Rediscover your center of gravity in silence: A silent retreat to come back to yourself
If we decide to take refuge from the center of life in deliberate silence, this is an opportunity to meet ourselves in silence, far away from the world. We can find our way back to our own center and strengthen it. In this way, we create a solid center from which we can conquer the world.
What awaits you
On Friday we start around 4.30 pm. You can arrive earlier and take a walk in the beautiful forests of the Schorfheide around Klandorf. After dinner together, we will clarify everything important in the evening so that you can sink safely into the silence and completely into yourself for a full day.
Until Sunday morning, we will wrap ourselves in noble silence and focus entirely on introspection. Looking inwards. Listening. We will then have lunch on Sunday and, if you wish, some more sharing and fellowship before we end our time out together.
Basically, you can expect a medium-intensity meditation practice that is also suitable for people with little experience: we sit for a maximum of about 25 minutes at a time and about 4-5 times a day, together in silence, sometimes also as a guided meditation.
My own meditation practice, and therefore my guidance, is strongly influenced by Buddhist practice: I often like to lead a variant of Vipassana meditation, and we also practice Metta (the meditation of loving kindness) on almost every retreat, especially here on this December retreat, where Metta is a focus. Without meditation on the breath (samatha meditation), nothing works anyway: it usually helps us at the beginning of every retreat to focus the mind and find more peace.
In addition to meditation practice, not least for physical balance, but also to prepare for sitting, we practise yoga, especially yin yoga, but I also like to incorporate simple exercises from hatha yoga, which we do slowly and mindfully, almost therapeutically. If you expect fast flows or dynamic power yoga, you will be disappointed. (However, you can practice on your own at any time).
Finally, the program is rounded off with short impulse talks, stories or food for thought, contemplations, often journaling sessions, walks together and always an integration exercise at the end.
On this retreat there will be a campfire on Sunday evening, if the risk of forest fires permits.
What previous participants say:
"The weekend in silence was a highlight for me this year and the after-effects will hopefully stay with me for a long time. Despite the usual Christmas stress, I'm already approaching many things a little differently, meditating every day and writing something in my diary in the evening. It was such a great weekend that I would like to experience again in the future and how lucky we were with the group! Thank you again for your fantastic introduction to stillness, yin yoga and so much more." -- Marisca M.
Your course leader:
Regina is a meditation teacher, psychological yoga & breath therapist and philosophical practitioner. Since 2020, Regina has been supporting people as a trainer for conscious being to move from doing to being and thus lead a more joyful and peaceful life.