International Deepening Retreat of Acem Meditation

Course starts

Saturday 17 July 2010, 6:00 pm

Course ends

Saturday 24 July 2010, 2:00 pm (approx)

Location

Halvorsbøle Int. Retreat Centre, Oslo

Price

€620.00

Instructors

Halvor Eifring

General Secretary of Acem International. Professor of Chinese, University of Oslo.

Tor Hersoug

Acem Meditation Initiator. PhD, Director of Economic Research, The Confederation of Norwegian Business and Industry

Information

Discounted course fees
for participants residing outside Scandinavia:
Payment before 1 June: EUR 520.
Payment after 1 June: EUR 620.
The fee includes full board (lacto-vegetarian diet) and ensuite accommodation in a single room.

Extra nights?
Inexpensive accommodation at the retreat centre for one or two nights before or after the retreat will usually be available at NOK 250 (EUR 30) per night, including breakfast, or NOK 400 (EUR 50) including full board.

Arrival and departure
Shared transport will be arranged from Oslo Airport Gardermoen (not Oslo Airport Torp or Oslo Airport Rygge) on 17 July, as well as back to the airport on 24 July. At other times, we will provide transport or help order a taxi to the airport bus at Toso, Jevnaker. We will also arrange shared transport from Oslo city.

Information, registration and payment
Scandinavian participants
Contact Acem Norway (tel: +47 23 11 87 00, address: P. O. Box 2559 Solli, NO-0202 Oslo, Norway)
Non-Scandinavian participants:
Use "Registration and payment" button at the top of this column. For info, contact Acem International.

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Course type: Deepening Retreat

This retreat is for Acem meditators who already have some experience with long meditations and who want to practise meditations of more than six hours.

A deepening retreat offers the possibility to experience the full effect of Acem Meditation. Long hours of silence and process-oriented guidance groups are the main ingredients.

Typical daily programme:
0730 - 0830: Breakfast, exercise
0830 - 1630: Silence for meditation
1630 - 1700: Pause
1700 - 1900: Process guidance
1900 - 2000: Dinner
2000 - 2130: Seminar

A deepening retreat gives you an opportunity for daily long meditations of at least six hours. The retreat will focus on how to enhance your meditation. Daily guidance groups are scheduled to maximise the results of long meditations. Questions arising from performing long meditations, along with meditative and existential topics will be covered in the evening seminars. There will also be time for walks in the beautiful surrounding areas.

Evening talks
Evening seminars that explore the psychology of meditation and help you to enhance your meditative practice, by experienced initiators in Acem.

Who may participate?
Meditators who have regularly practiced Acem Meditation for three months leading up to the start of the course may participate in these retreats. Participation in at least one three-hour long meditation during the last year is also required. Participation in at least one week-long Acem retreat prior to a deepening retreat is highly recommended.

Course language
The official language is English. Simultaneous translation into other languages will be provided when needed. Guidance groups in Spanish and Mandarin will be offered.

The venue
Acem International Retreat Centre at Halvorsbøle is situated outside Oslo in beautiful and peaceful surroundings. Participants will be accommodated in single rooms, most of them with a direct view of the Randsfjord lake.

Lactovegetarian meals
The Halvorsbøle cuisine is based on lactovegetarian food well suited for long meditations.

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