The modern world is really stressful and sometimes we feel that there is no escape, or that what we have to do is abandon everything and go far away. Only when it is not possible, what tools do we have at our disposal to find refuge in ourselves? Well, getting away from the madding crowd for a while helps a lot and if we add a little meditation even better.
Meditation is a practice to train the mind, relax, generate internal energy and good emotions. All religions have some form of meditation and momentary withdrawal from noise, but if you don't know how to do it, here are some spiritual retreats in Madrid.
Inspiria
The idea of this company is that its clients can rest and relax for a few days through the yoga and mindfulness, always aiming to achieve an emotional balance. Thus, it proposes vacations, days of yoga, personal growth and well-being.
You can find centers in Valencia, Andalusia, Catalonia and Madrid. The website is very practical and you can choose the location and type of retreat. For example, the 3-day retreat in Guadarrama has a discounted price of 270 euros. There is another 5-day one that offers body meditation for 620 euros, one dedicated to the eroticism of men for three days for 340 euros or one called Shiva's games whose duration is four days.
There is also a yoga retreat in Sierra de Madrid that can last from two to 30 days, retreats for men exclusively, silent retreats, ayahuasca retreats or Vipassana meditation retreats dedicated absolutely to introspection.
Life-Changing Travel Center
The director of this center is Félix Cuéllar, coach educational, specialist in emotional intelligence and technician of companies and tourist activities of the center. Accompany young people and families on the path to achieve self-esteem, maturity and motivation to live. I worked together with a group of other professionals responsible for the courses, workshops and retreats.
Today it also offers a series of retreats dedicated to those receiving a cancer diagnosis and they don't know what to feel besides fear, insecurity and a lot of anxiety. The idea is that those who participate can manage these emotions and discover more positive ones, in a beautiful environment, outdoors, with walks that can release stress.
This particular retreat lasts three days and two nights and is led by two women who have experienced the disease. During the weekend it is about participating in emotional management workshops, practicing Mindfulness, breathing and visualization with aromatherapy, a sound journey and, as I said before, a great natural environment.
The center also offers spiritual trips and family trips.
Conscious World Center
El leit motivate of this center is "learn to be happy", it is open all year round and works every day of the week, open for its participants to stay as long as they wish. The center offers different types of retreats but basically all of them include yoga, meditation, human relations, emotional management, mindfulness, biodanza, tantra, immersion in nature and body expression.
Retirement It is in the Natural Park of Gredos, where the song of the birds is heard or there are baths in streams, rivers and pools and walks among ancient trees, but you can also organize a fully customized program to focus on the needs of each person. The objectives of all these offers have to do with relieve stress, improve personal and couple relationships, awaken body sensitivity, develop emotional intelligencel, discover the gifts we have and so on.
The retreats of this center last as long as you want.. There is a space of coworking from where you can even work, so you can think of short stays of one or two weeks, medium stays of two weeks and long stays of one month, two months or one sabbatical.
Mindfulness, yoga and art therapy retreat
This withdrawal option is also in Madrid and it is a personal development retreat in contact with nature. It is a weekend where the issue of limits, self-care and compassion is addressed. All through Mindfulness meditation, humanistic art therapy and yoga.
The idea is to learn a little how to stop treating ourselves harshly and rigidly and how to manage difficult emotions. Yoga will help to tolerate discomfort from physical and mental relaxation and non-verbal creative therapies will help balance the brain hemispheres.
This particular retreat will take place on Saturday June 15 from 9 am. Depending on the capacity, the site will be decided once the registration ends, although it is known that all possible sites have shared rooms for three or four people. You enter on Saturday and leave on Sunday at 19:200 p.m. The price is 50 euros and the reservation is XNUMX, but it is deducted from the total price of the workshop.
transformational journeys
Here are offered exclusive retreats for self-knowledge and awakening. The idea is to heal, empower ourselves and be reborn, re-transform. They are offered in various corners of Spain, but today we are concentrating on Madrid so the retreat is offered here in Sierra de Gredos.
The appointment is in the Inn of Silence. The price is 695 euros per person for the first six to sign up, and then goes up to 795 euros. The price is per person in a double room with its own bathroom. The single room has a difference of 100 euros.
This retreat includes yoga classes, Ayurveda training, self-knowledge practices, transformational coaching sessions, nature walks (Mindfulness hiking), and a vegetarian pension. The idea is to experience and go through a process of personal observation and self-inquiry that includes silence, group sessions, meditation, Ayurveda, yoga and sharing experiences with others.
The goal is to return home transformed, with better and greater physical, spiritual, mental and emotional well-being. You dare? It is of September 6 to 11.
Actually, in Madrid there are many retirement offers, you just have to cheer up. Maybe you can start with a weekend retreat and if you like it a lot, encourage yourself to spend a longer period. The world is not going to change in our favor, but we can.