Dark retreat – participants’ experiences
The experiences of dark retreat participants can be summed up in these most common points:
- A deeper understanding of yourself
- A more contented life
- Renewed relationships with those close to you
- Finding your values and goals
- Relief from stress
We don’t know of anyone who has regretted darkness therapy. Regardless of age, gender or profession, participants rate their dark retreat positively and say it was the right thing for them.
Darkness therapy experiences are subjective
Please bear in mind that the feelings and course of a dark retreat are individual, and that other participants’ experiences may create expectations in you.
David – questions had tormented me for years
Warm greetings, Lenka and Tom, there's a lot one could write about what the dark retreat was like, and if I had to squeeze it all into a single word, it would clearly be "THANK YOU", because I still feel a very distinct, deep gratitude…
Tomáš – There’s no need to be afraid of darkness therapy
Hi Tom and Lenča, I want to thank you for running this beautiful service, the dark retreat, for other people and for yourselves.
Jitka – a psychologist on a dark retreat
Hello Lenka and Tomáš, that week in the dark was very hard for me; a few times I wanted to give up, but each time I told myself "what if something pleasant comes along today or tomorrow".
David – the truth is always right under our noses
Warm greetings, friends, with the kind permission of Lenka and Tomáš Roud I now have the opportunity to share some of my perceptions and experiences of a dark retreat, and thereby offer a small glimpse into the mind of one quite ordinary human being and everything it goes through during waking/dreaming in the dark.
Ivana – a grown woman messing about in the dark
Dear Lenka, dear Tomáš, it's a year since I did my dark retreat with you, since we last hugged and I went home :).
Zbyněk – the problems I would most like to forget
My first dark retreat is behind me. At first I didn't want to write about my experience at all, because quite a lot of people are doing dark retreats these days and there is plenty of similar information to be found on the Internet, but the positive outcome persuaded me to do it anyway.
Lenka – a dark retreat over Easter
Hi Lenka and Tomáš, I spent this Easter with you in the sanctuary, and I have to say that a dark retreat over Easter was the right choice.
Martin – a dark retreat for childhood issues
At first I was afraid of the dark retreat, as people usually are of things they don't know.
Michal – to come to terms with what complicates my life
I had been thinking about a dark retreat as a way of getting to know myself for several years, and although I had found what looked like a sensible provider at first glance, it came to nothing in the end – I don't really know why.
Lenka – on a dark retreat for health, emptiness and exhaustion
Hi Lenka and Tomáš, it's two months since I did the dark retreat, and right now the whole experience, the whole time I spent in your loving care, feels like a dream.
