gorgeous
This silent retreat was GORGEOUS. And I mean gorgeous, luxurious, and delightful to the senses. Hosted in an incredible location, there...
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Matthew Skinta
- Aug 16
- 2 min
returning to this moment
The 8-day silent retreat in July 2023 was my second through Maitri Retreats – I also attended in July 2022 with Hamid. This time, I had...
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ccoutrot
- Aug 13
- 2 min
a unique and profound experience
I have attended Hamid's retreats twice : last year for an 8d retreat in Portugal and this year for a 4d retreat in Bali. Trying to...
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Yessica Rodríguez
- Jul 24
- 2 min
what arises from silence
What arises from silence is GRATITUDE. I feel blessed and privileged to have experienced such an expansive feeling throughout the...
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sharongesthalter
- May 10
- 4 min
keep on Walking
This was to be my second meditation retreat with Hamid, and my first time ever in Bali. The excitement that comes with discovering a new...
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amferruzzi
- Apr 13
- 2 min
exactly what it needed to be
For a period of time, the March 2023 silent retreat in Bali was not going to happen for me. Due to passport issues, my partner and I got...
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Micah Manquen
- Jan 19
- 6 min
let me be
Hello dear reader! Please allow me to pass along some thoughts based on my attendance at the 8 day silent retreat in Monchique. As a 37...
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mdevilliers60
- Jan 4
- 3 min
non-thinking, going nowhere: a reckoning with mount agung
I arrive at The Yogi’s Garden in Payangan, Bali, with a small red suitcase. But I’m also carrying another burden, one that’s harder to...
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domgoodchildtvm
- Aug 17, 2022
- 6 min
reinvention through a return to my essence
Following a lot of great personal disappointments in my life and a general sense that my neurotic, ever-anxious, depressed mind was going...
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Emily Denny
- Aug 16, 2022
- 3 min
alone together in silence
Dreading heading straight into autumn and darkness again after what we in Norway call a “skipped summer”, I desperately searched the net...
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Phil
- Jul 22, 2022
- 2 min
extraordinary, profound, magical.
The following words can not do justice to what is mostly an experience of the heart for me. I feel like for a week I've vanished from...
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hoolsdelosrios
- Jun 19, 2022
- 7 min
so you're thinking about joining this silent retreat.........
This review is really aimed at people who are ‘Umming and Ahing’ as to whether a silent retreat is the right thing for them. I first...
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Leila Worth.
- May 24, 2022
- 2 min
is binn béal ina thost (irish saying) - silence is golden
A note from my diary on the retreat: A homecoming. Silence is a homecoming. The first day on the first sit Tears fell down my face I felt...
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carlzimmerling
- May 6, 2022
- 4 min
seven-day silent retreat in karuna
I shave my head and pack my suitcase. Tomorrow the retreat in Karuna begins. I hear a pigeon calling: "You see it". There is a saying in...
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jmcdekker
- May 3, 2022
- 1 min
concentration
A silent retreat is not an isolated event. There is a string of events, internal and external developments which prompt the call for...
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georgia morley
- May 2, 2022
- 4 min
a reflection from the april 2022 sesshin, monchique
I just finished my 5th retreat and what a profound experience it was. It was so healing. My thoughts were, as I had anticipated, quite...
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david217581
- Jan 8, 2022
- 19 min
a week of zen & holy silence
Linda & David from Art of Euphoria share an intimate glimpse into their first silent retreat experience, with daily personal input.
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jvandertoorn
- Dec 18, 2021
- 2 min
just sit and breath
By Jennifer van der Toorn - So, there I sat, Monday morning at 6AM on a meditation cushion in the temple of Karuna Centre in Portugal....
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hamid ebadi
- May 1, 2021
- 2 min
a radiance hidden in the heart of darkness
sesshin ends. last sit together. sitting with those here. sitting with those who left. with those who never came. with those who couldn’t...
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davidwim
- Apr 28, 2021
- 6 min
letting go of your treasure
Zazen makes you look at the stuff you don't want to see, the things you've been hiding from yourself, sometimes in plain sight. This is...
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ninamorena806
- Nov 13, 2020
- 2 min
hug your hulk
I swing them violently by the hair from side to side across my head. It's the recurrent dream again. I wake up. Hulk says good morning. I...
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georgia morley
- Dec 19, 2018
- 4 min
this practice has a lifeline of highs and lows
It is hard to put into words my experience of the past 6 days silent meditation and yoga retreat. This surprises me as this was my 3rd...
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hamid ebadi
- Oct 19, 2018
- 3 min
today, i hold myself
I write this as it is approaching three months since I spent six days on a silent meditation retreat in the hills of Monchique, Portugal....
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hamid ebadi
- Aug 21, 2018
- 10 min
journey of coming home
MAITRI RETREATS AND HAMID EBADI – AN EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEY OF ‘COMING HOME’ “Meditation is a bodily practice.” I will never ever forget...
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jennifer stretton
- Oct 17, 2017
- 6 min
my first foray into zen
Hi everyone, my name is Jennifer. I attended one of Hamid's retreats a few years ago and I thought it could be nice to share my blog post...
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