No, you do not need any specific meditation experience to participate. However, Naropa recommends practicing seated meditation daily in the weeks leading up to the retreat, so that you can become more familiar with sitting and turning inward.
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Online participation via Zoom
You are warmly invited to join this Dutch-language online Vipassana retreat. You will follow the complete live programme via Zoom. You will receive the login details after registration and payment.
During these days, you live at home as much as possible in silence. You can also practice seva in your own environment. The program consists of 5 to 6 daily meditation sessions of 45 to 60 minutes each, alternating with walking meditation. You can also participate in the evening sharings.
This silent retreat is direct, simple, and unadorned. It invites you into an encounter with reality as it is. In silence, space emerges for a natural detoxification of body and mind, and for deepening into the natural state of being.
This natural state is characterized by openness, emptiness, presence, timelessness, and love.
Full retreat participation costs €150.
Daily participation is possible for €35 per day.
Evening sharings on their own can be attended for €12 per evening.
You will receive the Zoom link after payment.
No, you do not need any specific meditation experience to participate. However, Naropa recommends practicing seated meditation daily in the weeks leading up to the retreat, so that you can become more familiar with sitting and turning inward.
The retreat follows a set daily schedule with several periods of seated meditation, walking meditation, Gayatri Mantra, and an evening sharing. The retreat opens at 20:00 on the arrival day. Meditation sessions generally last between 45 and 60 minutes.
The daily program usually starts at 07:30 and ends around 21:30. The retreat closes at around 16:00 on the final day.
When you log in to Zoom, we use your Zoom name to check whether you have registered and paid for the event. Therefore, always choose a unique name and make sure to log in using the same name you provided when registering.
The practical announcements, guidance and sharings during Dutch retreats are in Dutch. Although the transmission is wordlesss, please contact us beforehand if you do not speak Dutch to discuss whether the retreat is suitable for you.