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Couples Retreat

Friday June 25th - Sunday June 27th 2010

Couple on retreat

Take a well deserved break with your loved one. This retreat will facilitate the two of you in deepening your relationship, while having a rejuvenating and fascinating experience. The accommodation is only private twin rooms on this retreat. (If you want a retreat to get away from him or her, you'll have to pick another weekend!) ♥ FLowering tree on Inish Rath

This retreat has little (or nothing) to do with the movie of the same name released last November :-)

The basis of any relationship is love. 'Love' means that one is willing to sacrifice something for someone else. Modern society is often inclined towards promoting a very Me Me Me attitude. Therefore, as we all learn various degrees of self-centeredness, this tends not to have a good effect on our Massage relaxation therapy relationships, especially our primary relationship. Why? Because we have difficulty to share: share our thoughts and feelings, share our time, share our love in different ways. We can become so caught up in the understanding that My pleasure is the foremost thing in the Universe that our ability to love is stifled.

On this retreat we will examine the spirituality of love in an open, non-sectarian mood. The retreat also features healthy relaxation massage for all participants (included) and a woodland / lakeside 2-hour walk in picturesque surroundings. The route follows a set circular course through the Crom Estate, with a map of the route, beginning and ending at the Visitors' Centre. Participants are welcome to walk at their own pace or stay together - whatever they naturally feel like when the time comes.

Crom Estate visitors' centre has a museum, nature display, tea and snack shop / cafe and gift shop.

Arrival: This retreat will have different arrival times on Friday depending on what time your massages are scheduled. Of course, you are welcome to arrive earlier then your massage.

Schedule

Friday
(approx.) 6.00pm	Arrival, registration and massages (30 mins each). You take massage at the same time as your partner. Depending on when people can arrive, we'll re-arrange the schedule to suit participants. Some people may like to arrive from 4.00 or 5.00pm, or, if you can't reach us until later, that can also be facilitated.
7.15pm	Yoga with Tim McEvitt
8.15pm	Dinner

Saturday
8.30am	Yoga
9.30am	breakfast
10.15am	L - O - V - E - enlivening discussion and talk exploring the intricacies of this famous and much talked about topic, with Narayani Devi Dasi. Narayani is a senior speaker from America with experience in 'grihasta facilitation', or spiritual guidance for couples.
11.30am	Depart for 2-hour walk at Crom estate. Earth meditation along the path. See castle ruins, two gnarled ancient trees (1000 years older then the castle...), walk through the lake-side estate and along a forest track on a wooded island. Crom estate, Visitors Centre and museum fee included in your retreat price.
2.45pm	Return from walk
3.00pm	Lunch
3.00pm - 7.00pm	Massages
5.00pm	Meditation / Relaxation with Tim McEvitt
6.00pm	Meditation / Relaxation with Tim McEvitt
7.00pm	Dinner
8.30pm	(optional) DVD entertainment

couples retreat

Sunday
8.40am	Yoga
9.40am	breakfast
10.45am	Meditation
	break
12.30pm	Options: additional massage, or attend a sacred chant ceremony in the Temple
1.00pm	(optional) Talk on the Vedic philosophy of ancient India, or additional massage
2.15pm	The Sunday Feast
3.45pm	Depart