“My experience at the Yossum retreat opened up a channel into myself; allowing for a more real and fearless approach to face who I am and what I need at this time in my life. I highly recommend this experience to anyone who is ready to begin seeing and living truth.” Karen Joyce - USA

Yoga Group Retreats, Self-Understanding,
Meditation & Yoga Asanas Classes

We have handpicked comfortable and quiet venues,
surrounded by beautiful natural settings so you can embrace
your YOSSUM Process as fully as possible.
For venue location & retreat price details,
please click on the date that appeals to you below:

YOSSUM 2012 Group Retreat Schedule

2012
February 8 to 12	Deepening Module 1	Switzerland	By invitation only
February 15 to 19	4-Day	Switzerland	Fully Booked
April 15 to 19	Deepening Module 2	Turkey	By invitation only
April 23 to 30	7-Day	Turkey	Fully Booked
June 6 to 10	Deepening Module 3	Holland	By invitation only
July 14 to 21	7-Day	Spain	Book now
August 8 to 12	Deepening Module 4	tbc	By invitation only
August 20 to 30	10-Day	India	Fully Booked
November 10 to 17	7-Day	Holland	Book now

A YOSSUM Group Retreat is designed for men and women ready to take the next step towards a deeper understanding of themselves as well as their yoga & meditation practice. Whether it is your 1st or 100th step, you will be gently guided by deeply caring and experienced teachers.

At the core of every YOSSUM Group Retreat are the four pillars of the YOSSUM Process—Yoga Asanas Practice, Silence Practice, Self-Understanding and Meditation. Self-Understanding is the brilliant gem that distinguishes a YOSSUM Group Retreat from a typical yoga holiday.

 

Self-Understanding and Meditations with Kali Ornelas

Kali Ornelas will engage, provoke and touch you with her Self-Understanding Workshops during the group retreat. It is here that insights about yourself and your behavioral patterns come to light. Self-Understanding brings the unconscious to the conscious. Kali is a world expert in the Enneagram system of personality types and will share with you the great advantages and pitfalls we each have within our particular personality structure. She helps you understand that your personality need not imprison you.

Additionally, to take the workshop insights further and to apply them to your life situation, Kali offers private Self-Understanding Sessions that you can book in advance of the retreat. Time and again, most participants reflecting back on their YOSSUM Process agree that their private sessions with Kali were the unquestioned highlight of their retreat journey.

Kali is a long time practitioner and teacher of meditation. The lion’s share of her 14 years living in Asia she dedicated to meditation practice. On group retreats, participants gather for sitting practice twice daily under Kali’s clear instructions and gentle guidance. As your awareness of yourself and the present moment develop over the course of the week, you awaken to the serenity of your heart. For more details on Meditation Guidance, please click here.

Self-Understanding with Emilio Mercuriali

Emilio's workshops are about understanding some of the major characteristics of our consciousness when in the state of personality or ego. Understanding the Enneagram which is an ancient Sufi system mapping the 9 egos or personality types is to undertand the masks over our authentic self. These masks translates into a loss of contact with Being, our true Self. He combines Esoteric psychology and spirituality to reconnect to Essence, the Lataif.

The correct understanding of the relationship between Being and personality is crucial and must be addressed on any path of inner life. We will begin to look at lifelong patterns of behavior that have originated from the loss of Being. These 9 personality types are expressions of the loss of contact with Being, our essential nature, and the true value of this knowledge is to help us re-establish this contact.

Working with the Enneagram as part of a larger spiritual work, like the Diamondlogos Teachings, goes deeper than the psychological level, leading to a deeper realization of truth, and a freedom from personality patterns that is literally unimaginable from the perspective of the ego.

Emilio Mercuriali is a certified therapist of the Diamondlogos Teachings and main teacher of the Diamondlogos Turkey Team. This process at the Yossum Retreats will be given from the perspective of the totality of Emilio's Presence and Transmission of his own understanding and life-long studies.

Yoga Asanas Classes

Plenty of time is set aside for yoga group classes: morning with pranayama or a light practice and in the afternoon for a longer practice. Our very gifted and experienced yoga teachers will guide you confidently through well-balanced yoga programs.

You will receive clear instructions on how to gracefully move into and out of the postures and how to get the most out of each posture once you’ve got there by focusing on proper alignment and breath. You will also learn or deepen your pranayama breathing exercises for centering the mind. Also through Yoga Nidra guided relaxations they often bring into their classes you feel deeply refreshed and peaceful.

The yoga classes during the Yossum retrets are well catered for beginners as well for experienced practitioners. We have been offering retreats for over 10 years where participants feel taken care of and challenged to expand their limits from where they are at. Please note the Yossum retreats are not a strict body-yoga retreat only, we aim to give you a total experience of reconnecting to yourself, to returning to your Heart.

To better understand the style of yoga they teach, please read about them on the Yossum team page - click here

Silence Practice

Silence is powerful. Silence raises your meditation and yoga asana practice to an entirely different level. Kali was in Silence for extended periods during the 7 years she lived in the Indian Himalaya. She understands from direct experience the many benefits and advantages of a Silence Practice.

Kali will carefully prepare the entire group for a short period of Silence during the week—typically 24 hours to 48 hours. It is a time extremely valued by our participants. Kali and the YOSSUM Team will hold a container for you where it is safe to stay and BE with yourself in silence.

Available Therapies

As well as the daily program, there will be time for rest, enjoying nature or making the most of the therapies available. Advanced booking for therapies is recommended when you fill-out your Booking Form.

Self-Understanding Sessions with Kali Ornelas

Highly recommended to deepen your YOSSUM Process. You will experience Kali’s remarkably effective two-fold therapeutic method, which combines her unique no-nonsense spiritual guidance and her own, personally designed Self-Understanding concept. Bring new light and understanding to your current issues and discover the unconscious motivations to your behavioral patterns.
For more details about Kali and her Self-Understanding Sessions, please click here.


Essence Sessions with Emilio Mercuriali

Emilio uses a system that focus on reconnecting to our true nature through the understanding and processing of our personality structure. In his sessions he facilitates self-exploration and helps to distinguish between the false personality and the real aspects of our Being, which we call Essence. When we recognize essence we start building a relationship with it that keeps on growing and supporting us in our development.

Private Yoga Clases

These classes are offered so you can deepen the understanding of your unique body with your yoga practice. Every 'body' is different! Our yoga teachers can help you to deal with any questions you have.

A Sample of a Day on a YOSSUM Group Retreat

Morning Meditation
Pranayama
Enquiry Circle
Brunch
Free time for relaxation or optional sessions
Active Meditation
Enquiry Circle
Dinner
Evening Meditation

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