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March 2019
Meditation Weekend March 2019
Continuing our series of monthly weekend meditation retreats, the next one is on the 8th - 10th March 2019, starting in the evening on Friday and ending in the afternoon on Sunday. We typically meditate about 12 - 15 times during the course of the weekend, in 25 minute sessions, plus short bursts of kinhin (walking meditation) in between. We do samu (working meditation) for about 1.5 hours on both Saturday and Sunday morning. We typically have a dharma talk…
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Meditation Weekend April 2019 with Michel Genko Sensei
Continuing our series of monthly weekend meditation retreats, the next one is on the 12th - 14th April 2019, starting in the evening on Friday and ending in the afternoon on Sunday. We are pleased to say that we will be joined by Michel Genko Sensei from Paris, a long time friend of Les Gavatxes, who will give dharma talks on the Saturday and Sunday. We typically meditate about 12 - 15 times during the course of the weekend, in…
Find out more »Qigong Retreat, Easter 2019
Enjoy a springtime Qigong retreat this Easter weekend in the Catalan Pyrenees. The teacher, Isabel Arias Arcos, says: "Among all the activities that I have been developing and enjoying in recent years, there is a special connection to the art of healing through movement: Qigong, Dance, and Spiritual Flamenco. These three practices have made me feel more and more integrated in my daily life, within myself, and with what surrounds me, and I find myself looking for beauty in every…
Find out more »May 2019
Yoga Retreat from 17th to 19th May 2019
Ariadna Barceló Three days of practice to connect with your inner and outer nature. At Les Gavatxes - located near Beget in the Catalan Pyrenees, between beautiful mountains, forests, rivers, and cows in springtime meadows. A space both welcoming and quiet to enjoy the calm of the surroundings. The programme includes practice of daily asana, meditation and a small (optional) excursion into the surrounding countryside, with time to rest, read or contemplate. Accommodation is in shared apartments with single and…
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Zen Meditation Retreat with Jacky Demmers Sensei, June 2019
From Saturday 15 June (7PM) to Saturday 22 June (12PM) 2019 Jacky Demmers Sensei will lead her annual zen/work retreat. In the 'Instructions for the Tenzo' the thirteenth century Zen master Dogen wrote a practical manual for the Zen cook: the Tenzo. He describes how and what the cook must do to prepare a good meal for the Zen monastery. For Dogen, cooking or other work was not so different from meditating on the cushion - that is, doing zazen.…
Find out more »July 2019
Intensive: Back To Your Nature, 1-6 July 2019
With Marieke Mosk and Jon Marrée An intensive for those who want renewal in their life. Insight, overview, organization, and interpretation. What are your intentions for the coming period of your life? What are the obstacles that you can clean up? You can create a new starting point out of personal freedom and strength. The intensive has been given a new shape. Participation in individual parts has become possible. Group activities take place in the morning and the afternoons are…
Find out more »August 2019
Qigong Workshop, 5th to 11th of August 2019
Homo sapiens needs to know, to know, to control, everything that is around him, with an urge to dominate it, to manipulate it and to convert it to his whim. The style of life in which we are immersed, requires us to walk fast, to communicate fast, to work fast and uncontrollably. It is almost forgotten, left behind in an almost remote past, the enjoyment of small things in the environment that surrounds us. The consumption of food, people, information,…
Find out more »A Taste of Stillness IV
Vipassana retreat in the Spanish Pyrenees from Friday 16 August to Thursday 22 August 2019 In the summer landscape of the Gavatxes estate, we train the mind to perceive with clear attention. Five days of practice with friendly attention, you will get a view on your reaction patterns and discover how everything is changing. The simple daily rhythm consists of sitting and walking meditations in the Vipassana tradition. We are in silence all day long. We start outdoors with chi…
Find out more »Perspectives: A Yoga Retreat
The retreat will start at 1pm on Monday 26th August 2019, and will finish after lunch on Sunday 1st September 2019. Biographies Marco Aicardi Marco Aicardi first discovered meditation and Yoga 12 years ago, while backpacking around India. After an initial time playing around with different styles, he found the Ashtanga Vinyasa system, and immediately felt a deep connection with that practice, making it his own sadhana. In 2013 he completed a 500 hour teacher-training course in Rishikesh and since…
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