MABON – Fall Equinox

Ritual and ceremony weekend: 23-25/09, with Elle Monk, Ardennes At Mabon, we acknowledge in gratitude the fruits of our harvest. And at the same time, we start preparing for the dark times ahead. This weekend we integrated the Dark and the Light, in celebration of what we achieved, and acceptance of what is to come….

SILENT WEEK(END)

17-(18)-23/9/2022, Ardennes Every two months we practice silence at The Monastery Live. Everyone is welcome to join in meditation and sitting, and reconfigure their relation to themselves and the world around. During Silent Days, we sit all together for 5 hours a day. With enough space for you to decide on the rest of the…

SILENT WEEK august

8-14/8 2022, Ardennes Every two months we practice silence at The Monastery Live. Everyone is welcome to join in meditation and sitting, and reconfigure their relation to themselves and the world around. During Silent Days, we sit for 5 hours a day, altogether. With enough space for you to decide on the rest of the…

FOREST – Monastery Week

4-10 July 2022, Ardennes Monastery Week is a time for collective and individual meditation explorations. We come together, accepting a monastic schedule of practice, and dive deeper into our innate potential for spaciousness, understanding, and compassion. Every Monastery Week has a specific focus, from which we can develop our work. These can be seen as…

LUNASA – ritual weekend by LoveLore

Ritual and ceremony weekend: 29-31/07 – Ardennes Lunasa is the celebration of the beginning of harvest. We move to the higher plains to take stock of what has been accomplished and embrace where we have gotten. Traditionally we move to the top of a hill or mountain and acknowledge what is around. We eat, take…

LITHA/MIDSUMMER – ritual weekend with LoveLore

17-19/06 with Helena, Elle and Maria Lucia The Oak King is at its full power, the Goddess bursting with child. Let’s celebrate the longest day of the year with honey cake and elderflower champagne! Litha is the sabbat of fierce grace, of acknowledging our achievements and self-worth. The oak and the goddess marry within, a…

BELTANE – The Wheel of the Year – ritual workshop with LoveLore

29/04–01/05 with Elle At Beltane we celebrate the Goddess growing from the Maiden into her sensual powers. In the woods the Green Beast is calling, the trees are budding, the juices are flowing. At Beltane we prepare ourselves for the sacred union with all that is: plants, animals, fellow humans, … We celebrate life unfolding…

SILENT WEEK

6-12 June 2022 Every two months we practice silence at The Monastery Live. Everyone is welcome to join in meditation and sitting, and reconfigure their relation to themselves and the world around. During Silent Days, we sit for 5 hours a day, all together. With enough space for you to decide on the rest of…

MONASTERY WEEK – the Creative Spark

9-15 May 2022, Ardennes Monastery Week is a time for collective and individual meditation explorations. We come together, accepting a monastic schedule of practice, and dive deeper into our innate potential for spaciousness, understanding, and compassion. Every Monastery Week has a specific focus, from which we can develop our work. These can be seen as…

SUFI SEMINAR

15-17 April, Ardennes For the first time, we host a Sufi Retreat at the Monastery Live. We are very happy to welcome Sheikh Burhanuddin Herrmann, on his first visit to Belgium. You are welcome to join us and go in-depth into the Sufi tradition and its teachings and experience some of the spiritual practices such…