Welcome to our retreat

CALMADAMENTE

3 days of millenial wisdom to transform your mind.

We´ll go deeper in buddhist teachings to learn how to meditate and understand the reason to do it.

Its 2.500 years of uninterrupted lineage that during this retreat we will connect to modern living.

SCHOLARSHIP FUND

If you want to plant a powerful seed of wisdom, compassion and generosity, we invite you to make a contribution to our scholarship fund that allows us to offer the opportunity to participate in this retreat to people who, due to financial limitations, cannot yet attend. Every contribution adds up, and a lot.

Each contribution offered sows a mental impression in you that makes it germinate much more strongly later, giving you back all the wisdom, compassion and generosity possible.

PLEASE CLICK ON THE BUTTON TO OFFER YOUR CONTRIBUTION OR SCAN THE QR CODE ON THE IMAGE

This retreat is for you if you ask yourself thEsE questions

  • How can I improve my concentration and mental clarity?

  • How can I free myself from stress, anxiety and depression?

  • How can I improve my interpersonal relationships?

  • How can I live in more harmony and less suffering?

 

AMONG THEMain activities during the retreat:

  • We will meditate

  • We will practice yoga

  • We will relax with yoga nidra and sound healing

  • We will practice silence for some moments

  • We will have deepening workshops about Budhist philosophy for meditation

  • We will reinforce what we learn with Wisdom Groups

RETREAT´S CONTENT:

  • Meditation y neuroscience

  • How does meditation really work

  • Meditation preliminaries and conditions to meditate apropiately

  • Types of meditation

  • Problems during meditation and solutions

WHAT IS INCLUDED?

  • Shared accomodation

  • Delicious vegetarian meals

  • Classes and workshops

  • Meditation toolbox

  • Booklet of contents

  • Post retreat follow up program

WHAT IS NOT INCLUDED?

  • Airline tickets

  • Land transportation to retreat location (Playa Koralia)

  • Mats to practice yoga

  • Cushions for meditation

ALDO ARZÁPALO

Aldo began his meditation practice 15 years ago and, since meeting Geshe Michael 12 years ago, has studied and applied Buddhist teachings that have completely transformed his life.

Aldo is a board member of the Asian Classics Institute (ACI) in Mexico, has studied the 18 Fundamental Buddhist Courses (ACI), including an intensive program at Sera Mey Monastery in South India. Motivated by his deep interest in spreading the teachings in Spanish, Aldo has been teaching the ACI courses in Guadalajara for more than seven years.

He is also a member of the board of directors of ACI in Spanish and of the Spanish Translation Project, which is dedicated to translating all found materials from Tibetan-English-Spanish.

PAULINA FRANCO

Paulina began her yoga and meditation practice 15 years ago and is a certified Dharma Yoga instructor under the guidance of Sri Dharma Mittra in New York City. For the past 12 years, she has studied Buddhist philosophy under the guidance of Geshe Michael Roach, including an intensive program at Sera Mey Monastery in India.

Currently, Paulina is the regional coordinator for the Asian Legacy Library (ALL) in Latin America, a global non-profit organization whose mission is to safeguard the world's cultural Asian literary wisdom as a priority for humanity.

Paulina is also a board member of the Asian Classics Institute (ACI) in Mexico and teaches the 18 Fundamental Courses of Buddhism. In addition, she has been invited to teach retreats in Thailand, Bali, the United States and other parts of Mexico.

LINEAGE OF TEACHERS

AN UNBROKEN 2,500-YEAR LINEAGE

 

GESHE MICHAEL ROACH

The Asian Classics Institute makes the fundamental, profound and transformative teachings of the Buddha available to the world in an accurate, accessible and relevant way.

Geshe Michael Roach, originally from Phoenix, Arizona, studied at Princeton and then at Rashi Gempil Ling with Khen Rinpoche Geshe Lobsang Tharchin. In 1995, he became the first American to receive the Geshe degree after completing his studies at Sera Monastery in India. He developed the seven-year ACI Foundations program, which reflects the content of the six Great Books of Buddhism to train Western Buddhist teachers.

The Asian Classics Institute offers online recordings, live and correspondence teachings for those wishing to study these subjects.

KORALIA BEACH, THE PLACE THAT WILL WELCOME US

KORALIA, A nature hotel, whose purpose is to promote disconnection in today's fast-paced world.

A unique hotel on the Caribbean coast, where nature merges with its architecture, near Santa Marta, Colombia. Surrounded by a stunning natural beach, with a barefoot aesthetic and a distinctive architecture that respects traditional elements.

Just an hour from the Santa Marta airport, on the slopes of the highest mountain in the Colombian Caribbean Sea, Playa Koralia rises like a mirage between the shadows of palm trees and the sinuosity of a virgin beach, with its pure sands that stretch as far as the eye can see.

INVESMENT:

UNTIL AUGUST 31: 212 USD

UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30: 240 USD

(maximum 10 spots)

FROM OCTOBER 1: 300 USD

(maximum 10 spots)

SING UP FOR THE RETREAT

If you want to be part of this amazing journey with us, please click here or scan the QR code and transfer the amount according to the dates. (From October 1st, 300 USD. Make sure you send us an e-mail confirming that the amount given will be for your participation on the retreat.

If you want to support our scholarship fund, please show us your love by cliclking here or scan the QR code as well. Please let us know that the amount given will be to support our fund for scholarships.

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