Retreat Experiences
Mr. Jo
- Australia
From as long as I can remember there has been a deep sense of "knowing" present in the back of my mind. This feeling of knowing something, something more and something deeper than found in the everyday chaos of average human life, was like a seed in my mind. Until recently this seed lay on barren, dry soil. Growing up as an average middle-class Australian in a system of striving for "success" under the constant fear of "failure" always felt unnatural for me and this seed of "knowing" something else could not grow well under these conditions. Just to keep participating in this system (which I was taught is "all that there is") I had to try to ignore this seed. But it was always there, at all times while playing all the different roles needed to please all the different people in the system surrounding me, this seed of truth would not be ignored.
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- Student, Air Force School (age 16yrs)
I expected a lot in this SHR...at Moksh. I thought there would be some good times like we could talk to each other, listen to songs, play some games and have that camp type fun. I was aware that we can’t interact with the outside world and only meditate for 45 mins and rest of the day do some karate and masti and eat only veg food. But it turned out into a totally different angle.
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- Retd. Railway Officer
When my daughter called me to ask if I would like to attend the 7 Days Silent Health Retreat, I immediately said ''YES''. On second thoughts wondered if at my age, I would really be able to manage.........I am a retired Railway officer, my age is Eighty five and half years.....have had 2 heart attacks, had spondilytis & frozen shoulder. Still, I decided to see if I could manage to do the Silent Health Retreat, as I sincerely wanted to do it. And here the opportunity had just walked into my life! To be there with my daughter to meditate silently together.
Sudhira Tanner
- Switzerland
The 3 days silent health retreat has been an amazing journey, a bit though sometimes, but for sure worth it!
Vishakha Kochak
- Teacher and Homemaker
This 7 DAY Silent Health Retreat came to me after a real deep longing & long patient wait. In between the waiting...... there were moments where I felt '' Was I asking too much from life? ''This had happened after attending & experiencing the 3 day SHR. Here I had felt as though I have been given the sample of a rare tasty ice cream! So, obviously I wanted to relish a good enough portion ...at least 7 days SHR to start with!!!
Anuja Kale Agarwal
- Director, Global Head of Communications, Deutsche Bank
If I were to analyse what these seven days have done for me, I would have to divide it in to three large buckets. The first would have the more dramatic ones like for instance the fact that I went for the retreat, in itself, is probably a huge personal achievement. That I actually survived the seven days is the next big one. And that I learnt so much, in such a short yet concentrated spell of time is the third big one!
Reshma Kane
- Assistant Vice President, Deutsche Bank
The 7-day SHR was such a break-through for me its really difficult to explain it in words. I don't know where to start...At first I thought it was impossible to stay silent even for 3 days, then in Jan 2011 I attended the Kukikan 3-day retreat. It was an unforgettable experience and really gave me assurance that I could actually stay silent for more than a couple of hours...and to think that silence is the easiest part of the retreat!
Pajwani Jayesh
-(www.linkedin.com/jayeshpajwani)
Brief introduction about myself is necessary. I have been in IT field for last 25+ years and worked in mid-to-senior management positions with Global Consulting & MNC companies. The pressures of these roles are immense and it was but normal that I would be drained mentally and physically often. While I did find means to distress, unwind spending time with family, having a round of golf or sailing on high seas with friends but that wasn’t enough. Other than cycling which I had left long time back, I had adopted no other sport, I had no disciplined approach to physical nor any mental training all my life.
Julia Schaefer
- Germany
I just want to thank you for the great experience that this retreat has been for me. I didn´t have (apart from one) any remarkable meditations, great insights etc. Still I find the experience of silence and your guidance in respect of the physical aspect very precious.