One-Day Silent Meditation Retreat

Meditating together is a powerful way to find and stay with your true inner peace. Here you will find a safe environment that invites you to be fully present and aware, quiet the worrying, agitated everyday mind and keep deep inner and outer silence.

🧑 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫
Dedicated to those who have meditated before and are willing to take a step further into their practice and meditate for long hours together with the commitment to explore deeper within themselves.

In order to maintain a safe environment and to create the best conditions to experience your true nature of ever-present awareness, you are invited to make the commitment to participate for the whole day, to not use your phone, read or engage in any conversation. 💗 We appreciate it very much if you could keep all the noise to a minimum.

🧘 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠
During the meditation time, you can go in a separate room and have a private conversation with either one of the two Mindfulness and Meditation Coaches Julia or Harri about your meditation practice - from what is the best meditation technique suitable for you to challenges that appear during the meditation.

📅 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐞
09:20 Arrival and making comfortable - kindly arrive on time
09:40 Introductory talk
09:55 Silence starts

10:00 50’ guided meditation
10:50 10’ walking meditation*
11:00 50’ meditation

11:50 Preparing lunch
12:00 Lunch
12:30 Resting mindfully
13:20 50' mindful walk in the park

14:20 50’ meditation
15:10 10’ walking meditation*
15:20 50’ meditation
16:10 40' Yoga/QiGong/stretching (optional)
17:00 50' meditation & healing sounds
18:00 Singing bhajans & mantras - silence is optional

18:30 Snacks, fruits and coffee/tea
18:30 Sitting together in a circle and sharing experiences
19:30 End

*The walking meditations are optional - you can go to the bathroom or drink water/tea/coffee. Same in between the sessions (10 min).

💓 𝐁𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲
facebook.com/groups/helsinkinondualityandmeditationgroup

🌱 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲
This group is anchored in nonduality. Therefore, what we are looking for is to be consciously one with reality - one with our breath/ sense of touching/seeing - whatever appears in our experience without getting lost in it. When that happens the psychological "I", i.e. the ego, appears which is the unconscious identification with experiences.

👕 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬
Please bring comfortable clothes to sit cross-legged and stretch - sweatpants, leggings, T-shirts, etc. We don’t recommend wearing tight clothes and that contain writing or images.

🍲 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐝
All food will be vegetarian and it will consist of a two-course meal + salad, snacks, fruits, tea, and coffee. If you have any dietary restrictions please contact us.

🎵 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐣𝐚𝐧𝐬 & 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠
The purpose of singing bhajans is to remind us or even take us to our true nature. We will also listen to Saphir chimes and singing bowls.

🙏 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞 & 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬
The retreat price is 75 euros which includes the retreat programme, private coaching, two-course meal, snacks, tea/coffee.

In order to secure your place, please transfer 35€ to:
Harri Valkonen Moisei
Bank transfer: FI90 3939 0052 0877 98 (payment text: expenses 4)
Mobile Pay: 044 314 00 51

Please bring the remaining 40€ in cash on the retreat day. If you enjoyed the retreat and you would like to offer a donation, please know that a donation box will be available. We treasure your kindness very much! 💓

✍️ 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
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🌿 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬
𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐢
Julia's life and work are deeply influenced by her 15 years of studies and training in Nonduality, Zen Buddhism, Mindfulness and Philosophy and now works as Mindfulness and Meditation Coach.

Having experienced severe anxiety, discontentment and feelings of being disconnected from others and herself, she has found a way out that brought her peace and freedom.

This change in her life was made possible by her commitment to practice meditation and nonduality while living in a Zen Temple. For 4 years, she continued to practice nonduality under the guidance of Rupert Spira which she met bimonthly in London and Oxford.

𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐢
Harri experienced several extreme challenges in his life that demolished the core of his sense of self. At the moment, he lived, for the very first time, without conceptualising reality, being totally free from the constructed, false sense of self.

This embarked Harri on a journey searching for the meaning of this life-changing experience. He found his answers in his own experience guided by the teachings of the great samurai Miyamoto Musashi, Nonduality and Zen Buddhism.