Commitment

This is a full-time retreat course running seven days a week for six months, with no ‘free time’.

Through honouring the intention behind the course the participants create a subtle container which holds and carries them through the six months.

In this spirit students are asked to refrain from any activity that would compromise the intention and benefits of the retreat atmosphere, including the overuse of digital technology. This includes limiting absences from the course, and personal visitors to only those essential for medical or family reasons.

The intention and commitment that each student brings to the retreat will affect the whole, and before committing you are asked to consider carefully your personal and life circumstances, and reflect upon what might interfere with or affect your full participation. Please include any such factors in the relevant section on your application form.

Goethe, aged 38, painted by Angelika Kauffmann, 1787

"Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. 

Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never have otherwise occurred.  A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favour all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance which no-one could have dreamed would have come their way.

Whatever you can do or dream you can do, begin it. 
Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.

Begin it now."

Attributed to Goethe