Schweigeretreat im Mountain Retreat Center

Immerse yourself in the healing effect of silence. The fixed daily structure with meditations from Zen and MBSR (Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction), walking meditations and ritual tea drinking supports you in engaging deeply with silence.

Retreat to the Mountain Retreat Center in the Chiemgau mountains. The Retreat Center has 19 rooms with views of the impressive natural landscape of the Alps. It can happen that you are amazed out of nowhere. Again and again. Each of our rooms is a special kind of retreat in its own right. Small, fine, cozy. Some have their own bathroom and toilet, some share a bathroom and toilet with other program participants, but all have a washbasin in the room.

Unlike in a hotel, our guests wear slippers, make sure that they feel comfortable in their rooms - rooms are cleaned on arrival and departure - and clear away their own dishes. To ensure that the Retreat Center is not only a place of relaxation for you, but also for the environment, we attach great importance to sustainability and use products from the region.

The Mountain Retreat Center is a member of VeggieHotels.

The full board at the Mountain Retreat Center is vegetarian and vegan. The most important meal of the day, at least according to the Chinese, is breakfast. That's why we also attach particular importance to a good, healthy breakfast - always including warm porridge. For lunch you enjoy soup, bread and spreads, and in the evening you are treated to a delicious buffet with salad, creative vegetarian-vegan main courses and a dessert. Always freshly cooked and as seasonal as possible. Intolerances can be catered for by prior arrangement.

Silence courses are a healing way to empty your mind. Embark on a journey into silence - inside and out. Research confirms our desire to calm the mind through silence and, above all, to free our brains from old burdens. The program leaders will introduce you to the process of silence. You will get to know Job Kabat-Zinn's method of stress reduction, MBSR (Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction), and feel your way into the structure of Zen meditation. Accompanied by the experienced seminar leader Bernhard Hötzel.

PROGRAM DETAILS

Schedule of the silent retreat

Day 1
Arrival, dinner and getting to know each other

Day 2
8 - 9 a.m.: Morning meditation (active)
9 - 10:30 am: Breakfast and break
10:30 - 12:30: Introduction to the process of silence
12:30 - 3 p.m.: Lunch, break
3 - 4 p.m.: Explanations of the meditations of the silent days
16 - 18:30: Meditation and start of the silent time
18:30 - 19:30: Dinner
7:30 - 9 p.m.: Evening meditation

3rd day
8 - 9 am: Morning meditation (active)
9:15 - 10 am: Breakfast
10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.: Zen meditation structure
12:30 - 14:30: Lunch, break
2:30 - 4 p.m.: Break and individual discussions
16 - 16:20: ritual tea drinking
16:20 - 18:30: MBSR meditation structure
6:30 - 8 p.m.: Dinner, break
20 - 20:30: Walking meditation
20:30 - 21:30: Evening meditation
9:30 p.m.: Bedtime

Day 4
8 - 9 am: Morning meditation (active)
9:15 - 10 am: Breakfast
10 am - 12:30 pm: Zen meditation structure
12:30 - 15:30: Lunch, break
15:30 - 15:50: ritual tea drinking
15:50 - 18:30: Meditation
Dissolving the silence
6:30 - 8 p.m.: Dinner, break

5th day
8 - 9 a.m.: Morning meditation (active)
9 - 10 a.m.: Breakfast
10 - 11 am: Final round
Departure

The Mountain Retreat Center is located in Chiemgau in the Bavarian Alps, right on the border with Austria and on a small hill in Sachrang. A walk to Sachrang, a picture-book Bavarian village with a church, two inns, an organic village store and a museum, is well worthwhile. Munich is an hour's drive away, Salzburg a 50-minute drive.