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Retreat Description - 7-days

 

Calm the mind and enter into communion with the oneness of which we are all a part.

 

Sunday - Check-In and Dinner

 

Monday - Life As A Journey - Who Are You and Where Are You Going? 

            Introduction to Meditation - Taming Your Monkey Mind

                        Be Still and Know

                        Focusing on the Natural Breath

                        Nothing Should go Un-noticed

                        Spirituality as 'Relationship' - The Four Relationships

            The Four Nobel Truths and the Eight-fold Path
            Emptiness and Impermanence

            Letting Go and Venturing Forth

            Let Go Of Thought And Awaken Yourself to Knowing

            Evening - Meditating under the Stars

 

Tuesday - Everything Begins with the Water - Hike to the Pozo Azul Waterfall

            Walking Meditation

            Every Moment Is A Sacred Ceremony                                  

            The Reality of God

            The Divine Creation

            Accepting We Are Nature

            The Earth Is Your Best Teacher

            Evening - Meditating Under the Stars           

 

Wednesday - Connectedness  - Morning Bird-Watching with Jungle Joe

            Meditating With the Bubbles - connecting with the river

            Your Thoughts Were In the Water Before They Were In You

            Letting the River Touch us - with all our senses

            All The Plants And Animals Can Speak To You - If You Will Listen

            Evening - Meditating Under The Stars

           

Thursday - Life, Death, and Rebirth - Visit to the coffee and cacao plantation

            Cultivating - the Cycle of Life

            Participate in organic coffee and chocolate production and enjoy a cacao chocolate facial

            Experiencing The Mountain As Our Ancestor

            Meditation on Equanimity

            Evening - Meditating Under the Stars

 

Friday - Becoming the Heart of the World - The Spiritual Exercises

            Cultivating Compassion         

            Meditate Unceasingly

            Choices - Make Every Choice As If The Life Of Our Earth Mother Depended On It

            Choosing To Be Happy

            The End Is Always The Beginning

           

Saturday - Breakfast and Check-Out

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