The retreat was excellent! Thank you, everyone, so much for putting this together 🙏 thank you, LP John, for your continued guidance, and thanks to all the staff behind the scenes for providing everything else 😊.

Christina

UK

The retreat exceeded my expectations! It was also very affordable! I plan to do more in the future 😃.

Michael

Belgium

It exceeded my expectations. I felt so good from this retreat. Exactly what I needed.

Michäel

Belgium

I had never done a retreat before, and meditation was still quite new to me — and honestly… it was amazing. I felt so well afterwards, both mentally and physically. [...] What was intense for me as a beginner was meditating four times a day for about an hour. That was quite a jump from my previous weekly class. I managed it — but I needed naps, and lots of them! It was challenging, yes — but not too much. And I’m so grateful I could go through it at my own rhythm.

Ritchie

Belgium

I really loved the week-long retreat! For me, it was a perfect combination of guided meditations, wisdom talks, and Q&A sessions with the monks. I felt this week helped me deepen both my practice & my understanding of the practice even further, plus I made great new friends!

Lauren

Netherlands

For me, the inner peace that came over me during the retreat was the trigger to start meditating daily afterwards. After about eight weeks of daily meditation, the first tangible changes occurred. Thanks to meditation, I experience a general sense of contentment, an inner peace, a feeling of "it is good as it is"; a kind of trust in life, too, "what is meant to be will come my way." I enjoy life, from an inner peace and harmony that were previously unknown to me. My tendency to worry excessively has stopped, and I can observe my emotions more from a distance without being overwhelmed by them. Today, I am reconnected with myself and feel, and I also follow my inner voice. Within our society, according yourself a moment of mental silence every day is not an unnecessary luxury, but it is a necessity to avoid losing yourself in the rat race of life, and on the contrary, it supports you in becoming the best version of yourself. For the benefit of yourself and those around you.

Katrien

Belgium