Personal Retreats
The kind of personal retreat you take is likely to be influenced by your retreat ideas or intentions, and there are several interesting possibilities. To help match your retreat ideas with different retreat centers, seven different kinds of personal retreats are described here with some distinctive qualities and intentions for each type. You can also choose different retreat centers based upon your retreat activities or by choosing favorite retreat destinations.
The unique energy of a personal retreat is reflected in the intentions of its caring host. To help you choose a retreat center that matches your intentions, Silent Spirit hosts have each identified with a few of the retreats types as a way to highlight some special qualities of their personal retreats.
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Click the retreat type in blue text below to learn about different kinds of personal retreats and intentions, and to link to highlighted retreat websites.
Spiritual retreats are intentional personal retreats that shift experience away from daily routines and deepen awareness of the sacredness of life.
Silent retreat is an inward journey into silence. You may choose to not speak, but the true silence is a quieting of thoughts and an opening of the heart.
Meditation retreats are often a time of intensive personal meditation practice. You can choose the schedule and practices to draw you into deeper awareness.
Awakening retreats are about spiritual awakening. It can begin with your retreat intentions, or it may deepen a spiritual awakening that is already unfolding.
Healing retreats are holistic experiences of healing body, mind and spirit. They use healers and solitude in nature as vital parts of the healing recovery.
Solitary hermitage retreat is a traditional solitary retreat in a private cottage or cabin hermitage that offers simple, carefree, and self-sufficient living in nature.
Sabbatical retreats are extended personal retreats that last for a month, or more, and are often times for completion and deep personal transformation.
NOTE: Silent Spirit retreat hosts have selected various personal retreat types as a way to highlight some of the special qualities of their retreat centers.
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