A deepening retreat offers the possibility to experience the full effect of Acem Meditation. Long hours of silence and process-oriented guidance groups are the main ingredients.
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
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. Daily guidance groups are scheduled to maximise the results of long meditations. Questions arising from performing long meditations, along with meditative and existential topics will be covered in the evening seminars. There will also be time for walks in the beautiful surrounding areas. Daily sessions of basic Acem Yoga have a refreshing effect and facilitate the practice of long meditations.
Evening talks
Evening seminars explore the psychology of meditation and help you to enhance your meditative practice.
- have regular meditation habits
- have at least 20 hours of long meditations above the three-hour limit from a weeklong retreat of Acem Meditation
- intend to take part in the entire retreat, from beginning to end
The venue
Acem International Retreat Centre at Halvorsbøle is situated outside Oslo in beautiful and peaceful surroundings. Participants will be accommodated in single rooms, most of them with a direct view of the Randsfjord lake.
Lactovegetarian meals
The Halvorsbøle cuisine is based on lactovegetarian food well suited for long meditations.
Other retreats
An International Student's Retreat and an International Summer Retreat takes place each year. See the dates on our calendar.
Discounted course fees:
The course fees above are for participants residing outside Scandinavia only: 18 percent off the regular fee when paid after 1 June.
The fee includes full board (lacto-vegetarian diet) and ensuite accommodation in a single room.
The course fees above are for participants residing outside Scandinavia only: 18 percent off the regular fee when paid after 1 June.
The fee includes full board (lacto-vegetarian diet) and ensuite accommodation in a single room.
Multi-retreat discount
In addition to the regular discount, non-Scandinavian participants will get a discount of €80 per extra week if they participate in more than one retreat (regular retreat, deepening retreat, communication course) at Halvorsbøle or Lundsholm this summer. Participants must first pay the full fee for all retreats, but will receive €80 upon check-in at the discounted retreats.
Arrival and departure
Shared transport will be arranged from Oslo Airport Gardermoen (not Oslo Airport Torp or Oslo Airport Rygge) on 21 July at 4.30pm, as well as back to the airport on 28 July at 2pm (estimated arrival: 3.30pm).
Transport
There is a bus transfer from Oslo Airport Gardermoen (bus stand 29 outside the building) to Jevnaker (near Halvorsbøle Retreat Centre).
On Saturdays, the bus leaves the airport at: 09:30 a.m. and 13:45 p.m. Approximately 1 hour drive. Price 200 NOK.
From Jevnaker, one can go to Halvorsbøle by taxi.
A pick-up at Jevnaker may sometimes be arranged. If this should be
possible, we will send information in advance.
Budget accommodation in Oslo:
http://www.cochspensjonat.no/englishindex.html
Youth Hostel:
www.haraldsheim.no
Information, registration and payment
Scandinavian participants
Contact Acem Norway (tel: +47 23 11 87 00, address: P. O. Box 2559 Solli, NO-0202 Oslo, Norway)
Non-Scandinavian participants:
Use "Registration and payment" button at the top of this column. For info, contact Acem International.
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Course number:
V12303
Instructors
Halvor Eifring
General Secretary of Acem International. Professor of Chinese, University of Oslo.