Silent Retreat
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Image: our local scenery
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Friday |
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RULES: Please turn off mobile phones for this Retreat, and use the time for experiencing Nature, meditation and reading books. We have holistic and spiritual books and magazines here. Arrivals from 4.00pm, and onwards. If you'd like a Friday therapy, please chat to us. Massages and other holistic therapies are available. See details here: therapies During Friday evening you are welcome to get to know the other participants on this retreat, by chatting with them informally. The official "silent time" begins from 9.00pm |
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6.30 pm |
Dinner |
7.15 pm |
Meditation and Introduction with Tim |
9.00 pm |
Silence |
Saturday |
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6.30 am |
Depart to visit island temple to hear morning chant music, and hearing from some ancient bhakti-yoga texts written in Sanskrit 5000 years ago. On Saturday morning we travel over using a 19-foot rowing boat. |
8.20 am |
Return to the mainland. |
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9.00 am |
Yoga with Chrissie |
10.30 am |
Breakfast |
12.30 pm |
Mindfulness and Meditation |
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1.30 pm |
Light Lunch |
2.10pm |
Nature Experience and Forest Bathing. Departure to a nearby forest wilderness. Walking boots or wellies are essential if you do not want to get your feet wet. |
4.00 pm |
Free-time / time for massages or therapies |
5.10 pm |
Massages available all evening. Dinner from 6.30pm. Ayurveda, the ancient Vedic health system recommends massage and therapies as a being beneficial to one's health. So various aromatherapy massages, back massage; head, neck and shoulders massage, reflexology foot massage, sound therapy, etc are available by appointment. See here for details. |
6.30pm |
Meditation with Tim (45 mins) |
7.15pm |
Dinner |
Sunday |
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8.30 am |
Yoga with Genny |
10.00 am |
Breakfast |
11.10 am |
Meditation and Visualization |
12.00 pm |
Option 1: Relax in Retreat House at your own pace. Option 2: Visit to Krishna Temple. Depart Retreat House to walk to jetty for the ferry crossing to Inish Rath Island. |
12.30 pm |
Kirtan music chant (30mins) in Temple |
1.00 pm |
Talk on Vedic wisdom and philosophy open to the general public. You're welcome to go for a walk around the island during all or part of this period. |
2.00 pm |
Kirtan Music (relaxation and chant music) OR early departure option by rowing boat. |
2.45 pm |
Sunday Feast, followed by a later departure by ferry boat, or an earlier departure by rowing boat. |
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What to bring:
All prices include:
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How to Book: (1) Email us to let us know your requirements and to check availability. (2) If you decide to book we ask for a deposit of €150 or £125 per person. Email and Payment options here - Contact and booking |
