A week dedicated to the practice of silent meditation, Yin Yoga, and mindful walks in the serene and scented hills of Serra de Monchique, in Algarve, Portugal.
This is a rare moment to connect at a deeper level with your own heart and mind, free from the dispersions or distractions that seem to fill much of our everyday lives.
We find most of the answers we seek within, in the depths of our own being. When we feel into the experience of who we are with a silent and attentive mind we realize we are the very nature of awareness.
This week offers the possibility of taking inward steps to reconnect with the source of what is healing and nourishing in all of us.
By inward steps we mean this is not something to be sought outside of us, it is within, it is our source, our origin, our home: So in this sense we could say this is journey is a homecoming.
5:30 AM - Wake-up
6:00 AM - 1 hour 40 minutes of seated and walking meditation, zazen and kinhin
8:00 AM - Break
8:00 AM - Breakfast
9:00 AM - Yin Yoga
10:30 AM - Break
11:00 AM - Zazen and kinhin (meditation)
1:00 PM - Lunch
1:00 PM - Rest
2:30 PM - Meditative walk in the woods
3:15 PM - Break
3:30 PM - Zazen and kinhin (meditation)
5:00 PM - Tea and snacks
5:30 PM - Dharma talk
7:00 PM - Dinner
7:30 PM - Zazen and kinhin (meditation)
9:30 PM - Program winds down for the night
Join us at Karuna Retreat Centre, in Serra de Monchique, Algarve, Portugal for an 8 days / 7 nights silent zen meditation and yin yoga retreat.
The first seven days will be spent in silence and the schedule will include zazen (seated meditation), Kinhin (walking meditation), mindful walk in the nearby hills, Yin Yoga and dharma talks by Hamid.
Traditionally at the end of a silent retreat, the participants all leave with a little time to discuss the thoughts and feelings that came up for them during the silence.
However, at this retreat, we will have a group meeting on the last day, during which time we can share and open up with regards to whatever we have processed during the meditation sessions.
We can explore further different aspects of the teachings to offer a framework to help you make better sense of your experience, so as to support incorporating it into your daily lives. This is an opportunity to spend time away from distractions and dedicate yourself wholeheartedly to meditation. When the ripples of an over-active mind are calmed as you focus your attention on the present, the look you take at your life deepens.
Connecting your mind through Zen meditation will help you see the world and yourself with a greater sense of clarity. 7-day intensive silent meditation retreat with dharma teachings, group encounters, and yin yoga.
Benefits:-
Three daily delicious vegetarian meals are served each day by Ana our host and her team. Ana buys all the produce from the local farmers market each day.
She cooks food with love and care and considers cooking and nourishing others as part of her own practice.
We can cater to vegans if you let us know.
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