 13:00 ZEN meditation structure with short breaks 13:00 to 13:45 Lunch 14:00 to 16:00 Break and individual discussions 16:15 to 16:30 Tea ceremony 16:30 to 19:00 MBSR meditation structure with short breaks 19:00 to 19:30 Evening snack 19:30 to 20:15 Walking meditation 20:15 to 21:00 Evening meditation (metta, tonglen, nadabrahma, heart meditation) 9:15 p.m. BETTRUHE
Essential components the sitting meditations of the Vipassana tradition Exercises to strengthen self-compassion the body scan walking meditation active meditations METTA meditation The individual exercise phases (sitting, lying down and mindful YOGA exercises) rarely last longer than 45 minutes. The morning active meditations last 60 minutes, alternating between movement, breathing and stillness.
Seminar leader: We are Marion and Bernhard Hötzel and we each have 45 years of meditation experience, 20 of which we have been working as meditation teachers. In our own institute, as well as guest teachers at other institutes and as lecturers for NEURO-Meditation at the TH-Campus Vienna. We have received traditional training in Asia, the USA and Europe and are very familiar with the humanistic psychology of our modern times.
You can travel to Salzburg by car, train or plane. By car, travel via Munich or Passau, Salzburg, Vienna or Linz and take the Mondsee exit.
By train you arrive at Salzburg main station and take the Postbus 140 to Mondsee bus station. From here you can also walk to the accommodation. From the airport, take the city bus 2 to the main train station.
Schlosshof 5, 5310 Mondsee, Oberösterreich, Austria
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10 months ago
A wonderful experience with the two of them.
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almost 2 years ago
My first silent retreat at Mondsee was a fascinating journey to myself and enabled me to bring pain from times long past back to the surface, to live through it and let it go. Marion and Bernhard lovingly accompanied, encouraged and supported me. I am very grateful and it was certainly only the beginning of my journeys to Mondsee.
If a replacement participant is provided, only a processing fee of EUR 50 will be charged. Revocation: You have the right to cancel this contract within fourteen days of conclusion without giving any reason. Restriction: However, this only applies if the period from booking to the start of the course is not less than 21 days.
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