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.
Aleksandra – reflections a month on
I have a few reflections I'd like to share since my last post. Even though my dark retreat was a short one, it was enough for intense experiences and a huge leap forward. The darkness is neither good nor evil I remember how a black…
Jarda: darkness therapy stays with me through life
Greetings, friends of dark retreats. It has been a long time since I tried darkness therapy, but I still remember it and it stays with me through life.
Petr – the dark retreat was a new experience for me
Hi Tomáš and Lenka, the dark retreat was a new experience for me.
Aleksandra – darkness therapy, short and surprisingly inside out
An encounter with nothingness, with the zero state.
Eva – the dark is beautiful, radiant, embracing
Dear Tomáš, dear Leni, thanks to you and your kind, accommodating approach, during my dark retreat I experienced something I had never managed to experience in my whole life so far.
Martina – leaving after 3 nights was what I needed
Hi Tomáš and Lenka, greetings a month after my dark retreat, time flies..
Dáša – My dark retreat
Hmmm, how do you begin with something as intimate as being alone with yourself?
Filip – some take five steps, some take one, but what matters is moving forward
It started long before the dark retreat For me, so-called darkness therapy began long before I actually arrived.
Anička – in the dark it was black and soft
Has it really been a month since I finished my dark retreat?
Pavla – how beautiful it is to stop and let the darkness embrace you
I first heard about dark retreats from a friend of mine, roughly a year before I decided to go on one, that is a dark retreat, myself.



