Halvor Eifring
General Secretary of Acem International. Professor of Chinese, University of Oslo.
A deepening retreat is suitable for Acem meditators who already have some experience with long meditations and who want to practise meditations of more than six hours.
Long meditations
A deepening retreat gives you an opportunity for daily long meditations of at least six hours. The retreat will focus on how to enhance your meditation. All activity under the course of the day is designed to stimulate the deeper meditative process.
Guidance groups
The long hours of silence are followed by daily process-oriented guidance groups led by experienced meditation guides, in order to maximise the results of long meditations.
Seminars
Questions arising from performing long meditations, along with meditative and existential topics will be covered in the evening seminars.
Walk and talk
There will be ample time for walks in the beautiful surrounding areas. Some of the walking time is combined with one-on-one discussions of themes and issues from your meditation.
Yoga
Daily sessions of basic Acem Yoga have a refreshing effect and facilitate the practice of long meditations.
Typical daily programme
0730 - 0830: Breakfast, exercise
0830 - 1600: Silence for meditation
1600 - 1630: Yoga
1630 - 1700: Pause
1700 - 1900: Process guidance
1900 - 2000: Dinner
2000 - 2130: Seminar
In order to take part in a deepening retreat you need to:
- have regular meditation habits
- have at least 20 hours of long meditations above the three-hour limit from a weeklong retreat of Acem Meditation
- intend to take part in the entire retreat, from beginning to end
The venue
Acem International Retreat Centre at Halvorsbøle is situated outside Oslo in beautiful and peaceful surroundings. Most of the rooms have a direct view of the Randsfjord lake.
Other retreats
A Young Retreat, an International Regular Summer Retreat and other International Deepening Retreats take place each year. See the dates on our calendar.
For people with ample experience from deepening retreats, Acem also arranges advanced deepening retreats.
IMPORTANT PRACTICAL INFORMATION
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When ordering using the menu and button above, please remember to register the appropriate price alternative before clicking the button. Full-time students get a discount. Early Bird Price is for non-scandinavians only.
If the retreat is cancelled or you need to cancel your registration due to the corona situation, you will get a total refund of the entire course fee (not including travel expenses). We strongly recommend buying refundable air tickets.
It is also possible to register by sending a message to Acem and paying in euro by international bank transfer to:
● SWIFT/BIC: NDEANOKK
● IBAN NO: NO8060260497238
● Recipient: Acem, Pb 2559 Solli, NO-0202 Oslo, Norway
● Bank: Nordea Bank Norge ASA, Pb 1166 Sentrum, NO-0107 Oslo, Norway
● Include the following information: Course number (to be found in the upper right corner of this page) + name of participant(s)
● Your registration will be valid upon receipt of your payment.
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When ordering using the menu and button above, please remember to register the appropriate price alternative before clicking the button. Full-time students get a discount. Early Bird Price is for non-scandinavians only.
If the retreat is cancelled or you need to cancel your registration due to the corona situation, you will get a total refund of the entire course fee (not including travel expenses). We strongly recommend buying refundable air tickets.
It is also possible to register by sending a message to Acem and paying in euro by international bank transfer to:
● SWIFT/BIC: NDEANOKK
● IBAN NO: NO8060260497238
● Recipient: Acem, Pb 2559 Solli, NO-0202 Oslo, Norway
● Bank: Nordea Bank Norge ASA, Pb 1166 Sentrum, NO-0107 Oslo, Norway
● Include the following information: Course number (to be found in the upper right corner of this page) + name of participant(s)
● Your registration will be valid upon receipt of your payment.
Infection prevention
During the corona period the number of participants will be limited. We follow covid-19 guidelines from Norwegian health authorities. If you have symptoms associated with covid-19, or you are in quarantine, please stay at home.
Course number:
V21301
Instructors
Ole Gjems-Onstad
Initiator in Acem.
Head of Acem International.
professor emeritus rettsvitenskap