Personal 11-Day Retreat for Individuals & Couples / Nature, Silence & Meditation Near Hamburg

Little Paradise ist ein kleines modernes Kloster, Retreat- und Meditationszentrum bei Hamburg.

Organic vegetarian (or vegan, or lactose-, gluten-, or sucrose-free) food from our communal kitchen for you to prepare yourself.
We provide a wide variety of food items on the shelves in the kitchen. Each guest takes whatever they’d like and prepares their own meal on their own (or in a group, if they prefer).
There is also a shopping list available where guests can write down their requests (within reason).

We suggest a daily schedule to our retreat guests that includes time each day for meditation or prayer, contemplation, walks in nature, reading, and brief conversations to share their inner experiences.
Guests are free to choose how closely they wish to follow this suggestion or to follow their own retreat rhythm or schedule.

All retreats are designed to create optimal conditions for individual retreat experiences. This means that the schedule and content of the retreat are ultimately your responsibility. However, we provide the following to support you as best as possible during your retreat:

1. Group meditations in the morning and evening (up to 5 hours daily). These are always “open-ended”: you can leave whenever you’ve had enough.
2. Supervision/mentoring: Short one-on-one conversations about meditation, the retreat, or the specific topics that are currently on your mind. These one-on-one sessions can take place up to once a day, upon request.
3. Materials:
- Various self-reflection questionnaires (e.g., to help you discover your life’s purpose or passion)
- Brainwave entrainment (tracks and MP3 player): trains the brain, for example, to more easily achieve meditative states
4. The facilities, the garden, and the entire surroundings (nature reserve, forests, meadows, lake landscape) offer ideal retreat conditions.
5. Retreat community: complete seclusion or interaction with like-minded people—both are possible.
6. A wide selection of suitable meals (organic vegetarian) with plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables. All guests help themselves from the communal kitchen and cook for themselves individually or, occasionally, together.

The host of Little Paradises (Maria Lefèvre, a long-time meditator, coach, and author) is available daily for one-on-one conversations as needed.

Morning meditations take place from 7:00 a.m. until 9:30 a.m. at the latest.
Evening meditations take place from 9:00 p.m. until 11:30 p.m. at the latest.
All meditations are “open-ended”—you can leave whenever you’ve had enough.
You decide for yourself whether you want to participate and for how long.

How to find Little Paradise:
​
By car:
Take the A1 highway, exit at Ahrensburg/Siek
Turn east onto Verlängerter Ostring
At the first roundabout, turn onto Hoisdorfer Weg
At the end of the street, turn right onto Krütz
Look for the large fire station on the left.
From there, it’s about 100 m on the left.

By public transportation:
Check hvv.de for the best connection.
Take the S-Bahn (regional train) to Ahrensburg or the U1 subway to the last stop, Großhansdorf.
Take bus 369 to Alte Schmiede, Hoisdorf.
Our retreat center is located 30 m from the bus stop.