Living our short life, we constantly are in expectation something the best — bigger quantity of money, more suitable husband or the wife, obedient and clever children, a high position, more prestigious company. We think that, having received it, we will become at last happy. From this we receive something, something is not present, and happiness all the same does not come, the feeling of discontent remains.
Probably, time to stop and think came: perhaps, it is worth changing expectations or our relation to what already we have.
Retrit: definition of the term
Retrit, or ritrit (in English retreat), literally designates solitary life, asceticism, a shelter. In other words, retrit in translation from English characterizes time allowed for reflections about itself, being disconnected from the outside world (work, the husband or the wife, children, parents, friends, the TV, social networks).
The person is so suited that constantly with something it is anxious: career, school progress of children, search of the soulmate, silly chief, the appearance and the personal problems, others appearance and others personal problems and so on. It does not allow to feel happy and to understand that it is necessary for happiness and satisfaction with life. Having plunged into itself, you can understand how to overcome it.
Whether you know? In spite of the fact that retrit it is considered practical yoga and an integral part of the Buddhism, it is in essence characteristic also of other religions — Jesus Christ's departure to the desert for 40 days, prayers in monasteries, one of the directions of Islam (Sufism) also preaches dismissal.
Retrita happen:
- Dark which require the dark room without light access.
- Silent which are carried out in complete silence.
- Sociable on which participants talk among themselves.
- Political (the term appeared recently), of which communication of politicians in a narrow circle behind the scenes of big international meetings is characteristic.
- Lonely.
- Collective.
Lonely
Lonely retrit is carried out alone. Alone with himself the person can stay at home, go to mountains or the village, on the sea coast. The main thing that other people (adults and children), pets, the switched-on phones, TVs and computers were not near. It is possible to devote to it several hours, and it is possible all days off or a holiday.
Learn as it is correct to do a lotus pose, Adho Mukh Shvanasan's asana, Uddiyana of a bandh, to the Mule of a bandh, Jalandhar to a bandh, Simkhasan, Siddhasan, a kalabkhata pranayam, Sadhan, a pose of a hare.
Collective
On collective retrit people in unlimited number gather. They can communicate among themselves or be in silence. Sometimes they are carried out in the form of a lecture how it is correct to retire into oneself. The retritny centers can organize such meditation.
Values of the retrit in yoga
The yoga is a connection of trainings as a hobby and bodies, management of internal state with the purpose to reach the highest satisfaction. Retrit in yoga it is necessary in order that practically to realize it.
Whether you know? The yoga is not a religious trend, but philosophical, connected to smooth corporal trainings.
The way to achievement of a condition of pleasure lies through understanding: what we consider for ourselves happiness, actually, brings us sufferings.
Sufferings of pain, changes, pervasive
Living life, we constantly try to reach some material benefits — a certain level of income, the new car, housing of the bigger size and in the best area, a holiday in the elite resort, a figure, as at the movie star, prestigious training of children and so forth.
Intending to achieve it, we worry, we test uncertainty, alarm, we get into stressful situations, we are upset, we are nervous, we feel emptiness. Reaching some material benefits, we begin to wish others, and this situation does not come to an end. Therefore material well-being, actually, brings us suffering, but not happiness.
The yoga learns that there are such types of suffering:
- suffering of pain;
- suffering of changes;
- pervasive suffering.
The suffering of pain (suffering of suffering) includes the tortures connected with birth, unfortunate love, unrealizable desires, upholding of the interests, diseases, withering, death.
The suffering of changes designates that when the situation causing inconvenience or pain changes a little, we consider that we feel pleasure, but, actually, tortures continue.
So, for example, if yesterday the person had a high temperature, and today it normal, then the person considers that he feels well because wants to recover, but he still is ill, so, continues to suffer. Temperature can change and again raise, we continue to feel discomfort from a disease.
We regard change as joyful, trying to focus attention on pleasant, and we do not notice unpleasant feelings from a disease. That is, expecting happiness (recovery), we perceive a changeable situation of normalization of temperature for happiness, and in reality we stay in tortures. Buddha learns that the anticipation of future pleasure is followed by pain from vital changes. We constantly seek for changes — a new position, new housing, new darling — and we continue to suffer.
The pervasive suffering is connected with constantly arising disturbing thoughts. Everything that surrounds us, actually, neutrally — neither is bad, nor it is good.
The thoughts we paint events in positive or negative. We see an object and owing to our previous experience we make about it opinion which can not correspond to reality. According to the opinion we make a certain act (positive or negative) which forms our karma (destiny).
For example, the child did not come back home in time. Our subconsciousness draws a terrible picture of the fact that it could happen to it. We call somebody close to disseminate doubts, but in reply we hear the terrifying story about the neighbour's child. We turn on the TV, and there — transfer about that how many children annually leave the house and does not return. We worry and we worry, the imagination draws your feelings from the fact that the child will not return though it did not happen yet. Later, when the child after all comes back, we are angry with him for the disturbing thoughts, we shout, we punish. That is disturbing thoughts get into a brain and induce to make negative acts. Our acts leave a mark on consciousness of our children, affecting their behavior, they will also react and arrive in the future. It means that disturbing thoughts got also into our posterity. If we cease to act under the influence of disturbing thoughts, we will save a karma from negative acts, and future generation will become free from such karma.
Important! Getting rid of sufferings, we find freedom.
In retrit the leaving reasons
If to overcome sufferings of pain and changes it is possible, then the last suffering can do not to everyone. Retrit - it is such way which will be able to help to get off the disturbing mind which is making the life this miserable and future that, undoubtedly, will affect its quality. In retrit leave for the following reasons:
- Change of environmental conditions which we face constantly will allow to tear off thoughts from conditions. It is the conventional method allowing a brain to remove stress and to have a rest. Switching, we gain strength for new fulfillments.
