Silent Retreat with Yoga
12 June, 2025 – 17 June, 2025
6-Day Silent Retreat with Yoga
Bringing Meditation to Life in a heart-centred way
In this 6-day silent retreat we seek to discover the capacity to remain fully engaged in life while stayed firmly centred in inner silence.
The retreat will include a combination of activities, from Hatha Yoga and meditation to workshop-like interactive exercises. In our lectures we’ll touch on the Tantric view on meditation, and we’ll learn how to bring meditation to life, meditating on the essence of emotions, desires and inner experiences. We’ll have days in which we’ll speak and days spent in silence.
Our approach will combine the traditional methods of concentration (the 8 fold stages of Patanjali – focusing mainly on ) with methods taken from the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra.
Is this the same as Vipassana?
There are similarities but also differences. It’s similar from the perspective of the fact that we go in silence in the first evening and come out of silence on the morning of the last day, and we respect silence, devoting a lot of time for meditation. It’s different because we do yoga, keeping the body fresh, awake, and with a lot of energy. Even if we’ll be in silence, we aim to be deliberately heart connected to the others, and not isolated, creating a warm and sweet spiritual group. Also unlike Vipassana, we are allowed to silently embrace and keep the sweetness in the heart as a support of our meditative practice.
Program and schedule
Each day will include yoga practice, meditations, lectures and exercises. A usual day would look like this:
8:00 – 9:00 Hatha Yoga
9:00 – 9:30 Meditation
9:30 -10:45 Breakfast
10:45 – 12:00 Lecture/teachings
12:00 – 12:45 Meditation
13:00 – 16:00 Lunch break
16:00 – 16:30 Meditation
16:30 – 17:30 Lecture/teachings
17:45 – 18:30 Short Hatha Yoga and meditation
20:15 – Heart opening exercise
PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU CAN OPT TO JOIN JUST FOR THE WEEKEND (FRIDAY TO SUNDAY). KINDLY GET IN TOUCH WITH US FOR THIS OPTION AT TANTRAYOGACHIANGMAI@GMAIL.COM
Practical details
Dates
June 12 – 17, 2025
Location
Amrita Integral Yoga Centre, a beautiful retreat centre built in accordance with the principles of sacred architecture, and located in Mae On, 40 minutes drive from Chiang Mai. (see location here)
Prices
Shared room – THB 9,250 (We have 4 shared rooms with 3 beds and one shared room with 6 beds. We first fill up all the rooms with 3 beds.)
Standard Single – THB 15,200
Deluxe Single – THB 17,700
Standard Double (for 2 people) – THB 29,000
Deluxe Double (for 2 people) – THB 31,500
If you have any questions regarding the booking, contact us on tantrayogachiangmai@gmail.com
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The teachers
Blandine Wegener
Blandine is a Yoga and Tantra teacher at Mahasiddha. She has been deeply engaged in the yogic path for the past 15 years dedicating every day of her life to teaching, personal growth and selfless service. She cofounded Mahasiddha Yoga in Chiang Mai and the Integral Yoga Centre Amrita, an Ashram resort in the lush country side of Thailand. Blandine is a practicing psychologist and coach as well and shares her passion for spirituality, yoga, meditation and self growth in an inspiring way with everyone around her.
Iris Smeets
Iris is a Yoga and Tantra teacher based in Chiang Mai, Thailand. With a background in Philosophy and Peace and Conflict Studies, she spent years working in conflict resolution and peacebuilding at trauma centers worldwide. She later became a tantric massage therapist. Before moving to Thailand, Iris worked for 7 years at Natha Yoga Centre in Aarhus, Denmark, where she offered a range of classes, courses, and workshops in massage, Esoteric Tantra Yoga, Integral Esoteric Yoga for singles and couples, and dance empowerment courses for women.
Uriel Yariv
Uriel is a Tantra and Yoga teacher at Mahasiddha Yoga, and for the past 20 years he has devoted himself to the path of Tantra-Yoga with great enthusiasm. He has spent more than 2 years in silent retreats, practicing meditation and yoga passionately. Uriel cofounded Mahasiddha Yoga and the Integral Yoga Center Amrita in Thailand. He has a master degree in clinical psychology and has written many articles about spirituality and psychology. Uriel shares his love of spirituality, meditation and Tantra in a clear and tangible way, and is an inspiration to many around him.
Pierre-Luc Dalpé
Pierre-Luc has been fully dedicating his life to the tantric and yogic path for almost five years now. Many daily hours of practice and days of retreats (many times in total silence) led him to wanting to share his experiences and this extremely valuable and universal authentic spiritual knowledge with others.
Before discovering the spiritual path, Pierre-Luc acquired a master’s degree in physiotherapy and worked for some years as a clinical practitioner. He is now integrating both his scientific knowledge and spiritual knowledge upon his approach on life and he is very enthusiastic to explore the depth of the human being, soul and spirit soul through further studies, practices and teachings.
What is included?
The price includes the course fee, accommodation, 3 vegetarian meals per day and transport to and from Chiang Mai city centre on the starting and ending date. The meals included in the first day are dinner, and on the last day breakfast and lunch. All rooms are ensuite (with private bathrooms), have AC and hot water in the shower. The only difference between the deluxe and standard rooms is the size.
Terms and Conditions
Your participation in this course is subjected to terms and conditions which you can read here.
Disclaimer for people with mental health issues
Kindly note that people who suffer from mental health issues, or are currently on antidepressants or other psychiatric medications, are strongly recommend not to join our courses or retreats. Those who do, however, decide to join, do so on their own responsibility.
Questions?
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