Under the Glacier: Meditation, Dreaming & Walking in Iceland
Date/Time
Date(s) – 25 Aug 2012 until 3 Sep 2012
12:00 AM – 12:00 AM
Location
Iceland Retreat 2012
Category(ies)
Under the Glacier:
Meditation, Dreaming and Walking in Iceland
25 August – 3 September 2012
(including travel from Rejkyavik to the hut and back to Rejkyavik, the retreat itself will be from August 26th-September 2)
Price: 740 € (5500 DK,120.584 ISK)*
Registration: Please register early, as participation is limited to 20
Location: At the root of the the glacier Vatnajokull, in South-eastern Iceland
*Included in the price is the course fee, accommodation in mountain cabins, and farmhouse in Höfn, simple vegetarian meals and transport to and from central Rejkyavik to the highlands.
Meditation retreat, dream workshop and hiking in the East of Iceland at the root of the glacier Vatnajokull. Volcanic craters, glaciers, colorful rhyolite mountains, waterfalls, beautiful minerals, glacial rivers, fantastic rock formations, northern lights, shooting stars, and the silence of the highlands.
No prior experience in meditation, dreamwork or hiking is necessary.
Meditation is an invitation to slow down and shift from the doing mode to the being mode.To allow yourself to be in a place without pressure supported by the guidance of the course leaders and the presence of the group. Together we are resting in the very nature of your being, in what is sometimes called the natural state, original mind, pure awareness, no mind, or simply emptiness.
Dreams are a significant part of our lives. As an honest and precise mirror of our inner and social life, they reflect how we relate to ourselves and others. This sacred mirror provide spiritual blessings, visions, and guidance. Even when dreams appear in the form of nightmares they are opportunities for personal and spiritual growth. Dreams are an expression of our unconscious intelligence. Pointing to imbalances, to pain and problems, but always also to resources, often even to solutions. This problem-solving aspect of dreams may more clearly be appreciated by looking at series of dreams. And this is possible in the week retreat.
Walking gives you the opportunity to rediscover the value of silence and a most simple way of living during daily walks in the amazing landscape of Iceland. Walking and just being there with nature. Having space for deep contemplation and connecting with your innermost essence.
Price: 740 € (5500 DK,120.584 ISK) * the retreat is limited to 20 participants, so please register early.
Included in the price is the course fee, accommodation in mountain cabins, and farmhouse in Höfn, simple vegetarian meals and transport to and from central Rejkyavik to the highlands.
Rough Schedule:
Saturday, August 25th:
Meet at Rejkyavik Domestic Airport at 12.00/12.30
Take a van to Höfn in Eastern Iceland (about 5 hours, it might take longer if people want to stop and sight-see on the way)
Welcome dinner and overnight in a farmhouse in Höfn: Stafafell i Loni
Sunday, August 26th:
Breakfast at the farmhouse.
Take an off-road bus into the highlands (about 2.5 hours)
Hike for one hour, downhill, to the cabins (45 min-1 hour)
Picnic lunch at the cabins.
Some set up and warm first dinner at the cabins.
Retreat begins in the evening.
Monday, August 27th,-Saturday, September 1st:
Full days of retreat
Sunday, September 2nd:
Retreat ends mid-morning.
Last lunch at the cabins.
Pack up and hike up to the mountain-bus pick-up point (about an hour)
Ride down to Höfn (about 2.5 hours)
Dinner together and overnight in the farmhouse in Höfn: Stafafell i Loni
Monday, September 3rd:
Take a van to Rejkyavik Domestic Airport. We will arrive in Rejkyavik at some point in the afternoon, depending on people’s flight schedules and how much they would like to stop and sightsee along the way.
What to bring:
It will not be necessary to bring sleeping bags, just linens or a sleeping bag liner. There is no cellular service at the huts, but Radhildur will have a walkie-talkie to contact the outside world in case of emergency. More information about what kinds of clothes to bring will be sent out in March 2012.
If you have specific questions, please contact Stephan, Jetthe or Radhildur at: icelanddreaming@gmail.com
About the course teachers:
Stephan Wormland, born 1965 in Germany, MA in clinical psychology and trained in Gestalt therapy. He has studied and practiced meditation in multible Buddhist traditions for over 25 years. Stephan was a monk in the Tibetan tradition for 11 years and teaches meditation in Buddhist centers in Europe. Since 2009 he has studied Radiant Mind with Peter Fenner and attended his nondual teacher training.
Jetthe Fabioola, born 1960 in Denmark, mother of two children and co-founder of the Danish Association for the Study of Dreams and Børneuniversitetet på Vesterbro. Trained by Monte Ullman she conducts dream groups and leads pedagogical dreamwork and Dream Drama. She is influenced by 25 years of apprenticeship with wise men and women, as an anthropologist specializing in dreams and child culture; in classical Jungian psychoanalysis; in leadership training with Dr. Montague Ullman and cybernetic dream-work at the Vedfelt Institute.
The walking will be guided by Radhildur Ingadottir from Iceland. She is an visual artist working with installations. She has exhibited in Europe for many years. Her interests are art, geology, cosmology and travelling. She has travelled extensively through Iceland by car and on foot. During winter Radhildur lives in Denmark but in the summertime she is a hiking- and driver-guide in Iceland.
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