A wonderful and varied weekend. Simin is an appreciative and professional teacher who has a versatile repertoire.
Wiebke Köstermann
—Verified review
Are you longing for silence and inner peace? For a break from the hustle and bustle of everyday life? Then this monastery retreat is perfect for you. I invite you to reconnect with your body through gentle yoga exercises, to feel yourself again, and to open your heart. The 5-Element Yoga exercises will also help you, guiding you inward toward meditative calm in a light, dance-like manner and allowing your mind to settle.
Yoga in nature, and especially Yin Yoga, combined with a practice that brings you back to your center, offers a profound opportunity to experience relaxation and mindfulness.
During a silent walk, you’ll gain a deeper understanding of your own essence and being. Merge intensely with nature without letting yourself be distracted. This weekend, experience soothing relaxation and a sense of coming home to yourself through gentle Hatha yoga sequences, deeply relaxing Yin Yoga, guided meditations, and poetry.
The most important facts in a nutshell:
Silent walk
Morning mindfulness exercises
Relaxation
Body Journey
yoga and sound
Library
Energy Breathing
guided meditation
5-Element Yoga
Dream Trip
2 Yin Yoga sessions; 3 sessions for a 3-night stay
Silent Meditation
Yin Yoga
Forest bathing
2 sessions of guided meditation in the morning; 3 sessions over 3 nights
3 Hatha Yoga sessions (4 sessions for a 3-night stay)
Participants stay in bright, comfortable single rooms with a shower/bath and toilet for €89.00 per person per day, including full board
Double room with private bathroom: €79.00 per person per day, or single rooms with a shared bathroom in the hallway: €79.00 per person per day, including full board
Costs for rooms and full board
will be billed by the monastery.
Vegetarian meals are served buffet-style, three times a day.
Please let us know in advance if you would like vegan meals.
You are always welcome to make yourself a cup of tea and pour it into your own thermos.
In the small kitchenette, you can help yourself to whatever you need. In the library, we can sit together comfortably and wind down the evening.
You will be guided by an experienced and caring yoga teacher who will meet you where you are. Everything is optional, nothing is mandatory!
I look forward to seeing you!
Simin
Thursday
Participants arrive between 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m. Dinner together
8:00–10:00 p.m.
Find Your Center
Yin Yoga, Meditation
Friday
8:00 a.m.
Meditation in the monastery garden or, alternatively, in the yoga room
8:30 a.m. Breakfast
10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Energizing Hatha Yoga
12:30 p.m. Lunch
and break until 4:00 p.m.
4:00–5:30 PM
Silent walk
6:00 PM Dinner
8:00–9:30 PM
Yin Yoga, guided meditation, mantra chanting
Saturday
8:00 AM
Meditation, mindfulness exercises
in the monastery garden
8:30 a.m.
Breakfast
10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Yoga for the back and fascia
12:30 p.m.
Lunch, break until 4:00 p.m.
4:00–5:30 p.m. Gentle yoga for shoulders and neck
6:00 PM Dinner
8:00 PM to 9:30 PM
Yin and Sound, Body Journey
Mantra Singing
Sunday
8:00 AM
Mindfulness and breathing exercises in the monastery garden
8:30 AM Breakfast
10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Yoga to wrap up and
farewell to participants
12:30 p.m. Lunch,
followed by the trip home
For the 3-day program, the schedule is correspondingly shorter; it begins on Friday with dinner at 6:30 p.m.
Vinnenberg Abbey is located in Warendorf in the Münsterland region and is no more than 1.5 hours away from many cities in the Ruhr area. It is about a 2-hour drive from Düsseldorf and Cologne. The monastery is run by nuns and is very lovingly decorated. Weather permitting, we can practice yoga in the monastery garden. It’s usually already quite warm there in May, so we can do our mindfulness exercises in the fresh air.
Beverstrang 37, 48231 Warendorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany5.0
2 Reviews
A wonderful and varied weekend. Simin is an appreciative and professional teacher who has a versatile repertoire.
Wiebke Köstermann
—Verified review
A great atmosphere, very good instruction by Simin Schafiyh. Everything was perfect. 😊
Elisabeth Brunnert
—Verified review
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