SILENT RETREAT DETAILS

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A silent retreat is dedicating few days for yourself, where you detach yourself from all the things you are used to that is usually represent a source of distraction. When you spend few days without distractions, we get the chance to breath, practicing yoga, meditate, journaling, learn to “just be”, sinking into the sound, smell and scenery of nature learning to slow down and notice little things.

This state start clearing your mind from all the unneeded thoughts, this state of quietness take you to a different mental state, called the intuitive mind, the inspirational mind, where answers rise, vagueness gets clearer, and sometimes you get to see old experiences affecting your emotions and behavior (sometimes without even noticing the relation between your behavior and emotions to this specific incident) coming up to the surface for your care and healing.

Yes, its normal to feel scared, getting to the unknown could be a bit scary, you need to feel ready to handle whatever you will find in silence, what you will find doesn’t have to be something deep or big or painful, it could be, but its not a must, yet you have to remember that whatever you are escaping to confront is still there, lying somewhere deep inside you, affecting you on physical and emotional level, it won’t go away by ignoring it or running away from it. 

And its not always about that, silence can bring you tranquility, peace and understanding of things around you, silence can bring you answers and ideas about questions and problems you haven’t been able to resolve before.

Silence can calm and sooth your nervous system.

Silence is the furthest thing to boredom, in silence there are a lot of things happening inside you, a lot of work is being done.

In a silent retreat, you are not left to boredom doing nothing.

You are actually involved in a lot of practices that would support you in this journey, practices like yoga, meditation, journaling, walking in nature, sound healing, enough time to sleep, quality time to eat. There is no one moment that passes by where you get the chance to feel bored.

The whole idea of the silent retreat is to enjoy simplicity, all your basic needs are met, for those few days you will just focus on yourself, enjoying the beautiful surroundings.

Our team will be always there for you taking care of you. 

You can always leave one of the team member’s number for your family to check on you, and we can always take the lead to call your family everyday to check on them and let them know that you are ok. At the end, its not a lifetime practice, its only for few days.

De-attaching yourself from communication, decreasing engagement of your mind from thoughts about the future and the past is the core essence of silence.

no body is making you do anything, the moment you feel you want to break your silence and end the practice, you are always able to do that, and you can enjoy the rest of the classes and the place, you will just need to pay respect to those who are still in silence, so we won’t be able to talk or cause any distraction while being around the group.

Al Tarfa Desert sanctuary is considered one of the most luxurious desert lodge worldwide, The rooms are always clean and furnished with a very classy taste, Al Tarfa team is always around to keep your room tight and nice.

Your room will always have bottle of waters, the restaurant will always be opened for snacks, healthy drinks, fruits all day long. 

We always ask before the retreat if you have any special requests regarding food so we make sure its available. Al Tarfa lodge is very well known of their tasty food anyway:)

Also, The first day you arrive you will have the time to check the rooms and talk to the staff and inquire about anything you need.

Silence is truly a unique experience that differs from one person to another, but the one common thing across all the practitioners that previously attended this retreat is that it mad a change and difference in their life, a lot of those practitioners attend the retreat regularly.

Check out all the testimonials from participants attended before by checking the below link:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLczj0L1HIPLLyaUBOmlnBMNIuIyvpSnsg&si=H8RirywDq8cXYx3X