- Often the cares which are constantly surrounding us do not give the chance to be lost completely in thoughts and to distract from household problems. Having avoided them, it is possible to focus on yoga and to increase effectiveness of occupations.
- An opportunity to meditate, without being distracted by the door which slapped at an entrance, music on the street, the employee of the ZhEK there checking something a smell of fried meat at neighbors.
- It disciplines. Leaving in retrit demands observance of the tough schedule, everything is painted on minutes. The habit to live according to the schedule is transferred then to life and facilitates it.
- An opportunity to lead a healthy lifestyle. To feel the true ease of a body and thoughts, it is necessary to change the menu, to replace the polluted air of the noisy city with clean and fresh, to do exercises. It is easier to make it far from a habitual situation.
- An opportunity to focus on itself and the feelings. According to yoga, the reasons of not allowance are in ourselves, in our brain, but not in the people surrounding us and circumstances. To understand it, it is necessary retrit.
Basic rules of a privacy
The retrit has rules, and that it was really effective, they should be observed strictly.
Time and place
For the effective retrit it is necessary to limit influence of the world around therefore the right choice of the place and time is of great importance. It is the best of all to make the plan in advance.
Suitable time for meditations — 3 hours between a breakfast and a lunch and time before a dinner. For this period it is necessary to disconnect a sound in phone and to hide it far away, to switch off the computer, the TV, whenever possible a doorbell (if you are at home).
Important! About time allowed on retrit, it is better to warn the family and friends that did not worry.
Not to distract, install the timer or the alarm clock on the end of time of the retrit.
Retrit will not be effective if you practice 3 hours, and in the rest of the time you take seat at the TV or on the Internet. The whole day has to be devoted to Retrit, and it is better if it is several days; happens that people leave in retrit for several years.
Prepare the place for a practical training: tide up, air, place the flavored sticks, candles, equip the place for sitting. Take care of that the look before you was pleasant for eyes. Do not forget to walk in breaks that did not flow a leg, and thoughts were not distracted by pain. In case of the retrit outdoors pick up the beautiful landscape inspiring on reflections.
If you leave on retrit to other area, get acquainted with responses of other practicing, it is possible to study the area in advance. Some address to the special retritny centers.
Schedule
The effectiveness of practice will increase many times if to follow the accurate schedule. Be engaged in it in advance, surely provide walks, physical exercises, time for a break, meal.
The example of the schedule can look so:
- 5:45 – 6:00 Rises, hygienic procedures.
- 6:00 – 6:45 Meditation.
- 6:45 – 7:15 Walk.
- 7:15 – 8:15 Physical exercises of yoga.
- 8:15 – 9:00 Breakfast.
- 9:00 – 12:00 Sedentary meditation with breaks for circulation.
- 12:00 – 13:00 Obed.
- 13:00 – 13:45 Reading of specialized literature.
- 13:45 – 14:00 Rest.
- 14:00 – 14:45 Diary entries.
- 14:45 – 15:15 Walk.
- 15:15 – 16:00 Afternoon snack.
- 16:00 – 18:00 Sedentary meditation with breaks for circulation, physical exercises of yoga.
- 18:00 – 19:00 Dinner.
- 19:00 – 21:00 Meditation sitting or lying.
- 21:00 – 22:00 the Weakening bathtub.
- 22:00 Release.
Accurate restrictions
That retrit was correct, there are some restrictions:
- Refusal of meat, caffeine and alcohol.
- It is the best of all if you are directed by the mentor.
- It is impossible to leave the place of the retrit before its termination.
- It is impossible to let in profane persons, only meetings with the mentor and another practicing are resolved.
- To adhere to the schedule.
- Not to be distracted, especially by a talk.
- Not to pay attention to obstacles, overcoming them (a disease, misunderstanding of friends and relatives, a depression, resistance of thoughts, doubts, feeling of disappointment).
The best places for a soul privacy
Exit retrit will help to understand the thoughts as you will be withdrawn from the habitual environment better. Special projects which bring together persons interested on can organize a trip retrit, or you can be engaged in it independently.
Trusting in organizers, take an interest in the program of an action and a type of yoga that with you there were adherents.
Important! Do not trust the people demanding big donations, establishing the bans on communication with various mentors, other groups of yoga, claiming that only their manuals only true and true.
Responses of practicing testify to such places, it is far better to go everything on retrit.
Island Samui
Those who were in Thailand can begin to doubt that it is possible to find a privacy in this noisy country, nevertheless, it so. If to get on the plane in Bangkok, then in 1 hour it is possible to reach the retritny center Samahita Retreat. Here picturesque landscapes, warm climate, fresh air, pool, eco-friendly conditions of accommodation and food. Programs are carried out various: for weight loss, for clarification, group, training of instructors.
Bali
The Indonesian island of Bali is called the island of gods. This heavenly spot is filled with such types as mountains, volcanoes, beaches, dense vegetation, the temple, the sacred river. Here the retritny center Blooming Lotus Yoga which offers a full complex of services and trains the accredited instructors is located.
Auriyer
This small village is in Morocco, it is called still banana. There is a retritny center Surf Maroc in which combine occupations yoga with surfing in the Atlantic Ocean. Here are engaged in such types of yoga: Hatha yoga, ashtanga-yoga, vinyasa - flow - yoga, the restoring yoga.
Whether you know? Yogis can hold the breath to half an hour.
Santa-Teresa
In Costa Rica there is a town under the name Santa-Teresa in whom Nautilus Boutique Hotel was located. Here warm tropical climate, great view of the Pacific Ocean, jungle, Spa procedure, pool,