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tadeas
Czech Republic
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 Posted - Aug 18 2011 : 8:30:52 PM
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So we did an 8-day retreat at the beginning of this summer. There were 7 participants altogether + 1 cook. The retreat took place in a beautiful 600 year old village with log houses. This is the first time we had a friend just to cook for us -- he made very delicious, mostly macrobiotic & vegetarian meals.
We had a schedule simmilar to previous retreats: 2 + 2 sitting practices on full days, two periods of silent observation, walks, reading & journaling period. We tried to make this a silent retreat - this turned out to be a very good decision, but we weren't able to stick to this 100% of the time (outside the sharings taking place after dinner). A good thing, which is simmilar to a dharma talk on a regular retreat with a teacher, seems to be a reading out loud of a chapter or a passage from a book of interest.
The silent concentration was best usually during morning and before noon, after that it was usually somehow dropping. Well, it'll get better as we become more experienced in retreating ;)
Most of those who were not doing amaroli before the retreat started doing it afterwards. :)
At this point, I'm learning to organize the retreat in a way that we can maintain high concentration, without there being a capital L Leader... Just trying to do it naturally as I feel it.
Overall, everything went smoothly and calmly :) Looking forward to the next one.
T.
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Edited by - tadeas on Aug 18 2011 8:31:33 PM |
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Shanti
USA
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Posted - Aug 18 2011 : 9:16:33 PM
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Thanks for sharing this Tadeas... sounds wonderful!!!
...and thanks for organizing the retreats.  |
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dawyt
Czech Republic
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Posted - Sep 27 2011 : 11:15:40 AM
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Hi,
I am one of the beginers with amaroli :)
I just confirm that it was amazing!
I met inspiring people and without doubts it motived me a lot and I need to note that I really enjoyed food!
I look forward for next retreat and thank you Tadeas and other for organization.
David |
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tadeas
Czech Republic
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yogani
USA
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Posted - Jan 07 2012 : 08:39:38 AM
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Bravo!
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Ananda
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Posted - Jan 07 2012 : 09:10:23 AM
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maheswari
Lebanon
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Posted - Jan 07 2012 : 12:36:25 PM
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| nice atmosphere..nice pics |
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emc
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Posted - Jan 08 2012 : 03:17:17 AM
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| Wow! Nice! |
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Czech AYP retreat 2011 - a short report
