Awakening to Self Love Silent Meditation Retreat Bowral

The essence of your self-love is woven into the fabric of the universe.

It is integral to you. It just requires the right environment to emerge.

The Essence of Self-Love, Silent Meditation Retreat provides that environment.

“It was like a balm for the soul.” — Carmel Brock

“I loved the silence, the meditative rhythm of the day and the beautiful food. A perfect environment to go deeply within and touch the universal energy of love while doing important inner work.” — Lisa Shortridge

“I loved the retreat, the silence was great… Stephen and Karl are very down to earth, knowledgeable and surprisingly funny 😊 I found the whole experience very humbling, calming, restful, informative and soul fulfilling.” — Belinda Dubojski

Recharge, Reset and Restore

This silent meditation retreat, led by two of Australasia’s leading meditation and mindfulness teachers, focuses on our inherent ability to experience self-love and inner healing.

Allow the beautiful and serene natural retreat environment and meditation sessions to support your wellbeing, as you are invited into a simple schedule that includes regular guided sitting and walking mindfulness meditations, instruction periods and check-ins with the teachers.

“I gained a sense of inner peace and calmness that I haven’t felt in a long time. A well need reset occurred that is assisting me in dealing with all the challenges that are taking place.” – Elaine Lawry

Unplug and unwind in an environment where all you need to do is be. Your meals and schedule is all taken care of. Just relax, rest and be guided by your own inner authority on a profound journey of self-acceptance and self-love.

• Reclaim your own inner authority.
• Recharge, reset, restore, and re-align with your authentic self.
• Let go of feelings of not being enough, being broken or needing fixing.
• Simple, non-religious, trauma informed meditation practices and teaching.

One on One Sessions With Teachers

Throughout the retreat you will have the opportunity to meet one on one with the retreat teachers, Stephen and/or Karl. This gives you the ability to ask questions, share experiences and be supported in a private and 100% confidential environment.

Your retreat fee includes:

• 5 nights accomodation at Maitripa retreat centre (single accomodation)
• All meals
• All group meditation insturction
• All meditation sessions
• All one on one sessions

Who Should Attend This Retreat?

This retreat is ideal for:

• Beginner meditation and mindfulness practitioners who would like an opportunity for more in-depth practice.
• Experienced meditation practitioners who enjoy immersive retreat experiences.
• Mindfulness and meditation teachers wanting further professional development.
• Anyone who would like a greater degree of self-love, self-forgiveness and self-acceptance in their life.

Your Meditation Teachers - Stephen Archer (Nyanaviro) & Karl Baker.

Stephen Archer (Nyanaviro) is one of New Zealand’s foremost meditation teachers, and has led over one hundred retreats.

Stephen has been involved with mindfulness for over 40 years, starting his meditation journey as an ordained Buddhist monk in the Thai Forest tradition at the age of twenty-three. This involved working closely for 13 years with different teachers and completing a number of long solitary retreats to strengthen his practice.

Stephen has delivered courses in healthcare and prisons and assisted the Mental Health Foundation of NZ to develop their approach to mindfulness. He is a trustee and guiding teacher of the Te Moata retreat centre in New Zealand.

Stephen is in demand as a mindfulness meditation educator in the workplace, having worked with Air New Zealand, the NZ Olympic team, and Weta Workshop amongst others.

Stephen has been constantly evolving his teaching style and relationship to meditation. He teaches in a modern, non-religious and highly accessible style. At the heart of his teaching is the acknowledgement that all dimensions of human nature must be included in our practice.

Stephen’s approach draws from ancient wisdom, modern psychology, neuroscience, and his own unparalleled experience. He is an immensely compassionate teacher, focusing on supporting retreatants and encouraging them to trust their own authority and capacity for wholeness.

Karl Baker is the founder of Mindfulness Works – Australasia’s number one mindfulness training organisation.

Karl has been practising meditation for over 22 years. He has been a student of Stephen for much of that time. He has attended numerous multi-day silent meditation retreats and worked extensively one on one as a student of Jeremy Logan, a leading Insight Meditation teacher and counsellor, and has been a student in the Zen tradition.

Karl established Mindfulness Works, the largest mindfulness meditation training organisation in Australia and New Zealand. He designed and delivered a beginners mindfulness meditation course, which over 40,000 people have participated in. Karl leads a team of over fifty mindfulness meditation educators, including psychotherapists, counsellors and MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction) teachers as part of the Mindfulness Works organisation.

Karl approach to mindfulness is centred around his own exploration of what it means to be radically self-accepting. He is a compassionate, authentic, and heartfelt teacher who values the precious opportunity to be authentic and vulnerable in a supportive environment.