Thursday, 27 January 2011

Wild Zen Mind


For quite a while now we have been working with individuals and groups on the subject of 'Dis-connection'. Disconnection with our environment as many of us live, work and travel in hermetically sealed environments; with our food - where much of it is factory farmed, adulterated and modified without us knowing or being explicitally informed; with other people, where we hardly know our neighboures and spend more time in front of the television and computer screen than contact with people; and often with ourselves, with the increase in depression, isolation and lonliness.

Since the beginning of recorded human history, we have planted and harvested our food by the passage of the moon, celebrated the sun's journey through the seasons and come to be able to feel changes in the weather without the aid of TV-celebraty forecasters. This feeling of dis-connection is having such a negative impact on our psychological and physiological well-being that we decided to offer four retreats to celabrate the Spring and Autumn equinox and the Summer and Winter solstice.

Spring - 23rd-27th March; Summer - 21st-24th June; Autumn - 21st-24th September; Winter - 20th-23rd December

These retreats simply offer the finest of Fonte de Baixo – Buddhist practice, wilderness walks, wonderful vegetarian meals, and silence. We will explore Zen practice and the natural beauty of Fonte de Baixo through daily meditation, group discussions, and day hikes on wilderness trails. This is a time be fully alive, celebrate spring’s abundant emergent growth, and appreciate the elemental grandeur of nature. The cost of the retreat is 160-Euros plus accommodation which is published on the website.

If you would like further information or to book a place, then please drop us an email

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