Yoga & Mindfulness week in Huy (Belgium)

Yoga & Mindfulness weeks are held at the Tibetan Monastery Yeunten Ling in Huy, in the beautiful green area of the Ardennes. A beautiful monastery, adapted to the demands of the times.

The premise of the retreat is stillness, deep relaxation, energy building, understanding knowledge and wisdom. Besides individual inner vision, there is also space for sharing and connecting with each other as you wish. During the yoga and mindfulness week various yoga techniques and mindfulness meditation are combined with each other, to create awareness and selfinsight and to experience the mutually reinforcing effect of the 2 methods.

You will discover a blend of hatha yoga, Tibetan yoga, Chi Kong, mindfulness, meditation, breathing exercises and rituals. The weekend is suitable for both beginners and advanced students.

Yoga creates a healthy and relaxed body. We explore and experience our three bodies: the physical body (postures), the energetic / emotional body (feeling) and the mental body (mind). With strength, inspiration and connection as a starting point, you learn through yoga and mindfulness exercises to recognise your automatic thinking and behavior patterns. As a result, you will learn to function more effectively, both at home and at work.

Throughout the week, you can enjoy a nice collection of yoga books and magazines and nature walks. You'll meet inspiring people and you can use the environment to develop futher stillness. The cooking will be vegetarian.

Yoga and Mindfulness Weeks are given by Hans Kloosterman.

The teacher

Teacher: Hans Kloosterman

Hans Kloosterman is a Tibetan buddhist and studied at the Tibetan Kagyu Vasjrayana institute in Huy, Belgium, that has a small monastery community with several lamas, monks and nunns. He has lived six years as a monk in training and studies buddhism since 2005. From 2000 until 2005 he has followed the 3 year hatha training and 2 year meditation training at Osmose in The Hague. He teaches classic hatha yoga, Chi Kong and various meditations such as the non dual meditation (shamatha, vipashyana and samadhi).

During a mindfulness training he teaches people to be fully present in the here and now at everything they do and to make them aware on three levels: physical, emotional, and mentally. The 8 week mindfulness training 1.0 (for beginners) is given according to the MBSR training from Jon Kabat Zinn. Hans has designed an sequal: Mindfulness 2.0, in which Vipashyana meditation and developing the 10 virtues, such as compassion, play an important role.

He organizes yoga & mindfulness workshops, courses and retreats in The Netherlands and abroad.

Hans is the author of the recently released autobiographic book "From snob to monk". His calling is: Creating Awareness. 

 More about Hans Kloosterman

Place: Tibetan Institute at Huy, Belgium

Week program

Monday
15.00 Welcome with tea
16.00 division of rooms
17.00 Yoga & Chi Kong
18.30 Diner
20.00 Meeting everyone & Mindfulness
21.30 Tea 
22.00 Good night

Tuesday
7.00 Yoga, different styles
8.30 Breakfast
9.30 Silent stroll through the forest 
10.50 Coffee & tea break
11.00-12.15 Mindfulness
12.30 Warm meal (vegetarian) 
13.00 Karma yoga
13.30 Free time
16.00 Yoga
17.30 Snack
18.30 Meal
20.30 Mindfulness
21.30 Tea
22.00 Good Night

Wednesday is a silence day en thursday is similar to tuesday

Friday
7.00 Yoga
8.30 Breakfast, in the dining room 
9.00 Clean up rooms and pack your stuff,  give the keys to the reception
10.00 Sharing, deepening and connecting
12.00 Lunch 
13.00 Bon voyage!

We offer

• 4 nights
• 5 yoga lessons for 1.5 hour
• 3 guided mindfulness meditations
• 2 vegetarian meals per day
• Unlimited water, tea, coffee and fruit

Costs

Cost for this all-inclusive week € 495, - per person including single basic room.

There is also a choice of comfortable studios; however, here is an additional charge per weekend:

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