TRANSFORMING YOUR LIFE THROUGH MEDITATION 8 – 13 November, 2015 The first 3 Doors Europe Academy graduates completed their two and half year program in March 2015. As we plan for the second Academy, which will begin in June 2016, we recognize a need to offer an intermediate length program, in addition to the weekend seminar experiences we have provided across Europe. Transforming Your Life through Meditation is a five-and-a-half-day residential retreat that allows participants to take time away from their daily lives and fully immerse in a supportive environment to explore the inner refuge, and to reconnect with true inner self. You will be introduced to the stillness of body, silence of speech, and spaciousness of mind as the three doors that connect you to the transformative power of this refuge. Through the daily practice of yogas of movement and breath you will explore the sacred architecture of the subtle energy centers and channels. Singing sacred syllables, you can clear blockages and open to the genuine warmth of being. You will be guided to reflect upon challenges that limit the fullness of your life, and learn how to bring these challenges to your practice in order to transform them. Each day will be built upon the previous and will focus particularly on the cultivation of compassion for oneself and for others in our daily lives. This retreat will be ideal for those who would like to deepen their practices of The 3 Doors. The format of a residential retreat allows participants to fully be immersed and experience the meditation
methods in more depth than is possible in a weekend seminar. It will also be an excellent preparation for those interested in entering into the next 3 Doors Academy. We invite you to join us for this unique opportunity to deepen your relationship with yourself while being supported by the collective presence and companionship of the group. The retreat is being held at Pauenhof Retreat Centre, near Düsseldorf, Germany. Arrival date is 7 November, and retreat begins Sunday 8 November, ending midday Friday 13 November. For more information, please visit: www.the3doors.org. Warm wishes, John Jackson and Raven Lee Join in this retreat to get closer to who you really are. Join in sharing the space and the warmth with others, who are just as you are: searching for more authenticity in their life. Working with daily obstacles makes you aware of the pain inside and also of the quality that is there to transform yourself. Allowing both pain and the warmth inside makes you feel more and more at home with yourself. The support of the teachers and the group are wonderful to be with, this is the true meaning of the medicine of being human: trusting your own heart, trusting who you really are, trusting the world around you.... Marlies Cober-Philippens, a graduate of the first 3 Doors European Academy.
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