🌑 “I didn’t really have any expectation that I’d be doing rituals here… more like doing nothing. And yet doing a lot at the same time.” That is how her account of her dark retreat begins. She didn’t go into the dark with a set plan. She let things flow. And that is exactly where what really mattered began to show itself.
🌓 The first days passed in silence and stillness, but after three days something shifted. “All sorts of things started showing up for me in there,” she recalls. The visual impressions kept changing; at times the space of the cabin turned into a cathedral or a dome with skylights. “I really enjoyed that,” she says with a smile.
🔥 Darkness therapy gave her a powerful experience – not only mental but physical too. Her body made itself heard; the processes were intense. And even coming back into the light carried its own weight. “There was hardly any light yet, and it was already too much for me.”
🌱 She was surprised by how many impressions and images surfaced in the dark. “That there’s nothing in there… actually, no. There was a lot going on in that darkness.” There is no need for big words or complicated techniques. Sometimes all it takes is a space where you can simply be with yourself. No pressure, no disturbance, no expectations.
✨ The dark retreat offered her not only calm but also a deeper connection with her inner self. It wasn’t an escape – more a gentle coming closer to what so often stays hidden in everyday life.
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