Autumn wellbeing retreat

Connecting to the warmth of kindness and compassion in your life With mindfulness teacher Steve Savels.

From Friday 4 until Sunday 6 November, starting on Friday at 15.00.

A silent retreat for everyone who wishes to increase their wellbeing and have more kindness and compassion in their life. It is ideal for people who have done a mindfulness or follow-up course and want to refresh or deepen their practise – and for everyone who would like to take a rest and connect to their own warm heart and inner peace. This retreat qualifies as a prerequisite for the mindfulness teacher training.

Since you were a child, you may have learned that in order to be successful in life, you need to be strict on yourself. We are taught that being self-critical is the best way to improve ourselves. And though this attitude may have indeed brought you some success, we at the same time often develop an inner harshness towards ourselves.

Over time, our inner critic becomes so strong that our achievements never seem to be good enough and something always pushes us forward to the next goal. This can be exhausting and blocks us from fully enjoying our life. The inner critic may even turn into an inner bully, repeating the message over and over again that you are not good enough, that something is wrong with you. This can have a paralysing effect, keeping you from actually doing the things you would like to do the most.

The practice of heartfulness – in addition to mindfulness – helps to develop an inner kindness to counterbalance the inner harshness.

One of the biggest misunderstandings is that this would make you soft or passive. The contrary proves to be true: kindness and compassion often provide a much more fertile ground that allows you to be more active and do the things that truly matter to you

In this retreat we will explore specific heartfulness meditations, together with other mindfulness practices. We will tap into our own sources of inner healing so that we can feel refreshed afterwards.

What to expect

• Mindfulness and heartfulness meditations
• Mindful yoga
• Teachings on how to cultivate kindness and compassion in your life
• Practical exercises and sharing in small groups
• A beautiful location in the countryside to unwind
• Tasty organic vegetarian food
• The power of a group of like-minded people willing to learn and practice together
• A resourcing guided walk in the beautiful countryside
• Small exclusive group allowing for deeper connection with each other and the teacher

Scientifically proven benefits of self-compassion

• Reduced feeling of anxiety, stress and rumination
• Increased sense of self-worth and confidence
• Greater sense of wellbeing and calm
• Increased happiness
• Increased feeling of social connection
• Improved emotional resilience and decreased risk of burnout
• An improved ability for positive ageing

What you walk away with

• A set of mindfulness and heartfulness meditations for more kindness and compassion in your life
• A renewed ability to connect to your own sources of deep joy, love and calm
• An ability to grow resources within yourself helping you to become more resilient
• New ideas and inspiration on how to deepen your mindfulness and compassion practice
• Some new friends who are interested in personal growth and compassion

For whom?

This retreat is ideal for:

• Regular meditators who would like to deepen or boost their practice
• Irregular practitioners looking to reconnect with mindfulness
• Beginners interested in an immersive mindfulness experience
• Those looking for a pause from the busy-ness of every day life
• Mindfulness teacher trainees, or those interested in starting the program (this retreat fulfils the 2-night retreat requirement)

Please be sure to read the health and wellbeing guidelines at the bottom of the page and should you be in doubt, please contact the teacher before registering.Would this be your first retreat? Have a look at our article about what happens on a mindfulness meditation retreat.

The programme (indicative only)

Friday 4 November

14.00 – 15.00    Arrivals & registration
15.00 – 17.30   Introduction, opening meditation & relaxation
18.00 – 19.00   Dinner
19.30 – 21.00   Teaching, sharing & relaxation

Saturday 5 November

08.00 – 09.00   Mindful yoga & meditation
09.00 – 10.00   Breakfast
10.00 – 11.30   Teaching, walking & sitting meditation
11.30 – 12.30   Individual time or walking
12.30 – 13.30   Lunch
13.30 – 14.15   Sitting Meditation
14.15 – 16.00   Guided mindful walk
16.00 – 16.30   Tea break
16.30 – 17.30   Walking & sitting meditation
18.00 – 19.00   Dinner
19.30 – 21.00   Meditation, group discussion & relaxation

Sunday 6 November

08.00 – 09.00    Mindful yoga & meditation
09.00 – 10.00    Breakfast
10.00 – 11.30   Teaching, walking & sitting meditation
11.30 – 12.30   Individual time or walking
12.30 – 13.30   Lunch
13.30 – 14.30   Walking or resting time
14.30 – 16.00   Sitting meditation & closing discussion
16.00 – 16.30   Tea-time & departures

This is an indicative agenda and is subject to change. All teaching parts involve meditative and other exercises, in small or bigger groups.

Dates and location: from November 4th at 15:00 until November 6 – at the Maison du Chemin des Roches

Rate for the retreat of 2.5 days with meals and accommodation in a shared twin room:

Meals

This retreat will offer vegetarian meals. Please note that we cannot cater for any other diets or allergies except of lactose and gluten free meals. Should you follow another diet or have any other allergy or intolerance, please bring your own food. In such cases, no partial refund can be granted.

Registrations will close on Wednesday 2 November or whenever the retreat is fully booked.

More Informations: https://www.brusselsmindfulness.be/agenda/2-night-fall-retreat-november-2022