Time Out Guided Retreat - 5 Day Mini Nirarta Experience

Unfolding possibilities from the heart of your being...

A Transforming Encounter With Yourself

This shorter version of the 10-day Time Out – Nirarta Experience is designed for people who want a retreat with a strong emphasis on rest and silence, together with meaningful one-to-one work to clarify and address important personal issues.

It is also well suited to those who feel that the full 10-day format is not the right fit for them at this time.

Price:

€ 1550

Duration:

6 nights, 5 full days

Facilitator:

Peter Wrycza, PhD

Peter is the founder of the Nirarta Centre for Living Awareness. Over the past four decades, he has worked internationally as a trainer, consultant, and coach with organizations and individuals. He is highly experienced in group facilitation, as well as one-to-one coaching and counselling, and has been a meditation guide for nearly 50 years. His background also includes extensive training in NLP, Person Centred Expressive Therapy, and other expressive approaches.

He has led retreats at Nirarta since the 1990s and is the author or co-author of several personal development books, including Living Awareness: Awakening to the Roots of Learning and Perception, Moksha: A New Way of Life, Living in the Spirit, and When Performance Meets Alignment: A Compass for Coaching and Mentoring.

Peter is also the developer of Conversations on the Edge of Silence and the holistic Re•Patterning process, both created to support deep growth and transformation in individuals, couples, groups, and communities.

Inclusions:

• Single accommodation, all meals, government taxes, and service.

Exclusions:

• Airport transfers, credit card charges, and bank transfer fees.

Description

The Nirarta Experience offers a rare opportunity to:

• step away from daily demands and connect more deeply with yourself
• devote focused attention to essential questions in your personal and professional life
• gain insight into your strengths, challenges, and recurring patterns
• renew your inspiration and sense of direction
• ground and grow with greater balance between head and heart, and greater alignment of body, mind, and spirit

Guidance

• At least 12 hours of personal counselling, coaching, or mentoring during the retreat.
• Participation in the twice-daily Nirarta group Awareness Meditation programme.

Programme

Day 1

• Arrival by 2 pm
• Personal administration
• Phase 1 – Pre-Silence
• Traditional Balinese cleansing blessing to open the retreat
• Orientation meeting
• Awareness Meditation

Days 2 & 3

• Clarifying your starting point and intention, and beginning to explore the deeper roots of key issues
• Identifying core patterns and burning question(s)

Phase 2 - Silence

Days 4 & 5

• Fruit and water fast
• Solitude and reflection in the Gangga bungalow by the river in relation to the burning question(s) identified in the first two days

Phase 3 – Conclusion and Bridging

Day 6

• Consolidation, integration, and bridging to future direction and actions

Day 7

• Traditional Balinese cleansing blessing to close the retreat
• Mid-morning departure

Photos

• Gangga Bungalow, the location for the silent part of the retreat
• A retreat can help enhance personal alignment and unfold potential
• Taking time out in silence renews how we see ourselves and our world

Reviews

• “Thank you for reminding me of the simplicity and beauty of life. I am looking forward to enjoying every minute as it unfolds. Thank you.” – B P, UK, Nirarta Experience Mini, 2006
• “First of all, I should tell you that Nirarta was a really wonderful and very beneficial experience for me. I don't think I can remember another time or place where I felt so at ease, just being. Being back here, I still feel much more at peace. I have really been able to connect my different worlds.” – V K, Belgium, Nirarta Experience Mini, 2007