Retreat information

     'Healing through Resting and Letting Go'
                    11 - 16 August
      Dutch retreat with Thich Nhat Hanh
       and monks and nuns of the EIAB  

Registration will start 1st March and end 27th July 2012
 

Language of the Retreat: Dutch is mostly spoken. The talks and meditations are in English with Dutch translation and there are also some families in English language.

Dear friends,

The Most Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh (Thây), our spiritual teacher. is coming to the EIAB for the Dutch Retreat, German Retreat and Day of Mindfulness. We would like to invite you to participate. Mindfulness enables us to be happy in the present moment. However, we often believe that without other people, things or spiritual possessions it is impossible to have a good life. So we cling to what we have and devote an enormous amount of energy to holding onto it, or even trying to gain more. Yet within we remain tense, always on the alert and separate from others. If we are to find spiritual peace, we need to let go and regain contact. This doesn’t mean that we cannot enjoy what we have; rather, it means integrating letting go into our spiritual practice. This will heal the inner wounds, which prevent us from seeing our joyful oneness with everything and everyone.

There will be a children’s program for children ages 6-12 and a teens program for young people ages 13-17. Children 0-5 years old are completely under the responsibility of their parents.