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.
I hadn’t felt this in a long time
Everyone who comes to us for darkness therapy takes away an experience of their own. Some are looking for calm, some for answers, others simply want a proper rest. A dark retreat often surprises people with how simple and how deep it is at the…
The time had come to go into the dark
Perhaps you too have been thinking for a while about stopping for a moment and giving yourself time just for you, in complete silence.
The universe means well
When you decide to vanish off the face of the earth for a while and unplug from the endless rush, you discover that silence and pitch-black emptiness are your best teachers.
René – A dark retreat as a cure for stress and dizziness
My first feelings after coming out were intense.
I saw plenty of things
Have you ever tried switching off the world around you completely for a few days and staying just with yourself?
Cigarettes in the dark
Listen, this is seriously mind-blowing! It's just an unbelievable experience that totally gets you.
I had no time for myself
Imagine the moment the door closes behind you and you are left in absolute darkness.
Libor – I decided to experience it for myself
I have been working as a coach and mentor for more than twenty years, but the dark retreat took me somewhere I had never been in all my practice so far.
Martin: the most fundamental experience of my life
The dark retreat came to me somehow on its own.
You lose all sense of time
For many of us, stopping in today's rushed world is an almost superhuman task.
