Barcelona 22-26 May 2024
Take a moment to remember what inspires you.
Join us to share and deepen this source of inspiration.
Five revitalising days amidst nature
to connect with fellow creative spirits.
Time to remember what matters
A time that you will remember
A few days outside of time.
We offer time and space to cultivate togetherness and reverence for life through artistic experience, exchange, and expression. We believe in art that deepens our relationship to other people and to the rest of nature. Our main instruments are nothing more than our bodies, voices, and imagination. In this retreat, we work chiefly with theatre, song, storytelling, and visual arts.
Bhakti (भक्ति) is a Sanskrit term usually translated as loving devotion. Originally it simply meant participation. It is derived from the root word bhaj (भाज्), which means to share, to partakae in, and to belong to.
We view devotion as gratitude in action and tread a path loving service to life, visible and invisible. We view art as a means of thanksgiving and peacebuilding, internal and external.
Imaginal Activism — Dr Jessica Bockler
Vocal Polyphony — Olga Kozłowska
Visual Storytelling — Joanna Hruby
Metatheatre — Dr Swan Alyon
Clown Arts — Adriana Medina
Indian Ink — Annalisa Rinldi
Click on the artist to find our more about them and their workshop.
Imaginal Activism
In this creative workshop I invite you into explorations of the imaginal realm through the medium of paratheatre, or theatre without an external audience. Paratheatre, as conceived by Polish...
Dr Jessica Bockler
Psychologist & Theatre Practitionner
England & Germany
Ink in Motion
Ink on Rice Paper carefully chosen as a mindful and minimalistic medium yet containing a wide range of possible technics together with infinite shade of tones and ways of improvisations. Motion for...
Annalisa Rinldi
Painter & Performer
Italy
Authentic Voice
We are singing presence, allowing the pulse of life available to our tone, in tune with our hearts, ears, skin, feet, and lips. We are bigger than we think. The deeper we trust the more we are...
Olga Lidia Kozłowska
Psychologist, Singer, & Voice Coach
Poland
Visual Storytelling
Joanna Hruby is a visual artist, performance maker, writer and cultural activist based on Ibiza, Spain. The is the founder of the company Theatre of the Ancients, whose aim is to harness...
Joanna Hruby
Visual Artist & Performance Maker
England
Lineages of Joy
Adriana Medina is a clown artist. She is co-founder and co-director of the clown company Yo SoY Semilla as well as the founder and artistic director of the interdisciplinary clown project Bee...
Adriana Medina
Clown Artist
Mexico
Art for Life
Swan Alyon, PhD, is a theatre maker and psychotherapist as well as the founder and director of the Institute of Devotional Arts. After studying philosophy and theology in Melbourne, Oxford...
Dr Swan Frayne-Dao
Artistic Director
France & Vietnam
We offer a carefully curated space of conscious connection and creative expression in which you are encouraged to listen to your needs and to take as much time for rest, silence, and introspection as you desire.
2-4pm: Arrival
4pm: Opening Session
7pm: Dinner
7am: Musical awakening
7.30-8am: Contemplative Practice
8am: Breakfast
9-11.30am: Art Workshop
12pm: Lunch & Siesta
2.30-3.30pm: Assembly
3.45-6.15pm: Art Workshop
6.30pm: Dinner
8-9.30pm: Creative Space
9.30-10pm: Contemplative Practice
8.30-9am: Contemplative Practice
9am-11am: Closing Session
11am: Brunch
12-2pm: Departure
2-4pm: Arrival
4pm: Opening Session
7pm: Dinner
7am: Musical awakening
7.30-8am: Contemplative Practice
8am: Breakfast
9-11.30am: Art Workshop
12pm: Lunch & Siesta
2.30-3.30pm: Assembly
3.45-6.15pm: Art Workshop
6.30pm: Dinner
8-9.30pm: Creative Space
9.30-10pm: Contemplative Practice
8.30-9am: Contemplative Practice
9am-11am: Closing Session
11am: Brunch
12-2pm: Departure
“No poet, no artist of any art, has their complete meaning alone.” — T. S. Eliot, The Sacred Wood
AN EXCEPTIONAL LOCATION AMIDST NATURE NEAR BARCELONA
Nestled in the heart of the Prades Mountain Natural Park, our retreat centre boasts 140 hectares of lush forest. It is home to Pyrenean oak and Scots pine trees, as well as purebred Arabian horses and roe deer. Its Gaudi inspired castle and luminous dome are unique architectural designs.
Nutritious and healthy vegan meals will be prepared on site with care and composed primarily of organic, local, and seasonal ingredients. We are happy to cater to special diets on request. Tea and snacks will be available throughout the day.
Accommodation for 5 days/4 nights
Private access to the retreat centre
All materials, classes, and activities
All meals, sacks, and drinks
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