“The mind can go in a thousand directions, but on this beautiful path I walk in peace. With every step the wind blows. With every step a flower blooms.”

Do you also need intense peace, a powerful sense of connection and genuine joy? Come to the meditation weekend of Bezielen op de Veluwe and experience the power of meditation on a deep level. Meditation is a valuable tool, teaching you to deal lovingly with thoughts and feelings. See how meditation, yoga and mindfulness come together in this weekend. It lays the seeds for a lasting, healthy relationship with yourself and your environment.

• What: Meditation, mindfulness and yoga weekend; retreat with Meditation, yoga, mindfulness and participating in life at the ashram.
• When: from Friday to Sunday
• Dates 2023: 25 – 27 April / 25 – 27 juli
• Where: Ashram Sada Shiva Dham in Loenen,
• Experience: We organize this weekend 6 times a year since 2007
  What is the weekend not: whole day on pillow meditating in silence
• Participants: approximately sixteen (mixed).
• Cost: €395,-
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• Other: the meditation weekend is good preparation for the trips to the Himalayas in India that Bezielen regularly organizes.

Introduction

We are no longer used to following the voice of our hearts in Western life. Our minds drown out the whispers of the heart. We react from our judgments and expectations. Engage in an open encounter with yourself on this meditation weekend. You gain insight into learned patterns so you can allow love back in. With a little effort, it becomes a spiritual experience that has a deep impact.

Meditation

Meditation is probably as old as man himself. It is practiced in various ways all over the world. It is a form of thought training that teaches you to experience the now more consciously: your thinking, sensory impressions, your physical feelings and emotions.

There are many forms of meditation, with as many different techniques and connected rituals. They are all aimed at arousing and training a particular feeling or state of mind: this may be concentration, love, or compassion. Scientific research has now proven that meditation has numerous positive effects on the body, mind and your state of mind.

The meditation weekend

On the meditation weekend in the Veluwe you will be able to experience this for yourself. On the meditation retreat, you will experience the difference between living on autopilot and living with open attention.
Sensations, feelings, thoughts; they come and go. You will learn to look at this in a friendly and interested way during this weekend.

We practice different forms of meditation; active in conscious physical exercises, walking meditation or chanting mantras. And, of course, the most familiar form: sitting meditation. Body, mind, heart and soul are all addressed.

Location meditation retreat

The meditation weekend takes place in the Sada Shava Dham ashram in Loenen. Below is a video to get an idea of ​​what the weekend looks like in the ashram.

The ashram is located on the Veluwe as an oasis of peace. It is built on a large piece of land on the edge of the forest, with a beautiful garden. There is also a herb and vegetable garden. You can help with sowing and harvesting here through karma yoga.

In recent years, the ashram complex has been expanded with, among other things, a larger temple. This was partly thanks to the help of participants in our weekends, who contributed with karma yoga.

During the meditation weekend, we participate in a number of regular monastery activities in the ashram. An example is the havan (meditation by the fire), the aarti (meditation with mantras) and karma yoga. This consists of physical work at the ashram: helping with cooking and working in the herb and vegetable garden. The aim of karma yoga is to achieve meditation through activity.

Monastery Activities

During the weekend in the ashram we participate in a number of fixed monastic activities, such as the havan (meditation by the fire) and the aarti (meditation with mantras). Another fixed part of the meditation weekend is karma yoga. This consists of physical work at the ashram, such as helping with Ayurvedic cooking and working in the herb and vegetable garden. The aim of karma yoga is to come to meditation through the activity. We divide the day in two so that rest can be taken in the afternoon. You are always welcome to do your own thing, as long as the ashram is not disturbed. If you would rather skip a workshop or meditation, this is possible in consultation and you can deviate from the program.

The wonderful ashram team supports this yoga, meditation and mindfulness retreat.

Yoga weekend environment

The location of the yoga weekend is Loenen, a village on the Veluwezoom. There is plenty of nature in the area. Take one step outside the ashram and you are in a beautiful forest. Of course we will also go for a walk here. The  waterfall  that you will find in this forest is the highest in the Netherlands with 15 meters.

Another attraction is the  steam train , which runs between Apeldoorn and Dieren and also stops at Loenen. So you could even come by steam train! (check  the timetable here  ) Finally, a stone’s throw from the ashram is the stately sixteenth-century  Kasteel Ter Horst.

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