Retreat

The idea of this retreat is to explore how creative work with written language can support a meditative practice. Which in turn can help one to express themselves in writing more fully and authentically – and perhaps joyfully. The daily program will be something like this: The morning will include long introspective and quiet stretches with meditation, yoga, a…

We are born with the heart, body and consciousness as a natural whole. This retreat takes as its starting point this innate connection, a foundation that can support us in living more connected and awake. In heart practice, feelings of cohesion and clarity of consciousness approach each other and over time prove to be inseparable. Such immersion can strengthen the…

Oremandsgaard is an estate in South Zealand near Præstø. It belonged to Jes' friend, Daniel Hage, and is still owned by the family. It is run organically and innovatively. At Oremandsgaard, Jes held a number of the first Growth Center retreats in the 90s. When Jes heard that Hanneli and Peter, under the auspices of Kontemplation, had planned a retreat there, he wanted to come…

The turn of the year holds special opportunities: The days move from darkness to light. And for many, the New Year is a time to take stock of the year that has passed. In nature around Øster Løkke, these opportunities have special conditions. We will include them, the opportunities and conditions, in the retreat: By marking New Year's Eve itself more ritualistically and deeply than it…

At Easter we invite you to a retreat with Hanneli Ågotsdatter and Martin Guldberg. Here we will focus on the breath, the body and the heart. To come home to ourselves and find more footing inwardly, so that we meet our world from a calmer and clearer place. It is about raising awareness of the body and breath. The body is our…

This retreat at the Øster Løkke beach farm by the North Sea is an invitation to temporarily withdraw from everyday life and offers the opportunity for a deeper practice of presence – as a path to contact with ourselves and to wholeness in our lives. During these five days, we will give ample space to meditative practice, gentle movement, rest…

Seven days of silence and meditation by the North Sea Being in silence provides an opportunity for both intensification of presence and for contemplation and rest. Qualities that the nature around Øster Løkke, and the vastness of the North Sea landscape, also support. In this retreat, the participants are in silence for longer stretches every day. Some afternoons, to support…

The idea of this retreat is to explore how creative work with written language can support a meditative practice. Which in turn can help one to express themselves in writing more fully and authentically – and perhaps joyfully. The daily program will be something like this: The morning will include long introspective and quiet stretches with meditation, yoga, a…

The intention of this retreat is to dedicate ten days to intensive immersion. The retreat is intended for those who have already participated in a retreat with Kontemplation, or who have similar experience with the retreat format. The daily rhythm will be set by five fixed meditation periods. In addition, there will be stretching with yoga, body scans, writing meditations and various forms of meditation in…

This is a Growth Center retreat. More information to follow.