5-Day Silent Retreat with Yoga

Bringing Meditation to Life in a heart-centred way

In this 5-day silent retreat we seek to discover the capacity to remain fully engaged in life while stayed firmly centred in inner silence.

The retreat will include a combination of activities, from Hatha Yoga and meditation to workshop-like interactive exercises. In our lectures we’ll touch on the Tantric view on meditation, and we’ll learn how to bring meditation to life, meditating on the essence of emotions, desires and inner experiences. We’ll have days in which we’ll speak and days spent in silence.

Our approach will combine the traditional methods of concentration (the 8 fold stages of Patanjali – focusing mainly on ) with methods taken from the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra.

Is this the same as Vipassana?

There are similarities but also differences. It’s similar from the perspective of the fact that we go in silence in the first evening and come out of silence on the morning of the last day, and we respect silence, devoting a lot of time for meditation. It’s different because we do yoga, keeping the body fresh, awake, and with a lot of energy. Even if we’ll be in silence, we aim to be deliberately heart connected to the others, and not isolated, creating a warm and sweet spiritual group. Also unlike Vipassana, we are allowed to silently embrace and keep the sweetness in the heart as a support of our meditative practice.

Program and schedule

Each day will include yoga practice, meditations, lectures and exercises. A usual day would look like this:

8:00 – 9:00 Hatha Yoga
9:00 – 9:30 Meditation
9:30 -10:45 Breakfast
10:45 – 12:00 Lecture/teachings
12:00 – 12:45 Meditation
13:00 – 16:00 Lunch break
16:00 – 16:30 Meditation
16:30 – 17:30 Lecture/teachings
17:45 – 18:30 Short Hatha Yoga and meditation
20:15 – Heart opening exercise

PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU CAN OPT TO JOIN JUST FOR THE WEEKEND (FRIDAY TO SUNDAY). KINDLY GET IN TOUCH WITH US FOR THIS OPTION AT TANTRAYOGACHIANGMAI@GMAIL.COM

Location

Amrita Integral Yoga Centre, a beautiful retreat centre built in accordance with the principles of sacred architecture, and located in Mae On, 40 minutes drive from Chiang Mai.

The Teachers

Your teachers will be Uriel Yariv and Blandine Wegener.

Dates

May 10 – 14 2024

(You can opt to join just for the weekend (Friday to Sunday). Write to us for this option at tantrayogachiangmai@gmail.com)

Prices

Book now for EARLY BIRD prices and receive a discount of THB 1000 per person, for any package. Offer ends midnight April 15, 2024.

Dorm – THB 10,800
Standard Single – THB 12,600
Deluxe Single – THB 14,600
Standard Double (for 2 people) – THB 24,000
Deluxe Double (for 2 people) – THB 28,000

What is included?

The price includes the course fee, accommodation, 3 vegetarian meals per day and transport to and from Chiang Mai city centre on the starting and ending date. The meals included in the first day are lunch and dinner, and on the last day breakfast and lunch. All rooms are ensuite (with private bathrooms), have AC and hot water in the shower. The only difference between the deluxe and standard rooms is the size.

Deposit & Cancellation Policies

If you have booked a retreat or workshop and you cancel your participation at least 21 days before the arrival date, you will be fully refunded.

If you cancel your participation less than 21 days before the arrival date, then:

• if you cancel no later than 24 hours after you’ve placed the booking, you will be fully refunded.
• if you cancel later than 24 hours after you’ve placed the booking, we will hold the deposit in the form of a credit for you, that can be used in the future for any events with us.
  

Terms and conditions

Your participation in this course is subjected to terms and conditions which you can read here.

Disclaimer for people with mental health issues

Kindly note that people who suffer from mental health issues, or are currently on antidepressants or other psychiatric medications, are strongly recommend not to join our courses or retreats. Those who do, however, decide to join, do so on their own responsibility.

Questions?

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