Tilbake

SILENT RETREAT

in a monastery in Northern Italy
with Merle Levin and Kristin Flood

What hides in the silence, and how does silence nurture us? During this one week retreat you will have the chance to experience a close encounter with "the field of silence", within and without yourself. A silent moment is a purification. To be in silence for few days is an exiting journey. Something deep within us get touched. We nurture our soul in an unusual way. To be together without speaking is a unique experience. We become aware of a subtle language, and of our bodylanguage. We also sense a mutual respect for what we do, and a respect for others that have chosen the same experience. Our days are made of morning gatherings, meditation, writing exercises and some lecturing. We invite the participants to use the writing to see more clearly how the process unfolds. The lecturing will be both in English and Norwegian. We will be an international group of apx 15-25 persons. The group will be giuded into silence, first for a few hours, then for a few days. We live in a monastery together with a small group of so called "contemplative nuns" that uses prayer as their main spiritual expression. The athmophere at the monastery is therefore quite unique. We eat breakfast, warm lunsh and dinner with wine included, in the main building. All meals are included in the price. We reccomend everybody to have their own private room, but there are double rooms available if necessary.

The participants will arrive to VENICE AIRPORT. Here there will be a special bus for us to the monastery (apx 1.h) in the afternoon Sunday about 5-6 p.m. We will return to the airport Saturday in the morning.

But, since there are many tourist coming to Venice this period, we reccomend you to book your flights early.

Welcome to our retreat!

Merle Levin and Kristin Flood