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Retreat centre and open monastery
- Do you want a longer and deeper process of transformation - without excessive costs?
- Would you like to be with other seekers and inspiring people in a field presence?
- Are you looking for a good place to be in retreat - writing, painting, sculpting, dancing, photographing?
- Do you need to find yourself after a stressful period?
Then 1-4 weeks in retreat at the Center for Inner Freedom is an option for you.
In the months of September and May we have Open Monastery month in the Center for Inner Freedom.
You can choose to stay here 1, 2, 3 or 4 weeks - and may come and go whenever it suits you. You do not have to be here for the start and end courses. However, you should stay at least 7 days.
Price is 350 DKK per day the first week and 250 DKK per day the following weeks. This includes lodging and teaching/meditation every morning. The people staying here will arrange the food individually or collectively. We will also perform karma yoga (practical tasks indoor and outdoors) approximately 1 hour per day.
For further information or to register write info@innerfreedom.dk or call +45 29924348
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The story behind the centre
At one point on the journey we (Cecil and Bruhn) spent 3 months in a tiny Buddhist meditation centre in the Indian Himalayas. It was a very intense learning process – much died and much was born :o) But above all we both deeply experienced how important it is to take time out for longer retreats if you really want permanent shifts to happen in your life and consciousness.
We both loved the Buddhist evening prayer and it has stayed with us as a simple understanding and expression of all Life – it goes like this:
For the benefit of all beings including ourselves
For the fading away of all our pain and sorrow
For the great liberation of Awakening
We have come here together to practice
Whatever merits that have been accumulated
During the course of this day
We dedicate to all beings everywhere
May all beings learn to live in Love and Freedom
It is to that end that we – with a lot of help from our friends - have built the Centre for Inner Freedom in two of the old stable building on our farm. It is situated in the open landscape in the heart chakra of the powerful landscape temple on the island of Samsø, in short walking distance of beautiful beaches and a bird sanctuary in what the Vikings called the Bay of Love – the Stauns Fjord.
Coming together as human beings to practice love and Presence in a natural, high frequency energy field that we create together is a truly noble thing. To return to our true selves we need the space, silence, guidance and support of a sangha (spiritual community) – deeply embracing the paradox below:
“You alone can do it – but you cannot do it alone”
“Be an island onto yourself” is a beautiful Buddhist practice and is reflected on the outer planes as we both experience how much help we have received from living on the powerful island of Samsø. Something magical happens when we are on an island – we are naturally centered, surrounded by water there is nowhere to go, nothing to reach and we can sink into our true being more easily.
The Centre has different functions
Seminars and retreats on different themes of a duration from 1-21 days are held in the centre facilities and some months each year will be “Open Monastery”. The open monastery allows you to take time out from your everyday routines and sink into deeper layers of your existence. You can either spend your time working on a creative project – painting, writing etc. – or simply sink into the silence of your true being and the surrounding nature. There will be daily meditation practice for everyone staying at the Centre and optional focus exercises/contemplative teachings every day if you feel that supports your process. It will also be possible to book one-to-one sessions with Cecil or Bruhn when/if the need arises.
It is incredible important that we share this practice and space with our children – they too need to be met and supported on this level of existence. Therefore the centre is also a meditative playground for families with children on meditative family weekends or weeks where we all play with Presence and Energy :o)
Facilities
The Centre has 10 triple/double/single rooms and shared bathrooms and toilets, communal kitchen and dining, beautiful meditation/teaching halls, a big lush garden, open fields surrounding it and many beautiful walks.
There is much space to play or be quiet, to share or retreat, to move or be still :o)
Living foods
For a living body and a quiet mind we need living foods. Healthy, organic, vegetarian and raw foods are an integral part of living on the Centre, just as we work directly with all the other powerful sources of nutrition we have – sun, love, water, humor, earth, energy, wind etc. etc.
How to get here
Address: Centre for Inner Freedom, Sildeballe 17, 8305 Samsø, Denmark, Ph. +4529924348
You can catch a ferry from Kalundborg (Sealand/Sjælland) to Kolby Kås or from Hou (Jutland/Jylland) to Sælvig. For detailed info regarding ferries see: http://www.faergen.dk/We will book taxies from the ferries to the retreat centre if you tell us when you arrive.
From England: Ryan Air Flights leave from London Stansted Airport to Aarhus (Århus).
To book go to www.ryanair.com
Airport bus to Aarhus train station leaves 15 minutes after flight arrival arriving at Århus train station. From there it's a 200 meters walk to the bus station (facing the train station go left down the road to the bus station - it's impossible to miss :o))
Get on bus no 903 X to Odder/Hou, it will take you to the ferry at Hou harbour (end station). Bus information in Aarhus - tel: +4586128622 (press 9 for personal assistance)
You can also fly to Copenhagen and take the train to Kalundborg and a ferry from there to Kolby Kås on Samsø, but ferries are less frequent and the trip is longer from that side. Please let us know if you need help with planning the trip – we are happy to help.
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