Meditation Retreat Nov 2024

4Day Meditation Retreat:

Mindfulness as a Way of Being

Casal Sant Martí, Sant Marti de Sesgueioles (Barcelona Province)

Thursday 28 Nov – Sunday 1 Dec

Register here

The invitation

Join us for a refreshing mindfulness meditation retreat in a natural environment, designed to support you to cultivate inner peace and resilience. 

We welcome beginners as well as mid/long term meditation practitioners.

Learn to develop/deepen a mindful, curious and kind presence that will help you be more present to life and release the harmful habit of fighting your inner experience. Supporting you to live with more ease and develop the resilience to be with difficulties.

As we believe practice is our best teacher, we bring mindfulness to every activity to further facilitate your practice opportunities.

Our focus is that you leave this retreat feeling renewed and inspired to integrate mindfulness into your daily life.

Why this retreat?

Description

Casal Sant Martí offers an ideal location to immerse in a 4 Day Retreat. It offers an inviting natural environment that only by being there, our nervous system can begin to soothe and restore itself.

This retreat is for you if:

  • You want to start a meditation practice (no previous experience required)
  • You want to deepen your meditation practice
  • You want to learn tools to support your wellbeing and healing 
  • You want a pause from daily life and regenerate

Our program is designed to support skill development and empowerment to then integrate the practices in your daily life.

We will:

  • Set the foundations for a regular mindfulness meditation practice
    • relate to your inner experience (thoughts and emotions) from wisdom
    • release the habit of resisting / fighting inner experience
    • deal wisely with stress and bring compassion to emotional difficulty 
  • Explore what can support you to continue the practice in your daily life
  • Learn to enjoy mindfulness practice and your healing journey
  • Learn how to tune into the aliveness and freshness that is available in the present moment so we can live more in the present and not be so caught up in our minds
  • Take time to rest and invite you to (re)define what self-care means to you
  • Receive the gifts of silence. We’ll Invite you “to practise” silence from Friday morning to Saturday evening, with dedicated time for (we will still open the space for questions/reflections

Program

Thursday 

17:00 – 19:00 Arrival 

19:00 Welcome circle

20:00 Dinner

21:00 – 22:00 Retreat intro & Guided Practice

Friday & Saturday

Friday morning: Start of Silence 

7:30 Mindful Exercise 

8:30 Breakfast 

9:30 – 13:30 

  • Teachings
  • Guided Practice
  • Mindful Movement
  • Group Q&A

13:30 – 15:30 Lunch & Rest

15:30 – 20:00 

  • Teachings
  • Guided Practice
  • Mindful Movement
  • Group Q&A
  • Slot for optional 1:1 teacher consultation

20:00 – 21:00 Dinner

21:00 – 21:45 Guided Practice 

Sunday

7:30 Mindful Exercise 

8:30 Breakfast 

9:30 – 13:30

  • Guided Practice
  • Mindful Movement
  • End of silence
  • Group Dynamics & Sharing Circles 

13:30 – 15:00 Lunch & Pack

15:00 – 16:30 Closing circle

Teachers

Daniela

she is in essence a space holder. She holds space for people (individually and in groups) to embark on healing journeys. And for her, our individual healing is intertwined with the healing of our relationship to our world. 

Meditation was always something she wanted to explore, yet she only immersed in regular practice beginning of 2019. After attending a 10 day silent Goenka Vipassana Retreat, she has been deepening her practice under the influence of different teachers mostly within the Theravada Buddhist tradition and Secular Mindfulness. She’s been teaching meditation since 2021. 

Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification by Awareness Training Institute and the Greater Good Science Center at the University of California, Berkeley (Graduate by January 2025). Specialised in Group Facilitation, M.Sc. Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability Karlskrona, Sweden 2020. Along with her work as a Mindfulness and Compassion Meditation teacher, she is a Work That Reconnects facilitator (Certified Facilitator 2021) and a Regenerative Leadership trainer.

Luis

his style can be described as systematic, rational, pragmatic, and enjoyable. He has explored a variety of techniques—including Goenka, Mahasi, Pa Auk, The Mind Illuminated, Unified Mindfulness, and MIDL Meditation—accumulating over 6,000 hours of practice, including a full year in intensive silent retreat. Through this journey, he is continuously learning to find efficiency and enjoyment while integrating it into daily life.

Certification Unified Mindfulness Level 2 Coach by Shinzen Young (2021).

Practicalities

LOCATION

Casal Sant Martí-Sant Martí de Sesgaioles (Barcelona)

DATES

From Thursday 28th November to Sunday 1st of December 2024

FOOD

Casal Sant Martí will serve 3 yummy vegan meals for us. 

There will also be tea available throughout the whole day.

PRICE

Single room*:  € 335

Double room*: € 320

Prices include 3 nights of lodging, meals as well as meditation teachers’ fee. 

(*)Some rooms have private bathroom, some don’t – details shared after payment

Maximum of 16 participants | Minimum of 4 participants

REGISTER HERE

CONTACT

Daniela – hello@danielatablado.org

Testimonials from our last retreat, April 2024

“Mi experiencia en el retiro de meditación con Daniela y Luis fue verdaderamente gratificante. Como principiante en la meditación, encontré en este retiro un espacio perfecto para adentrarme en esta práctica y continuar explorando mi propio ser. El entorno natural era simplemente maravilloso, lo que añadió una dimensión extra de serenidad y conexión conmigo mismo. Se nota el esfuerzo y la dedicación que Daniela y Luis ponen en cada detalle, creando un ambiente acogedor y propicio para el crecimiento personal. Además, la comida fue excelente, lo que agregó aún más valor a la experiencia. Recomiendo este retiro a cualquiera que busque iniciar su viaje en la meditación o simplemente desee desconectar y reconectar consigo mismo en un entorno inspirador.” – anónimo

“Estoy sumamente agradecida por este fin de semana. He aprendido una técnica de meditación invaluable que comenzaré a practicar en mi día a día. Fue un desafío muy lindo y terminé el retiro feliz. Especiales gracias a Daniela y Luis que nos recibieron con mucho amor y nos guiaron y acompañaron durante todo el proceso.” – Paulina

“Mi primer retiro de meditación y fue todo un éxito. Tanto la experiencia como el lugar (casita cute entre campos) donde se realizó el retiro, fueron un 10. Me costaron un poco los ratos largos de meditación (30 min apros) ya que no estoy acostumbrado a ellos. Aún y así, me han proporcionado una herramienta que estoy aplicando en el día a día y me parece muy útil para controlar el estrés en mi caso. Daniela y Luis fueron un amor. Nos guiaron en las meditaciones, nos respondieron a todas las preguntas que teníamos, crearon un ambiente muy sano y amable y nos cocinaron platos veggies muy ricos. ¡Se pegaron un trabajazo! Volveré seguro.” – anónimo

“La experiencia de vivir este retiro con Daniela y Luis ha sido un maravilloso regalo de la vida y un gran privilegio. GRACIAS.” – anónimo

“Mi vivencia en el retiro es de paz, de reencuentro conmigo con todo lo que tengo y con este aprendizaje experimentado y con la practica diaria, siento una futura relación de mayor suavidad y compasión conmigo y con el mundo.” – anónimo

with love, Daniela & Luis