AWAKEN and bring yourself back to your true ground
Presence
Love
Intimacy
Aliveness
In this heart opening retreat you will explore and practice surrendering to the cycle of life and experience deep connectedness that springs forth from realizing who you truly and fully are.
Introduction
Everything is always in transition.
Maybe you have a slumbering feeling somewhere that it is of no use to hold on to your self created narratives. Nevertheless it is quite difficult to let life unfold by itself, to let go of control and to experience life as an unpredictable adventure in constant change.
A big fear we all face is the loss of things and people we like. The biggest fear of all is that of death - of losing your body and personal history.
So we grab hold of our stories in an attempt to keep things in place. We force ourselves into a matrix of judgements of what is right and wrong and strive to behave accordingly.
In itself there is not much wrong with our mental narratives. But if we take them to be absolutely true we tend to become identified and hold onto them. By squeezing ourselves into this format and idea of ourselves, we limit ourselves and miss life as it manifests moment to moment.
It takes a lot of energy to keep our lives in place. When we are stressed and caught up in the mental “trance”, we tend to tense our bodies and suppress our emotions. By doing so we lose touch with our natural lifeforce, our vital energy. Life energy gets frozen. We live on autopilot, feeling numb, drained or cramped.
Why join?
Finding Life in embracing Death
The natural feature of life is that everything births into existence, is present for a while and then dies. Seasons, flowers, days, thoughts, feelings, emotions, human bodies...all follow this natural cycle of Becoming - Being - Dying and Becoming again.
It takes a lot of courage to trust this cycle, but if we can embrace impermanence and acknowledge death as part of existence it will bring us to the present moment. We recognise love, intimacy and aliveness as parts of who we are.
What are we going to do?
In this Retreat we will explore the natural cycle of Becoming, Being & Dying and the Fear that comes with it.
Our exploration will not be an intellectual one only, we will mainly dive into the theme of Impermanence through embodied experience.
We will practice (silent) sitting, visualization, movement, breathwork, sensory awareness, being in nature, linking, inquiry and writing.
Are you willing to look in the eye of fear? Facing The Fear that comes with being human? Together we will hold a safe space for every one of us to gently explore what it’s like to let go of control and to be held in the midst of fear and grief. Surrendering to the cycle of life and death.
A substantial part of the Retreat will take place in silence.
“Life is not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be lived””
For whom is this Training?
The On Death, Love & Life Retreat is open for men and women (regardless of sexual orientation), singles and (occasional) couples, minimum age 20 yrs.
This Retreat is for you if you aim for full spiritual liberation, awakening to the true nature of who you (already) are and/or if you want to experience your life to be more peaceful, free, alive, intimate, joyful.
A prerequisite for this Retreat is a light foundation in (classical) Tantra. An advised Tantra program is our 3-day Foundational Tantra training (hosted both in the Netherlands as well as in Sweden); a likewise study/practice in another spiritual lineage is sufficient too. Some experience with personal development is recommended.
If you’re in doubt whether this Retreat is suitable for you at this moment, please get in touch with Mirjam.
This retreat will be offered in English.
Your teachers
// Mirjam Maëla
Mirjam holds a master in Psychology and is trained as a coach specialized in working with language of the body. Over 18 years now she studies and practices Dzogchen (Tibetan Buddhism) mainly at Rigpa and with Jan Geurtz. Nowadays her main interest lies in Śaiva Tantra, studying and practicing these profound teachings with Hareesh Christopher Wallis and Daniel Odier.
“There’s grace in the process of opening to our authentic beauty. I feel fortunate and grateful that I can provide people a safe space for exploring, releasing and expanding. Over and over again I feel a sense of wonder if I see people courageously open up to their true nature; fully embodied, intimate with all of life’s flavors”.
“Mirjam is a very profound teacher who embodies Tantra in a sacred and deep way. With her open heart, loving presence and sense of joy, she creates a space for everything to be welcome. Her teachings remind me of what life is truly about!”
// Patrik Hansson
Patrik is a teacher of Vipassanā, mindfulness meditation and qigong. He brings his experience across many disciplines together in his work as a coach, facilitator and trainer. He currently studies with Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach. He is passionate about creating safe spaces that enable deep learning and transformation. He loves to share practical tools and profound teachings.
“Patrik har ett sätt som direkt får en att känna lugn. Jag deltog på en av hans kurser och det var den kanske bästa investeringen jag gjor.”
Practicalities
Location
The Retreat is hosted in the beautiful Lakeside Retreat Center in Glaskogen Nature Reserve, Sweden.
Lakeside Retreat Center is a true gem. The Retreat Center offers two comfortable rooms for our Tantric work as well as beautiful outside areas that will invite us to rest in our true nature.
The grounded spaciousness of the Lakeside land supports our work in a powerful way. See more info on their website.
Investment
€ 925
SEK 9250
€ 175 deposit upon registration, € 750 payable by August 15th, 2023
SEK 1750 deposit upon registration, SEK 7500 payable by August 15th, 2023
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Included
6 days profound Retreat Program
6 nights in a shared room
3 beautiful organic & vegetarian meals a day
tea, fruit and nuts
Not included
Single room supplement € 250 (there is only one single room available)
If you want to make use of a single room please inform us by email.
Travel costs to/from the Lakeside Retreat Center
More info on how to get there, you can find here.
Your place in this profound Retreat is secured if you make a deposit of € 175 or SEK 1750 upon registration. For the remaining amount you will receive an invoice.
We don’t want financial challenges to prevent anyone from participating. Contact our support manager Heather if you want to discuss paying in installments.
What to do if you lack financial resources?
If you truly want to participate but you have few financial resources, you might consider doing a little crowdfunding campaign amongst people in your environment. Most of the time friends, relatives and acquaintances feel honored if they can contribute to the rich personal development process of a loved one. By reaching out to people around you, you also acknowledge and honor your desire to live from a more loving and free space, which will always ripple out and serve everything and everyone around you. In this way, finding financial support becomes a beautiful commitment to yourself and others.
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