Silence Retreat Uketamo

UKETAMO means for the Japanese yogis surrendering or acceptance. They consider the cosmic laws through their deep connection to nature the path of self-discovery and the path of a fulfilled life or dharma.

Our living environment has become very noisy and distracting, pulling our attention out. We live on survival in a noisy world and in a noisy head. We seek for connections at all costs even if they do not nourish us deeply. Our own words become a distraction since they are rooted in subconscious reactions, like little stories that had been repeated so many times that they became true.

This retreat aims at:

• Distancing yourself from your automatic behaviours, habits, and controlling patterns.
• Reconnecting to your deepest nature by building a deep resonance with the natural environment and its elements.
• Relating deeply to your body and your instinctive intelligence, resetting your nervous system.
• Releasing and letting go the unnecessary subconscious reactions connected to your past wounds and traumas.
• Retuning to your own self-rhythm.

We will:

• Be in silence.
• Practice very specific kundalini meditations & kriyas.
• Walk in the mountains.
• Eat consciously.
• Stay in specific places in the nature to be deeply in touch with the elements.
• Practice somatic touch and deep relaxation.
• Learn to integrate through co-regulation (Sat Nam Rasayan).

We will limit our communication to the minimum at the beginning of the retreat. Phone, tablets and computers will be taken away.

Day 3-4-5 we will be in strict silence. On day 5, we will start to talk again in the afternoon, but you will only get back your devices on the last day.

We will have a special sattvic diet during the retreat. This diet will be light and adapted to the transition summer/autumn.

Seva: during the retreat you are invited to participate to the community life by contributing with your time and energy (around 30 min per day: chopping vegetables, cleaning common spaces, washing the dishes, …).

No mobile phone and no computer.

Your Teachers:

Sat Sarbat and Satmukh.

Schedule:

August 19-24

Day 1: starts at 11 am

Day 6: finishes at 1 pm with lunch

Schedule of a day: Uketamo