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SUMMARY:5-day Summer Retreat 'Quieting our mind\, opening the heart'
DESCRIPTION:Organised by Brussels Mindfulness.\n\n \n\nThis silent retreat is an integral part of the second year of the Teacher Training\, but it is also open for other advanced meditators.\n\nWith Jake Dartington\, Beate Trück (mindfulness teachers) and myself.\n\nIn this retreat we will take a deep dive into mindfulness practices and practice how to quiet the mind and open our heart. Each day will offer a sustained schedule of formal meditation practice\, meetings with the teachers\, talks and instructions\, all within an underlying environment of silence. It takes place in the beautiful Benedictine convent "Hurtebise" in the middle of the countryside in the Ardennes.\n\n \nWhat does a retreat look like?\nBeing away from day-to-day demands and all the external chatter means time to reflect\, to reconnect with your true self and with nature. When the part of you that wants to be in control and that is afraid of change\, is dominant\, you are cut off from your deeper wisdom and intuition. But if you rest and create space to tap into your creative energy\, you can get in touch with what truly matters and what kind of life you would really like to lead. People have reported that long after the retreat they could still feel the benefits of it\, and that this nourishing feeling goes on for quite a while.\n\nThe retreat will be given with English instructions. It will be mostly in silence apart from individual and group meetings with the teachers.\n\n \nYou will be enjoying\n\n \tThe alternation of formal practices such as sitting and walking meditation and yoga.\n \tPractices for deep relaxation.\n \tSimple and nourishing food prepared with love by the nuns.\n \tThe sacred and healing energy of an active convent.\n \tFree time to enjoy walks or simply relaxing in the beautiful surroundings.\n \tA group of like-minded people with whom you can share experiences and grow together.\n \tSingle and comfortable rooms.\n \tSilence to encourage reflection and healing.\n \tPossibility for individual talks with the trainers.\n \tDharma talk by the teachers on the topic of the retreat.\n\n \nSome benefits of a mindfulness retreat\n\n \tTapping into your inner resources contributes to feeling more rested\, relaxed and calm.\n \tLearning how to gain greater physical and psychological wellbeing.\n \tPowerful new insights to take back into your daily life.\n \tA new sense of inner freedom and the ability to see more clearly what really matters to you.\n \tSelf-compassion and being on your own side.\n \tHaving an idea of how to stop some unhelpful habits in your life and how to replace them by more useful ones.\n \tThe ability to respond more skilfully to life's challenges when they arise.\n \tFinding a way to peace and wholeness in this busy stressful world we live in.\n\n \nThe venue\nThe retreat will take place in the convent of Hurtebise\, an active Benedictine convent in the Belgian Ardennes close to Saint-Hubert. The location is a haven of peace and calm. The retreat is fully catered and food will be served by the nuns of the convent. Tea\, coffee\, fruit and snacks are available throughout the retreat.\n\nThe rooms are single and comfortable rooms with shared bathrooms.\n\nAround the monastery there are many beautiful walks through the fields and woods.\n\n \nThe programme\nThe retreat will start on Wednesday 10 July at 11.00\, and end on Sunday 14 July at 15.00.\n\nSample programme for a full day\n\n7.30 – 9.00 Mindful movement; meditation\n\n9.00 – 10.30 Breakfast\n\n10.30 – 11.15 Meditation instructions and sitting meditation\n\n11.15 – 12.00 Walking meditation\n\n12.00 – 12.30 Sitting meditation\n\n12.30 – 14.30 Lunch\n\n14.30 – 15.15 Sitting meditation\n\n15.15 – 16.00 Walking meditation or group interviews\n\n16.00 – 16.45 Sitting meditation\n\n16.45 – 17.30 Walking meditation or group interviews\n\n17.30 – 18.00 Sitting meditation\n\n18.00 – 19.30 Dinner\n\n19.30 – 20:15 Evening talk from teachers\n\n20-15 – 20.45 Walking meditation\n\n20.45 – 21.00 Sitting meditation\n\n21.00 Rest or further practice\n\nThis is an indicative programme\, the actual timing might change (except starting and end times). The final programme will be displayed at the location.\n\n \nThe teachers\n\n\nJake Dartington is a teacher of Insight Meditation and Mindfulness-based Approaches. He began his meditation practice in 1995 and has taught at Gaia House retreat centre since 2007 following a three-year teacher training with Christina Feldman. He has also taught retreats in Finland and Denmark and worked as a mentor on the mindfulness teacher training led by Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach.\n\n \n\n\n\nBeate Trück is managing director of Brussels Mindfulness. She is an experienced and certified mindfulness and positive neuroplasticity teacher and has given many retreats to an international audience over the past years. Participants like her warm and inclusive style and some of them come back regularly to her retreats.\n\n \nExtra: massages available\nI will offer Ayurvedic massages (body and head) during this retreat. These massages offer the opportunity to deepen your relaxation ( physical and nervous system) and to get more in touch with your body.\n\nOnce you have registered\, in the weeks before the retreat\, you will receive more information about how to book a specific slot.\n\n \nRates\nRate for the retreat of 5 days with meals and accommodation in a single room: € 550\n\nRegistrations will close on Wednesday 3 July 2019 or whenever the retreat is fully booked.\n\nPlease check our terms and conditions.\n\n \nRegistration\nPlease send us an e-mail to info@brusselsmindfulness.be if you wish to participate in the Summer Retreat 10 to 14 July 2019\, giving us your name and a phone number where we can reach you. We will then put your name on a list.\n\nAs this retreat is an integral part of the Teacher Training\, priority will be given to participants of the Training. Any free place will be given to the people on the list\, according to the order they registered via e-mail (see above). We will inform you as soon as possible if you will be able to participate in the retreat.\n\nPlease check our privacy policy.\n\n \nQuestions?\nDo not hesitate to get in touch with us if you would have any questions.\n\nFor administrative and practical questions\, please contact info@brusselsmindfulness.be.\n\nIf you want to discuss something directly with the trainers\, here is how you can contact us:\n\nBeate Trück - beate.trueck@brusselsmindfulness.be.\n\n 
URL:http://katrienmaes.com/event/5-day-summer-retreat/
LOCATION:Rue du Monastère\, Saint-Hubert\, 6870 \, België
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