Have a lovely inner journey!
The spiritual retreat, especially if it is the first experience, must be chosen with care and great attention.
It is not a “classic trip” where if, by chance, there are technical problems (delay’s flight, lost suitcase, rain, small room) we can respond with relative rationality; the spiritual retreat is not based solely on organizational logistics, but is a set of elements, especially personal ones and if it goes wrong, it might be a pain that adds up and lasts for a long time. I would therefore like to recommend and pay attention to how retreats are chosen because the inner journey is sacred and inviolable, very delicate process that touches the most vulnerable part of us and cannot be chosen lightly on “google” by selecting it just because it's the cheapest one on the list.
The spiritual retreat organized by Ekra (https://ekraexperience.com/) in the splendid scenery of Coll de Nargo, (https://www.pirineurural.com/es/casas-rurales/casa-rural-torriella/), can only be associated better with “perfection in all its details”, especially for the constant assistance of the team in every moment during the inner journey that each of us has bravely decided to face, to get rid of an ancestral pain and, finally, reborn.
So, let's dispel some myths and labels to start considering this type of experience again for what it really is and above all to, if it's the first time, not risk being not only disappointed, but also emotionally wounded.
-?the moderator and his support team. Arnaldo, Tamara and Natasza were absolutely impeccable and of a masterful professionalism. Working at such high and deep levels with everyone's energies to create a unique energy field where to support each other is fundamental and the constant attention of the 3 assistants out of a group of about 10/12 people is essential. The importance of emotional security must not be taken for granted, because it is precisely in this kind of experience that some themes and chronic traumas are rightly touched upon to dissolve and, feeling free, in one's own vulnerability, is difficult, but necessary; the Ekra team with its professionalism has managed to create just that: an absolutely comfortable environment where we could free our demons and re-program ourselves starting from our authenticity.
-?the activities. The Kap sessions, meditation, yoga, conscious breathing in preparation for the ice bath, the night ceremony, the bio-dance were all activities conceived as a careful path built with extreme attention to bring us to a level of consciousness that probably none of us expected to be able to get. The activities were always free of choice, but if you go to Paris you don't skip the Tour Eiffel, nor the Notre-Dame...nor the Moulin Rouge...even your inner journey has its “highlights” and the guide accompanies you gently in every corner of your hidden city to bring to light only your true essence.
-?the group. This can obviously be truly "random" even if nothing is casual, but probably everything fits into the perfection of this great technical energy design and, in the end, a very special intrinsic bond is created. A bond which is not created out of sympathy, gender or status, but for a common denominator: to be oneself, learning to accept him/herself, to accept others and to see the great beauty of everything.
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-?last but not least: logistics. I repeat that perhaps there is no more appropriate definition than "perfect". Everything was so perfect that it seemed like a dream. Nature is in itself a dream: a dream that we, too often, forget we have at hand. The mountainous outline of the Pyrenees, the rural house so perfectly integrated into its landscape, the return to the origins, in all its meanings, are part of the spiritual journey. Nature and the rural house were our "outer house" that reflected our souls, as it should be according to the law of correspondence of Hermes Trismegistus: "our nature as human beings is the reflection of the nature of the Cosmos: As Above is Below, As is Inside is Outside" and our external house therefore represents the beauty and perfection of our personal internal temple. Finally: the vegan and gluten free dishes really surprised me! I never thought that such a "limited" choice of ingredients could produce such a large and delicious variety of dishes and I can confirm that it has convinced even the most loyal "carnivores".
In conclusion: “perfection in its natural simplicity”. It is not necessary to use any substance to reach altered states; mother nature is so intelligent that she has given us all the tools to heal and improve ourselves: energy, nutrition and a natural environment. Nothing else is needed, no magic potion, no drugs, alcohol, or guru or wizard or eternal psychological therapies. Just us and our courage to break physical and mental barriers that "others" have built around us and that we have come to believe were "our comfort zone".
Only some short tips:
“Thanks” turns out to be an understatement for what I feel and have experienced. But with the poverty of language that is granted to me, I sincerely thank Ekra, Lili and Jerome, my traveling buddies, life and the entire universe.
“Love is the bridge between you and everything – Rumi”