Summer Retreat

As long as we lack authentic awareness, freedom is a myth. We understand freedom in terms of following our own ideas and will, when mostly all we do is invest in our neurotic habits, prejudices, and emotional knee-jerk responses. We lack authentic freedom as long as we fail to co-operate with reality as it is.

By engaging in Buddhist practice, we have a unique chance to discover the "Art of Freedom": Being out there in the world with open senses and open hearts, allowing unconditioned creativity to unfold, we can manifest active compassion on the basis of authentic awareness. We can raise our children in an atmosphere of kindness and awareness, where they can liberate their true potential. This is the way we can make a real difference in this world.

The retreat is open to anyone who would like to get to know or deepen their understanding of the teachings and practices of the Aro gTér lineage.

Afternoons will be dedicated to sKu mNyé. sKu-mNyé exercises are Buddhist physical exercises that massage the psycho-physical system through fluid, sometimes rigorous movements. The exercises are suitable for people of all ages and fitness levels and offer the opportunity to access profound meditation experience.

Anyone with an interest in the Tibetan language will also get the chance to receive an introduction.

In the evenings, we will invite you to a journey of discovery through selected hagiographies of the 84 Mahasiddhas. In these stories, we meet Buddhist yogis and yoginis who have sought and found realisation based on their unique personalities, their individual interests and skills. We will find out how their insights and methods of practice are still highly relevant and inspiring today.

During the week there will be ample opportunity to ask individual questions and to have private conversations with the teachers. Families with children are very welcome.