Dear Integral Friends, 

We invite you to a deep, experiential integral witner retreat, that includes embodied group work, music and movements, and experiencing an integral lifestyle?

Also including authentic sharing, deep silent meditations and meaningful conversations. The retreat includes entering the New Year together!

We believe that spending New Year's Eve in this way is one of the best ways to enter 2024, and many of us have been celebrating New Year's together in this spirit for years. We will transition into the new year through meditation or dance, depending on where the group is by midnight on 31st December from the flow. The retreat is bi-lingual, Hungarian and English. We admit only few non-Hungarians, who will have the unique opportunity the be with locals, that adds a whole new interestign and healing dimension. Hungarians have their special lower left quadrant reality, with a warm and loving, and also deep- thinking collective interior. 

CELEBRATE NEW YEAR'S EVE WITH US!

Your response informs the organizers about the composition of the group and does not affect your chances of admission.
The integral retreat is a liberating space, representing one of the best and most sophisticated forms of psychological work in both opening to higher stages and states and working on earlier stage patterns. It is a sanctuary of human beauty and positive states, where the consciousness expands and human connections deepen.

The term "vacation" comes from the Latin "vacatio", which aligns with the concept of Zen emptiness: true vacation is when, liberated from the shackles of our ego, we become spiritually free. We sprinkle this with a pinch of festivity on the last day of the year.

The aim of the retreat is to bring together those who appreciate the integral approach for six days, and to have time to make deeper friendship, get to know each other, deepen and rise together in the beautiful peak and often transformative experiences of their lives.
According to feedback from previous participants, such retreats recharged them for several months.

We guarantee that during the 6 days:
• You will experience a positive, non-ordinary and post-conventional collective
• You will have a heart opening experience, and meet abundant love
• You will enjoy a deeply authentic space that progressively opens up 
• You will meet like-minded people
• The facilitating team is at expert level in integral psychotherapy and facilitation, led by Bence Gánti for 27 years 
 

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS:
• Authentic sharing circles
• Integral flow processes
• Integral somatic groupwork and bodywork  
• Silent meditation and yoga
• Breathwork
• Guided exercise to review 2013 and prepare for 2014
• Being in nature, nurturing and healing environment
• Free time and socializing with integral people 

The retreat also serves as an Integral Lifestyle Retreat, a holistic approaches for mental and spiritual development and transformation.   

THE RETREAT IS LED BY Bence Gánti

The retreat and its practices are led by Bence Gánti, integrally oriented clinical psychologist, founder of Integral Academy in Hungary (since 2006) and Integral European Conference (2014). He is joined by a team of senior students, who completed Integral Academy’s 3-year integral psychology course, and the integral group facilitator program. 

Bence was trained in Hungary as a psychotherapists, and in Asia as Buddhist practioner. He lived for 7 years in the USA, San Francisco Bay Area in California being part of the integral movement. 

VENUE: Szent András Castle (Bölcske, Szentandrás puszta 10.)

Szent András (St. Andrew) Castle is in the the middle of Hungary, near the Danube River, in a traditional rural area in the Great Plains of Hungary. Szent András Puszta is at a 50-minute drive on Highway M6, south of Budapest. Carpooling can be organized by request at the organizer contact. 
The listed castle and chapel, as well as the newly built guest houses and the champagne winery are surrounded by the park forest, two ponds and a stream, fruit trees, a 150-year-old gingko biloba tree, sycamore and elms. The 1.6 hectare estate behind the castle, the park forest left over from the old English park provides an area suitable for walking, relaxing, and contemplation, together with the two ponds right next to it. Szent András castle and estate involve a renovated 19th-century listed castle and two new guesthouses. They were created for those who want to recharge and relax.

Website: http://www.szentandraskastely.hu/
 

Date: 27 December 2023 – 1 January 2024, from Wednesday to Monday

Location: Szent András Castle (Bölcske)

Getting there: You fly to Budapest International Airport (BUD). The venue is one hour south from the Airport. We suggest that you write us, so that we can help you in organizing a carshare with other participants.

Maximum number of participants: 50 people

Progam fee for 6 days: €750

All inclusive accomodation, including all meals for 6 days: €450 

Application and payment deadline: 6 December 2023, midnight

The participation fee should be paid to the following bank account:

Beneficiary's name: Integrál Impulzus Kft.

Beneficiary's bank account: (MagNet Bank) HU59162001061156427200000000
Copy paste this into the Comment field: Szilveszteri Integrál Tábor 
If making a corporate transfer or transferring from an account other than your own, please include your name in the reference field so that we can identify you!

Cancellation Policy:
In case of cancellation between 3-20 December 2023, the applicant must pay 50% of the participation fee from the total cost. In case of cancellation after 21 December 2023, they must pay 100% of the participation fee.

SPECIAL RULES FOR COUPLES, SPOUSES, AND RELATIVES

Integral retreats are intensive, experiential, self-awareness therapy groups. These retreats are primarily designed for individuals who seek to work on themselves independently. Therefore, the case of couples, spouses, and relatives is considered special in such groups, and one can attend by sincerely adhering to the following guidelines and rules. Conscious couples, spouses, or relatives (e.g., mother-daughter, father-daughter, father-son, mother-son, etc.) may sometimes seek a slightly introspective vacation with a touch of self-awareness. However, these retreats go deeper, and they are not suitable for such purposes. At times, one member of the couple or relatives is ready for the work and tries to convince or bring the other along, urging them to "develop", but the other may not be ready for it. A person cannot be forced into a deep process, it is a form of psychological violence, even if we claim that we want good for them. The dynamics are evident even in this situation.

Because of these factors, to ensure the protection of both the couple and each individual within the group, we accept couples, spouses, and close relatives under the following conditions and by adhering to the specified rules.

1. Both members of the couple or relatives must voluntarily and independently apply and come to the retreat. One member of the couple cannot persuade or "drag" the other against their will.
2. Both members of the couple or relatives must apply separately and independently to the retreat. Everyone needs to apply individually, using their own email address. They must sign up and fill out the application form or sheet independently. They cannot fill it out for each other, citing "practicality" or "time-saving", etc. The application process plays a psychological role in the overall process.
3. Both parties must indicate during the application and on the application form that their partner or relative is also participating and name who that is. From the beginning, they openly acknowledge and communicate their relationship with the organizers, group leader, and other group members.
4. Both members of the couple or relatives must stay and sleep in separate rooms. They cannot share a room; instead, they will be in separate rooms, with other participants of the same gender.
5. During the exercises, they must practice with other group members, not with each other. The essence of the retreat is to perform numerous exercises and connect with many different people during these activities. Members of the couple or relatives must participate in these activities in the same way and cannot stick together. Occasionally, they can practice with each other, but for the most part, they need to connect with others.
6. Both parties must honestly adhere to the points; otherwise, they may be sent home. If it is discovered during the retreat that one or both members of the couple or relatives were not sincere and did not come and participate according to the previous points, both members will be sent home, and they cannot continue the retreat.

For further information: Csilla Fehér, feher.csilla@integralakademia.hu