This is NOT like a Vipassana or anything else you've experienced The rules for Vipassana are: No contact with others, no talking, no touching, no gestures, no eye contact. No tobacco, drugs, or alcohol. No yoga or physical exercise, no movement that may be disturbing to other meditators. No music, reading or writing. No jewellery or skimpy clothing. No rosary beads, crystals, charms or religious objects. No contact with the outside world. No leaving for ten days. No playing or fun.

And whilst it can certainly be a beautiful and awakening experience in many ways, it is VERY DIFFERENT to what we are offering.This is unlike many silent retreats where you are connecting with Self and not aware of, nor connecting with others.

It is not the absence of communication, rather an enriching, interacting and connecting experience. The nature of this silence is a putting aside of spoken language, both external and internal, to continually and consistently bring yourself back to the experience of right here and now.

There will be encouragements to explore or experiment with doing things a certain way, for sound scientific reasons, although these won’t always be explained, BUT there are NO RULES.

You will be free to do your own thing, in your own way between the sunrise and sunset activities, always keeping in mind the purpose of what we are jointly creating: a loving, respectful, clean.