Time: Saturday and Sunday 11. – 12. of May Saturday 09.00-16.00, Sunday 09.00-16.00.
Location: Hälsans Hus
Address: Fjällgatan 23 B, 116 28 Stockholm
Price: SEK 900. The price includes teachings on both days and a hearty salad lunch with bread, herb butter and hummus on both days. Coffee, tea and snacks will be available throughout the days. Lunch is from the vegetarian restaurant Hermans (right next door) and you will be able to choose between two different salads.
Registration: Ongoing registration. The deadline for registration is 6th of May. See info further down the page.
Language: English, but the instructor is Norwegian and understands Swedish quite well.
Max number of participants: 20
Transportation: Hälsans Hus is located quite close to Slussen. Get off at Slussen and walk 700 meters to the premises. It is also possible to walk from Medborgarplatsen station. It is also possible to take the bus and the nearest bus stop is Tjärhovsplan.
Accommodation: Participants provide their own accommodation.
Age: From 18 years old.
Organizer: The Buddhist Society of Norway – dnbf.org
Retreat leader: Erik duke, email: erik.duke1@gmail.com, mobile: 073-612 16 31
Instructor: Ajahn Nitho

We organize a course in meditation on the weekend 11th and 12th of May, with instruction and guidance of many types of meditation, in a friendly and safe atmosphere.

The instructor is the Norwegian monk Nitho, who with his 15 years of full-time training under Ajahn Brahm in Australia, has all the expertise needed to teach. He is already a valued teacher in Norway, where he has been teaching for a couple of years. Ajahn Nitho also taught a joint retreat with Venerable Chanda from England. A retreat that provided the opportunity for teaching and experience from both a male and female ordained person, which was greatly appreciated.

Venerable Canda, also a student of Ajahn Brahm, is now setting up a center in Oxford through the Anukampa Bhikkhuni Project.

This retreat is open for everybody, discussions, curiosity and questions are appreciated. This will be a weekend of trying out many methods, short meditation sessions and time for small talk – but we’re trying to focus inward this weekend.

The aim is to give participants personal experience of meditation and mental focus, which can be applied in situations of stress, fatigue, negativity and worries – making life easier. Or to improve an already good life! The course is also a foundation for further learning and development.

Here is the planned daily program, but minor changes may occur:

SATURDAY – 11th of MAY
09.00 – Doors open – everyone finds a place in the hall
09.30 – Welcome and introduction
10.00 – Teaching: Basic meditation
11.00 – Guided meditation
11.30 – Discussion, experiences, questions and answers
12.00 – Lunch
13.00 – Teaching: Mindfulness
14.00 – Guided meditation
14.30 – Free practice
15.00 – Guided meditation
16.00 – Questions and answers
17.00 – Evening meditation: Metta Meditation
17.00 – End of the day

SUNDAY – 12th of MAY
09.00 – Doors open.
09.30 – Teaching: Meditation in context
10.00 – Teaching: Meditation on breathing
11.00 – Guided meditation
11.30 – Discussion, experiences, questions and answers
12.00 – Lunch
13.00 – Teaching: Metta/loving-kindness meditation
14.00 – Guided meditation
14.30 – Free practice
15.00 – Guided meditation
16.00 – Questions and answers
16.30 – The retreat ends

We are located at Hälsans Hus, Fjällgatan 23B, 116 28, Stocholm.

It offers meditation cushions, chairs and mats. However, we still recommend that anyone who has their own equipment to bring and use it: chair, stool, seat cushions, mat.

During meditation, comfort is important, and equipment can be left in the studio all weekend.

The retreat includes lunch on both days as well as coffee, tea and snacks during the days.

During a meditation course, we put aside the world on the outside to reach peace on the inside. Depending on your experience level, effort is required, especially at the beginning.

Meditation practised over a few days can create a peaceful, harmonious, happy and light mind, and the deeper the meditation is, the stronger the experience will be. Meditation is the eighth factor in the Buddha’s Eightfold Path, which places meditation in a larger necessary context for the practice to result in insight and wisdom about our own human nature – and it is these insights that result in the mind’s long-term change towards peace , ease and freedom.

As described in the Noble Eightfold Path, meditation builds on knowledge, right intentions, ethics/moral, efforts to lead the mind in a positive way and mindfulness.

A mind in harmony and peace relieves stress and positively affects body and health. But meditation as part of the Eightfold Path is primarily a tool for better quality of life and wisdom.

We recommend a small book on meditation called Kindfulness, which is an expanded and improved version of the free booklet Basic Method for Meditation, published by Wisdom Publications, Boston, USA. It provides a simple, short and effective introduction to meditation. The book is in English, but the free booklet is available in both English and Norwegian.

Recommended video: The Power of Meditation – BBC documentary.

You register on this website – use the order button at the top of the page. Your registration is valid when we have received the payment. You will receive a receipt by email.

IMPORTANT: For those who have paid the participation fee and subsequently wish to withdraw from the course, even after the course has started, for any reason (including illness), the amount will only be refunded if someone on the waiting list can come in instead and pay for the retreat.

IMPORTANT: According to Norwegian law, you have a 14-day cancellation period for services purchased over the internet. This then applies 14 days after registration. When registering 14 days or less before start-up, the cancellation period applies until the service is delivered – i.e. the retreat begins.