Through the practice of Embodied Awareness you can awaken to your True self, discover your purpose and live a fulfilled life of joy, passion and creative expression.
Louise's gentle approach to spiritual awakening and integration supports the process of disidentification from a conceptual self, as well as the release of unconscious beliefs and conditioned behaviours and the integration of repressed emotions and energies in the body.
The Retreat
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You're invited to join me in Amsterdam to spend a weekend together deepening into presence. The focus of this weekend will be to discover and open up to the infinite stillness which lies beyond the conceptual self and the realm of forms and experience. As the attention rests with and as this formless, spacious awareness there is an effortless deepening into presence, which brings with it a profound sense of peace and joy. From here, whatever arises is welcomed to be explored in unconditional love. The weekend will consist of guided meditations, group Q&A sessions and silent sittings. All participants will receive downloadable video recordings and access to the private Facebook group where you can connect with other retreat participants. Livestream tickets are available for those unable to attend in person. |
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"When we recognise our true nature, a process of deep inner healing begins to take place. We are able to see unconscious patterns playing out, and limiting beliefs and destructive behaviours naturally begin to fall away as we align with a higher consciousness." - Louise Kay
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"Louise is a master at cutting through the dense layers of egoic conditioning and defense mechanisms. Through her soft yet fierce guidance, she lovingly and persistently brings you back to the simplicity and sometimes horror of raw sensation in the body. With her unwavering support, both through her radiant beingness and through her deep honoring of the tenderness of the human experience, she is able to help you navigate trauma that is deeply held in the body whilst simultaneously being deeply rooted in Presence.
Her focus on trauma as a gateway to opening up to the Divine is groundbreaking for the contemporary seeker of Truth. Her approach helps you not only understand but also be able to navigate your own experience. With poignant detail, she hands you your very own invaluable toolbox of medicine for the ails of the awakening journey.
Louise’s sensitivity to the subtleties of how the mental, emotional and physical body responds to the unraveling of the egoic grip is phenomenal. With utter simplicity, and without any superfluous technical terminology or overly complicated explanations, Louise takes you by the hand straight to the ground of direct experience to meet, support and nurture you there.
Louise seamlessly merges the direct human experience with the awakening process; masterfully circumventing any attempts of spiritual bypassing on your part. Her unwavering dedication to unraveling the intricacies of what it means to live as the embodiment of Truth in everyday life and her deep abiding in Beingness invites you to recognize for yourself the non-dual nature of Reality without excluding your very precious and tender human experience."
- GHADIR, EGYPT
Schedule
Friday December 2nd
18:30 - 19:00 - doors open for meditation
19:00 - 21:00 - meeting
21:00 - 21:30 - tea
Saturday December 3rd and Sunday December 4th
10:00 - 10:30 doors open for meditation
10:30 - 12:30 - meeting 1
12:30 - 15:00 - lunch break
15:00 - 16:00 - silent sitting
16:00 - 16:15 - break
16:15 - 18:15 - meeting 2
18:15 - 18:45 - tea
Each meeting consists of a guided meditation followed by Q&A.
You are welcome to bring your own meditation chair / cushion / blanket for comfort.
Schedule is subject to change without notice.
18:30 - 19:00 - doors open for meditation
19:00 - 21:00 - meeting
21:00 - 21:30 - tea
Saturday December 3rd and Sunday December 4th
10:00 - 10:30 doors open for meditation
10:30 - 12:30 - meeting 1
12:30 - 15:00 - lunch break
15:00 - 16:00 - silent sitting
16:00 - 16:15 - break
16:15 - 18:15 - meeting 2
18:15 - 18:45 - tea
Each meeting consists of a guided meditation followed by Q&A.
You are welcome to bring your own meditation chair / cushion / blanket for comfort.
Schedule is subject to change without notice.
Booking
Prices do not include accommodation or food. Tickets are non-refundable and non-transferable.
If you aren't able to attend the whole weekend but would like to join for part, please send an e-mail to [email protected]
"This weekend retreat was a profound, empowering and inspiring experience. The holistic design of the retreat offers the opportunity of a three days deep dive and exploration of not only the teachings, wisdom and interactions with Louise but also different aspects of spirituality such as silence, conscious movement and dance, witnessing and being witnessed. And all of that in the safe and loving container created by Louise and the sangha, available to tune in from the convenience of your own home wherever in the world. Would recommend this retreat to anyone who longs for recognising themselves as awareness, one and connected with everything there is, deepening into presence and enjoy the oceanic space that we all are in our essence."
- ARTEMIS, GREECE
Scholarships
If you feel strongly that you would like to participate in this retreat but aren't able to meet the financial requirements, you can apply for the scholarship program here.
Video from the UK retreat July 2022
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Amsterdam Weekend Retreat Location
The New Yoga School B.V. (De Nieuwe Yogaschool), Laurierstraat 109, 1016 PL Amsterdam, Netherlands
"Through Louise's wisdom and deep loving energy I have begun to know Source and Love in a way that I have never experienced in my life before. There is a very special field of energy cultivated when Louise and the group sit together. The retreats are no blissy escape though, the deepening into presence always catalyses powerful healing, which means feeling old tightly held pains and traumas and naturally allowing our loving essence to release these. All of these are beautifully held by Louise's open and kind presence as well as the brave people who share their healing experiences. The groups have opened up something quite profound for me that grows stronger all the time and is helping me heal from childhood trauma. I am really grateful to Louise and her team for helping me reconnect to love and bring purpose and clarity back into my life."
- PATRICK, IRELAND
BIO
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Louise Kay was born in Lancashire, in the north west of England. After graduating from university she worked as an English teacher for 15 years, and during this time began to question the deeper meaning of life. This led her to the path of spirituality, where she found a strong resonance with the teachings of non-duality.
In her early thirties Louise felt a deep call in her heart to visit India, where she found what she had been looking for and experienced a profound spiritual awakening. Shortly afterwards, during a deep meditation, Louise was contacted by a non-physical intelligence and began channeling. She travelled around the world sharing this channeling gift for several years, and during this time experienced a deepening and integration of her initial spiritual awakening. |
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As Louise opened more to this truth a new form of expression revealed itself from deep in her heart and Louise now holds group events online and around the world. Louise's passion is to sit together in presence and hold gentle, unconditionally loving space for all emotions, all sensations and all experiences which arise in the moment in order to support the integration of unresolved energies and allow the unfolding of the divine in all who feel the call.
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"What you seek is right here, right now, beyond thought, beyond emotion and beyond story. You already are that which you seek and with the openness and willingness to gently and honestly observe your behaviours, thoughts and emotions, everything that is not aligned with your highest truth will naturally fall away as you begin to embody and radiate your true self, pure awareness. I invite you to sit with me in pure presence as I support you to connect with the essence of your being which transcends all form, as we become still and deeply allow what is already here."
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"The Dalai Lama once said, "western women will save the world". Louise is definitely one among them. She is a spiritual rockstar, who with her gentle and compassionate approach, introduces you to these priceless and eternal concepts in such a simple and non-intellectual way. At the end of the retreat you will be left wondering if all this is indeed so simple! Attending the retreat was the one best investment of time and money I made in my life!!"
- KUMAR, INDIA