“This is my space. This is where I am.” With these words, one of our guests described one of the most powerful parts of his retreat. The darkness was not an obstacle for him – it became a safe space where he could finally be himself, without pressure and without expectations.
It was his wife’s experience that led him to try darkness therapy. She had already done a retreat, and her stories inspired him. But he didn’t want simply to be led – he felt the need to go through it on his own, to find out what he carries inside. “First I wanted to try it on my own, to see what’s in there for me. I didn’t want to go in with her straight away.”
In the dark, simple but powerful sensations began to come to the surface. The taste of food, for example. “I wasn’t looking forward to the food as such, but to the flavours. They were completely different.” In a space without light, even ordinary things become a deep experience – and that is exactly what makes a dark retreat so special.
The key moment, though, was not the darkness itself but coming back out of it. When he saw the sun again after several days, he felt pure joy. “As I walked towards the sun, it dawned on me: this is it.” It was the joy of coming back, but also of realising that the journey through darkness makes sense and brings answers that stay hidden in the light.
For him, the dark retreat was not an escape. It was a step towards himself. A space where he could take a breath, stop and hear what the usual daily rhythm so often drowns out. And as he says himself – “that was it”.
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