Ole Gjems-Onstad
Initiator in Acem.
Head of Acem International.
Dr Juris, Professor of Fiscal Law, BI Norwegian Business School
A deepening retreat is suitable for Acem meditators who already have some experience with long meditations and who want to practise meditations of more than six hours.
Long meditations
A deepening retreat gives you an opportunity for daily long meditations of at least six hours. The retreat will focus on how to enhance your meditation. All activity under the course of the day is designed to stimulate the deeper meditative process.
Guidance groups
The long hours of silence are followed by daily process-oriented guidance groups led by experienced meditation guides, in order to maximise the results of long meditations.
Seminars
Questions arising from performing long meditations, along with meditative and existential topics will be covered in the evening seminars.
Walk and talk
There will be ample time for walks in the beautiful surrounding areas. Some of the walking time is combined with one-on-one discussions of themes and issues from your meditation.
Yoga
Daily sessions of basic Acem Yoga have a refreshing effect and facilitate the practice of long meditations.
Typical daily programme
0730 - 0830: Breakfast, exercise
0830 - 1600: Silence for meditation
1600 - 1630: Yoga
1630 - 1700: Pause
1700 - 1900: Process guidance
1900 - 2000: Dinner
2000 - 2130: Seminar
Who may participate?
Deepening retreats are for regular meditators who already have experience from regular weeklong Acem Meditation retreats and who are prepared to participate in the entire retreat.
The venue
Acem International Retreat Centre at Halvorsbøle is situated outside Oslo in beautiful and peaceful surroundings. Most of the rooms have a direct view of the Randsfjord lake.
Other retreats
A Young Retreat, an International Regular Summer Retreat and other International Deepening Retreats take place each year. See the dates on our calendar.
For people with ample experience from deepening retreats, Acem also arranges advanced deepening retreats.
IMPORTANT PRACTICAL INFORMATION
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Please note that due to cancellations, there are no relevant trains from Oslo to Arvika.
On July 15 there will be transport organized by Acem from Kongsvinger (NOK 300) at 15:25 corresponding with a train leaving from Oslo Central Station at 14.04 (tickets at vy.no, you need to have a ticket before boarding, but it is not necessary to buy it before you are on the station as there will always be possible to board the train). If you need transportation from Kongsvinger Station to Lundsholm, please make a note of it when you register for the retreat. At the time the retreats end, there will be transport organized to Arvika or Kongsvinger (and private cars to Oslo) depending upon what trains and buses are running.
Please note that if you need transport that do not correspond with the times the retreats start or end, you will have to organize this by yourself.
Student discount is only available to full-time students aged 35 years or less.
Course number:
V23301
Instructors